2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

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Men's 3000 metres
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates22 March
Competitors14 from 10 nations
Winning time7:46.09
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Jakob Ingebrigtsen  Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg   Berihu Aregawi  Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Ky Robinson  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
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The men's 3000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 22 March 2025. It was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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The final occurred on 22 March during the evening session.

Background

The men's 3000 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of the United States.svg  Grant Fisher  (USA)7:22.91 New York City, United States8 February 2025
Championship record [2] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Haile Gebrselassie  (ETH)7:34.71 Paris, France9 March 1997
World leading [3] Flag of the United States.svg  Grant Fisher  (USA)7:22.91 New York City, United States8 February 2025

Qualification

For the men's 3000 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes qualified achieving the entry standards of 7:31.00 s or 12:45.00 s in the 5000 metres. [5] Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event, or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 15 athletes. [5]

Results

Final

The final was started on 22 March, starting at 19:33 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6] [7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Jakob Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7:46.09 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Berihu Aregawi Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 7:46.25 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Ky Robinson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 7:47.09
4 Sam Gilman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7:47.19
5 Dylan Jacobs Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7:48.41
6 Andrew Coscoran Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:48.53
7 Anass Essayi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 7:49.00
8 Cornelius Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 7:49.00 PB
9 Biniam Mehary Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 7:49.18
10 Dawit Seare Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 7:49.49
11 Getnet Wale Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 7:50.07
12 Sam Parsons Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 7:54.15
13 James Gormley Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 7:56.43
14 Sun Ningkai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:02.72 PB

References

  1. ↑ "All time Top lists - Senior - 3000 Metres Short Track". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships - 3000 Metres Men - Final results". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 3000 Metres Short Track men". World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "3000 Metres Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
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