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 1987.

The winning margin was 0.07 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in the men's 3,000 metres at these championships.

Medalists

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

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

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