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

Events at the 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 road run		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

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.

Medalists

Gold	Simona Staicu Romania
Silver	Liu Shixiang China
Bronze	Hatsumi Matsumoto Japan

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Simona Staicu	Romania	9:09.57
	Liu Shixiang	China	9:10.54
	Hatsumi Matsumoto	Japan	9:11.92
4	Andrea Whitcombe	United Kingdom	9:13.81
5	Andrea Sollárová	Czechoslovakia	9:16.44
6	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	9:16.76
7	Lydia Tanui	Kenya	9:18.02
8	Brynhild Synstnes	Norway	9:19.40
9	Anikó Javos	Hungary	9:20.23
10	Sarah Schwald	United States	9:25.67
11	Angela White	Australia	9:27.66
12	Tamara Salomon	Canada	9:28.30
13	Kay Gooch	New Zealand	9:38.83
14	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	9:42.15
	Milka Mihailova	Bulgaria	DNF

Heats

9 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lydia Tanui	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	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	9:21.99	Q
7	Sarah Schwald	United States	9:22.57	q
8	Kay Gooch	New Zealand	9:23.10	q
9	Janeth Caizalitín	Ecuador	9:29.28
10	Amina Maanaoui	Morocco	9:31.89
11	Evelina Danaylova	Bulgaria	9:40.14
	Marina Bastos	Portugal	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	9:23.05	Q
2	Anikó Javos	Hungary	9:23.63	Q
3	Brynhild Synstnes	Norway	9:24.48	Q
4	Hatsumi Matsumoto	Japan	9:24.56	Q
5	Tamara Salomon	Canada	9:24.64	Q
6	Milka Mihailova	Bulgaria	9:24.87	Q
7	Andrea Sollárová	Czechoslovakia	9:25.76	q
8	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	9:26.63
9	Annemari Sandell	Finland	9:28.46
10	Annie Kagona	Malawi	9:45.25
11	Zhor El-Kamch	Morocco	9:58.26
12	Nicole Corbin	Australia	10:10.58
13	Monica Samila	Tanzania	10:21.15

Participation

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

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