2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The Women's 3000 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.

Doping

Anna Alminova originally came sixth in the race, but was disqualified in 2014 after the IAAF handed her a doping ban caused by abnormalities in her biological passport profile. All her results from 16 February 2009 onwards were annulled.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alemitu Bekele Turkey	Sara Moreira Portugal	Mary Cullen Ireland

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mary Cullen	Ireland	8:55.01	Q
2	2	Yuliya Zarudneva	Russia	8:55.49	Q
3	1	Alemitu Bekele	Turkey	8:57.94	Q
4	1	Nuria Fernández	Spain	8:58.02	Q
DQ	1	Anna Alminova	Russia	8:58.03	Q, Doping
5	1	Sara Moreira	Portugal	8:58.09	Q
6	2	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	8:59.17	Q
7	2	Jessica Augusto	Portugal	9:00.20	Q
8	1	Deirdre Byrne	Ireland	9:00.67	q, PB
9	1	Katrina Wootton	Great Britain	9:01.21	q
10	2	Ancuta Bobocel	Romania	9:01.65	q
11	1	Inês Monteiro	Portugal	9:01.88	q
12	1	Elena Romagnolo	Italy	9:05.60
13	2	Sonja Stolić	Serbia	9:10.10	PB
14	1	Élodie Olivarès	France	9:11.26
15	2	Eva Arias	Spain	9:11.39	PB
	2	Konstadina Efedaki	Greece	DNF
	2	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	DNF

Final

Alemitu Bekele of Turkey won the event with a new national record.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alemitu Bekele	Turkey	8:46.50	NR
	Sara Moreira	Portugal	8:48.18	PB
	Mary Cullen	Ireland	8:48.47
4	Nuria Fernández	Spain	8:49.49	PB
5	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	8:50.17	SB
DQ	Anna Alminova	Russia	8:51.36	Doping
6	Yuliya Zarudneva	Russia	8:58.55
7	Ancuta Bobocel	Romania	8:59.78	PB
8	Katrina Wootton	Great Britain	9:01.83
9	Jessica Augusto	Portugal	9:04.48
10	Deirdre Byrne	Ireland	9:08.89
11	Inês Monteiro	Portugal	9:14.34

References

• Results