European Indoor Championships 3000 meters

Dates/Venues/Medalists (34 runnings for men, 19 runnings for women)

05/06 Mar 2011, Paris FRA

G

7:53.00 Mohammed Farah (ENG) 8:56.66 Helen Clitheroe (ENG)

S

7:53:32 Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE) 8:56.69 Olesya Syreva (RUS)

B

7:54:19 Halil Akkas (TUR) 8:58.30 Lidia Chojecka (POL)

07/08 Mar 2009, Torino ITA

G

7:40.19 Mohammed Farah (ENG) 8:46.50 Alemitu Bekele Degfa (TUR)

S

7:42.14 Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:48.18 Sara Moreira (POR)

B

7:43.29 Jesus Espańa (ESP) 8:48.47 Mary Teresa Cullen (IRL)

03/04 Mar 2007, Birmingham ENG

G

8:02.44

Cosimo Caliandro (ITA)

8:43.25

Lidia Chojecka (POL)

S

8:02.85

Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA)

8:44.40

Marta Dominguez (ESP)

B

8:02.91

Jesus España (ESP)

8:44.81

Silvia Weissteiner (ITA)

05/06 Mar 2005, Madrid ESP

G

7:46.32

Alistair Cragg (IRL)

8:43.76

Lidia Chojecka (POL)

S

7:51.46

John Mayock (ENG)

8:46.65

Tezeta Dengersa (TUR)

B

7:51.65

Reyes Estevez (ESP)

8:47.74

Suzanne Pumper (AUT)

02/03 Mar 2002, Vienna AUT

G

7:43.89

Alberto Garcia (ESP)

8:53.87

Marta Dominguez (ESP)

S

7:46.49

Antonio David Jimenez (ESP)

8:53.96

Carla Sacramento (POR)

B

7:48.08

Jesus España (ESP)

8:58.36

Elena Zadorohnaya (RUS)

27 Feb 2000, Ghent BEL

G

7:49.24

Mark Carroll (IRL)

8:42.06

Gabriela Szabo (ROM)

S

7:49.70

Rui Silva (POR)

8:42.42

Lidia Chojecka (POL)

B

7:49.97

John Mayock (ENG)

8:44.08

Marta Dominguez (ESP)

01 Mar 1998, Valencia ESP

G

7:55.09

John Mayock (ENG)

8:49.96

Gabriela Szabo (ROM)

S

7:55.23

Manuel Pancorbo (ESP)

8:51.42

Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)

B

7:55.24

Alberto Garcia (ESP)

8:57.72

Marta Dominguez (ESP)

10 Mar 1996, Stockholm SWE

G

7:50.06

Anacleto Jimenez (ESP)

8:39.49

Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)

S

7:50.19

Christoph Impens (BEL)

8:50.32

Sara Wedlund (SWE)

B

7:50.80

Panayiotis Papoulias (GRE)

8:53.34

Marta Dominguez (ESP)

13/11 Mar 1994, Paris FRA

G

7:52.34

Kim-Lars Bauermeister (GER)

8:50.47

Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)

S

7:52.37

Ovidiu Olteanu (ROM)

8:55.61

Margareta Keszeg (ROM)

B

7:53.99

Rodney Finch (GBR)

8:56.90

Anna Brzezinska (POL)

01 Mar 1992, Genoa ITA

G

7:47.24

Gennaro diNapoli (ITA)

8:59.80

Margareta Keszeg (ROM)

S

7:48.47

John Mayock (ENG)

9:00.15

Tatyana Dorovski (UKR)

B

7:48.82

Jose Luis Gonzalez (ESP)

9:00.99

Rita Marquard (GER)

04/03 Mar 1990, Glasgow SCO

G

7:53.94

Eric Debus (FRA)

8:57.28

Elly vanHulst (NED)

S

7:54.75

Jacque Carlier (FRA)

8:57.50

Margareta Keszeg (ROM)

