2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

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	France	7:52.58	Q
2	1	Sergio Sánchez	Spain	7:52.75	Q
3	1	Selim Bayrak	Turkey	7:52.93	Q
4	1	Nick McCormick	Great Britain	7:53.35	Q
5	1	Mark Draper	Great Britain	7:53.91	q, PB
6	1	Gezachw Yossef	Israel	7:59.44	q, PB
7	1	Albert Minczér	Hungary	8:00.94	q
8	2	Olle Walleräng	Sweden	8:02.09	Q
9	2	Jesús España	Spain	8:02.99	Q
10	2	Mo Farah	Great Britain	8:03.26	Q
11	2	Francisco España	Spain	8:03.96	Q
12	2	Martin Pröll	Austria	8:04.84	q
13	1	Oskar Käck	Sweden	8:05.42
14	1	Noureddine Smaïl	France	8:07.17
15	1	Martin Steinbauer	Austria	8:08.03
16	2	Tiidrek Nurme	Estonia	8:08.81
17	2	Willem Van Hoof	Belgium	8:10.07
18	2	Aleksandr Orlov	Russia	8:12.12
19	2	Johan Wallerstein	Sweden	8:12.65
20	2	Ali Topkara	Turkey	8:23.57
	1	Yuri Floriani	Italy	DNF
	1	Serhiy Lebid	Ukraine	DNF
	2	Mohamed-Khaled Belabbas	France	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mo Farah	Great Britain	7:40.17
	Bouabdellah Tahri	France	7:42.14
	Jesús España	Spain	7:43.29	SB
4	Sergio Sánchez	Spain	7:45.29
5	Selim Bayrak	Turkey	7:45.46	NR
6	Nick McCormick	Great Britain	7:52.07
7	Olle Walleräng	Sweden	7:56.44
8	Gezachw Yossef	Israel	8:01.78
9	Francisco España	Spain	8:03.45
10	Martin Pröll	Austria	8:04.03
11	Mark Draper	Great Britain	8:10.19
12	Albert Minczér	Hungary	8:10.55

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