2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3,000 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 19 July.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Mercy Cherono
  Kenya
Emebet Anteneh
  Ethiopia
Layes Abdullayeva
  Azerbaijan

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World junior record Zola Budd   Great Britain 8:28.83 Rome September 7, 1985
Championship record Zhang Linli   China 8:46.46 Seoul September 20, 1992

no new records were established during the competition.

Results edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Mercy Cherono   Kenya 8:55.07 WJL
  Emebet Anteneh   Ethiopia 8:55.24 PB
  Layes Abdullayeva   Azerbaijan 8:55.33 NR,NJR
4 Purity Cherotich Rionoripo   Kenya 8:56.91 PB
5 Tejitu Daba   Bahrain 9:01.22 NJR
6 Genet Yalew   Ethiopia 9:01.75 PB
7 Jennifer Wenth   Austria 9:09.20 NJR
8 Hannah Newbould   New Zealand 9:15.68 PB
9 Jordan Hasay   United States 9:15.78 PB
10 Emily Sisson   United States 9:16.80 PB
11 Emelia Gorecka   United Kingdom 9:18.43
12 Haruka Kyuma   Japan 9:22.13
13 Karla Díaz   Mexico 9:23.22 NJR
14 Tuğba Karakaya   Turkey 9:23.65 PB
15 Gulshat Fazlitdinova   Russia 9:25.32
16 Laura Nagel   New Zealand 9:25.91 PB
17 Mojie Cao   China 9:27.96
18 Kanako Fujiishi   Japan 9:28.04 SB
19 Mary Naali   Tanzania 9:42.51 PB
20 Esma Aydemir   Turkey 9:43.03
21 Laura Galván   Mexico 9:47.09
22 Caroline Pfister   Canada 9:47.55 SB

Key: NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WJL = World junior leading

Participation edit

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2010 Moncton CAN Jul 19-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 9 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links edit