The women's 3,000 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics

2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 13th World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19–25 July 2010. A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the Championships, 22 by male...

was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 19 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mercy Cherono Mercy Cherono Mercy Cherono is a Kenyan middle distance runner. She is a two-time world junior champion in the 3000 metres and has also won gold medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games...  Kenya	Emebet Anteneh  Ethiopia	Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva is Ethiopia-born Azerbaijani international middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m.-Achievements:-External links:...  Azerbaijan

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World junior record	Zola Budd Zola Budd Zola Pieterse, better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd , is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, in less than three years, twice broke the world record in the women's 5000 metres and twice was the women's winner at the World Cross Country Championships...	Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...	8:28.83	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	September 7, 1985
Championship record	Zhang Linli Zhang Linli Zhang Linli is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who set world class times in events ranging from 1500m up to the Marathon. She broke the world record in the woman's 3000 metres on September 12, 1993.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	8:46.46	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...	September 20, 1992

no new records were established during the competition.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mercy Cherono Mercy Cherono Mercy Cherono is a Kenyan middle distance runner. She is a two-time world junior champion in the 3000 metres and has also won gold medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games...		8:55.07	WJL
	Emebet Anteneh		8:55.24	PB
	Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva is Ethiopia-born Azerbaijani international middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m.-Achievements:-External links:...		8:55.33	NR Azerbaijani records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Azerbaijan maintained by the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognized by federation-External links:... ,NJR
	Purity Cherotich Rionoripo		8:56.91	PB
	Tejitu Daba		9:01.22	NJR
	Genet Yalew		9:01.75	PB
	Jennifer Wenth		9:09.20	NJR
	Hannah Newbould		9:15.68	PB
	Jordan Hasay Jordan Hasay Jordan Melissa Hasay is an American female middle-distance runner. She grew up in Arroyo Grande, attending Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School. She was unanimously selected 2008 Girls High School Athlete of the Year by the voting panel at Track & Field News...		9:15.78	PB
10	Emily Sisson		9:16.80	PB
11	Emelia Gorecka Emelia Gorecka Emelia Gorecka , is a British track athlete. She runs for Aldershot Farnham and District AC and lives in Bookham, Surrey...		9:18.43
12	Haruka Kyuma		9:22.13
13	Karla Diaz		9:23.22	NJR
14	Tugba Karakaya Tuğba Karakaya Tuğba Karakaya is a Turkish female middle distance runner. A native of Kayseri in Central Anatolia, she is a student of physical education and sports at the local Erciyes University...		9:23.65	PB
15	Gulshat Fazlitdinova		9:25.32
16	Laura Nagel		9:25.91	PB
17	Mojie Cao		9:27.96
18	Kanako Fujiishi		9:28.04	SB
19	Mary Naali		9:42.51	PB
20	Esma Aydemir		9:43.03
21	Laura Galván		9:47.09
22	Caroline Pfister		9:47.55	SB

Key: NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WJL = World junior leading

External links

• 3,000 metres results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-22.
• 13th IAAF World Junior Championships Facts & Figures. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-22.