(TUR) World Indoor Championships From Friday 9 March to Sunday 11 March 2012 START LIST Women - Round 1 First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final

RESULT NAME COUNTRY AGE DATE VENUE World Record 8:23.72 Meseret DEFAR ETH 23 3 Feb 2007 Stuttgart Championships Record 8:33.82 Elly VAN HULST NED 29 4 Mar 1989 Budapest (SC) World Leading 8:31.56 Meseret DEFAR ETH 28 18 Feb 2012 Birmingham, GBR

o = Outdoor performance Heat 1 2 9 March 2012 10:50 ORDER BIB NAME COUNTRY DATE of BIRTH PERSONAL BEST SEASON BEST 1 787 Svitlana SHMIDT UKR 20 Mar 90 8:41.01 8:41.01 2 745 Claudette MUKASAKINDI RWA 12 Oct 80 3 774 UAE 13 Nov 91 8:53.56 8:53.56 4 796 Jackie ARESON USA 31 Mar 88 9:01.91 9:20.61 5 585 Meseret DEFAR ETH 19 Nov 83 8:23.72 8:31.56 6 744 Yuliya VASILYEVA RUS 23 Mar 87 8:53.02 8:53.02 7 659 Sylvia Jebiwott KIBET KEN 28 Mar 84 8:41.24 8:43.54 8 769 Dudu KARAKAYA TUR 11 Nov 85 9:09.82 9:09.82 9 538 BRN 20 Aug 91 8:53.75 8:53.75 10 577 Paula GONZÁLEZ ESP 02 May 85 9:01.37 9:01.37 11 642 Silvia WEISSTEINER ITA 13 Jul 79 8:44.81 9:01.35

Heat 2 2 9 March 2012 11:05 ORDER BIB NAME COUNTRY DATE of BIRTH PERSONAL BEST SEASON BEST 1 700 Lidia CHOJECKA POL 25 Jan 77 8:38.21 8:55.05 2 509 Layes ABDULLAYEVA AZE 29 May 91 8:49.65 9:17.33 3 539 BRN 21 May 90 8:49.27 8:49.27 4 584 Gelete BURKA ETH 23 Jan 86 8:31.94 8:36.59 5 804 Sara HALL USA 15 Apr 83 8:53.72 8:54.75 6 731 Kristina KHALEEVA RUS 22 Oct 87 8:57.37 8:57.37 7 775 UAE 18 May 91 9:01.03 9:01.03 8 660 Hellen Onsando OBIRI KEN 13 Dec 89 8:35.35 8:35.35 9 595 Helen CLITHEROE GBR 02 Jan 74 8:39.81 8:45.59 10 788 Nataliya TOBIAS UKR 22 Nov 80 8:59.94 8:59.94

ALL-TIME TOP LIST SEASON TOP LIST RESULT NAME Venue DATE RESULT NAME Venue DATE 8:23.72 Meseret DEFAR (ETH) Stuttgart 3 Feb 07 8:31.56 Meseret DEFAR (ETH) Birmingham, GBR 18 Feb 12 8:23.74 Meselech MELKAMU (ETH) Stuttgart 3 Feb 07 8:35.35 Hellen Onsando OBIRI (KEN) Birmingham, GBR 18 Feb 12 8:25.27 Sentayehu EJIGU (ETH) Stuttgart 6 Feb 10 8:36.59 Gelete BURKA (ETH) Birmingham, GBR 18 Feb 12 8:27.86 Liliya SHOBUKHOVA (RUS) Moskva 17 Feb 06 8:36.87 Mariem ALAOUI SELSOULI (MAR) Karlsruhe 12 Feb 12 8:28.49 Anna ALMINOVA (RUS) Stuttgart 7 Feb 09 8:41.01 Svitlana SHMIDT (UKR) Sumy 18 Feb 12 8:29.00 Olesya SYREVA (RUS) Moskva 17 Feb 06 8:43.54 Sylvia Jebiwott KIBET (KEN) Karlsruhe 12 Feb 12 8:29.15 Berhane ADERE (ETH) Stuttgart 3 Feb 02 8:43.93 Meselech MELKAMU (ETH) Karlsruhe 12 Feb 12 8:30.53 Vivian Jepkemoi CHERUIYOT (KEN)Birmingham, GBR 21 Feb 09 8:45.59 Helen CLITHEROE (GBR) Glasgow (KH) 28 Jan 12 8:31.50 Joanne PAVEY (GBR) Stuttgart 3 Feb 07 8:46.01 Gotytom GEBRESLASE (ETH) Boston (Roxbury), MA 4 Feb 12 8:31.94 Gelete BURKA (ETH) Birmingham 16 Feb 08 8:46.17 Siham HILALI (MAR) Boston (Roxbury), MA 4 Feb 12

Timing and Measurement by SEIKO AT-3000-W-h----.SL2..v1 Issued at 15:20 on Thursday, 08 March 2012 Official IAAF Partners