2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 7–9 March 2014.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia	Hellen Onsando Obiri Kenya	Maryam Yusuf Jamal Bahrain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	8:16.60	Stockholm, Sweden	6 February 2014
Championship record	Elly van Hulst (NED)	8:33.82	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
World Leading	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	8:16.60	Stockholm, Sweden	6 February 2014
African record	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	8:16.60	Stockholm, Sweden	6 February 2014
Asian record	Dong Yanmei (CHN)	8:41.34	Lisbon, Portugal	10 March 2001
European record	Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)	8:27.86	Moscow, Russia	17 February 2006
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Shalane Flanagan (USA)	8:33.25	Boston, United States	27 January 2007
Oceanian Record	Kim Smith (NZL)	8:38.14	Boston, United States	27 January 2007
South American record	Letitia Vriesde (SUR)	9:07.08	The Hague, Netherlands	31 January 1993

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
9:02.00	8:38.00 or 15:00.00 (5000 m)

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 March 2014	11:25	Heats
9 March 2014	16:50	Final

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	8:53.07	Q
2	2	Hellen Onsando Obiri	Kenya	8:53.31	Q
DQ	2	Betlhem Desalegn	United Arab Emirates	8:53.56	Q
3	2	Hiwot Ayalew	Ethiopia	8:53.70	Q
4	2	Renata Pliś	Poland	8:57.80	q
5	1	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	8:57.86	Q
6	2	Gabriele Grunewald	United States	8:58.10	q
7	1	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	8:58.50	Q
8	1	Margherita Magnani	Italy	8:58.51	Q
9	1	Shannon Rowbury	United States	8:58.85	Q, SB
10	1	Irene Jelagat	Kenya	8:58.97	q
11	1	Alia Saeed Mohammed	United Arab Emirates	9:00.35	q
12	1	Natalya Aristarkhova	Russia	9:09.37
13	1	Lucy van Dalen	New Zealand	9:10.20
DQ	2	Svitlana Shmidt	Ukraine	9:25.98

Final

Genzebe Dibaba on her way to victory.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	8:55.04
	Hellen Onsando Obiri	Kenya	8:57.72
	Maryam Yusuf Jamal	Bahrain	8:59.16
4	Irene Jelagat	Kenya	9:02.67
5	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	9:03.22
DQ	Betlhem Desalegn	United Arab Emirates	9:04.06
6	Renata Pliś	Poland	9:07.05
7	Shannon Rowbury	United States	9:07.82
8	Margherita Magnani	Italy	9:10.13
9	Gabriele Grunewald	United States	9:11.76
11	Hiwot Ayalew	Ethiopia	9:12.51
12	Alia Saeed Mohammed	United Arab Emirates	9:21.23