1987 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

Medalists
Gold Tetyana Samolenko
Soviet Union (URS)
Silver Maricica Puică
Romania (ROU)
Bronze Ulrike Bruns
East Germany (GDR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World record  Tatyana Kazankina (URS) 8:22.62 Leningrad, USSR August 26, 1984
Championship record  Mary Decker-Slaney (USA) 8:34.62 Helsinki, Finland August 10, 1983

Final
RANK FINAL TIME
 Tetyana Samolenko (URS) 8:38.73
 Maricica Puică (ROU) 8:39.45
 Ulrike Bruns (GDR) 8:40.30
4.  Cornelia Bürki (SUI) 8:40.31
5.  Yelena Romanova (URS) 8:41.33
6.  Elly van Hulst (NED) 8:42.56
7.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:43.94
8.  Wendy Sly (GBR) 8:45.85
9.  Lynn Williams (CAN) 8:49.91
10.  Mary Knisely (USA) 8:50.99
11.  Vera Michallek (FRG) 8:55.16
12.  Christine Benning (GBR) 8:57.92
13.  Debbie Bowker (CAN) 8:58.63
14.  Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA) 9:14.61
—  Olga Bondarenko (URS) DNS

Qualifying heats
  • Held on Saturday 1987-08-29
RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Debbie Bowker (CAN) 8:46.88
2.  Ulrike Bruns (GDR) 8:47.15
3.  Cornelia Bürki (SUI) 8:47.95
4.  Olga Bondarenko (URS) 8:48.11
5.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:48.44
6.  Vera Michallek (FRG) 8:49.61
7.  Mary Knisely (USA) 8:49.61
8.  Annette Sergent (FRA) 8:52.45
9.  Cindy Bremser (USA) 8:54.17
10.  Jackie Perkins (AUS) 8:57.24
11.  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 9:01.15
12.  Dorina Calenic (ROU) 9:01.83
13.  Satu Levelä (FIN) 9:16.28
14.  Monica Regonesi (CHI) 9:26.11
15.  Raj Kumari Pandey (NEP) 10:44.15


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Wendy Sly (GBR) 8:44.79
2.  Yelena Romanova (URS) 8:45.00
3.  Tetyana Samolenko (URS) 8:45.20
4.  Elly van Hulst (NED) 8:45.20
5.  Maricica Puică (ROU) 8:45.55
6.  Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA) 8:46.11
7.  Lynn Williams (CAN) 8:47.43
8.  Christine Benning (GBR) 8:48.63
9.  Wang Xiuting (CHN) 8:50.68
10.  Paula Ivan (ROU) 8:51.20
11.  Leslie Seymour (USA) 8:51.34
12.  Radka Naplatanova (BUL) 8:51.98
13.  Agnese Possamai (ITA) 8:57.85
14.  Andri Avraam (CYP) 9:09.34
—  Martine Fays (FRA) DNF
—  Fanny Gidiyoni (MAW) DNS

See also
  • 1983 Women's World Championships 3.000 metres (Helsinki)
  • 1984 Women's Olympic 3.000 metres (Los Angeles)
  • 1986 Women's European Championships 3.000 metres (Stuttgart)
  • 1988 Women's Olympic 3.000 metres (Seoul)
  • 1990 Women's European Championships 3.000 metres (Split)
  • 1991 Women's World Championships 3.000 metres (Tokyo)

References
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