# 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March at 11:25 (heats) and on 7 March at 17:52 (final) local time.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway | Isaac Kimeli Belgium | Adel Mechaal Spain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 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 | Ali Kaya (TUR) | 7:38.42 | Prague, Czech Republic | 7 March 2015 |
| World Leading | Getnet Wale (ETH) | 7:24.98 | Liévin, France | 9 February 2021 |
| European Leading | Mohamed Katir (ESP) | 7:35.29 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 29 January 2021 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 3 (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Andrew Butchart | Great Britain | 7:46.46 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Adel Mechaal | Spain | 7:46.52 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Robin Hendrix | Belgium | 7:46.76 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Hugo Hay | France | 7:47.30 | q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Seán Tobin | Ireland | 7:47.71 | q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Marcel Fehr | Germany | 7:48.06 | q, PB |
| 7 | 3 | Jimmy Gressier | France | 7:48.93 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Isaac Kimeli | Belgium | 7:49.46 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 7:49.52 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 3 | Mike Foppen | Netherlands | 7:49.99 | |
| 11 | 3 | Philip Sesemann | Great Britain | 7:51.70 | |
| 12 | 2 | Andreas Vojta | Austria | 7:53.07 | |
| 13 | 3 | Samuel Barata | Portugal | 7:53.39 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Mohamed Katir | Spain | 7:54.95 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Narve Gilje Nordås | Norway | 7:55.03 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Jack Rowe | Great Britain | 7:55.67 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Djilali Bedrani | France | 7:55.76 | |
| 18 | 3 | Brian Fay | Ireland | 7:56.13 | |
| 19 | 2 | Joel Ibler Lillesø | Denmark | 7:56.30 | |
| 20 | 1 | Yassin Bouih | Italy | 7:56.66 | |
| 21 | 1 | Jonas Raess | Switzerland | 7:57.37 | |
| 22 | 2 | Isaac Nader | Portugal | 7:58.10 | |
| 23 | 3 | Gonzalo García | Spain | 7:59.09 | |
| 24 | 2 | Bjørnar Sandnes Lillefosse | Norway | 8:02.00 | |
| 25 | 3 | Mikkel Dahl-Jessen | Denmark | 8:03.50 | |
| 26 | 3 | Jonatan Fridolfsson | Sweden | 8:03.87 | |
| 27 | 1 | John Travers | Ireland | 8:05.96 | |
| 28 | 1 | Jakob Dybdal Abrahamsen | Denmark | 8:08.04 | |
| 29 | 2 | John Foitzik | Sweden | 8:08.63 | |
| 30 | 1 | Vidar Johansson | Sweden | 8:20.21 | |
| 31 | 3 | Abdurrahman Gediklioğlu | Turkey | 8:23.82 | |
| | 1 | John Heymans | Belgium | DQ | |
| | 2 | Marcin Lewandowski | Poland | DNS | |
| | 1 | Michał Rozmys | Poland | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | Norway | 7:48.20 | PB |
| | Isaac Kimeli | Belgium | 7:49.41 | |
| | Adel Mechaal | Spain | 7:49.47 | |
| 4 | Mohamed Katir | Spain | 7:49.72 | |
| 5 | Narve Gilje Nordås | Norway | 7:50.21 | PB |
| 6 | Hugo Hay | France | 7:51.82 | |
| 7 | Andrew Butchart | Great Britain | 7:52.15 | |
| 8 | Jimmy Gressier | France | 7:52.43 | |
| 9 | Jack Rowe | Great Britain | 7:53.47 | SB |
| 10 | Marcel Fehr | Germany | 7:54.48 | |
| 11 | Seán Tobin | Ireland | 7:58.11 | |
| 12 | Robin Hendrix | Belgium | 7:59.86 | |