1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

None The men's 3000 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 7–9 March 1997. The winning margin was a decisive 4.13 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the men's 3,000 metres was won by more than three seconds at these championships. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeHaile GebrselassiePaul BitokIsmaïl Sghyr Results Heats First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Haile Gebrselassie 7:50.14 Q 2 2 Ismaïl Sghyr 7:50.42 Q 3 2 Paul Bitok 7:51.53 Q 4 2 John Mayock 7:51.69 Q 5 2 Saïd Chébili 7:52.55 q, PB 6 2 Massimo Pegoretti 7:52.60 q 7 1 Gennaro Di Napoli 7:52.72 Q 8 2 Anacleto Jiménez 7:52.95 q, SB 9 1 Moses Kiptanui 7:52.98 Q 10 2 Sergey Drygin 7:53.99 q 11 1 Fita Bayisa 7:53.24 Q 12 1 El Hassan Lahssini 7:53.53 Q 13 1 Carlos García 7:54.01 14 2 Samuli Vasala 7:54.07 15 1 Robert K. Andersen 7:54.72 16 1 Kamiel Maase 7:54.79 PB 17 1 Ian Grime 7:56.30 PB 18 2 Jason Bunston 7:56.75 19 1 Reuben Reina 7:57.00 20 2 Ahmed Ibrahim Warsama 8:00.64 21 1 Mark Ostendarp 8:02.47 22 2 Kent Claesson 8:04.29 23 1 Mark Carroll 8:05.49 24 2 Réda Benzine 8:05.55 25 1 Cândido Maia 8:06.58 26 1 Mark Hhawu 8:18.28 27 2 Marc Davis 8:20.37 Final Final results (archived) Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Haile Gebrselassie 7:34.71 CR Paul Bitok 7:38.84 Ismaïl Sghyr 7:40.01 04 4 Gennaro Di Napoli 7:41.05 NR 05 5 Moses Kiptanui 7:41.87 06 6 John Mayock 7:44.31 07 7 Fita Bayisa 7:49.47 08 8 El Hassan Lahssini 7:50.54 09 9 Anacleto Jiménez 7:52.55 SB 10 Sergey Drygin 7:56.38 11 Saïd Chébili 7:58.57 12 Massimo Pegoretti 8:10.49 References 3000 3000 Category:3000 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Men's events at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships