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

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. ^{[1] [2]}

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.

•   Australia (2)
•   Bulgaria (2)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (1)
•   Czechoslovakia (1)
•   Ecuador (1)
•   Ethiopia (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Malawi (1)
•   Morocco (2)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Tanzania (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas. "WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12". WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"). Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015