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

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]}

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mercy Chebwogen Kenya	Hiwot Gebrekidan Ethiopia	Emelia Gorecka Great Britain

Records

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

Results

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

Participation

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

•   Canada (1)
•   China (2)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   France (1)
•   Gabon (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   United States (2)

References

1. "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
2. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
3. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015

External links

• WJC12 3000 metres schedule