Istanbul (TUR) World Indoor Championships From Friday 9 March to Sunday 11 March 2012 RESULTS 3000 Metres Women - 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 Start 15:51 11 March 2012 PLACE BIB NAME COUNTRY DATE of BIRTH ORDER RESULT 1 660 Hellen Onsando OBIRI KEN 13 Dec 89 10 8:37.16 2 585 Meseret DEFAR ETH 19 Nov 83 4 8:38.26 3 584 Gelete BURKA ETH 23 Jan 86 3 8:40.18 4 659 Sylvia Jebiwott KIBET KEN 28 Mar 84 12 8:40.50 PB 5 539 Shitaye ESHETE BRN 21 May 90 5 8:51.88 6 700 Lidia CHOJECKA POL 25 Jan 77 11 8:56.86 7 595 Helen CLITHEROE GBR 02 Jan 74 9 8:59.04 8 804 Sara HALL USA 15 Apr 83 6 8:59.95 9 788 Nataliya TOBIAS UKR 22 Nov 80 1 9:00.78 10 787 Svitlana SHMIDT UKR 20 Mar 90 7 9:03.99 11 796 Jackie ARESON USA 31 Mar 88 2 9:12.50 SB 12 775 Alia Saeed MOHAMMED UAE 18 May 91 8 9:15.74 INTERMEDIATE TIMES 1000m 595 Helen CLITHEROE 3:01.60 2000m 585 Meseret DEFAR 5:56.31 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 8:40.50 Sylvia Jebiwott KIBET (KEN) Istanbul 11 Mar 12 8:29.00 Olesya SYREVA (RUS) Moskva 17 Feb 06 8:41.01 Svitlana SHMIDT (UKR) Sumy 18 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-f--1--.RS1..v1 Issued at 16:03 on Sunday, 11 March 2012 Official IAAF Partners.