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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
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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These are the official results of the Women's 3000 metres event at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 16 August 1993.

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	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 Kopytova	(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	Athlete	Nation	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	Italy (ITA)	8:57.46
8.	Julia Sakara	(ZIM)	8:57.69 NR
9.		(LTU)	8:58.51
10.		(CAN)	9:00.68
11.	Elly van Hulst	(NED)	9:04.86
12.	Katy McCandless	(USA)	9:10.13
13.		(SVK)	9:12.91
14.		(MAS)	9:18.42 NR
15.		(NCA)	10:48.08
16.		(NIG)	11:26.13

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	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	Italy (ITA)	9:00.20
9.	Julia Vaquero	(ESP)	9:05.50
10.		(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.		(MGL)	10:50.27
—	Raj Kumari Pandey	(NEP)	DNS
—	Zahra Ouaziz	(MAR)	DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	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 Kopytova	(RUS)	8:57.73
5.	Margareta Keszeg	(ROM)	8:59.21
6.	Farida Fates	(FRA)	8:59.93
7.		(USA)	9:01.41
8.		(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.		(GUA)	9:49.08
14.		(CRC)	10:15.01
15.	Gulsara Dadabayeva	(TJK)	10:29.69
16.		(LES)	11:00.68
—	Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich	(BLR)	DNF

See also[]

• 1988 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5000 metres (Atlanta)

References[]

• Results