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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 edit

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

Records edit

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 edit

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

Schedule edit

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

Results edit

Heats edit

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 edit

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

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Hellen Onsando Obiri   Kenya 8:37.16
  Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 8:38.26
  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 edit

  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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