2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the
2008 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 women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
10,000 m walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Mercy Cherono
 Kenya
Silver Bizunesh Urgesa
 Ethiopia
Bronze Frehiwot Goshu
 Ethiopia

Results

Final

12 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Mercy Cherono  Kenya 8:58.07
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bizunesh Urgesa  Ethiopia 8:58.90
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Frehiwot Goshu  Ethiopia 9:03.76
4 Marina Gordeyeva  Russia 9:11.59
5 Jacklin Chebii  Kenya 9:12.85
6 Laurynne Chetelat  United States 9:15.11
7 Yekaterina Gorbunova  Russia 9:15.59
8 Tamara Jewet  Canada 9:15.74
9 Joanne Harvey  United Kingdom 9:15.98
10 Rei Ohara  Japan 9:16.09
11 Lauren Howarth  United Kingdom 9:16.92
12 Michi Numata  Japan 9:20.46
13 Bogdana Mimic  Serbia 9:29.34
14 Olga Skrypak  Ukraine 9:31.89
15 Kim Seong-Eun  South Korea 9:38.85
16 Doreen Chesang  Uganda 9:41.24
17 Lyudmyla Kovalenko  Ukraine 9:42.05
18 Karolina Waszak  Poland 10:07.77

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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