The women's 3000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 8 and 9 March 2025. This was the 25th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Round 1 is scheduled for 8 March during the morning session. The final is scheduled for 9 March during the evening session.
Background The women's 3000 metres was contested 24 times before 2025, held every time since the 1982 edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships.András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Genzebe Dibaba is the world record holder in the event, with a time of 8:16.60 set in 2021. Laura Muir is the European record holder with a time of 8:26.41, set in 2017. Muir also holds the championships record, set at the 2019 championships.
+Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 3000 Metres women", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.8:16.60Stockholm, Sweden6 February 2014European record8:26.41Karlsruhe, Germany4 February 2017Championship record8:30.61Glasgow, Great Britain1 March 2019World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 3000 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.8:19.98Liévin, France13 February 2025European leading8:28.69Boston, United States2 February 2025
Qualification For the women's 3000 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 8:48.00 s indoors or 8:39.00 s outdoors, or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There is a target number of 24 athletes.
Rounds Round 1 Round 1 was held on 8 March, starting at 10:20 (UTC+1) in the morning."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. First 6 in each heat () qualify for the final. Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sarah Healy 8:55.35 2 Maureen Koster 8:55.40 3 Ludovica Cavalli 8:55.47 4 Lea Meyer 8:56.36 5 Innes FitzGerald 8:58.44 6 Lisa Rooms 9:01.88 7 Idaira Prieto 9:04.15 8 Olimpia Breza 9:08.83 9 Veerle Bakker 9:09.21 10 Linn Söderholm 9:15.92 11 Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth 9:28.22 Gresa Bakraçi
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Melissa Courtney-Bryant 9:08.19 2 Marta García 9:08.23 3 Weronika Lizakowska 9:08.40 4 Salomé Afonso 9:08.46 5 Sarah Madeleine 9:08.56 6 Hannah Nuttall 9:08.97 7 Águeda Marqués 9:09.36 8 Federica Del Buono 9:11.39 9 Micol Majori 9:13.01 10 Jodie McCann 9:18.73 11 Jennifer Gulikers 9:19.22 12 Agate Caune 9:22.00
Final The final was held on 9 March, starting at 17:36 (UTC+1) in the evening. Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Sarah Healy 8:52.86 Melissa Courtney-Bryant 8:52.92 Salomé Afonso 8:53.42 4 Marta García 8:53.67 5 Sarah Madeleine 8:53.96 6 Hannah Nuttall 8:54.60 7 Lea Meyer 8:55.62 8 Innes FitzGerald 8:57.00 9 Lisa Rooms 9:04.90 10 Weronika Lizakowska 9:06.84 11 Ludovica Cavalli 9:07.20 Maureen Koster
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