2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

None June 2025 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships At the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Meseret Defar won the women's 3000 metre run with a time of 8:38.79.3000 Metres Result 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships https://worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-indoor-championships/2008/12th-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-6975500/women/3000-metres/final/result 2025-06-16 World Athletics Medalists Gold Image:Med 1.png Meseret Defar Ethiopia 1996Silver Image:Med 2.png Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia 1996Bronze Image:Med 3.png Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Heats Heat Pos Name Country Mark Q 1 1 Meseret Defar Ethiopia 1996 8:51.02 Q 1 2 Kimberley Smith 8:52.81 SB Q 1 3 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 8:56.14 Q 1 4 Lisa Dobriskey 8:56.56 Q 1 5 Yelena Sidorchenkova 8:57.62 q 1 6 Elena Antoci 8:58.01 1 7 Hanane Ouhaddou 9:03.41 1 8 Jennifer Rhines 9:03.66 1 9 Xue Fei 9:03.67 PB 1 10 Alemitu Bekele 9:04.94 1 11 Isabel Checa 9:06.21 2 1 Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia 1996 8:46.32 Q 2 2 Olga Komyagina 8:46.64 SB Q 2 3 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 8:48.22 Q 2 4 Megan Metcalfe 8:48.56 NR Q 2 5 Jessica Augusto 8:48.81 q 2 6 Silvia Weissteiner 8:50.30 SB q 2 7 Helen Clitheroe 8:52.48 q 2 8 Julie Culley 9:04.45 2 9 Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru 9:12.68 2 10 Daniela Donisa 9:19.26 2 11 Maria Pia Nehme 10:31.95 NR 2 Zakia Mrisho Mohamed DNS 3000 Metres Result 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships https://worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-indoor-championships/2008/12th-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-6975500/women/3000-metres/heats/result 2025-06-16 World Athletics Final Pos Name Country Mark Image:Gold medal icon.svg Meseret Defar Ethiopia 1996 8:38.79 Image:Silver medal icon.svg Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia 1996 8:41.50 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 8:41.66 4 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 8:41.82 NR 5 Olga Komyagina 8:44.57 SB 6 Kimberley Smith 8:48.48 SB 7 Silvia Weissteiner 8:49.11 SB 8 Jessica Augusto 8:49.78 9 Helen Clitheroe 8:52.77 10 Lisa Dobriskey 8:52.92 11 Yelena Sidorchenkova 9:01.81 12 Megan Metcalfe 9:07.16 Intermediate Athlete Country Mark 1000m Jessica Augusto 2:59.33 2000m Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 5:55.50 References Category:3000 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships 3000 metres Women