2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The Men's 3000 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 10–12.Medalists
Results
Heats
First 4 of each heat and the next 4 fastest qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Eliud Kipchoge | | 7:52.57 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Tariku Bekele | | 7:52.58 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Saif Saaeed Shaheen | | 7:52.85 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Alistair Cragg | | 7:53.74 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | Günther Weidlinger | | 7:53.83 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Halil Akkas | | 7:54.60 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Kenenisa Bekele | | 7:54.85 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Tareq Mubarak Taher | | 7:55.10 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Shedrack Kibet Korir | | 7:55.14 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Moukheld Al-Outaibi | | 7:55.14 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Adil Kaouch | | 7:55.18 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Pavel Naumov | | 7:55.28 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Sergey Ivanov | | 7:56.44 | |
| 14 | 2 | César Pérez | | 7:58.06 | |
| 15 | 2 | Vincent Le Dauphin | | 7:58.60 | |
| 16 | 1 | Jonathon Riley | | 7:59.30 | |
| 17 | 2 | Dieudonné Disi | | 8:01.73 | PB |
| 18 | 2 | Aadam Ismaeel Khamis | | 8:02.16 | |
| 19 | 1 | Isaac Kiprop | | 8:05.00 | NR |
| 20 | 2 | Iaroslav Muşinschi | | 8:08.35 | SB |
| 21 | 1 | Francisco Javier Alves | | 8:11.85 | |
| 22 | 2 | Steve Slattery | | 8:17.15 | |
| 23 | 1 | Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen | | 8:21.90 | PB |
| 24 | 2 | Jorge Cabrera | | 8:33.95 | NR |
Final
