1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 3000 metres event at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 16 August 1993.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Qu Yunxia	China  (CHN)	8:28.71
	Zhang Linli	China  (CHN)	8:29.25
	Zhang Lirong	China  (CHN)	8:31.95
4.	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland  (IRL)	8:33.38
5.	Alison Wyeth	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	8:38.42
6.	Yelena Romanova	Russia  (RUS)	8:39.69
7.	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	8:40.40
8.	Lyudmila Borisova	Russia  (RUS)	8:40.78
9.	Yvonne Murray	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	8:43.46
10.	Annette Peters	United States  (USA)	8:45.56
11.	Yelena Kopytova	Russia  (RUS)	8:50.49
12.	Claudia Lokar	Germany  (GER)	8:51.35
13.	Annemari Sandell	Finland  (FIN)	8:53.58
14.	Luminita Zaituc	Romania  (ROM)	9:01.38
15.	Esther Kiplagat	Kenya  (KEN)	9:07.05

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Zhang Linli	China  (CHN)	8:48.85
2.	Yvonne Murray	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	8:51.30
3.	Yelena Romanova	Russia  (RUS)	8:54.81
4.	Esther Kiplagat	Kenya  (KEN)	8:55.07
5.	Luminita Zaituc	Romania  (ROM)	8:55.55
6.	Claudia Lokar	Germany  (GER)	8:55.98
7.	Roberta Brunet	Italy  (ITA)	8:57.46
8.	Julia Sakara	Zimbabwe  (ZIM)	8:57.69 NR
9.	Regina Cistjakova	Lithuania  (LTU)	8:58.51
10.	Ulla Marquette	Canada  (CAN)	9:00.68
11.	Elly van Hulst	Netherlands  (NED)	9:04.86
12.	Katy McCandless	United States  (USA)	9:10.13
13.	Andrea Sollarova	Slovakia  (SVK)	9:12.91
14.	Jayanthi Palaniappan	Malaysia  (MAS)	9:18.42 NR
15.	Martha Portobanco	Nicaragua  (NCA)	10:48.08
16.	Halima Boubacar	Niger  (NIG)	11:26.13

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Qu Yunxia	China  (CHN)	8:49.20
2.	Lyudmila Borisova	Russia  (RUS)	8:50.02
3.	Annette Peters	United States  (USA)	8:51.67
4.	Alison Wyeth	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	8:51.89
5.	Annemari Sandell	Finland  (FIN)	8:54.75
6.	Annette Sergent	France  (FRA)	8:58.15
7.	Elena Fidatov	Romania  (ROM)	8:58.89
8.	Valentina Tauceri	Italy  (ITA)	9:00.20
9.	Julia Vaquero	Spain  (ESP)	9:05.50
10.	Eva Doczi	Hungary  (HUN)	9:09.51
11.	Daria Nauer	Switzerland  (SUI)	9:11.28
12.	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia  (ETH)	9:16.24
13.	Marilu Salazar	Peru  (PER)	9:32.33
14.	Tevdenshigmed Enh-Od	Mongolia  (MGL)	10:50.27
—	Raj Kumari Pandey	Nepal  (NEP)	DNS
—	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco  (MAR)	DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland  (IRL)	8:50.62
2.	Zhang Lirong	China  (CHN)	8:51.75
3.	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	8:52.62
4.	Yelena Kopytova	Russia  (RUS)	8:57.73
5.	Margareta Keszeg	Romania  (ROM)	8:59.21
6.	Farida Fates	France  (FRA)	8:59.93
7.	Sheila Carrozza	United States  (USA)	9:01.41
8.	Estela Estevez	Spain  (ESP)	9:08.04
9.	Nina Christiansen	Denmark  (DEN)	9:09.06
10.	Harumi Hiroyama	Japan  (JPN)	9:11.77
11.	Leah Pells	Canada  (CAN)	9:16.63
12.	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa  (RSA)	9:33.96
13.	Aura Morales	Guatemala  (GUA)	9:49.08
14.	Shirley Cespedes	Costa Rica  (CRC)	10:15.01
15.	Gulsara Dadabayeva	Tajikistan  (TJK)	10:29.69
16.	Adelaide Malepa	Lesotho  (LES)	11:00.68
—	Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich	Belarus  (BLR)	DNF

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5000 metres (Atlanta)

References

• Results