B

7:54.77

Branco Zorko (CRO)

9:00.31

Andrea Hahmann (GER)

19 Feb 1989, The Hague NED

G

7:50.43

Dieter Baumann (GER)

9:10.01

Elly vanHulst (NED)

S

7:51.18

Abel Anton (ESP)

9:12.37

Nicola Morris (ENG)

B

7:52.23

Jacque Carlier (FRA)

9:15.49

Maricica Puica (ROM)

06 Mar 1988, Budapest HUN

G

7:55.29

Jose Luis Gonzalez (ESP)

8:44.50

Elly vanHulst (NED)

S

7:56.04

Markus Hackensteiner (SUI)

8:46.97

Vera Michallek (GER)

B

7:56.51

Mikhail Dasko (RUS)

8:51.04

Wendy Sly (ENG)

22 Feb 1987, Lievin FRA

G

7:52.27

Jose Luis Gonzalez (ESP)

8:46.06

Yvonne Murray (SCO)

S

7:53.93

Dieter Baumann (GER)

8:51.40

Elly vanHulst (NED)

B

7:54.03

Pascal Thiebault (FRA)

8:53.01

Brigitte Kraus (GER)

23 Feb 1986, Madrid ESP

G

7:59.08

Dietmar Millonig (AUT)

8:54.52

Ines Bibernall (GER)

S

7:59.12

Stefano Mei (ITA)

9:01.31

Yvonne Murray (SCO)

B

7:59.15

Joao Campo (POR)

9:01.72

Regina Chistyakova (LTU)

03 Mar 1985, Piraeus GRE

G

8:10.84

Rob Verbeeck (BEL)

8:55.25

Agnese Possamai (ITA)

S

8:10.88

Thomas Wessinghage (GER)

8:58.03

Olga Bondarenko (RUS)

B

8:10.91

Vitaliy Tishchenko (RUS)

9:00.94

Yvonne Murray (SCO)

04/03 Mar 1984, Göteborg SWE

G

7:53.16

Lubomir Tesacek (SVK)

9:12.07

Brigitte Kraus (GER)

S

7:53.61

Markus Ryffel (SUI)

9:15.04

Tatyana Pozdniakova (UKR)

B

7:54.45

Karl Fleschen (GER)

9:15.71

Ivana Kleinkova (CZE)

06 Mar 1983, Budapest HUN

G

7:54.73

Dragan Zdravkovic (YUG)

9:04.40

Elena Sipatova (RUS)

S

7:57.79

Valeriy Abramov (RUS)

9:04.41

Agnese Possamai (ITA)

B

7:58.11

Uwe Monkemeyer (GER)

9:04.52

Elena Malykhina (RUS)

07/06 Mar 1982, Milan ITA

G

7:53.50

Patrick Ilg (GER)

8:53.77

Agnese Possamai (ITA)

S

7:54.12

Alberto Cova (ITA)

8:54.26

Maricica Puica (ROM)

B

7:54.46

Valeriy Abramov (RUS)

9:03.27

Paula Fudge (ENG)

22 Feb 1981, Grenoble FRA

G

7:22.71

Alexandre Gonzalez (ESP)

S

n/a

Evgeni Ignatov (BUL)

B

n/a

Valeriy Abramov (RUS)
Note: The race was run one lap short.

02 Mar 1980, Sindelfingen GER

G

7:57.5

Karl Fleschen (GER)

S

7:57.9

Klaas Lok (NED)

B

7:59.9

Hans-Jurgen Orthman (GER)

25 Feb 1979, Vienna AUT

G

7:44.43

Markus Ryffel (SUI)

S

7:45.44

Christoph Herle (GER)

B

7:45.50

Aleksandr Fedotkin (BLR)

12 Mar 1978, Milan ITA

G

7:49.5

Markus Ryffel (SUI)

S

7:49.9

Emile Puttemans (BEL)

B

7:50.08

Jörg Peter (GER)

