2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Meseret Defar   Ethiopia	Vivian Cheruiyot   Kenya	Sentayehu Ejigu   Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Meseret Defar  (ETH)	8:23.72	Stuttgart, Germany	3 February 2007
Championship record	Elly van Hulst  (NED)	8:33.82	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
World Leading	Meseret Defar  (ETH)	8:24.46	Stuttgart, Germany	6 February 2010
African record	Meseret Defar  (ETH)	8:23.72	Stuttgart, Germany	3 February 2007
Asian record	Dong Yanmei  (CHN)	8:41.34	Lisbon, Portugal	10 March 2001
European record	Liliya Shobukhova  (RUS)	8:27.86	Moscow, Russia	17 February 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Shalane Flanagan  (USA)	8:33.25	Boston, United States	27 January 2007
Oceanian record	Kim Smith  (NZL)	8:38.14	Boston, United States	27 January 2007
South American record	Letitia Vriesde  (SUR)	9:07.08	The Hague, Netherlands	31 January 1993

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
9:03.00	8:38.00 or 15:02.00 (5000m)

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	14:00	Heats
March 13, 2010	16:55	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:48.23	Q
2	2	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	Kenya	8:48.60	Q
DQ	2	Alemitu Bekele	Turkey	8:48.73	Q, SB, Doping
3	2	Layes Abdullayeva	Azerbaijan	8:49.65	Q, PB
4	2	Jéssica Augusto	Portugal	8:50.81	q
5	2	Desireé Davila	United States	8:51.08	q, PB
6	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	8:52.14	q, SB
7	2	Adriënne Herzog	Netherlands	8:53.24	q, PB
8	2	Ancuţa Bobocel	Romania	8:54.08	PB
9	2	Deirdre Byrne	Ireland	8:58.94	PB
10	1	Sentayehu Ejigu	Ethiopia	9:00.34	Q
11	1	Sara Moreira	Portugal	9:01.01	Q
12	1	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	9:01.35	Q
13	1	René Kalmer	South Africa	9:01.41	Q, NR
14	1	Barbara Parker	Great Britain	9:01.52
15	1	Renata Pliś	Poland	9:02.68
16	1	Sara Hall	United States	9:04.25
17	1	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	9:09.52
18	2	Gemma Turtle	Great Britain	9:17.55
19	1	Hazel Murphy	Ireland	9:17.60
20	1	Viktoriia Poliudina	Kyrgyzstan	9:30.76	NR

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:51.17
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	8:51.85
	Sentayehu Ejigu	Ethiopia	8:52.08
4	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	Kenya	8:52.16
DQ	Alemitu Bekele	Turkey	8:53.78	Doping
5	Sara Moreira	Portugal	8:55.34
6	Layes Abdullayeva	Azerbaijan	8:57.59
7	Jéssica Augusto	Portugal	9:01.71
8	René Kalmer	South Africa	9:04.11
9	Desireé Davila	United States	9:07.24
10	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	9:07.80
11	Adriënne Herzog	Netherlands	9:12.99

References

• Heats Results
• Final Result