2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

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Women's 3000 metres
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Arena Birmingham
Dates1 March
Competitors14 from 11 nations
Winning time8:45.05
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2016
2022  
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The women's 3000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 1 March 2018. [1] [2]

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Summary

In the first running event at these championships, world record holder Genzebe Dibaba was back to defend her title, while none of the women she vanquished returned, though Laura Muir, Sifan Hassan and Meraf Bahta had beaten Dibaba in her outdoor 1500 meltdown from the previous year.

The race took off at a leisurely pace, with Muir taking the pack through a 1:15.31 first lap, marked by 5000 world champion Hellen Obiri. Hassan and Dibaba chose to lead from behind, taking the back of the pack. The next 400 was even slower, 1:20.45. With that, Konstanze Klosterhalfen tired of the slow pace and took the lead. With the injection of pace, Dibaba decided to move forward on the next straightaway to mid pack, then with a big acceleration on the next straightaway. As Dibaba passed, her teammate Fantu Worku popped out of the pack to tag along, both reaching a gap at the front behind Klosterhalfen. The third lap split was 1:12.23, but with the exchange in the lead it was considerably faster for Dibaba in particular. Obiri and Bahta wanted to tag along with Dibaba, pushing forward to her shoulder, while at the back Hassan moved up a few places as the field strung out. The next 400 was accomplished in 1:09.67. Just before 2000 meters, passed in 6:07.62 (a 1:08.96 split) Dibaba accelerated into the lead. That triggered Hassan to move forward. Klosterhalfen, Muir, Bahta and Worku attempted to hold on, but the only one to stay with Dibaba was Obiri at first. As Hassan accelerated past, Klosterhalfen and Muir followed her to bridge the gap. Dibaba ran the next 400 in 1:07.56. The pace was too much for Obiri as she broke, going backward through the field as Hassan and Muir chased a new gap by Dibaba. The gap widened as Dibaba laid down a 1:02.43 split. Through the final lap, Hassan gained slightly on Dibaba, but could't make enough progress. Dibaba coasted across the finish line with the win. Behind her Hassan let off the gas, while Muir launched a final kick, almost catching Hassan at the line. [3]

Results

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The finish of the race

The final was started at 20:15. [4]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Genzebe Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 8:45.05
Silver medal icon.svg Sifan Hassan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:45.68SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Laura Muir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:45.78SB
4 Hellen Obiri Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:49.66
5 Shelby Houlihan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:50.38
6 Fantu Worku Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 8:50.54
7 Konstanze Klosterhalfen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:51.79
8 Katie Mackey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:56.62
9 Dominique Scott Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:59.93
10 Eilish McColgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 9:01.32
11 Geneviève Lalonde Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9:03.91
12 Meraf Bahta Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9:05.94
13 Claudia Bobocea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9:23.70
14 Tamara Amroush Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 9:45.68

References

  1. "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. Start list
  3. "world indoor championships day 1 wrap | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on March 2, 2018.
  4. Final results