2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres explained

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

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Hellen Onsando Obiri	Meseret Defar	Gelete Burka

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		8:23.72	Stuttgart, Germany	3 February 2007
Championship record		8:33.82	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
World Leading		8:31.56	Birmingham, Great Britain	18 February 2012
African record		8:23.72	Stuttgart, Germany	3 February 2007
Asian record		8:41.34	Lisbon, Portugal	10 March 2001
European record		8:27.86	Moscow, Russia	17 February 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record		8:33.25	Boston, United States	27 January 2007
Oceanian Record		8:38.14	Boston, United States	27 January 2007
South American record		9:07.08	The Hague, Netherlands	31 January 1993

Schedule

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

Results

Heats

Qualification: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times qualified (q)^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			9:01.32	Q
2	2			9:01.36	Q
	2			9:01.76	Q, Doping
3	2			9:02.13	Q
4	2			9:02.27	q
5	2			9:02.49	q
6	2			9:02.56	q
7	2			9:02.93	q
8	2			9:07.13
9	2			9:08.41	SB
10	1			9:11.76	Q
11	1			9:11.91	Q
	1			9:12.39	Q, Doping
12	1			9:12.62	Q, SB
13	1			9:12.63
14	1			9:15.96
15	1			9:16.59
16	1			9:16.85
17	1			9:17.60
18	1			9:26.89	NR
19	1			9:31.09

Final

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			8:37.16
			8:38.26
			8:40.18
			8:40.50	PB
			8:51.88
			8:56.86
			8:59.04
			8:59.95
			9:00.78	Doping
			9:03.99	Doping
			9:12.50	SB
10			9:15.74

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres (heats). Omega Timing. 2012-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316194647/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-3000-W-h----.RS6.pdf. 2012-03-16. dead.
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-16.