2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men

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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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	Kimberley 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, 2012	10:45	Heats
March 11, 2012	15:50	Final

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	9:01.32	Q
2	2	Hellen Onsando Obiri	Kenya	9:01.36	Q
3	2	Nataliya Tobias	Ukraine	9:01.76	Q
4	2	Shitaye Eshete	Bahrain	9:02.13	Q
5	2	Helen Clitheroe	Great Britain	9:02.27	q
6	2	Sara Hall	United States	9:02.49	q
7	2	Alia Saeed Mohammed	United Arab Emirates	9:02.56	q
8	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	9:02.93	q
9	2	Kristina Khaleeva	Russia	9:07.13
10	2	Layes Abdullayeva	Azerbaijan	9:08.41	SB
11	1	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	9:11.76	Q
12	1	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	Kenya	9:11.91	Q
13	1	Svitlana Shmidt	Ukraine	9:12.39	Q
14	1	Jackie Areson	United States	9:12.62	Q, SB
15	1	Betlhem Desalegn	United Arab Emirates	9:12.63
16	1	Tejitu Daba	Bahrain	9:15.96
17	1	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	9:16.59
18	1	Dudu Karakaya	Turkey	9:16.85
19	1	Yuliya Vasilyeva	Russia	9:17.60
20	1	Claudette Mukasakindi	Rwanda	9:26.89	NR
21	1	Paula González	Spain	9:31.09

Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hellen Onsando Obiri	Kenya	8:37.16
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:38.26
	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	8:40.18
4	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	Kenya	8:40.50	PB
5	Shitaye Eshete	Bahrain	8:51.88
6	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	8:56.86
7	Helen Clitheroe	United Kingdom	8:59.04
8	Sara Hall	United States	8:59.95
9	Nataliya Tobias	Ukraine	9:00.78
10	Svitlana Shmidt	Ukraine	9:03.99
11	Jackie Areson	United States	9:12.50	SB
12	Alia Saeed Mohammed	United Arab Emirates	9:15.74

References

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