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 38th 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).András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Grant Fisher is the world record holder in the event, with a time of 7:22.91 set in 2025. 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 ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 3000 Metres men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.7:22.91New York City, United States8 February 2025European record7:24.48Karlsruhe, Germany15 February 2023Championship record7:38.42Prague, Czech Republic7 March 2015World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 3000 Metres Short Track men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.7:22.91New York City, United States8 February 2025European leading7:27.92Val-de-Reuil, France2 February 2025
Qualification For the men's 3000 metres, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. 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. There was a target number of 24 athletes.
Results Round 1 Round 1 was held on 8 March, starting at 12:45 (UTC+1) in the afternoon."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. First 6 in each heat () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 George Mills 7:50.87 2 Andreas Almgren 7:50.91 3 James West 7:51.13 4 Azeddine Habz 7:51.61 5 Maximilian Thorwirth 7:51.72 6 Miguel Moreira 7:51.74 7 Filip Ingebrigtsen 7:51.76 8 James Gormley 7:53.27 9 Mike Foppen 7:53.32 10 Bastien Augusto 7:53.53 11 Ruben Verheyden 7:53.76
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 7:55.32 2 Romain Mornet 7:55.99 3 Florian Bremm 7:56.17 4 Stefan Nillessen 7:56.23 5 Andrew Coscoran 7:56.37 6 Niels Laros 7:56.40 7 Sam Parsons 7:56.68 8 Adam Fogg 7:57.68 9 Baldvin Magnusson 7:58.56 10 Duarte Gomes 7:59.24 11 John Heymans 7:59.36 12 Elzan Bibić 8:01.67
Final The final was held on 9 March, starting at 16:50 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Jakob Ingebrigtsen7:48.37 George Mills7:49.41 Azeddine Habz7:50.48 4 Andreas Almgren7:50.66 5 James West7:51.46 6 Andrew Coscoran7:51.77 7 Florian Bremm7:55.83 8 Stefan Nillessen7:55.83 9Maximilian Thorwirth7:56.41 10 Romain Mornet7:56.98 11 Niels Laros 7:57.18 12 Miguel Moreira 7:59.81
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