2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The Women's 3000 metres event at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 4–6.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lidia Chojecka  Poland	Susanne Pumper  Austria	Sabrina Mockenhaupt  Germany

Note: Turkey's Tezeta Desalegn-Dengersa originally won the silver medal but was later disqualified for doping offence (metenolone).

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	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	8:58.99	Q
2	2	Tatyana Holovchenko	Ukraine	9:01.55	Q
3	1	Susanne Pumper	Austria	9:02.12	Q
4	1	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	Germany	9:02.17	Q
5	2	Maria Martins	France	9:02.23	Q
6	2	Jo Pavey	Great Britain	9:02.30	q
7	1	Krisztina Papp	Hungary	9:02.56	Q
8	1	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	9:03.58	Q, PB
9	2	Yelena Kanales	Russia	9:05.08	q
10	1	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia	9:05.37	q
11	2	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	9:07.95	q
12	1	Konstadina Efedaki	Greece	9:11.12
13	1	Jacqueline Martín	Spain	9:13.85
14	2	Jessica Augusto	Portugal	9:18.00
15	2	Cristina Grosu	Romania	9:22.84
16	1	Marina Bastos	Portugal	9:25.64
	2	Tezeta Desalegn-Dengersa	Turkey	DQ (8:59.92)

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	8:43.76	SB
	Susanne Pumper	Austria	8:47.74
	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	Germany	8:47.76	SB
4	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	8:56.27	PB
5	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia	8:57.79
6	Krisztina Papp	Hungary	9:09.54
7	Maria Martins	France	9:10.08
8	Tatyana Holovchenko	Ukraine	9:10.09
9	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	9:10.22
	Tezeta Desalegn-Dengersa	Turkey	DQ (8:46.65)
	Jo Pavey	Great Britain	DNF
	Yelena Kanales	Russia	DNS

References

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