1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Anita Weyermann    Switzerland
Silver	Edna Kiplagat   Kenya
Bronze	Etaferahu Tarekegn   Ethiopia

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	8:50.73
	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	8:53.06
	Etaferahu Tarekegn	Ethiopia	8:53.77
4	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	8:54.24
5	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	9:06.95
6	Sun Guanghong	China	9:07.14
7	Miwako Yamanaka	Japan	9:09.06
8	Elizabeth Chemweno	Kenya	9:12.22
9	Maria Ungureanu	Romania	9:12.71
10	Sunita Rani	India	9:13.57
11	Julia Stamps	United States	9:19.63
12	Yuko Manabe	Japan	9:46.69

Heats

21 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Etaferahu Tarekegn	Ethiopia	9:17.10	Q
2	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	9:17.51	Q
3	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	9:17.98	Q
4	Sun Guanghong	China	9:18.17	Q
5	Miwako Yamanaka	Japan	9:19.04	q
6	Evelyne Coussement	Belgium	9:29.99
7	Leonor Carneiro	Portugal	9:32.18
8	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	Hungary	9:36.22
9	Galina Bogomolova	Russia	9:42.99
10	Sylvia Nussbeck	Germany	10:02.97

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elizabeth Chemweno	Kenya	9:16.55	Q
2	Maria Ungureanu	Romania	9:17.03	Q
3	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	9:17.42	Q
4	Anita Weyermann	Switzerland	9:18.15	Q
5	Sunita Rani	India	9:18.72	q
6	Julia Stamps	United States	9:22.76	q
7	Yuko Manabe	Japan	9:28.54	q
8	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	9:28.88
9	Ulrike Maisch	Germany	9:30.82

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•   Belgium (1)
•   China (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Germany (2)
•   Hungary (2)
•   India (1)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   United States (1)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015