The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4–5.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Alistair Cragg Ireland
|
John Mayock Great Britain
|
Reyes Estévez Spain
|
Results edit
Heats edit
First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Reyes Estévez | Spain |
7:54.63 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | John Mayock | Great Britain |
7:54.83 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Alistair Cragg | Ireland |
7:54.91 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Günther Weidlinger |  Austria |
7:54.94 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mo Farah | Great Britain |
7:54.99 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Mark Carroll | Ireland |
7:55.18 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Mokhtar Benhari |  France |
7:55.34 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Sergey Ivanov |  Russia |
7:55.51 | Q, PB |
| 9 | 2 | Pavel Shapovalov | Russia |
7:55.78 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Pavel Naumov | Russia |
7:56.66 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Martin Pröll | Austria |
7:58.45 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Henrik Skoog |  Sweden |
7:58.82 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Erik Sjöqvist | Sweden |
7:59.71 | |
| 14 | 2 | Vincent Le Dauphin | France |
8:00.07 | |
| 15 | 1 | Francisco Javier Alves | Spain |
8:01.22 | |
| 16 | 1 | Antonio David Jiménez | Spain |
8:04.44 | |
| 17 | 2 | Cosimo Caliandro |  Italy |
8:09.93 | |
| 18 | 2 | Andy Baddeley | Great Britain |
8:11.20 | |
| 2 | Boštjan Buč |  Slovenia |
DNF |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Alistair Cragg | Ireland |
7:46.32 | |
 |
John Mayock | Great Britain |
7:51.46 | SB |
 |
Reyes Estévez | Spain |
7:51.65 | |
| 4 | Günther Weidlinger | Austria |
7:52.35 | |
| 5 | Pavel Shapovalov | Russia |
7:53.95 | |
| 6 | Mo Farah | Great Britain |
7:54.08 | PB |
| 7 | Mokhtar Benhari | France |
7:57.27 | |
| 8 | Martin Pröll | Austria |
7:57.37 | |
| 9 | Mark Carroll | Ireland |
7:57.56 | |
| 10 | Henrik Skoog | Sweden |
7:58.02 | |
| 11 | Pavel Naumov | Russia |
8:06.38 | |
| 12 | Sergey Ivanov | Russia |
8:14.97 |