1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 30 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Ann Mwangi  Kenya
Silver	Fernanda Ribeiro  Portugal
Bronze	Yvonne Lichtenfeld  East Germany

Results

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	9:13.99
	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9:15.33
	Yvonne Lichtenfeld	East Germany	9:16.02
4	Rosario Pia	Portugal	9:16.62
5	Simona Staicu	Romania	9:17.96
6	Liu Shixiang	China	9:20.88
7	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	9:23.37
8	Fatima Maama	Morocco	9:24.19
9	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	9:28.72
10	Helen Titterington	United Kingdom	9:31.23
11	Nadia Ouaziz	Morocco	9:44.04
12	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	9:44.32
13	Annalisa Scurti	Italy	9:47.08
14	Tonya Todd	Canada	9:49.64
15	Mwahija Maliga	Tanzania	10:20.01

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ann Mwangi	Kenya	9:20.60	Q
2	Malin Ewerlöf	Sweden	9:21.85	Q
3	Fatima Maama	Morocco	9:22.15	Q
4	Angelines Rodríguez	Spain	9:22.86	Q
5	Rosario Pia	Portugal	9:23.03	Q
6	Yvonne Lichtenfeld	East Germany	9:24.05	Q
7	Annalisa Scurti	Italy	9:27.17	q
8	Mwahija Maliga	Tanzania	9:31.09	q
9	Tonya Todd	Canada	9:38.73	q
10	Alina Karwowski	Brazil	9:42.88
11	Denise Bushallow	United States	9:59.53
12	Belinda McArdle	Ireland	10:09.85
13	Fanny Gidiyoni	Malawi	10:38.17

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Liu Shixiang	China	9:20.41	Q
2	Caroline Jeorgakopoulos	West Germany	9:22.40	Q
3	Nadia Ouaziz	Morocco	9:23.54	Q
4	Helen Titterington	United Kingdom	9:25.70	Q
5	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9:26.80	Q
6	Simona Staicu	Romania	9:27.12	Q
7	Kari Uglem	Norway	9:41.09
8	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia	9:48.20
9	Paola Testa	Italy	9:48.74
10	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	9:50.31
11	Tausi Saidi	Tanzania	9:52.35
12	Andrea Pernitsky	Canada	9:59.00

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  China (1)
•  East Germany (1)
•  Ethiopia (1)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Italy (2)
•  Kenya (1)
•  Malawi (1)
•  Morocco (2)
•  Norway (1)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Tanzania (2)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (1)
•  West Germany (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015