# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Bernard Lagat United States | Augustine Kiprono Choge Kenya | Edwin Soi Kenya |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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 | Edwin Soi (KEN) | 7:29.94 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 12 February 2012 |
| African record | Daniel Komen (KEN) | 7:24.90 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 February 1998 |
| Asian record | Saif Saaeed Shaheen (QAT) | 7:39.77 | Pattaya, Thailand | 11 February 2006 |
| European record | Sergio Sánchez (ESP) | 7:32.41 | Valencia, Spain | 13 February 2010 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Bernard Lagat (USA) | 7:32.43 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 17 February 2007 |
| Oceanian record | Craig Mottram (AUS) | 7:34.50 | Boston, United States | 26 January 2008 |
| South American record | Jacinto Navarrete (COL) | 7:49.46 | Seville, Spain | 10 March 1991 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 7:54.00 | 7:44.00 or 13:19.00 (5000 m) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 9, 2012 | 19:05 | Heats |
| March 11, 2012 | 15:10 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest qualified (q).
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Edwin Soi | Kenya | 7:49.49 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 7:49.62 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 7:49.71 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Yenew Alamirew | Ethiopia | 7:49.92 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Lopez Lomong | United States | 7:50.36 | q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Yoann Kowal | France | 7:50.47 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Arne Gabius | Germany | 7:50.70 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Elroy Gelant | South Africa | 7:52.35 | q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Bilisuma Shugi | Bahrain | 7:53.62 | |
| 10 | 1 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 7:54.07 | NR |
| 11 | 2 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 7:57.49 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 7:57.59 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Bernard Lagat | United States | 7:57.68 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Ethiopia | 7:57.69 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Hayle Ibrahimov | Azerbaijan | 7:57.79 | |
| 16 | 2 | Yohan Durand | France | 7:59.10 | |
| 17 | 2 | Victor García | Spain | 7:59.85 | |
| 18 | 2 | Polat Kemboi Arıkan | Turkey | 8:02.37 | |
| 19 | 2 | Alemu Bekele | Bahrain | 8:02.83 | |
| 20 | 2 | Robert Kajuga | Rwanda | 8:07.44 | PB |
| 21 | 2 | Cornelius Panga | Tanzania | 8:15.20 | PB |

### Final

9 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final started at 15:10.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Bernard Lagat | United States | 7:41.44 | SB |
| | Augustine Kiprono Choge | Kenya | 7:41.77 | |
| | Edwin Cheruiyot Soi | Kenya | 7:41.78 | |
| 4 | Mo Farah | Great Britain | 7:41.79 | |
| 5 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Ethiopia | 7:42.60 | |
| 6 | Lopez Lomong | United States | 7:44.16 | PB |
| 7 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 7:44.59 | |
| 8 | Arne Gabius | Germany | 7:45.01 | |
| 9 | Yenew Alamirew | Ethiopia | 7:45.15 | |
| 10 | Yoann Kowal | France | 7:47.81 | |
| 11 | Craig Mottram | Australia | 7:48.23 | SB |
| 12 | Elroy Gelant | South Africa | 7:48.64 | NR |