1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 1993 World Championships
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
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 3.000 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 1993-08-16.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	8:28.71
	Zhang Linli (CHN)	8:29.25
	Zhang Lirong (CHN)	8:31.95
4.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	8:33.38
5.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	8:38.42
6.	Yelena Romanova (RUS)	8:39.69
7.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	8:40.40
8.	Lyudmila Borisova (RUS)	8:40.78
9.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:43.46
10.	Annette Peters (USA)	8:45.56
11.	Yelena-Ebru Kopytova-Kavaklioglu (RUS)	8:50.49
12.	Claudia Lokar (GER)	8:51.35
13.	Annemari Sandell (FIN)	8:53.58
14.	Luminita Zaituc (ROM)	9:01.38
15.	Esther Kiplagat (KEN)	9:07.05

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Zhang Linli (CHN)	8:48.85
2.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:51.30
3.	Yelena Romanova (RUS)	8:54.81
4.	Esther Kiplagat (KEN)	8:55.07
5.	Luminita Zaituc (ROM)	8:55.55
6.	Claudia Lokar (GER)	8:55.98
7.	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	8:57.46
8.	Julia Sakara (ZIM)	8:57.69 (NR)
9.	Regina Cistjakova (LTU)	8:58.51
10.	Ulla Marquette (CAN)	9:00.68
11.	Elly van Hulst (NED)	9:04.86
12.	Katy Mccandless (USA)	9:10.13
13.	Andrea Sollarova (SVK)	9:12.91
14.	Jayanthi Palaniappan (MAS)	9:18.42 NR
15.	Martha Portobanco (NCA)	10:48.08
16.	Halima Boubacar (NIG)	11:26.13

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Qu Yunxia (CHN)	8:49.20
2.	Lyudmila Borisova (RUS)	8:50.02
3.	Annette Peters (USA)	8:51.67
4.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	8:51.89
5.	Annemari Sandell (FIN)	8:54.75
6.	Annette Sergent (FRA)	8:58.15
7.	Elena Fidatov (ROM)	8:58.89
8.	Valentina Tauceri (ITA)	9:00.20
9.	Julia Vaquero (ESP)	9:05.50
10.	Eva Doczi (HUN)	9:09.51
11.	Daria Nauer (SUI)	9:11.28
12.	Getenesh Urge (ETH)	9:16.24
13.	Marilu Salazar (PER)	9:32.33
14.	Tevdenshigmed Enh-Od (MGL)	10:50.27
—	Raj Kumari Pandey (NEP)	DNS
—	Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	8:50.62
2.	Zhang Lirong (CHN)	8:51.75
3.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	8:52.62
4.	Yelena-Ebru Kopytova-Kavaklioglu (RUS)	8:57.73
5.	Margareta Keszeg (ROM)	8:59.21
6.	Farida Fates (FRA)	8:59.93
7.	Sheila Carrozza (USA)	9:01.41
8.	Estela Estevez (ESP)	9:08.04
9.	Nina Christiansen (DEN)	9:09.06
10.	Harumi Hiroyama (JPN)	9:11.77
11.	Leah Pells (CAN)	9:16.63
12.	Gwen Griffiths (RSA)	9:33.96
13.	Aura Morales (GUA)	9:49.08
14.	Shirley Cespedes (CRC)	10:15.01
15.	Gulsara Dadabayeva (TJK)	10:29.69
16.	Adelaide Malepa (LES)	11:00.68
—	Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich (BLR)	DNF

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic 3,000 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 3,000 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 3,000 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 3,000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3,000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Atlanta)

References

• Results