2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men
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The Women's 3000 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 11.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	8:38.80
	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia	8:42.18
	Lidia Chojecka	Poland	8:42.59	SB
4	Sentayehu Ejigu	Ethiopia	8:43.38	PB
5	Olesya Syreva	Russia	8:44.10
6	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	8:55.97
7	Carrie Tollefson	United States	8:59.13	SB
8	Analía Rosa	Portugal	8:59.99	PB
9	Tetyana Kryvobok	Ukraine	9:02.87
10	Maria McCambridge	Ireland	9:07.26
11	Tetyana Holovchenko	Ukraine	9:08.24
12	Sara Bei-Hall	United States	9:14.49
13	Roisin McGettigan	Ireland	9:28.85

• Results