1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

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Events at the
1999 IAAF World Indoor
Championships

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Track events
60 m  men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Heptathlon men

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 5.

1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships 1999 edition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the championships as "the greatest ever". There were a total number of 487 participating athletes from 115 countries.

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 7:53.57
Paul Bitok Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 7:53.79
Million Wolde Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 7:53.85
Gennaro di Napoli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7:55.60
Yousef El Nasri Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7:56.70
Steve Holman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7:56.96
Darren Lynch Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7:58.12
Marco Antonio Rufo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7:58.24
Ali Saïdi-Sief Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:02.20
10 Brian Baker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:04.59
11 Akira Kiniwa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:04.95 NR
12 Réda Benzine Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 8:07.89
13 Yonas Kifle Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 8:34.41

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