2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 11 March.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Hellen Onsando Obiri
 Kenya
Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
Gelete Burka
 Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record  Meseret Defar (ETH) 8:23.72 Stuttgart, Germany 3 February 2007
Championship record  Elly van Hulst (NED) 8:33.82 Budapest, Hungary 4 March 1989
World Leading  Meseret Defar (ETH) 8:31.56 Birmingham, Great Britain 18 February 2012
African record  Meseret Defar (ETH) 8:23.72 Stuttgart, Germany 3 February 2007
Asian record  Dong Yanmei (CHN) 8:41.34 Lisbon, Portugal 10 March 2001
European record  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 8:27.86 Moscow, Russia 17 February 2006
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
 Shalane Flanagan (USA) 8:33.25 Boston, United States 27 January 2007
Oceanian Record  Kim Smith (NZL) 8:38.14 Boston, United States 27 January 2007
South American record  Letitia Vriesde (SUR) 9:07.08 The Hague, Netherlands 31 January 1993

Qualification standards

Indoor Outdoor
9:02.00 8:38.00 or 15:00.00 (5000 m)

Schedule

Date Time Round
March 9, 201210:45Heats
March 11, 201215:50Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times qualified (q)[1]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Gelete Burka Ethiopia9:01.32Q
22Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya9:01.36Q
DQ2Nataliya Tobias Ukraine9:01.76Q, Doping
32Shitaye Eshete Bahrain9:02.13Q
42Helen Clitheroe Great Britain9:02.27q
52Sara Hall United States9:02.49q
62Alia Saeed Mohammed United Arab Emirates9:02.56q
72Lidia Chojecka Poland9:02.93q
82Kristina Khaleeva Russia9:07.13
92Layes Abdullayeva Azerbaijan9:08.41SB
101Meseret Defar Ethiopia9:11.76Q
111Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet Kenya9:11.91Q
DQ1Svitlana Shmidt Ukraine9:12.39Q, Doping
121Jackie Areson United States9:12.62Q, SB
131Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates9:12.63
141Tejitu Daba Bahrain9:15.96
151Silvia Weissteiner Italy9:16.59
161Dudu Karakaya Turkey9:16.85
171Yuliya Vasilyeva Russia9:17.60
181Claudette Mukasakindi Rwanda9:26.89NR
191Paula González Spain9:31.09

Final

12 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 15:51.[2]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya8:37.16
2nd, silver medalist(s)Meseret Defar Ethiopia8:38.26
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Gelete Burka Ethiopia8:40.18
4Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet Kenya8:40.50PB
5Shitaye Eshete Bahrain8:51.88
6Lidia Chojecka Poland8:56.86
7Helen Clitheroe United Kingdom8:59.04
8Sara Hall United States8:59.95
DQNataliya Tobias Ukraine9:00.78 Doping
DQSvitlana Shmidt Ukraine9:03.99 Doping
9Jackie Areson United States9:12.50SB
10Alia Saeed Mohammed United Arab Emirates9:15.74

References

  1. "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
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