The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mo Farah  United Kingdom	Bouabdellah Tahri	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....

Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1.	1	Bouabdellah Tahri		7:52.58	Q
2.	1	Sergio Sánchez		7:52.75	Q
3.	1	Selim Bayrak Selim Bayrak Mert Girmalegesse, formerly Shimelis Girma , then Selim Bayrak , is an Ethiopian born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 3000 m, 5000 m and also 10000 m.-Personal life:Born and raised in Ethiopia, he transferred to Turkey for an amount of US$1...		7:52.93	Q
4.	1	Nick McCormick	United Kingdom	7:53.35	Q
5.	1	Mark Draper	United Kingdom	7:53.91	q, PB
6.	1	Gezachw Yossef		7:59.44	q, PB
7.	1	Albert Minczér		8:00.94	q
8.	2	Olle Walleräng		8:02.09	Q
9.	2	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....		8:02.99	Q
10.	2	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	8:03.26	Q
11.	2	Francisco España		8:03.96	Q
12.	2	Martin Pröll		8:04.84	q
13.	1	Oskar Käck		8:05.42
14.	1	Noureddine Smaïl Noureddine Smaïl Noureddine Smaïl is an Algerian-born French athlete who specialises in middle and long distance track events as well as cross country....		8:07.17
15.	1	Martin Steinbauer		8:08.03
16.	2	Tiidrek Nurme Tiidrek Nurme Tiidrek Nurme is an Estonian middle distance runner, the current national record holder of the 1500 metres.-Outdoor bests:-Indoor bests:-References:...		8:08.81
17.	2	Willem van Hoof		8:10.07
18.	2	Aleksandr Orlov Aleksandr Orlov (athlete) Aleksandr Valeryevich Orlov is an Russian long distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		8:12.12
19.	2	Johan Wallerstein		8:12.65
20.	2	Ali Topkara		8:23.57

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	7:40.17
	Bouabdellah Tahri		7:42.14
	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....		7:43.29	SB
	Sergio Sánchez		7:45.29
	Selim Bayrak Selim Bayrak Mert Girmalegesse, formerly Shimelis Girma , then Selim Bayrak , is an Ethiopian born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 3000 m, 5000 m and also 10000 m.-Personal life:Born and raised in Ethiopia, he transferred to Turkey for an amount of US$1...		7:45.46	NR Turkish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Turkey maintained by Turkey's national athletics federation: Türkiye Atletizm Federasyonu .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratifiedA = affected by altitude...
	Nick McCormick	United Kingdom	7:52.07
	Olle Walleräng		7:56.44
	Gezachw Yossef		8:01.78
	Francisco España		8:03.45
10	Martin Pröll		8:04.03
11	Mark Draper	United Kingdom	8:10.19
12	Albert Minczér		8:10.55