2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held at March 2, 2013 at 12:25 (round 1), and March 3, 12:10 (final) local time. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Standing records prior to the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships
World record	Meseret Defar  (ETH)	8:23.72	Stuttgart, Germany	3 February 2007
European record	Liliya Shobukhova  (RUS)	8:27.86	Moscow, Russia	17 February 2006
Championship record	Fernanda Ribeiro  (POR)	8:39.49	Stockholm, Sweden	9 March 1996
World Leading	Genzebe Dibaba  (ETH)	8:26.95	Stockholm, Sweden	21 February 2013
European Leading	Svetlana Kireyeva  (RUS)	8:48.27	Moscow, Russia	12 February 2013

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 (Q) or and the 4 fastest athletes (q) advanced to the final. ^{[4] [5]}

The final underway.

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1	Sara Moreira	Portugal	9:01.00	Q
2	2	Natalya Aristarkhova	Russia	9:02.61	Q
3	1	Lauren Howarth	Great Britain	9:03.30	Q
4	1	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland	9:03.30	Q
5	2	Corinna Harrer	Germany	9:03.41	Q
6	2	Almensh Belete	Belgium	9:04.41	Q
7	1	Yelena Korobkina	Russia	9:04.89	Q
8	1	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	9:05.96	q
9	2	Christine Bardelle	France	9:06.50	Q
10	1	Roxana Bârcă	Romania	9:09.09	q
11	2	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	9:09.22	q
12	1	Dudu Karakaya	Turkey	9:09.70	q
13	2	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	9:12.73
14	1	Paula González	Spain	9:17.76
15	1	Charlotta Fougberg	Sweden	9:21.15
16	2	Teresa Urbina	Spain	9:23.65
17	2	Ercilia Machado	Portugal	9:35.97
	2	Layes Abdullayeva	Azerbaijan	DNF

Final

The final was held at 12:10. ^{[6] [7]}

The medalists (left to right): Corinna Harrer, Sara Moreira, Fionnuala Britton.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Note
	Sara Moreira	Portugal	8:58.50
	Corinna Harrer	Germany	9:00.50
	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland	9:00.54
4	Yelena Korobkina	Russia	9:00.59
5	Almensh Belete	Belgium	9:03.89
6	Lauren Howarth	Great Britain	9:04.04
7	Christine Bardelle	France	9:08.62
8	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	9:09.86
9	Roxana Bârcă	Romania	9:10.51
10	Dudu Karakaya	Turkey	9:15.07
11	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	9:18.37
12	Natalya Aristarkhova	Russia	9:23.28

References

1. "Timetable - European Athletics Indoor Championships Gothenburg 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2013-03-03.
2. "Fionnuala Britton takes superb bronze in Sweden". RTÉ Sport. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
3. "Britton wins bronze in 3000m". Irish Examiner. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
4. Round 1 start list Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
5. Round 1 results Archived 2014-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
6. Final start list Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
7. Final results Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine