2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14–15.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Berhane Adere  Ethiopia	Marta Domínguez  Spain	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:49.80	Q, PB
2	2	Maria Cristina Grosu-Mazilu	Romania	8:51.58	Q, PB
3	2	Marta Domínguez	Spain	8:51.97	Q
4	2	Zhor El Kamch	Morocco	8:52.31	Q
	2	Maria Tsirba	Greece	8:52.70	q, Doping
5	1	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	8:53.64	Q
6	1	Galina Bogomolova	Russia	8:55.72	Q
7	1	Benita Johnson	Australia	8:57.08	Q
8	1	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	8:57.21	Q
9	1	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	9:00.13	q
10	2	Susanne Pumper	Austria	9:02.98	q, SB
11	1	Amaia Piedra	Spain	9:03.41	q
12	2	Maria McCambridge	Ireland	9:03.68	PB
13	2	Katie McGregor	United States	9:06.30
14	1	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	9:09.27
15	1	Lívia Tóth	Hungary	9:10.95
16	1	Maria Martins	France	9:12.48
17	2	Yelena Sidorchenkova	Russia	9:13.51
18	2	Korene Hinds	Jamaica	9:15.18
19	1	Dina Cruz	Guatemala	9:56.67
	1	Collette Liss-Douglas	United States	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	8:40.25
	Marta Domínguez	Spain	8:42.17
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:42.58	PB
4	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	8:49.50
5	Zhor El Kamch	Morocco	8:49.55
6	Galina Bogomolova	Russia	8:50.62	PB
7	Benita Johnson	Australia	8:51.62	SB
DQ	Maria Tsirba	Greece	8:52.21	Doping
8	Maria Cristina Grosu-Mazilu	Romania	8:58.65
9	Amaia Piedra	Spain	8:59.76	PB
10	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	9:00.17
11	Susanne Pumper	Austria	9:08.64

References

• Results