# 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 8 and 9 March 2025. This will be the 25th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Round 1 is scheduled for 8 March during the morning session. The final is scheduled for 9 March during the evening session.

## Background

The women's 3000 metres was contested 24 times before 2025, held every time since the 1982 edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Genzebe Dibaba is the world record holder in the event, with a time of 8:16.60 set in 2021. Laura Muir is the European record holder with a time of 8:26.41, set in 2017. Muir also holds the championships record, set at the 2019 championships.
Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
| 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) | 8:30.61 | Glasgow, Great Britain | 1 March 2019 |
| World leading | Freweyni Hailu (ETH) | 8:19.98 | Liévin, France | 13 February 2025 |
| European leading | Melissa Courtney-Bryant (GBR) | 8:28.69 | Boston, United States | 2 February 2025 |

## Qualification

For the women's 3000 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 8:48.00 s indoors or 8:39.00 s outdoors, or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There is a target number of 24 athletes.

## Rounds
### Round 1

Round 1 is scheduled for 8 March, starting at 10:20 (UTC+1) in the morning. Qualification rule: First 6 in each heat (Q) qualify for the final.
Results of round 1 :
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | PB |
| 1 | 1 | Sarah Healy | Ireland | 8:55.35 | Q | 8:30.79 |
| 2 | 1 | Maureen Koster | Netherlands | 8:55.40 | Q | 8:33.47 |
| 3 | 1 | Ludovica Cavalli | Italy | 8:55.47 | Q | 8:44.40 |
| 4 | 1 | Lea Meyer | Germany | 8:56.36 | Q | 8:40.96 |
| 5 | 1 | Innes FitzGerald | Great Britain | 8:58.44 | Q | 8:40.05 |
| 6 | 1 | Lisa Rooms | Belgium | 9:01.88 | Q | 8:47.74 |
| 7 | 1 | Idaira Prieto | Spain | 9:04.15 | | 8:51.82 |
| 8 | 2 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | Great Britain | 9:08.19 | Q | 8:28.69 |
| 9 | 2 | Marta García | Spain | 9:08.23 | Q | 8:38.34 |
| 10 | 2 | Weronika Lizakowska | Poland | 9:08.40 | Q | 8:48.00 |
| 11 | 2 | Salomé Afonso | Portugal | 9:08.46 | Q | 8:39.25 |
| 12 | 2 | Sarah Madeleine | France | 9:08.56 | Q | 8:48.39 |
| 13 | 1 | Olimpia Breza | Poland | 9:08.83 | | 8:57.91 |
| 14 | 2 | Hannah Nuttall | Great Britain | 9:08.97 | Q | 8:40.01 |
| 15 | 1 | Veerle Bakker | Netherlands | 9:09.21 | | 8:58.09 |
| 16 | 2 | Águeda Marqués | Spain | 9:09.36 | | 8:41.75 |
| 17 | 2 | Federica Del Buono | Italy | 9:11.39 | | 8:48.93 |
| 18 | 2 | Micol Majori | Italy | 9:13.01 | | 9:00.35 |
| 19 | 1 | Linn Söderholm | Sweden | 9:15.92 | | 8:55.24 |
| 20 | 2 | Jodie McCann | Ireland | 9:18.73 | | 8:55.71 |
| 21 | 2 | Jennifer Gulikers | Netherlands | 9:19.22 | | 9:18.02 |
| 22 | 2 | Agate Caune | Latvia | 9:22.00 | | 8:56.88 |
| 23 | 1 | Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth | Hungary | 9:28.22 | | 9:05.18 |
| | 1 | Gresa Bakraçi | Kosovo | DNS | | 9:36.96 |

### Final

The final is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 17:36 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Results of the final :
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
| | Sarah Healy | Ireland | 8:52.86 |
| | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | Great Britain | 8:52.92 |
| | Salomé Afonso | Portugal | 8:53.42 |
| 4 | Marta García | Spain | 8:53.67 |
| 5 | Sarah Madeleine | France | 8:53.96 |
| 6 | Hannah Nuttall | Great Britain | 8:54.60 |
| 7 | Lea Meyer | Germany | 8:55.62 |
| 8 | Innes FitzGerald | Great Britain | 8:57.00 |
| 9 | Lisa Rooms | Belgium | 9:04.90 |
| 10 | Weronika Lizakowska | Poland | 9:06.84 |
| 11 | Ludovica Cavalli | Italy | 9:07.20 |
| | Maureen Koster | Netherlands | DNF |