2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres explained

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March at 13:25 (heats) and on 7 March at 18:50 (final) local time.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sviatlana Kudzelich	Maureen Koster	Laura Muir

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1			8:57.59	Q
2	1			8:57.71	Q
3	1			8:57.96	Q, PB
4	1			8:57.97	Q, PB
5	1			8:57.97	q
6	1			9:01.33	q, PB
7	1			9:01.54	q, PB
8	1			9:03.00	q
9	2			9:03.97	Q, PB
10	2			9:04.29	Q
11	2			9:04.72	Q
12	2			9:05.14
13	1			9:11.01
14	2			9:14.35
15	1			9:17.73	SB
16	2			9:20.79
17	2			9:27.82
	2
	2			9:04.22	Doping^[2]

Final

^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
			8:48.02	PB
			8:51.64
			8:52.44
			8:54.06	NR
			8:56.77
			8:59.04
			8:59.51
			8:59.84	PB
			9:05.95
10			9:06.50
11			9:06.79
DQ			8:47.62	Doping

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heats results . 2015-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306040124/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW030900_C73H.pdf . 2017-03-06 . dead .
2. https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/67888725 "Laura Muir awarded retrospective European Indoor 3,000m bronze medal"
3. Web site: Final results . 2015-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170317172144/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW030101_C73G.pdf . 2017-03-17 . dead .