2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
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  Kim 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, 201210:45Heats
March 11, 201215:50Final

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Gelete Burka Ethiopia9:01.32Q
22Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya9:01.36Q
DQ2Nataliya Tobias Ukraine9:01.76Q, Doping
32Shitaye Eshete Bahrain9:02.13Q
42Helen Clitheroe Great Britain9:02.27q
52Sara Hall United States9:02.49q
62Alia Saeed Mohammed United Arab Emirates9:02.56q
72Lidia Chojecka Poland9:02.93q
82Kristina Khaleeva Russia9:07.13
92Layes Abdullayeva Azerbaijan9:08.41SB
101Meseret Defar Ethiopia9:11.76Q
111Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet Kenya9:11.91Q
DQ1Svitlana Shmidt Ukraine9:12.39Q, Doping
121Jackie Areson United States9:12.62Q, SB
131Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates9:12.63
141Tejitu Daba Bahrain9:15.96
151Silvia Weissteiner Italy9:16.59
161Dudu Karakaya Turkey9:16.85
171Yuliya Vasilyeva Russia9:17.60
181Claudette Mukasakindi Rwanda9:26.89NR
191Paula González Spain9:31.09

Final

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

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya8:37.16
Meseret Defar Ethiopia8:38.26
Gelete Burka Ethiopia8:40.18
4Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet Kenya8:40.50PB
5Shitaye Eshete Bahrain8:51.88
6Lidia Chojecka Poland8:56.86
7Helen Clitheroe United Kingdom8:59.04
8Sara Hall United States8:59.95
DQNataliya Tobias Ukraine9:00.78 Doping
DQSvitlana Shmidt Ukraine9:03.99 Doping
9Jackie Areson United States9:12.50SB
10Alia Saeed Mohammed United Arab Emirates9:15.74
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References

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