2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 9–10.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Olga Yegorova  Russia	Gabriela Szabo  Romania	Yelena Zadorozhnaya  Russia

First 5 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	8:55.79	Q
2	2	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	8:55.84	Q
3	2	Olga Yegorova	Russia	8:55.97	Q
4	2	Regina Jacobs	United States	8:56.92	Q
5	2	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	8:56.97	Q
6	2	Kathy Butler	Great Britain	8:58.60	q
7	2	Werknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	8:59.42	q
8	1	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	9:01.04	Q
9	1	Benita Willis	Australia	9:01.55	Q
10	1	Marta Domínguez	Spain	9:01.62	Q
11	1	Dong Yanmei	China	9:02.09	Q
12	1	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	9:02.23	Q
13	1	Cheri Goddard-Kenah	United States	9:02.24
14	2	Maria Cristina Petite	Spain	9:06.49
15	2	Li Ji	China	9:06.78
16	1	Elena Iagăr	Romania	9:08.46
17	2	Chrysostomia Iakovou	Greece	9:12.15
18	1	Sonia Lopes	Cape Verde	11:37.38	NR
	1	Marina Bastos	Portugal	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Yegorova	Russia	8:37.48	NR
	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	8:39.65
	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	8:40.15	PB
4	Marta Domínguez	Spain	8:40.98	NR
5	Dong Yanmei	China	8:41.34	AR
6	Benita Willis	Australia	8:42.75	AR
7	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	8:44.37	NR
8	Hayley Tullett	Great Britain	8:45.36	PB
9	Werknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	8:46.56
10	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	8:47.60
11	Kathy Butler	Great Britain	9:04.81
12	Regina Jacobs	United States	9:05.33

• Results