2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres explained

The women's 3000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mercy Chebwogen Kenya	Hiwot Gebrekidan Ethiopia	Emelia Gorecka United Kingdom

Records

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

World Junior Record		8:28.85	Rome, Italy	7 September 1985
Championship Record		8:46.86	Seoul, South Korea	20 September 1992
World Junior Leading		8:56.52	Doha, Qatar	11 May 2012

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			9:08.88	PB
			9:09.27	PB
			9:09.43	PB
4			9:10.02	PB
5			9:14.32	PB
6			9:19.95
7			9:21.23	PB
8			9:21.81
9			9:21.88	PB
10			9:24.06	PB
11			9:24.10	PB
12			9:25.98
13			9:26.26	PB
14			9:27.89	PB
15			9:37.84
16			9:40.81
17			9:49.84
18			9:59.69
19			13:54.15	PB
–			–	DNS

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

External links

• WJC12 3000 metres schedule

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120727065225/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=3000/combCode=hash/timetable.html. 2012-07-27.