1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 September. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Zhang Linli   China
Silver	Gabriela Szabo   Romania
Bronze	Zhang Lirong   China

Results

Final

20 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Zhang Linli	China	8:46.86
	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	8:48.28
	Zhang Lirong	China	8:48.45
4	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	8:51.78
5	Annemari Sandell	Finland	8:56.02
6	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	9:00.05
7	Jeong Yeong-Im	South Korea	9:00.30
8	Susie Power	Australia	9:04.30
9	Anja Smolders	Belgium	9:08.65
10	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	9:10.15
11	Friederike Schmidt	Germany	9:18.44
12	Mónika Tóth	Hungary	9:20.83

Heats

18 September

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Zhang Lirong	China	9:05.02	Q
2	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	9:08.59	Q
3	Anja Smolders	Belgium	9:08.71	Q
4	Jeong Yeong-Im	South Korea	9:08.79	Q
5	Annemari Sandell	Finland	9:09.42	q
6	Yuko Kubota	Japan	9:19.54
7	Yelena Zhilkina	Commonwealth of Independent States	9:29.38
8	Lydia Tanui	Kenya	9:34.53
9	Ana Isabel Gimeno	Spain	9:39.86
10	Andrea Karhoff	Germany	10:04.31
11	Tuelo Setswamorago	Botswana	10:59.39

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Emebet Shiferaw	Ethiopia	9:08.62	Q
2	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	9:10.77	Q
3	Susie Power	Australia	9:11.52	Q
4	Zhang Linli	China	9:11.67	Q
5	Friederike Schmidt	Germany	9:11.89	q
6	Azumi Miyazaki	Japan	9:17.03	q
7	Mónika Tóth	Hungary	9:17.05	q
8	Kathy Butler	Canada	9:29.39
9	Kalekye Mutavi	Kenya	9:35.90
10	Jenny Hopkinson	New Zealand	10:09.06

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Botswana (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (2)
• Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
•   Ethiopia (1)
•   Finland (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   South Korea (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015