2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 20, 2016.[1][2]

Women's 3000 metres
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueOregon Convention Center
DatesMarch 20
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning time8:47.43
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    United States
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The favorite was obviously world record holder Genzebe Dibaba, but the Outdoor World Championships revealed an achilles heel, a long, drawn out kick. The finals started off at a jog with Stephanie Twell and then Sviatlana Kudzelich on the front controlling the pace. After six laps of this, Dibaba took off, running a 30-second lap and putting a 12-metre gap on the field. From there, Dibaba maintained the gap then increased it at the end as the clear winner. After Twell was the last to try to hold on to Dibaba, Meseret Defar was the last to chase. Too familiar a situation from the past with Defar chasing a Dibaba, but those were Genzebe's older sister Tirunesh. Defar had to take silver, still clear of the rest of the field. It was her seventh medal in this event, dating back to 2003. Behind them, Shannon Rowbury used her best 1500 metres kick to separate from Maureen Koster for bronze.

Results

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The final was started at 13:45.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 8:47.43
  Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 8:54.26
  Shannon Rowbury   United States 8:55.55
4 Maureen Koster   Netherlands 8:56.44
5 Abbey D'Agostino   United States 8:58.40
6 Stephanie Twell   Great Britain 9:00.38
7 Betsy Saina   Kenya 9:01.86
8 Betlhem Desalegn   United Arab Emirates 9:03.30 DQ[4]
8 Jessica O'Connell   Canada 9:05.71
9 Nancy Chepkwemoi   Kenya 9:07.63
10 Sviatlana Kudzelich   Belarus 9:17.45
11 Sheila Reid   Canada 9:19.67
12 Josephine Moultrie   Great Britain 9:29.10
Renata Pliś   Poland DNS
 
Winner Genzebe Dibaba after crossing the finish line

References

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  1. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Final results
  4. ^ Doping