| Women's 3000 metres at the Commonwealth Games |
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| Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| | ||
| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | |
| 30 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Pentathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 3000 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [1] It was the first time that this event was held at the Commonwealth Games.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Fudge | 9:12.95 | |||
| Heather Thomson | 9:20.69 | |||
| Ann Ford | 9:24.05 | |||
| 4 | Shauna Miller | 9:30.75 | ||
| 5 | Nancy Rooks | 9:34.14 | ||
| 6 | Angela Cook | 9:43.56 | ||
| 7 | Mwinga Mwanjala | 9:49.98 | ||
| 8 | Rose Thompson | 10:00.46 | ||
| 9 | Debbie Scott | 10:02.59 | ||
| 10 | Wayua Kiteti | 10:12.56 | ||
| 11 | Dinah Chepyatur | 10:18.49 | ||
| 12 | Modesta Masaka | 10:45.79 | ||
| 13 | Kandasamy Jayamani | 11:13.01 | ||
| 14 | Beatrice Delancy | 11:20.87 | ||
| Penny Yule | DNF | |||
| Theodora Corea | DNF |