3000 m walk (indoor), women

What to remember

Bucharest, January 30, 1999: Romania's Claudia Iovan walked 3000 m on an indoor track in 11 min 40.33 s, an average of 15.421 km/h. She is also known as Claudia Ștef.

As in every race walk, athletes must keep contact with the ground and keep the supporting leg straight until the other leg passes it. The 3000 m is a track race, and it was part of the women's programme at the World Indoor Championships until 1993. Its imperial equivalent, the 2 miles walk, was held at the USA Indoor Championships until 1987.

Born in 1978 in Craiova, Claudia Ștef specialised in race walking and later competed over 20 km.