2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres explained

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 3 March 2017 at 12:15 (heats) and on 5 March 16:30 (final) local time.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Laura Muir	Yasemin Can	Eilish McColgan

Records

Standing records after the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record		8:16.60	Stockholm, Sweden	6 February 2014
European record		8:26.41	Karlsruhe, Germany	4 February 2017
Championship record		8:39.49	Stockholm, Sweden	9 March 1996
World Leading		8:26.41	Karlsruhe, Germany	4 February 2017
European Leading

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			8:52.33	Q, PB
2	2			8:55.02	Q
3	2			8:55.21	Q, PB
4	2			8:55.23	Q
5	2			8:55.56	q
6	2			8:56.01	q, PB
7	1			8:57.52	Q
8	1			8:57.85	Q
9	1			8:57.86	Q, SB
10	1			8:58.20	Q, SB
11	1			8:58.45	q
12	2			8:58.91	q, SB
13	2			9:03.21	SB
14	1			9:13.36
15	1			9:13.38
16	2			9:35.86
17	1			9:36.78

Final

^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
			8:35.67	CR
			8:43.46	NR
			8:47.43
			8:48.99
			8:50.40
			8:55.20	PB
			8:56.19	PB
			8:57.87
			8:58.57
10			9:05.17
11			9:05.74
12			9:09.53

Notes and References

1. Web site: Heats results . 2017-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306040124/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW030900_C73H.pdf . 2017-03-06 . dead .
2. Web site: Final results . 2017-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190309084757/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW030101_C73G.pdf . 2019-03-09 . dead .