1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 19 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Cleopatra Palacian   Romania
Silver	Philippa Mason   United Kingdom
Bronze	Doina Calenic   Romania

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cleopatra Palacian	Romania	9:02.91
	Philippa Mason	United Kingdom	9:03.35
	Doina Calenic	Romania	9:06.94
4	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9:09.39
5	Christine Sørum	Norway	9:12.26
6	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	9:12.80
7	Britta Lorch	West Germany	9:17.77
8	Sonia Barry	New Zealand	9:19.61
9	Kerith Duncanson	Australia	9:20.58
10	Tracy Kennedy	New Zealand	9:21.94
11	Anzhela Shumeyko	Soviet Union	9:27.51
12	Anke Breitenbach	West Germany	9:30.42
13	Agata Nogue	Spain	9:39.19
14	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	9:47.08
	Norah Maraga	Kenya	DNF

Heats

17 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Doina Calenic	Romania	9:23.41	Q
2	Maiken Sørum	Norway	9:24.06	Q
3	Britta Lorch	West Germany	9:24.78	Q
4	Sonia Barry	New Zealand	9:25.30	Q
5	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	9:25.55	Q
6	Kerith Duncanson	Australia	9:27.96	q
7	Tracy Kennedy	New Zealand	9:29.46	q
8	Regina Chemeli	Kenya	9:42.00
9	Wendy Neely	United States	9:42.73
10	Dímitra Anagnostou	Greece	9:47.41
11	Saori Terakoshi	Japan	9:48.77
12	María del Carmen Díaz	Mexico	10:29.58
13	Fanta Camara	Guinea	11:47.6
14	Gita Basnet	Nepal	12:28.66

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cleopatra Palacian	Romania	9:15.96	Q
2	Philippa Mason	United Kingdom	9:16.32	Q
3	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	9:17.46	Q
4	Anke Breitenbach	West Germany	9:19.07	Q
5	Norah Maraga	Kenya	9:19.26	Q
6	Anzhela Shumeyko	Soviet Union	9:19.27	q
7	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9:19.82	q
8	Agata Nogue	Spain	9:20.44	q
9	Erin Keough	United States	9:41.00
10	Heather Ostic	Canada	9:59.38
11	Susanne Nedergaard	Denmark	10:10.63
12	Rowena Monton	Philippines	10:48.67
13	Gabi Morejón	Bolivia	11:20.56

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Bolivia (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   Denmark (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Guinea (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Mexico (1)
•     Nepal (1)
•   New Zealand (2)
•   Norway (3)
•   Philippines (1)
•   Portugal (2)
•   Romania (2)
•   Soviet Union (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)
•   West Germany (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015