The women's 3000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China on 22 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The final took place on 22 March during the evening session.
Background The women's 3000 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World 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 2014Championship record8:20.87Glasgow, United Kingdom2 March 2024World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 3000 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.8:19.98Liévin, France10 February 2025
Qualification For the women's 3000 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 8:33.00, or 14:25.00 over 5000 metres. Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event, or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 15 athletes.
Final The final was started on 22 March, starting at 19:15 (UTC+8).
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Freweyni Hailu 8:37.21 Shelby Houlihan 8:38.26 Jessica Hull 8:38.28 4 Whittni Morgan 8:39.18 5 Birke Haylom 8:39.28 6 Sarah Healy 8:40.00 7 Marta García 8:40.80 8 Purity Kajuju Gitonga 8:44.56 9 Linden Hall 8:44.99 10 Nozomi Tanaka 8:47.93 11 Adva Cohen 8:59.62 12 Li Yuan 9:14.14
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