2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Mercy Chebwogen Kenya | Hiwot Gebrekidan Ethiopia | Emelia Gorecka Great Britain |
Records[edit]
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Zola Pieterse (GBR) | 8:28.85 | Rome, Italy | 7 September 1985 |
| Championship Record |  Zhang Linli (CHN) | 8:46.86 | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| World Junior Leading | Nancy Chepkwemoi (KEN) | 8:56.52 | Doha, Qatar | 11 May 2012 |
Results[edit]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mercy Chebwogen | Kenya | 9:08.88 | PB |
 | Hiwot Gebrekidan | Ethiopia | 9:09.27 | PB |
 | Emelia Gorecka | Great Britain | 9:09.43 | PB |
| 4 | Haftamnesh Tesfay | Ethiopia | 9:10.02 | PB |
| 5 | Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech | Kenya | 9:14.32 | PB |
| 6 | Aisling Cuffe |  United States | 9:19.95 | |
| 7 | Rebekah Greene |  New Zealand | 9:21.23 | PB |
| 8 | Miyuki Uehara |  Japan | 9:21.81 | |
| 9 | Lindsay Crevoiserat | United States | 9:21.88 | PB |
| 10 | Li Zhixuan | China | 9:24.06 | PB |
| 11 | Liv Westphal |  France | 9:24.10 | PB |
| 12 | Mariia Khodakivska |  Ukraine | 9:25.98 | |
| 13 | Sarah Collins |  Ireland | 9:26.26 | PB |
| 14 | Wu Xufeng | China | 9:27.89 | PB |
| 15 | Cleo Boyd |  Canada | 9:37.84 | |
| 16 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 9:40.81 | |
| 17 | Misuzu Nakahara | Japan | 9:49.84 | |
| 18 | Karoline Egeland Skatteboe |  Norway | 9:59.69 | |
| 19 | Stessy Ngouvi Bouanga |  Gabon | 13:54.15 | PB |
| – | Nancy Cheptegei |  Uganda | – | DNS |
Participation[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
Canada (1)
China (2)
Ethiopia (2)
France (1)
Gabon (1)
Ireland (1)
Japan (2)
Kenya (2)
New Zealand (1)
Norway (1)
Ukraine (1)
United Kingdom (2)
United States (2)
References[edit]
- ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015