2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4 and 5 with the final being held on March 5 at 16:50 local time.[1]
Records
[edit]| Standing records prior to the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Daniel Komen (KEN)
|
7:24.90 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 February 1998 |
| European record |  Sergio Sánchez (ESP)
|
7:32.41 | Valencia, Spain | 13 February 2010 |
| Championship record |  Mo Farah (GBR)
|
7:40.17 | Madrid, Spain | 7 March 2009 |
| World Leading |  Alamirew Yenew (ETH)
|
7:27.80 | Stuttgart, Germany | 5 February 2011 |
| European Leading | Mo Farah (GBR)
|
7:35.81 | Boston, United States | 5 February 2011 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]First 3 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final. The heats were held at 11:15.[2]
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Hayle Ibrahimov |  Azerbaijan |
8:00.36 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Florian Carvalho |  France |
8:00.90 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Yohan Durand | France |
8:01.24 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Halil Akkas |  Turkey |
8:01.38 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Jesús España | Spain |
8:01.56 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Andy Baddeley | Great Britain |
8:01.56 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Stefano La Rosa |  Italy |
8:01.89 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Mert Girmalegese | Turkey |
8:02.12 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Mo Farah | Great Britain |
8:02.37 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Siarhei Platonau |  Belarus |
8:02.46 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Rui Silva |  Portugal |
8:02.69 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Daniele Meucci | Italy |
8:02.71 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Francisco Javier Alves | Spain |
8:02.90 | |
| 14 | 2 | Łukasz Parszczyński |  Poland |
8:03.14 | |
| 15 | 3 | Dan Mulhare |  Ireland |
8:04.57 | |
| 16 | 2 | Siarhei Chabiarak | Belarus |
8:05.29 | |
| 17 | 1 | Sergey Ivanov |  Russia |
8:07.27 | |
| 18 | 1 | Mykola Labovskyi |  Ukraine |
8:08.17 | |
| 19 | 1 | Nordine Gezzar | France |
8:10.69 | |
| 20 | 3 | Víctor García | Spain |
8:11.31 | |
| 21 | 1 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen |  Norway |
8:11.63 | |
| 22 | 3 | Yegor Nikolayev | Russia |
8:13.01 | q* |
| 23 | 2 | Jonas Hamm |  Finland |
8:16.51 | |
| 24 | 2 | Adil Bouafif |  Sweden |
8:20.69 | |
| 25 | 1 | Sevak Yeghikyan |  Armenia |
8:23.83 | NR |
| 26 | 2 | Valentin Smirnov | Russia |
8:29.23 |
Note: Yegor Nikolayev qualified to the final by judge decision as during his race he collided with another athlete competing in different event.
Final
[edit]The final was held at 16:50.[3]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Mo Farah | Great Britain |
7:53.00 | |
 |
Hayle Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan |
7:53.32 | |
 |
Halil Akkas | Turkey |
7:54.19 | |
| 4 | Andy Baddeley | Great Britain |
7:54.49 | SB |
| 5 | Jesús España | Spain |
7:54.66 | |
| 6 | Rui Silva | Portugal |
7:59.49 | |
| 7 | Yohan Durand | France |
8:02.40 | |
| 8 | Florian Carvalho | France |
8:02.92 | |
| 9 | Mert Girmalegese | Turkey |
8:04.00 | |
| 10 | Stefano La Rosa | Italy |
8:04.12 | |
| 11 | Daniele Meucci | Italy |
8:04.82 | |
| 12 | Yegor Nikolayev | Russia |
8:05.49 | |
| 13 | Siarhei Platonau | Belarus |
8:09.22 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Men's 3000 m start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ "Heats Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
