title: 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
text: # 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.
  
  ## Records
  
  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
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 3 in each heat and 3 best performers advance to the Final. The heats were held at 11:15.
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | 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
  
  The final was held at 16:50.
  
  | 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 | |
  