1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

1990 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	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
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The women's 3000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 12 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Simona Staicu  Romania
Silver	Liu Shixiang  China
Bronze	Japan

Results[]

Final[]

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Simona Staicu	Romania	9:09.57
	Liu Shixiang	China	9:10.54
		Japan	9:11.92
4	Andrea Whitcombe	United Kingdom	9:13.81
5		Czechoslovakia	9:16.44
6		Japan	9:16.76
7		Kenya	9:18.02
8	Brynhild Synstnes	Norway	9:19.40
9		Hungary	9:20.23
10	Sarah Schwald	United States	9:25.67
11	Angela White	Australia	9:27.66
12		Canada	9:28.30
13		New Zealand	9:38.83
14		Kenya	9:42.15
		Bulgaria	DNF

Heats[]

9 August

Heat 1[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Kenya	9:17.75	Q
2	Angela White	Australia	9:18.19	Q
3	Simona Staicu	Romania	9:18.69	Q
4	Liu Shixiang	China	9:18.77	Q
5	Andrea Whitcombe	United Kingdom	9:21.23	Q
6		Japan	9:21.99	Q
7	Sarah Schwald	United States	9:22.57	q
8		New Zealand	9:23.10	q
9	Janeth Caizalitín	Ecuador	9:29.28
10		Morocco	9:31.89
11		Bulgaria	9:40.14
	Marina Bastos	Portugal	DNF

Heat 2[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1		Kenya	9:23.05	Q
2		Hungary	9:23.63	Q
3	Brynhild Synstnes	Norway	9:24.48	Q
4		Japan	9:24.56	Q
5		Canada	9:24.64	Q
6		Bulgaria	9:24.87	Q
7		Czechoslovakia	9:25.76	q
8	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	9:26.63
9	Annemari Sandell	Finland	9:28.46
10		Malawi	9:45.25
11		Morocco	9:58.26
12		Australia	10:10.58
13		Tanzania	10:21.15

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References[]