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2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

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The women's 3000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics will be held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Mercy Chebwogen
 Kenya
Hiwot Gebrekidan
 Ethiopia
Emelia Gorecka
 Great Britain

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Zola Pieterse (GBR) 8:28.85 Rome, Italy 7 September 1985
Championship Record  Zhang Linli (CHN) 8:46.86 Seoul, South Korea 20 September 1992
World Junior Leading  Nancy Chepkwemoi (KEN) 8:56.52 Doha, Qatar 11 May 2012

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mercy Chebwogen  Kenya 9:08.88 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hiwot Gebrekidan  Ethiopia 9:09.27 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emelia Gorecka  Great Britain 9:09.43 PB
4 Haftamnesh Tesfay  Ethiopia 9:10.02 PB
5 Brillian Jepkorir Kipkoech  Kenya 9:14.32 PB
6 Aisling Cuffe  United States 9:19.95
7 Rebekah Greene  New Zealand 9:21.23 PB
8 Miyuki Uehara  Japan 9:21.81
9 Lindsay Crevoiserat  United States 9:21.88 PB
10 Li Zhixuan  China 9:24.06 PB
11 Liv Westphal  France 9:24.10 PB
12 Mariia Khodakivska  Ukraine 9:25.98
13 Sarah Collins  Ireland 9:26.26 PB
14 Wu Xufeng  China 9:27.89 PB
15 Cleo Boyd  Canada 9:37.84
16 Laura Muir  Great Britain 9:40.81
17 Misuzu Nakahara  Japan 9:49.84
18 Karoline Egeland Skatteboe  Norway 9:59.69
19 Stessy Ngouvi Bouanga  Gabon 13:54.15 PB
Nancy Cheptegei  Uganda DNS

Participation

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According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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