13 Mar 1977, San Sebastian ESP

G

7:57.7

Karl Fleschen (GER)

S

7:59.3

Pekka Paivarinta (FIN)

B

8:00.3

Markus Ryffel (SUI)

22 Feb 1976, Munich GER

G

8:01.6

Ingo Sensburg (GER)

S

8:02.0

Jozef Ziubrak (POL)

B

8:02.2

Raymond Smedley (ENG)

09 Mar 1975, Katowice POL

G

7:58.6

Ian Stewart (SCO)

S

7:58.6

Pekka Paivarinta (FIN)

B

8:01.2

Boris Kuznetzov (RUS)

10 Mar 1974, Göteborg SWE

G

7:48.48

Emile Puttemans (BEL)

S

7:51.76

Paul Thijs (BEL)

B

7:51.79

Pavel Penkava (CZE)

11 Mar 1973, Rotterdam NED

G

7:44.51

Emile Puttemans (BEL)

S

7:51.86

Willy Polleunis (BEL)

B

7:52.97

Pekka Paivarinta (FIN)

12 Mar 1972, Grenoble FRA

G

8:02.85

Juris Grustins (LAT)

S

8:03.20

Yuriy Aleksashin (RUS)

B

8:05.07

Ulrich Brugger (GER)

14 Mar 1971, Sofia BUL

G

7:53.6

Peter Stewart (GBR)

S

7:54.4

Wilfried Scholz (GER)

B

8:01.2

Yuriy Aleksashin (RUS)

15 Mar 1970, Vienna AUT

G

7:46.85

Richard Wilde (ENG)

S

7:49.6

Harald Norpoth (GER)

B

7:52.6

Javier Alvarez (ESP)

09 Mar 1969, Belgrade SER

G

7:55.4

Ian Stewart (SCO)

S

7:56.2

Javier Alvarez (ESP)

B

7:56.8

Werner Girke (GER)

Mar 1968, Madrid ESP

G

8:10.22

Viktor Kudinskiy (RUS)

S

8:11.0

Bernd Diessner (GER)

B

8:11.8

Wolfgang Zur (GER)

12 Mar 1967, Prague CZE

G

7:58.6

Werner Girke (GER)

S

7:59.0

Rashid Sharafetdinov (RUS)

B

8:00.6

Lajos Mecser (HUN)

27 Mar 1966, Dortmund GER

G

7:56.0

Harald Norpoth (GER)

S

7:57.2

Hermann Siegfried (GER)

B

8:05.0

Istvan Kiss (HUN)

Notes: 1966 was the inaugural year. For 1966-69, these were known as the European Indoor Games.

Medal Count by Country

Men
      G   S   B  Score
GER   8   7   7    68
GBR   7   2   3    44
ESP   5   4   7    39
BEL   3   4   0    23
RUS   1   3   6    20
SUI   2   2   1    17
FRA   1   3   2    16
ITA   2   2   0    16
IRL   2   0   0    10
FIN   0   2   1     7
AUT   1   0   0     5
LAT   1   0   0     5
SVK   1   0   0     5
YUG   1   0   0     5
POR   0   1   1     4
AZE   0   1   0     3
BUL   0   1   0     3
NED   0   1   0     3
POL   0   1   0     3
ROM   0   1   0     3
HUN   0   0   2     2
BLR   0   0   1     1
CRO   0   0   1     1
CZE   0   0   1     1
GRE   0   0   1     1
TUR   0   0   1     1

Women
      G   S   B  Score
ROM   3   3   1    25
GBR   2   2   3    19
NED   3   1   0    18
POR   2   3   0    17
GER   2   1   3    16
POL   2   1   2    15
ITA   2   1   1    14
RUS   1   2   2    13
ESP   1   1   3    11
TUR   1   1   0     8
UKR   0   2   0     6
SWE   0   1   0     3
AUT   0   0   1     1
CZE   0   0   1     1
IRL   0   0   1     1
LTU   0   0   1     1
Note: scoring is G = 5, S = 3, B = 1

Multiple Medal Winners

Men
13  Emile Puttemans (BEL)       G (1973) G (1974) S (1978)
12  John Mayock (ENG)           S (1992) G (1998) B (2000) S (2005) 
11  Markus Ryffel (SUI)         B (1977) G (1978) G (1979)
11  Karl Fleschen (GER)         G (1977) G (1980) B (1984)
11  Jose Luis Gonzalez (ESP)    G (1987) G (1988) B (1992)
10  Ian Stewart (SCO)           G (1969) G (1975)
10  Mohammed Farah (ENG)        G (2009) G (2011)
 8  Harald Norpoth (GER)        G (1966) S (1970)
 8  Dieter Baumann (GER)        S (1987) G (1989)
 7  Pekka Paivarinta (FIN)      B (1973) S (1975) S (1977)
 6  Werner Girke (GER)          G (1967) B (1969)
 6  Alberto Garcia (ESP)        B (1998) G (2002)
 6  Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA)     S (2007) S (2009)
 5  Valeriy Abramov (RUS)       B (1981) B (1982) S (1983)
 4  Javier Alvarez (ESP)        S (1969) B (1970)
 4  Yuriy Aleksashin (RUS)      B (1971) S (1972)
 4  Jacque Carlier (FRA)        B (1989) S (1990)
 3  Jesus España (ESP)          B (2002) B (2007) B (2009)

Women
18  Elly vanHulst (NED)         S (1987) G (1988) G (1989) G (1990)
14  Lidia Chojecka (POL)        S (2000) G (2005) G (2007) B (2011)
13  Agnese Possamai (ITA)       G (1982) S (1983) G (1985)
13  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)      G (1994) G (1996) S (1998)
10  Gabriela Szabo (ROM)        G (1998) G (2000)
 9  Yvonne Murray (SCO)         B (1985) S (1986) G (1987)
 9  Margareta Keszeg (ROM)      B (1990) G (1992) S (1994)
 9  Marta Dominguez (ESP)       B (1996) B (1998) B (2000) G (2002) S(2007)
 6  Brigitte Kraus (GER)        G (1984) B (1987)

Prize Money (ADR qualified runners)
No prize money has been awarded at these championships according to available information.

Competitive Level (1998-date)

Year     Men   Women
2011     541     552
2009     659     686 
2007     618     697 
2005     568     814  
2002     687     784
2000     653     848
1998     648     821

Race Time Bias (sec/km)

Year     Men   Women
2011    +0.3    +0.5
2009    -2.3    -2.7
2007    +3.6    -3.4
2005    -0.9    -2.1
2002    -1.5    -2.3
2000    -1.3    -1.5
1998    -1.1    -1.0
1996    -1.9    -4.6
1994     n/c    -3.3
1992    -0.5    +0.8
1990    -1.0     n/c
1989    +1.1     n/c
1988    +0.8     n/c
1987    -0.0    -0.7
1986    +1.6     n/c
1985    +7.1     n/c
1984    +0.5     n/c
1983    +2.2     n/c
1982    +0.9     n/c
....
1979    -1.4     
1978    +0.5     
....
1976    +1.7
1975    +2.7     
1974    -1.3     
1973    -0.7
....
1970    -2.6     
1969    -1.8
....
1966    -0.9   

Note: Averages and extremes are not indicated since venues differ.

Quality Performances

Men
<7:45       6
<7:50      30
<7:55     129
<8:00     294
<8:05     465
<8:10     532

Women
<8:40       1
<8:50      23
<9:00      92
<9:10     189
<9:20     234
<9:30     244

Note: includes heats


Last Updated on 06 Mar 2011

Contributors: Phil Minshull, Mark Butler, Meric Tafolar, Franco Civai (6), Juraj Gasparovic (13)