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

GoldSilverBronzeHellen Onsando Obiri Meseret DefarGelete Burka

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record8:23.72Stuttgart, Germany3 February 2007Championship record8:33.82Budapest, Hungary4 March 1989World Leading8:31.56Birmingham, Great Britain18 February 2012African 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 9:02.00 8:38.00 or 15:00.00 (5000 m)

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 10:45 HeatsMarch 11, 2012 15:50 Final

Results

Heats

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

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

Final 12 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 15:51.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hellen Obiri 8:37.16 Meseret Defar 8:38.26 Gelete Burka 8:40.18 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 8:40.50 PB Shitaye Eshete 8:51.88 Lidia Chojecka 8:56.86 Helen Clitheroe 8:59.04 Sara Hall 8:59.95 Nataliya Tobias 9:00.78 Doping Svitlana Shmidt 9:03.99 Doping Jackie Areson 9:12.50 SB 10 Alia Saeed Mohammed 9:15.74

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