| Women's 3000 metres at the Commonwealth Games |
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| Athletics at the 1986 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 | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 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 | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 3000 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh on 27 July 1986. [1]
The winning margin was 0.54 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's 3,000 metres was won by less than a second at these games. This event was discontinued after the 1994 games so this record cannot be broken.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Williams | 8:54.29 | |||
| Debbie Bowker | 8:54.83 | |||
| Yvonne Murray | 8:55.32 | |||
| 4 | Chris Benning | 9:03.45 | ||
| 5 | Lorraine Moller | 9:03.89 | ||
| 6 | Christine Pfitzinger | 9:09.35 | ||
| 7 | Jane Shields | 9:13.65 | ||
| 8 | Wendy Sly | 9:14.04 | ||
| 9 | Marsela Robertson | 9:51.33 |