2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

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Men's 3000 metres
at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates8 March 2025 (round 1)
9 March 2025 (final)
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning time7:48.37
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
  2023
2027  

The men's 3000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 8 and 9 March 2025. This was the 25th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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Background

The men's 3000 metres was contested 37 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023). [2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. [3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. [3]

Grant Fisher is the world record holder in the event, with a time of 7:22.91 set in 2025. [4] Mohamed Katir is the European record holder with a time of 7:24.48, set in 2023. The championship record is 7:38.42, set by Ali Kaya at the 2015 championships.

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [4] Flag of the United States.svg  Grant Fisher  (USA)7:22.91 New York City, United States8 February 2025
European record [4] Flag of Spain.svg  Mohamed Katir  (ESP)7:24.48 Karlsruhe, Germany15 February 2023
Championship record [5] Flag of Turkey.svg  Ali Kaya  (TUR)7:38.42 Prague, Czech Republic7 March 2015
World leading [6] Flag of the United States.svg  Grant Fisher  (USA)7:22.91 New York City, United States8 February 2025
European leading [6] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  George Mills  (GBR)7:27.92 Val-de-Reuil, France2 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's 3000 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. [7] Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 7:43.00 s indoors or 7:36.00 s outdoors, or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. [7] There was a target number of 24 athletes. [7]

Results

Round 1

Round 1 was held on 8 March, starting at 12:45 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. [8] First 6 in each heat (Q) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 George Mills Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:50.87 Q
2 Andreas Almgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:50.91 Q
3 James West Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:51.13 Q
4 Azeddine Habz Flag of France.svg  France 7:51.61 Q
5 Maximilian Thorwirth Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:51.72 Q
6 Miguel Moreira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7:51.74 Q
7 Filip Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:51.76
8 James Gormley Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:53.27
9 Mike Foppen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:53.32
10 Bastien Augusto Flag of France.svg  France 7:53.53
11 Ruben Verheyden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:53.76
[9]

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:55.32 Q
2 Romain Mornet Flag of France.svg  France 7:55.99 Q
3 Florian Bremm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:56.17 Q
4 Stefan Nillessen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:56.23 Q
5 Andrew Coscoran Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:56.37 Q
6 Niels Laros Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:56.40 Q
7 Sam Parsons Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:56.68
8 Adam Fogg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:57.68
9 Baldvin Magnusson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 7:58.56
10 Duarte Gomes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7:59.24
11 John Heymans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 7:59.36
12 Elzan Bibić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 8:01.67
[10]

Final

The final was held on 9 March, starting at 16:50 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. [8]

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:48.37 SB
Silver medal icon.svg George Mills Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:49.41
Bronze medal icon.svg Azeddine Habz Flag of France.svg  France 7:50.48
4 Andreas Almgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 7:50.66
5 James West Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7:51.46
6 Andrew Coscoran Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:51.77
7 Florian Bremm Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:55.83 [.821]
8 Stefan Nillessen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:55.83 [.828]
9 Maximilian Thorwirth Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:56.41
10 Romain Mornet Flag of France.svg  France 7:56.98
11 Niels Laros Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7:57.18
12 Miguel Moreira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7:59.81
[11]

References

  1. "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics , 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "All time Top lists – Senior – 3000 Metres men", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  5. "2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships - Men's 3000 metres final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  6. 1 2 "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 3000 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  9. "3000m Men - Round 1 - Heat 1 result" (PDF). European Athletics . 8 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  10. "3000m Men - Round 1 - Heat 2 result" (PDF). European Athletics . 8 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  11. "3000m Men - Final result" (PDF). European Athletics . 9 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.