2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

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Women's 3000 metres
at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueNanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park
Location Nanjing, China
Dates22 March
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning time8:37.21
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Freweyni Hailu  Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg   Shelby Houlihan  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Jessica Hull  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
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The women's 3000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 22 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

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The final took place on 22 March during the evening session.

Background

The women's 3000 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [1] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Genzebe Dibaba  (ETH)8:16.60 Stockholm, Sweden6 February 2014
Championship record [2] Flag of the United States.svg  Elle Purrier St. Pierre  (USA)8:20.87 Glasgow, United Kingdom2 March 2024
World leading [3] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Freweyni Hailu  (ETH)8:19.98 Liévin, France10 February 2025

Qualification

For the women's 3000 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. [4] Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 8:33.00, or 14:25.00 over 5000 metres. [5] Athletes were also able to qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event, or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. [4] There was a target number of 15 athletes. [5]

Results

Final

The final was started on 22 March, starting at 19:15 (UTC+8) in the evening. [6] [7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Freweyni Hailu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 8:37.21
Silver medal icon.svg Shelby Houlihan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:38.26
Bronze medal icon.svg Jessica Hull Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:38.28
4 Whittni Morgan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 8:39.18
5 Birke Haylom Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 8:39.28
6 Sarah Healy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 8:40.00
7 Marta García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:40.80 SB
8 Purity Kajuju Gitonga Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 8:44.56
9 Linden Hall Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:44.99
10 Nozomi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:47.93
11 Adva Cohen Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8:59.62
12 Li Yuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9:14.14 PB

References

  1. ↑ "All time Top lists – Senior – 3000 Metres women", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Results 3000 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 2 March 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 3000 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
  5. 1 2 "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics . 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Results 3000 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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