2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 4 March at 10:00 (heats) and on 5 March at 20:00 (final) local time.

Men's 3000 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Ataköy Athletics Arena[1]
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates	4 March 2023 (round 1) 5 March 2023 (final)
Competitors	20 from 14 nations
Winning time	7:40.32 NR
Medalists
Jakob Ingebrigtsen    Norway   Adel Mechaal    Spain   Elzan Bibić    Serbia
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Records

Standing records prior to the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record	Lamecha Girma (ETH)	7:23.81	Liévin, France	15 February 2023
European record	Mohamed Katir (ESP)	7:24.68	Liévin, France	15 February 2023
Championship record	Ali Kaya (TUR)	7:38.42	Prague, Czech Republic	7 March 2015
World Leading	Lamecha Girma (ETH)	7:23.81	Liévin, France	15 February 2023
European Leading	Mohamed Katir (ESP)	7:24.68	Liévin, France	15 February 2023

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 3 (q) advance to the Final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	Elzan Bibić	Serbia	7:50.21	Q
2	2	Adel Mechaal	Spain	7:50.69	Q
3	2	James West	Great Britain	7:50.73	Q
4	2	Darragh McElhinney	Ireland	7:51.11	Q
5	2	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg	7:51.30	Q
6	2	Simon Sundström	Sweden	7:51.30	Q, PB
7	2	Robin Hendrix	Belgium	7:51.32	q
8	2	Mike Foppen	Netherlands	7:51.61	q
9	2	Magnus Tuv Myhre	Norway	7:52.47	q, PB
10	2	Mattia Padovani [it]	Italy	7:54.31	SB
11	1	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	7:56.57	Q, SB
12	1	Bastien Augusto	France	7:56.71	Q
13	1	Sam Parsons	Germany	7:57.18	Q
14	1	Tim Verbaandert	Netherlands	7:57.28	Q
15	1	Jack Rowe	Great Britain	7:57.29	Q
16	1	Emil Danielsson	Sweden	7:57.45	Q
17	1	John Heymans	Belgium	7:57.87
18	1	Pietro Riva	Italy	7:58.89
19	1	Joel Ibler Lillesø	Denmark	8:00.48
20	1	Dario Ivanovski	North Macedonia	8:17.93

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	7:40.32	NR
	Adel Mechaal	Spain	7:41.75	SB
	Elzan Bibić	Serbia	7:44.03
4	Darragh McElhinney	Ireland	7:44.72	PB
5	Charles Grethen	Luxembourg	7:46.65
6	Tim Verbaandert	Netherlands	7:47.24
7	Sam Parsons	Germany	7:48.01
8	James West	Great Britain	7:48.22
9	Jack Rowe	Great Britain	7:48.32
10	Robin Hendrix	Belgium	7:50.46
11	Mike Foppen	Netherlands	7:50.95
12	Magnus Tuv Myhre	Norway	7:51.30	PB
13	Simon Sundström	Sweden	7:52.54
14	Bastien Augusto	France	8:20.60
	Emil Danielsson	Sweden	DQ	TR17.3.2[a]