1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 1996 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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m 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

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Anita Weyermann   Switzerland
Silver	Edna Kiplagat  Kenya
Bronze	Etaferahu Tarekegn  Ethiopia

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	8:50.73
02 !	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	8:53.06
03 !	Etaferahu Tarekegn	Ethiopia	8:53.77
4	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	8:54.24
5	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	9:06.95
6	Sun Guanghong	China	9:07.14
7	Miwako Yamanaka	Japan	9:09.06
8	Elizabeth Chemweno	Kenya	9:12.22
9	Maria Ungureanu	Romania	9:12.71
10	Sunita Rani	India	9:13.57
11	Julia Stamps	United States	9:19.63
12	Yuko Manabe	Japan	9:46.69

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Etaferahu Tarekegn	Ethiopia	9:17.10	Q
2	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	9:17.51	Q
3	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	9:17.98	Q
4	Sun Guanghong	China	9:18.17	Q
5	Miwako Yamanaka	Japan	9:19.04	q
6	Evelyne Coussement	Belgium	9:29.99
7	Leonor Carneiro	Portugal	9:32.18
8	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	Hungary	9:36.22
9	Galina Bogomolova	Russia	9:42.99
10	Sylvia Nussbeck	Germany	10:02.97

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elizabeth Chemweno	Kenya	9:16.55	Q
2	Maria Ungureanu	Romania	9:17.03	Q
3	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	9:17.42	Q
4	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	9:18.15	Q
5	Sunita Rani	India	9:18.72	q
6	Julia Stamps	United States	9:22.76	q
7	Yuko Manabe	Japan	9:28.54	q
8	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	9:28.88
9	Ulrike Maisch	Germany	9:30.82

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References