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1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

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The men's 3000 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 7–9 March 1997.

The winning margin was a decisive 4.13 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 3,000 metres was won by more than three seconds at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Haile Gebrselassie
 Ethiopia
Paul Bitok
 Kenya
Ismaïl Sghyr
 Morocco

Results

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Heats

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First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 7:50.14 Q
2 2 Ismaïl Sghyr  Morocco 7:50.42 Q
3 2 Paul Bitok  Kenya 7:51.53 Q
4 2 John Mayock  Great Britain 7:51.69 Q
5 2 Saïd Chébili  France 7:52.55 q, PB
6 2 Massimo Pegoretti  Italy 7:52.60 q
7 1 Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy 7:52.72 Q
8 2 Anacleto Jiménez  Spain 7:52.95 q, SB
9 1 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya 7:52.98 Q
10 2 Sergey Drygin  Russia 7:53.99 q
11 1 Fita Bayisa  Ethiopia 7:53.24 Q
12 1 El Hassan Lahssini  Morocco 7:53.53 Q
13 1 Carlos García  Spain 7:54.01
14 2 Samuli Vasala  Finland 7:54.07
15 1 Robert K. Andersen  Denmark 7:54.72
16 1 Kamiel Maase  Netherlands 7:54.79 PB
17 1 Ian Grime  Great Britain 7:56.30 PB
18 2 Jason Bunston  Canada 7:56.75
19 1 Reuben Reina  United States 7:57.00
20 2 Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama  Qatar 8:00.64
21 1 Mark Ostendarp  Germany 8:02.47
22 2 Kent Claesson  Sweden 8:04.29
23 1 Mark Carroll  Ireland 8:05.49
24 2 Réda Benzine  Algeria 8:05.55
25 1 Cândido Maia  Portugal 8:06.58
26 1 Mark Hhawu  Tanzania 8:18.28
27 2 Marc Davis  United States 8:20.37

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 7:34.71 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Bitok  Kenya 7:38.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ismaïl Sghyr  Morocco 7:40.01
4 Gennaro Di Napoli  Italy 7:41.05 NR
5 Moses Kiptanui  Kenya 7:41.87
6 John Mayock  Great Britain 7:44.31
7 Fita Bayisa  Ethiopia 7:49.47
8 El Hassan Lahssini  Morocco 7:50.54
9 Anacleto Jiménez  Spain 7:52.55 SB
10 Sergey Drygin  Russia 7:56.38
11 Saïd Chébili  France 7:58.57
12 Massimo Pegoretti  Italy 8:10.49

References

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