Bernard Lagat just misses the American 3000m Record

Courtesy of Euro Sport Live WORLD RECORD 7:24.90 Daniel Komen KEN 6th February 1998 World Lead 7:42.79 Lawi Lalang KEN 26th January 2013 MEETING RECORD 7:26:15 Haile Gebrselassie ETH 25th January 1998 Results - Men's 3000m Rank Athlete Nation Result 1 Lagat, Bernard USA WL 7:34.71 2 ALAMIREW, Yenew ETH 7:38:57 3 Ibrahimov, Hayle AZE NO, EL 7:41:46 4 KOWAL, Yoann FRA 7:46.72 5 Choge, Augustine Kiprono KEN 7:48.64 6 Higuero, Juan Carlos ESP 7:49:55 7 Haldane, Abdellah ITA 7:55.86 8 ATNAFU, Yitayal ETH 7:57:54 9 OBRUBANSKY, Maksym ITA PB 7:58:21 Mahmoudi, Abdelkader FRA aufg. SEUREI, Benson BRN aufg. Intermediate times 1000m Mahmoudi, Abdelkader (FRA) 2:31:40 2000m Lagat, Bernard (USA) 5:06:43