2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres explained

The women's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Meseret Defar	Vivian Cheruiyot	Sentayehu Ejigu

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		8:23.72	Stuttgart, Germany	3 February 2007
Championship record		8:33.82	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
World Leading		8:24.46	Stuttgart, Germany	6 February 2010
African record		8:23.72	Stuttgart, Germany	3 February 2007
Asian record		8:41.34	Lisbon, Portugal	10 March 2001
European record		8:27.86	Moscow, Russia	17 February 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record		8:33.25	Boston, United States	27 January 2007
Oceanian record		8:38.14	Boston, United States	27 January 2007
South American record		9:07.08	The Hague, Netherlands	31 January 1993

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 12, 2010	14:00	Heats
March 13, 2010	16:55	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			8:48.23	Q
2	2			8:48.60	Q
	2			8:48.73	Q, SB, Doping
3	2			8:49.65	Q, PB
4	2			8:50.81	q
5	2			8:51.08	q, PB
6	2			8:52.14	q, SB
7	2			8:53.24	q, PB
8	2			8:54.08	PB
9	2			8:58.94	PB
10	1			9:00.34	Q
11	1			9:01.01	Q
12	1			9:01.35	Q
13	1			9:01.41	Q, NR
14	1			9:01.52
15	1			9:02.68
16	1			9:04.25
17	1			9:09.52
18	2			9:17.55
19	1			9:17.60
20	1			9:30.76	NR

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			8:51.17
			8:51.85
			8:52.08
			8:52.16
			8:53.78	Doping
			8:55.34
			8:57.59
			9:01.71
			9:04.11
			9:07.24
10			9:07.80
11			9:12.99

References

• Heats Results
• Final Result