1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 30 July.

Medalists

Gold	Ann Mwangi Kenya
Silver	Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal
Bronze	Yvonne Lichtenfeld East Germany

Results

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	9:13.99
	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9:15.33
	Yvonne Lichtenfeld	East Germany	9:16.02
4	Rosario Pia	Portugal	9:16.62
5	Simona Staicu	Romania	9:17.96
6	Liu Shixiang	China	9:20.88
7	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	9:23.37
8	Fatima Maama	Morocco	9:24.19
9	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	9:28.72
10	Helen Titterington	United Kingdom	9:31.23
11	Nadia Ouaziz	Morocco	9:44.04
12	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	9:44.32
13	Annalisa Scurti	Italy	9:47.08
14	Tonya Todd	Canada	9:49.64
15	Mwahija Maliga	Tanzania	10:20.01

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	9:20.60	Q
2	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	9:21.85	Q
3	Fatima Maama	Morocco	9:22.15	Q
4	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	9:22.86	Q
5	Rosario Pia	Portugal	9:23.03	Q
6	Yvonne Lichtenfeld	East Germany	9:24.05	Q
7	Annalisa Scurti	Italy	9:27.17	q
8	Mwahija Maliga	Tanzania	9:31.09	q
9	Tonya Todd	Canada	9:38.73	q
10	Alina Karwowski	Brazil	9:42.88
11	Denise Bushallow	United States	9:59.53
12	Belinda McArdle	Ireland	10:09.85
13	Fanny Gidiyoni	Malawi	10:38.17

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Shixiang	China	9:20.41	Q
2	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	9:22.40	Q
3	Nadia Ouaziz	Morocco	9:23.54	Q
4	Helen Titterington	United Kingdom	9:25.70	Q
5	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9:26.80	Q
6	Simona Staicu	Romania	9:27.12	Q
7	Kari Uglem	Norway	9:41.09
8	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	9:48.20
9	Paola Testa	Italy	9:48.74
10	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	9:50.31
11	Tausi Saidi	Tanzania	9:52.35
12	Andrea Pernitsky	Canada	9:59.00

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

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