2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Meseret Defar
  Ethiopia
Vivian Cheruiyot
  Kenya
Sentayehu Ejigu
  Ethiopia

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2010 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) 8:24.46 Stuttgart, Germany 6 February 2010
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
9:03.00 8:38.00 or 15:02.00 (5000m)

Schedule

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Date Time Round
March 12, 2010 14:00 Heats
March 13, 2010 16:55 Final

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 8:48.23 Q
2 2 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet   Kenya 8:48.60 Q
DQ 2 Alemitu Bekele   Turkey 8:48.73 Q, SB, Doping
3 2 Layes Abdullayeva   Azerbaijan 8:49.65 Q, PB
4 2 Jéssica Augusto   Portugal 8:50.81 q
5 2 Desireé Davila   United States 8:51.08 q, PB
6 2 Lidia Chojecka   Poland 8:52.14 q, SB
7 2 Adriënne Herzog   Netherlands 8:53.24 q, PB
8 2 Ancuţa Bobocel   Romania 8:54.08 PB
9 2 Deirdre Byrne   Ireland 8:58.94 PB
10 1 Sentayehu Ejigu   Ethiopia 9:00.34 Q
11 1 Sara Moreira   Portugal 9:01.01 Q
12 1 Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya 9:01.35 Q
13 1 René Kalmer   South Africa 9:01.41 Q, NR
14 1 Barbara Parker   Great Britain 9:01.52
15 1 Renata Pliś   Poland 9:02.68
16 1 Sara Hall   United States 9:04.25
17 1 Yelena Zadorozhnaya   Russia 9:09.52
18 2 Gemma Turtle   Great Britain 9:17.55
19 1 Hazel Murphy   Ireland 9:17.60
20 1 Viktoriia Poliudina   Kyrgyzstan 9:30.76 NR

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 8:51.17
  Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya 8:51.85
  Sentayehu Ejigu   Ethiopia 8:52.08
4 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet   Kenya 8:52.16
DQ Alemitu Bekele   Turkey 8:53.78 Doping
5 Sara Moreira   Portugal 8:55.34
6 Layes Abdullayeva   Azerbaijan 8:57.59
7 Jéssica Augusto   Portugal 9:01.71
8 René Kalmer   South Africa 9:04.11
9 Desireé Davila   United States 9:07.24
10 Lidia Chojecka   Poland 9:07.80
11 Adriënne Herzog   Netherlands 9:12.99

References

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