2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

None 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.http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=2778537f-15d0-45ad-8fc1-82ed94a8bd75.pdf&urlslug=Doping%20sanctions%20-%20News%20154 Doping sanctions - News 154 Positive cases in athletics Sanctioned according to information received by the IAAF as of 26 June 2014 30 July 2014 iaaf.org IAAF 1 August 2014 All her results from 16 February 2009 onwards were annulled.http://www.broadsheet.ie/2014/07/31/three-cheers/ Three Cheers July 31, 2014 Broadsheet 1 August 2014 Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAlemitu BekeleSara MoreiraMary Cullen 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 8:55.01 Q 2 2 Yuliya Zarudneva 8:55.49 Q 3 1 Alemitu Bekele 8:57.94 Q 4 1 Nuria Fernández 8:58.02 Q 99 DQ 1 Anna Alminova 8:58.03 Q, Doping 5 1 Sara Moreira 8:58.09 Q 6 2 Silvia Weissteiner 8:59.17 Q 7 2 Jessica Augusto 9:00.20 Q 8 1 Deirdre Byrne 9:00.67 q, PB 9 1 Katrina Wootton Great Britain 9:01.21 q 10 2 Ancuta Bobocel 9:01.65 q 11 1 Inês Monteiro 9:01.88 q 12 1 Elena Romagnolo 9:05.60 13 2 Sonja Stolić 9:10.10 PB 14 1 Élodie Olivarès 9:11.26 15 2 Eva Arias 9:11.39 PB 99 2 Konstadina Efedaki 9:99.99 DNF 99 2 Lidia Chojecka 9:99.99 DNF Final thumb|right|300px|Alemitu Bekele of Turkey won the event with a new national record. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Alemitu Bekele 8:46.50 NR Sara Moreira 8:48.18 PB Mary Cullen 8:48.47 04 4 Nuria Fernández 8:49.49 PB 05 5 Silvia Weissteiner 8:50.17 SB 99 DQ Anna Alminova 8:51.36 Doping 06 6 Yuliya Zarudneva 8:58.55 07 7 Ancuta Bobocel 8:59.78 PB 08 8 Katrina Wootton Great Britain 9:01.83 09 9 Jessica Augusto 9:04.48 10 Deirdre Byrne 9:08.89 11 Inês Monteiro 9:14.34 References Results Category:3000 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Women's events at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships