2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 3000 metres

Girls' 3000 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates	6 July
Competitors	16
Winning time	8:56.36 WYL
Medalists
Gotytom Gebreslase   Ethiopia   Ziporah Wanjiru Kingori   Kenya   Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui   Kenya

The girls' 3000 metres at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gotytom Gebreslase Ethiopia	Ziporah Wanjiru Kingori Kenya	Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best	Ma Ningning (CHN)	8:36.45	Jinan, China	6 June 1993
Championship Record	Mercy Cherono (KEN)	8:53.94	Ostrava, Czech Republic	11 July 2007
World Youth Leading	Genet Tibieso (ETH)	9:00.87	Marseille, France	4 June 2011

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gotytom Gebreslase	Ethiopia	8:56.36	WYL
2	Ziporah Wanjiru Kingori	Kenya	8:56.82	PB
3	Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui	Kenya	8:58.83	PB
4	Alena Kudashkina	Russia	9:01.51	PB
5	Alemitu Heroye	Ethiopia	9:04.32	PB
6	Katsuki Suga	Japan	9:05.62	PB
7	Tomoka Kimura	Japan	9:11.36
8	Anca Maria Bunea	Romania	9:25.11	PB
9	Luula Berhane Kebedom	Eritrea	9:32.17	PB
10	Claudia Estévez	Spain	9:34.70	PB
11	Mariia Khodakivska	Ukraine	9:38.65	PB
12	Emine Hatun Tuna	Turkey	9:44.44	PB
13	Luminita Achim	Romania	9:55.29
14	Thea Krokan Murud	Norway	9:58.41
15	Kefilwe Galeitsewe	Botswana	10:05.96
16	Oona Kettunen	Finland	DNS

Intermediate leaders:

• 1000 m: Tomoka Kimura: 2:58.83
• 2000 m: Alemitu Heroye: 6:05.35