2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

Men's 3000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	8 March 2025 (round 1) 9 March 2025 (final)
Competitors	23 from 11 nations
Winning time	7:48.37
Medalists
Jakob Ingebrigtsen    Norway   George Mills    Great Britain   Azeddine Habz    France
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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.

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

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [4]	Grant Fisher  (USA)	7:22.91	New York City, United States	8 February 2025
European record [4]	Mohamed Katir  (ESP)	7:24.48	Karlsruhe, Germany	15 February 2023
Championship record [5]	Ali Kaya  (TUR)	7:38.42	Prague, Czech Republic	7 March 2015
World leading [6]	Grant Fisher  (USA)	7:22.91	New York City, United States	8 February 2025
European leading [6]	George Mills  (GBR)	7:27.92	Val-de-Reuil, France	2 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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	George Mills	Great Britain	7:50.87	Q
2	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	7:50.91	Q
3	James West	Great Britain	7:51.13	Q
4	Azeddine Habz	France	7:51.61	Q
5	Maximilian Thorwirth	Germany	7:51.72	Q
6	Miguel Moreira	Portugal	7:51.74	Q
7	Filip Ingebrigtsen	Norway	7:51.76
8	James Gormley	Ireland	7:53.27
9	Mike Foppen	Netherlands	7:53.32
10	Bastien Augusto	France	7:53.53
11	Ruben Verheyden	Belgium	7:53.76
[9]

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	7:55.32	Q
2	Romain Mornet	France	7:55.99	Q
3	Florian Bremm	Germany	7:56.17	Q
4	Stefan Nillessen	Netherlands	7:56.23	Q
5	Andrew Coscoran	Ireland	7:56.37	Q
6	Niels Laros	Netherlands	7:56.40	Q
7	Sam Parsons	Germany	7:56.68
8	Adam Fogg	Great Britain	7:57.68
9	Baldvin Magnusson	Iceland	7:58.56
10	Duarte Gomes	Portugal	7:59.24
11	John Heymans	Belgium	7:59.36
12	Elzan Bibić	Serbia	8:01.67
[10]

Final

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

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Jakob Ingebrigtsen	Norway	7:48.37	SB
	George Mills	Great Britain	7:49.41
	Azeddine Habz	France	7:50.48
4	Andreas Almgren	Sweden	7:50.66
5	James West	Great Britain	7:51.46
6	Andrew Coscoran	Ireland	7:51.77
7	Florian Bremm	Germany	7:55.83 [.821]
8	Stefan Nillessen	Netherlands	7:55.83 [.828]
9	Maximilian Thorwirth	Germany	7:56.41
10	Romain Mornet	France	7:56.98
11	Niels Laros	Netherlands	7:57.18
12	Miguel Moreira	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. "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025. 2024-09-06. Archived from the original on 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
4. "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. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 3000 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
8. "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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