1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
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The men's 3000 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
was held on March 5.
1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 7th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the Green Dome Maebashi stadium in Maebashi, Japan from March 5 to March 7, 1999. It was the first time the Championships were staged outside Europe or North America. Primo Nebiolo, president of the IAAF, characterized the...
was held on March 5.
Results
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon... |
7:53.57 | |||
| Paul Bitok Paul Bitok Paul Bitok is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who won two silver medals at consecutive Summer Olympics over 5000 metres. Bitok emerged in 1992 as a relatively unknown athlete. He qualified for the Barcelona Games at the Kenyan trials and defeated several world class athletes at the Bislett Games... |
7:53.79 | |||
| Million Wolde | 7:53.85 | |||
| Gennaro di Napoli Gennaro Di Napoli Gennaro Di Napoli is an Italian former middle distance runner.Di Napoli was born in Naples but moved early in his life to Lombardy, in northern Italy. He excelled in the distances from 800 to 3,000 meters.... |
7:55.60 | |||
| Yousef El Nasri Yousef El Nasri Yousef El Nasri Serhani is a Spanish long-distance runner.He finished fifth in the 3000 metres at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championshipsand eleventh in the short race at the 2003 World Cross Country Championships.... |
7:56.70 | |||
| Steve Holman | 7:56.96 | |||
| Darren Lynch | 7:58.12 | |||
| Marco Antonio Rufo | 7:58.24 | |||
| Ali Saïdi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief Ali Saidi-Sief is an Algerian Olympic runner. His speciality is the 1500 m race, but he took a silver medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the 5000 m, losing the gold to Ethiopian athlete Million Wolde.... |
8:02.20 | |||
| 10 | Brian Baker Brian Baker (runner) -Early career:Baker was born and raised in Batesville, Arkansas, and competed in his prep career at Batesville High School. He holds the state high school record in the 3200 meter run with 9:09.80 minutes... |
8:04.59 | ||
| 11 | Akira Kiniwa | 8:04.95 | NR Japanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified... |
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| 12 | Réda Benzine Réda Benzine Réda Benzine is an Algerian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:41.36 min *3000 metres - 7:41.85 min *5000 metres - 13:21.88 min... |
8:07.89 | ||
| 13 | Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008... |
8:34.41 |