Istanbul (TUR) World Indoor Championships From Friday 9 March to Sunday 11 March 2012 RESULTS 3000 Metres 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 TIME Heat 1 2 9 March 2012 Start 10:53 PLACE BIB NAME COUNTRY DATE of BIRTH ORDER RESULT 1 585 Meseret DEFAR ETH 19 Nov 83 5 9:11.76 Q 2 659 Sylvia Jebiwott KIBET KEN 28 Mar 84 7 9:11.91 Q 3 787 Svitlana SHMIDT UKR 20 Mar 90 1 9:12.39 Q 4 796 Jackie ARESON USA 31 Mar 88 4 9:12.62 Q SB 5 774 Betlhem DESALEGN UAE 13 Nov 91 3 9:12.63 6 538 Tejitu DABA BRN 20 Aug 91 9 9:15.96 7 642 Silvia WEISSTEINER ITA 13 Jul 79 11 9:16.59 8 769 Dudu KARAKAYA TUR 11 Nov 85 8 9:16.85 9 744 Yuliya VASILYEVA RUS 23 Mar 87 6 9:17.60 10 745 Claudette MUKASAKINDI RWA 12 Oct 80 2 9:26.89 NR 11 577 Paula GONZÁLEZ ESP 02 May 85 10 9:31.09 INTERMEDIATE TIMES 1000m 642 Silvia WEISSTEINER 3:07.08 2000m 577 Paula GONZÁLEZ 6:18.57 TIME Heat 2 2 9 March 2012 Start 11:05 PLACE BIB NAME COUNTRY DATE of BIRTH ORDER RESULT 1 584 Gelete BURKA ETH 23 Jan 86 4 9:01.32 Q 2 660 Hellen Onsando OBIRI KEN 13 Dec 89 8 9:01.36 Q 3 788 Nataliya TOBIAS UKR 22 Nov 80 10 9:01.76 Q 4 539 Shitaye ESHETE BRN 21 May 90 3 9:02.13 Q 5 595 Helen CLITHEROE GBR 02 Jan 74 9 9:02.27 6 804 Sara HALL USA 15 Apr 83 5 9:02.49 7 775 Alia Saeed MOHAMMED UAE 18 May 91 7 9:02.56 8 700 Lidia CHOJECKA POL 25 Jan 77 1 9:02.93 9 731 Kristina KHALEEVA RUS 22 Oct 87 6 9:07.13 10 509 Layes ABDULLAYEVA AZE 29 May 91 2 9:08.41 SB INTERMEDIATE TIMES 1000m 775 Alia Saeed MOHAMMED 3:08.04 2000m 539 Shitaye ESHETE 6:08.50 1 Timing and Measurement by SEIKO AT-3000-W-h----.RS6..v1 Issued at 15:35 on Friday, 09 March 2012 2 Official IAAF Partners Istanbul (TUR) World Indoor Championships From Friday 9 March to Sunday 11 March 2012 RESULTS 3000 Metres Women - Round 1 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 2 Timing and Measurement by SEIKO AT-3000-W-h----.RS6..v1 Issued at 15:35 on Friday, 09 March 2012 2 Official IAAF Partners.