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] [2] [3]
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] [2] [3]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Mercy Chebwogen  Kenya | Hiwot Gebrekidan  Ethiopia | Emelia Gorecka  Great Britain |
Prior to the competition [update] , the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Zola Pieterse (GBR) | 8:28.85 | Rome, Italy | 7 September 1985 |
| Championship Record |  Zhang Linli (CHN) | 8:46.86 | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| World Junior Leading | Nancy Chepkwemoi (KEN) | 8:56.52 | Doha, Qatar | 11 May 2012 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mercy Chebwogen | Kenya | 9:08.88 | PB |
 | Hiwot Gebrekidan | Ethiopia | 9:09.27 | PB |
 | Emelia Gorecka | Great Britain | 9:09.43 | PB |
| 4 | Haftamnesh Tesfay | Ethiopia | 9:10.02 | PB |
| 5 | Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech | Kenya | 9:14.32 | PB |
| 6 | Aisling Cuffe |  United States | 9:19.95 | |
| 7 | Rebekah Greene |  New Zealand | 9:21.23 | PB |
| 8 | Miyuki Uehara |  Japan | 9:21.81 | |
| 9 | Lindsay Crevoiserat | United States | 9:21.88 | PB |
| 10 | Li Zhixuan | China | 9:24.06 | PB |
| 11 | Liv Westphal |  France | 9:24.10 | PB |
| 12 | Mariia Khodakivska |  Ukraine | 9:25.98 | |
| 13 | Sarah Collins |  Ireland | 9:26.26 | PB |
| 14 | Wu Xufeng | China | 9:27.89 | PB |
| 15 | Cleo Boyd |  Canada | 9:37.84 | |
| 16 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 9:40.81 | |
| 17 | Misuzu Nakahara | Japan | 9:49.84 | |
| 18 | Karoline Egeland Skatteboe |  Norway | 9:59.69 | |
| 19 | Stessy Ngouvi Bouanga |  Gabon | 13:54.15 | PB |
| – | Nancy Cheptegei |  Uganda | – | DNS |
According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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