1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 1994 European Athletics 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 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 7 and 10 August 1994.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Sonia O'Sullivan  Ireland
Silver	Yvonne Murray  United Kingdom
Bronze	Gabriela Szabo  Romania

Final

Rank	Final	Time
	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	8:31.84
	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:36.48
	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	8:40:08
4.	Olga Churbanova (RUS)	8:40:48
5.	Lyudmila Borisova (RUS)	8:41:71
6.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	8:45:76
7.	Farida Fatès (FRA)	8:46:04
8.	Nadia Dandolo (ITA)	8:49:42
9.	Cristina Misaros (ROM)	8:49:69
10.	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	8:50:76
11.	Sonia McGeorge (GBR)	8:51:55
12.	Anita Philpott (IRL)	8:54:79
13.	Brynhild Synstnes (NOR)	8:59:17
14.	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	9:06:93
15.	Grete Koens (NED)	9:14:35

Semifinals

• Held on 7 August 1994

Rank	Heat 1	Time
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	8:51.30
2.	Olga Churbanova (RUS)	8:52.47
3.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	8:52.68
4.	Sonia McGeorge (GBR)	8:52.73
5.	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	8:52.80
6.	Cristina Misaros (ROM)	8:52.98
7.	Farida Fatès (FRA)	8:55.17
8.	Grete Koens (NED)	8:56.21
9.	Anita Philpott (IRL)	8:57.74
10.	Yelena Kaledina (RUS)	8:58.86
11.	Gunhild Halle (NOR)	8:59.11
12.	Renata Sobiesiak (POL)	9:01.95
13.	Estela Estévez (ESP)	9:03.02
14.	Serap Aktaş (TUR)	9:07.04

Rank	Heat 2	Time
1.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:54.46
2.	Lyudmila Borisova (RUS)	8:54.99
3.	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	8:55.83
4.	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	8:56.99
5.	Nadia Dandolo (ITA)	8:57.38
6.	Brynhild Synstnes (NOR)	8:58.75
7.	Hilde Stavik (NOR)	8:58.80
8.	Silvia Sommaggio (ITA)	8:59.58
9.	Anikó Javos (HUN)	9:01.98
10.	Milka Mikhailova (BUL)	9:02.74
11.	Andrea Karhoff (GER)	9:07.64
12.	Julia Vaquero (ESP)	9:11.76
13.	Geraldine Hendricken (IRL)	9:30.81
—	Marina Bastos (POR)	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

See also

• 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)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 3,000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Athens)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 5,000 metres (Budapest)

References

• Results