1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres

The men's 3000 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 8 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Frank O'Mara  Ireland	Paul Donovan  Ireland	Terry Brahm  United States

Results

Heats

The first 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	7:54.07	Q
2	2	Doug Padilla	United States	7:54.58	Q
3	2	Pascal Thiébaut	France	7:54.79	Q
4	2	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	7:54.83	q
5	2	Jacinto Navarrete	Colombia	7:55.37	q, AR
6	2	Uwe Mönkemeyer	West Germany	7:55.39	q, PB
7	2	Mogens Guldberg	Denmark	7:56.02	q
8	2	Mauricio González	Mexico	7:56.99	NR
9	1	Paul Donovan	Ireland	7:58.05	Q
10	1	Terry Brahm	United States	7:58.17	Q
11	1	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	7:58.47	Q
12	1	Dietmar Millonig	Austria	7:58.74
13	1	Bruno Levant	France	7:59.47
14	1	Raf Wyns	Belgium	8:01.08
15	2	Billy Dee	Great Britain	8:08.98
16	1	Carey Nelson	Canada	8:11.72
17	1	Wilson Waigwa	Kenya	8:17.23
	1	Alessandro Lambruschini	Italy	DNF
	2	Freddy Báez	Bolivia	DNS

Final

[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Frank O'Mara	Ireland	8:03.32	CR
	Paul Donovan	Ireland	8:03.89
	Terry Brahm	United States	8:03.92
4	Mark Rowland	Great Britain	8:04.27
5	Doug Padilla	United States	8:05.55
6	Julius Kariuki	Kenya	8:06.77
7	Pascal Thiébaut	France	8:08.82
8	Mogens Guldberg	Denmark	8:10.25
9	Jacinto Navarrete	Colombia	8:11.89
10	Uwe Mönkemeyer	West Germany	8:12.41

References

1. Official heats results
2. Official final results