2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK...

was held on March 14–16.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...	Alberto García Alberto García Alberto García is a Spanish long-distance and cross-country runner.-Career:Garcia's top-level athletic career took off when he was already approaching his thirties. He first came to prominence with a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the Mediterranean Games at Bari in 1997...	Luke Kipkosgei Luke Kipkosgei Luke Kipkosgei is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is most known for his track running over 3000 metres and 5000 metres....

Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Luke Kipkosgei Luke Kipkosgei Luke Kipkosgei is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is most known for his track running over 3000 metres and 5000 metres....		7:47.50	Q
	2	Abiyote Abate Abiyote Abate Abiyote Abate is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres. He has not competed on top level since 2005.- Achievements :- Personal bests :...		7:47.57	Q
	2	Alberto García Alberto García Alberto García is a Spanish long-distance and cross-country runner.-Career:Garcia's top-level athletic career took off when he was already approaching his thirties. He first came to prominence with a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the Mediterranean Games at Bari in 1997...		7:50.95	Q
	1	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...		7:51.43	Q
	2	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...		7:51.59	Q, PB
	2	Günther Weidlinger Günther Weidlinger Günther Weidlinger is an Austrian long-distance runner who is a former 3000 metres steeplechase specialist but now competes in the marathon....		7:51.94	q
	1	Gert-Jan Liefers Gert-Jan Liefers Gerrit Jan 'Gert-Jan' Liefers is a Dutch middle distance runner, who came 8th in the 1500 m final at the 2004 Olympics. He was also a finalist in the same event in the 2001 and 2003 World Championships....		7:51.95	Q
	1	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....		7:52.41	Q
	1	John Mayock John Mayock John Paul Mayock is a British middle distance runner. He has competed at three Olympic Games, at the 1996 games in Atlanta and the 2000 games in Sydney in the 1500 m and at the 2004 games in Athens in the 5000 m...	United Kingdom	7:52.59	Q
10	1	Mohamed Khaldi Mohamed Khaldi Mohamed Khaldi is an Algerian long-distance runner. He specializes in the distances from 1500 through 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:1500 metres - 3:33.03 min 3000 metres - 7:38.78 min...		7:53.33	q
11	1	Leonard Mucheru Maina		7:53.41	q
12	1	Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He has competed in cross country, track and road running, but is now a marathon specialist....		7:54.02	q
13	2	Khoudir Aggoune Khoudir Aggoune Khoudir Aggoune is an Algerian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:1500 metres - 3:38.58 min 3000 metres - 7:43.63 min...		7:54.59	SB
14	1	Bolota Asmerom		7:55.36
15	2	Jonathon Riley		8:02.94
16	1	Michael Aish		8:03.17
17	2	Lorenzo Perrone Lorenzo Perrone Lorenzo Perrone was one of a group of skilled Italian bricklayers working under contract to the Boetti company, who were transferred to Auschwitz according to the camp expansion plan....		8:04.00
18	2	Thomas Mayo Thomas Mayo Thomas Mayo was a British physician.He was born in London, the son of John Mayo, MD. After three years of private tuition and eighteen months at Westminster School, he was again privately tutored for Oriel College, Oxford, where he qualified MB in 1815 and MD in 1818...	United Kingdom	8:07.37
19	2	Wu Wen-Chien Wu Wen-Chien Wu Wen-Chien is a Taiwanese Olympic runner that represented Chinese Taipei in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics in the marathon.-References:...		8:14.61
20	1	Joseph Simuchimba		8:20.10
21	2	Euclides Varela		8:29.10
22	1	Chris Votu		9:03.84
23	2	Ajmal Amirov		9:04.53

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...		7:40.97
	Alberto García Alberto García Alberto García is a Spanish long-distance and cross-country runner.-Career:Garcia's top-level athletic career took off when he was already approaching his thirties. He first came to prominence with a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the Mediterranean Games at Bari in 1997...		7:42.08
	Luke Kipkosgei Luke Kipkosgei Luke Kipkosgei is a Kenyan long-distance runner who is most known for his track running over 3000 metres and 5000 metres....		7:42.56
	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....		7:42.70	PB
	Abiyote Abate Abiyote Abate Abiyote Abate is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialized in the 3000 and 5000 metres. He has not competed on top level since 2005.- Achievements :- Personal bests :...		7:43.21
	Gert-Jan Liefers Gert-Jan Liefers Gerrit Jan 'Gert-Jan' Liefers is a Dutch middle distance runner, who came 8th in the 1500 m final at the 2004 Olympics. He was also a finalist in the same event in the 2001 and 2003 World Championships....		7:44.34	NR Dutch records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in the Netherlands maintained by its national athletics federation: Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance...
	Leonard Mucheru Maina		7:44.83	SB
	John Mayock John Mayock John Paul Mayock is a British middle distance runner. He has competed at three Olympic Games, at the 1996 games in Atlanta and the 2000 games in Sydney in the 1500 m and at the 2004 games in Athens in the 5000 m...	United Kingdom	7:45.32	SB
	Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri Abderrahim Goumri is a Moroccan long-distance runner. He has competed in cross country, track and road running, but is now a marathon specialist....		7:47.43
10	Günther Weidlinger Günther Weidlinger Günther Weidlinger is an Austrian long-distance runner who is a former 3000 metres steeplechase specialist but now competes in the marathon....		7:53.59
11	Mohamed Khaldi Mohamed Khaldi Mohamed Khaldi is an Algerian long-distance runner. He specializes in the distances from 1500 through 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:1500 metres - 3:33.03 min 3000 metres - 7:38.78 min...		7:56.05
12	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...		8:01.01

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