2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Meseret Defar   Ethiopia
Silver	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli   Morocco
Bronze	Olesya Syreva   Russia

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	9:12.61
	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	9:16.28
	Olesya Syreva	Russia	9:16.58
4	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	9:17.83
5	Machi Tanaka	Japan	9:19.95
6	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	9:22.24
7	Peninah Chepchumba	Kenya	9:22.38
8	Chemutai Rionotukei	Kenya	9:25.89
9	Sónia Fernandes	Portugal	9:28.83
10	Adrienne Herzog	Netherlands	9:31.15
11	Elina Lindgren	Finland	9:32.90
12	Zita Mezei	Hungary	9:33.85
13	Zhang Yang	China	9:34.04
14	Etalemahu Kidane	Ethiopia	9:36.83
15	Sara Bei	United States	9:38.92
16	Nancy Frouin	France	9:46.03
17	Stefanie Murer	Switzerland	9:49.34
18	Esther Schrijvers	Netherlands	10:00.37
19	Lindsay Zinn	United States	10:08.17
	Snežana Kostic	Yugoslavia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

•   China (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Hungary (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Latvia (1)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Netherlands (2)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Russia (2)
•    Switzerland (1)
•   United States (2)
•   Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015