# 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18 and 20, 2016.
The final race started as a jog for these athletes, coming through 1K in 2:52, and hitting the half way point at 4:15, Isiah Kiplangat Koech holding the lead. With 6 laps to go, Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku ran around the field into the lead, the pace quickened, the rest of the field scrambling to react. The strongest reaction was by Youssouf Hiss Bachir, literally sprinting into the lead 100 metres later, exchanging elbows with Ndiku. For the next two and a half laps, Hiss Bachir held the lead, sprinting each time a challenger, usually Ndiku tried to creep past. With three laps to go Abdalaati Iguider sped through the inside and as he challenged Ndiku everyone sped up and Hiss Bachir disappeared through the field. The field began to string out. With two laps to go, Yomif Kejelcha hit the lead, with Ndiku, Augustine Kiprono Choge, Iguider and Ryan Hill the only ones to give chase. With a lap to go, the first four looked to challenge each other as Hill was falling back, but through the next to last turn, Hill began to accelerate catching Ndiku, who faded out the back. Kejelcha held the lead the entire way to the finish for gold, Choge and Iguider were unable to make headway as the chased. Coming off the final turn, Hill passed both of them, Choge in the final step, dipping at the line and dipping again in confusion after the line.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Daniel Komen (KEN) | 7:24.90 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 February 1998 |
| Championship record | Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) | 7:34.71 | Paris, France | 9 March 1997 |
| World Leading | Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) | 7:38.03 | Boston, United States | 28 February 2016 |
| African record | Daniel Komen (KEN) | 7:24.90 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 February 1998 |
| Asian record | Albert Kibichii Rop (BHR) | 7:38.77 | Gent, Belgium | 9 February 2014 |
| European record | Sergio Sánchez (ESP) | 7:32.41 | Valencia, Spain | 13 February 2010 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Galen Rupp (USA) | 7:30.16 | Stockholm, Sweden | 21 February 2013 |
| Oceanian Record | Craig Mottram (AUS) | 7:34.50 | Boston, United States | 26 January 2008 |
| South American record | Jacinto Navarrete (COL) | 7:49.46 | Sevilla, Spain | 10 March 1991 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 7:50.00 | 7:40.00 13:10.00 (5000 m) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 18 March 2016 | 13:05 | Heats |
| 20 March 2016 | 13:10 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 7:51.01 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 7:51.65 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 7:51.77 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Youssouf Hiss Bachir | Djibouti | 7:52.08 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ryan Hill | United States | 7:52.13 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | Kenya | 7:52.64 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo | United States | 7:53.00 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Lee Emanuel | Great Britain | 7:53.18 | Q SB |
| 9 | 2 | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku | Kenya | 7:53.21 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Brett Robinson | Australia | 7:53.51 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Yenew Alamirew | Ethiopia | 7:53.65 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Mohammed Ahmed | Canada | 7:53.66 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Collis Birmingham | Australia | 7:54.51 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | Cameron Levins | Canada | 7:54.81 | |
| 15 | 1 | Tom Farrell | Great Britain | 7:59.77 | |
| 16 | 1 | Kemoy Campbell | Jamaica | 8:00.22 | |
| 17 | 2 | Víctor García | Spain | 8:25.62 | |
| 18 | 1 | Adilet Kyshtabekov | Kyrgyzstan | 8:44.77 | |

### Final

The race was started on March 20 at 13:10.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Yomif Kejelcha | Ethiopia | 7:57.21 |
| | Ryan Hill | United States | 7:57.39 |
| | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 7:57.43 |
| 4 | Abdalaati Iguider | Morocco | 7:58.04 |
| 5 | Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku | Kenya | 7:58.81 |
| 6 | Lee Emanuel | Great Britain | 8:00.70 |
| 7 | Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo | United States | 8:00.76 |
| 8 | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | Kenya | 8:01.70 |
| 9 | Mohammed Ahmed | Canada | 8:07.96 |
| 10 | Youssouf Hiss Bachir | Djibouti | 8:08.87 |
| 11 | Brett Robinson | Australia | 8:11.11 |
| 12 | Yenew Alamirew | Ethiopia | 8:12.54 |