2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
# 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 3 March 2017 at 12:15 (heats) and on 5 March 16:30 (final) local time.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Laura Muir Great Britain | Yasemin Can Turkey | Eilish McColgan Great Britain |

## Records

Standing records after the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships :

| 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 | Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) | 8:39.49 | Stockholm, Sweden | 9 March 1996 |
| World Leading | Laura Muir (GBR) | 8:26.41 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 4 February 2017 |
| European Leading | Laura Muir (GBR) | 8:26.41 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 4 February 2017 |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Yasemin Can | Turkey | 8:52.33 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Stephanie Twell | Great Britain | 8:55.02 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Charlotta Fougberg | Sweden | 8:55.21 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Alina Reh | Germany | 8:55.23 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 8:55.56 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Ana Lozano | Spain | 8:56.01 | q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | Maureen Koster | Netherlands | 8:57.52 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Eilish McColgan | Great Britain | 8:57.85 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Giulia Viola | Italy | 8:57.86 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 1 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 8:58.20 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 1 | Hanna Klein | Germany | 8:58.45 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Ancuța Bobocel | Romania | 8:58.91 | q, SB |
| 13 | 2 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Belarus | 9:03.21 | SB |
| 14 | 1 | Roxana Bârcă | Romania | 9:13.36 | |
| 15 | 1 | Blanca Fernández | Spain | 9:13.38 | |
| 16 | 2 | Tuğba Güvenc | Turkey | 9:35.86 | |
| 17 | 1 | Emine Hatun Tuna | Turkey | 9:36.78 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Laura Muir | Great Britain | 8:35.67 | CR |
| | Yasemin Can | Turkey | 8:43.46 | NR |
| | Eilish McColgan | Great Britain | 8:47.43 | |
| 4 | Maureen Koster | Netherlands | 8:48.99 | |
| 5 | Stephanie Twell | Great Britain | 8:50.40 | |
| 6 | Ana Lozano | Spain | 8:55.20 | PB |
| 7 | Giulia Viola | Italy | 8:56.19 | PB |
| 8 | Alina Reh | Germany | 8:57.87 | |
| 9 | Hanna Klein | Germany | 8:58.57 | |
| 10 | Nuria Fernández | Spain | 9:05.17 | |
| 11 | Ancuța Bobocel | Romania | 9:05.74 | |
| 12 | Charlotta Fougberg | Sweden | 9:09.53 | |
