2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 13 March.Medalists
Records
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the [|final].
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Meseret Defar | | 8:48.23 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet | | 8:48.60 | Q |
| 2 | Alemitu Bekele | | 8:48.73 | Q, SB, Doping |
| 3 | 2 | Layes Abdullayeva | | 8:49.65 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Jéssica Augusto | | 8:50.81 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Desireé Davila | | 8:51.08 | q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Lidia Chojecka | | 8:52.14 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Adriënne Herzog | | 8:53.24 | q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | Ancuţa Bobocel | | 8:54.08 | PB |
| 9 | 2 | Deirdre Byrne | | 8:58.94 | PB |
| 10 | 1 | Sentayehu Ejigu | | 9:00.34 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Sara Moreira | | 9:01.01 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Vivian Cheruiyot | | 9:01.35 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | René Kalmer | | 9:01.41 | Q, NR |
| 14 | 1 | Barbara Parker | | 9:01.52 | |
| 15 | 1 | Renata Pliś | | 9:02.68 | |
| 16 | 1 | Sara Hall | | 9:04.25 | |
| 17 | 1 | Yelena Zadorozhnaya | | 9:09.52 | |
| 18 | 2 | Gemma Turtle | | 9:17.55 | |
| 19 | 1 | Hazel Murphy | | 9:17.60 | |
| 20 | 1 | Viktoriia Poliudina | | 9:30.76 | NR |
Final
