The women's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMeseret DefarVivian CheruiyotSentayehu Ejigu
Records Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record8:23.72Stuttgart, Germany3 February 2007Championship record8:33.82Budapest, Hungary4 March 1989World Leading8:24.46Stuttgart, Germany6 February 2010African record8:23.72Stuttgart, Germany3 February 2007Asian record8:41.34Lisbon, Portugal10 March 2001European record8:27.86Moscow, Russia17 February 2006North and Central American and Caribbean record8:33.25Boston, United States27 January 2007Oceanian record8:38.14Boston, United States27 January 2007South American record9:07.08The Hague, Netherlands31 January 1993
Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 9:03.00 8:38.00 or 15:02.00 (5000m)
Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 12, 2010 14:00 HeatsMarch 13, 2010 16:55 Final
Results
Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Meseret Defar 8:48.23 Q 2 2 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 8:48.60 Q 2 Alemitu Bekele 8:48.73 Q, SB, Doping 3 2 Layes Abdullayeva 8:49.65 Q, PB 4 2 Jéssica Augusto 8:50.81 q 5 2 Desireé Davila 8:51.08 q, PB 6 2 Lidia Chojecka 8:52.14 q, SB 7 2 Adriënne Herzog 8:53.24 q, PB 8 2 Ancuţa Bobocel 8:54.08 PB 9 2 Deirdre Byrne 8:58.94 PB 10 1 Sentayehu Ejigu 9:00.34 Q 11 1 Sara Moreira 9:01.01 Q 12 1 Vivian Cheruiyot 9:01.35 Q 13 1 René Kalmer 9:01.41 Q, NR 14 1 Barbara Parker 9:01.52 15 1 Renata Pliś 9:02.68 16 1 Sara Hall 9:04.25 17 1 Yelena Zadorozhnaya 9:09.52 18 2 Gemma Turtle 9:17.55 19 1 Hazel Murphy 9:17.60 20 1 Viktoriia Poliudina 9:30.76 NR
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Meseret Defar 8:51.17 Vivian Cheruiyot 8:51.85 Sentayehu Ejigu 8:52.08 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 8:52.16 Alemitu Bekele 8:53.78 Doping Sara Moreira 8:55.34 Layes Abdullayeva 8:57.59 Jéssica Augusto 9:01.71 René Kalmer 9:04.11 Desireé Davila 9:07.24 10 Lidia Chojecka 9:07.80 11 Adriënne Herzog 9:12.99
References Heats Results Final Result