2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Hellen Onsando Obiri
 Kenya
Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
Gelete Burka
 Ethiopia

Records

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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

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Indoor Outdoor
9:02.00 8:38.00 or 15:00.00 (5000 m)

Schedule

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Date Time Round
March 9, 2012 10:45 Heats
March 11, 2012 15:50 Final

Results

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Heats

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

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

Final

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hellen Onsando Obiri  Kenya 8:37.16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Meseret Defar  Ethiopia 8:38.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gelete Burka  Ethiopia 8:40.18
4 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet  Kenya 8:40.50 PB
5 Shitaye Eshete  Bahrain 8:51.88
6 Lidia Chojecka  Poland 8:56.86
7 Helen Clitheroe  United Kingdom 8:59.04
8 Sara Hall  United States 8:59.95
DQ Nataliya Tobias  Ukraine 9:00.78 Doping
DQ Svitlana Shmidt  Ukraine 9:03.99 Doping
9 Jackie Areson  United States 9:12.50 SB
10 Alia Saeed Mohammed  United Arab Emirates 9:15.74

References

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  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.