2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 1 March 2019 at 21:40 (final) local time.

Konstanze Klosterhalfen came into the race with the leading time of the year, but the eyes were on defending champion Laura Muir. Eilish McColgan held the point, trying to set an honest pace for the first 7 laps, with Muir running relaxed marking her position in second. Behind them, the German duo of Klosterhalfen and Alina Reh were jockeying to maintain position near the front. With 8 laps to go, Klosterhalfen tried to break it open, running the next 400 meters in 64 seconds. Muir stuck to her back, not giving up even two metres, behind them the field strung out, a long gap back to Reh and Melissa Courtney trying to bridge the gap. Even Klosterhalfen couldn't keep up the 32 second laps, but she strained to keep closer to 33 second, noticeably tiring in the process. Muir bided her time, finally positioning herself on Klosterhalfen's shoulder before the bell, then accelerating. Klosterhalfen had no answer and Muir stretched her lead, lapping most of the field as she finished her final lap. Losing ground the last few laps, Courtney allowed Reh to catch her before the final lap, but then again separated to take the bronze.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Laura Muir
  United Kingdom
Konstanze Klosterhalfen
  Germany
Melissa Courtney
  United Kingdom

Records

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World record   Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 8:16.60 Stockholm, Sweden 6 February 2014
European record   Laura Muir (GBR) 8:26.41 Karlsruhe, Germany 4 February 2017
Championship record   Laura Muir (GBR) 8:35.67 Belgrade, Serbia 5 March 2017
World Leading   Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) 8:32.47 Leipzig, Germany 16 February 2019
European Leading

Results

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The eventual medallists underway
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Note
  Laura Muir   Great Britain 8:30.61 CR
  Konstanze Klosterhalfen   Germany 8:34.06
  Melissa Courtney   Great Britain 8:38.22 PB
4 Alina Reh   Germany 8:39.45 PB
5 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway 8:52.12
6 Maureen Koster   Netherlands 8:56.22
7 Eilish McColgan   Great Britain 8:59.71
8 Célia Antón   Spain 9:00.57 PB
9 Viktória Gyürkés   Hungary 9:03.56 PB
10 Margherita Magnani   Italy 9:05.32
11 Cristina Espejo   Spain 9:06.26
12 Nada Pauer   Austria 9:06.75
13 Julia van Velthoven   Netherlands 9:14.90
14 Yolanda Ngarambe   Sweden 9:17.53
15 Ophélie Claude-Boxberger   France 9:19.55
16 Lisa Havell   Sweden 9:22.72

References

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