Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Women's 3000 metres

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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.

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Lynn Williams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:54.29
Silver medal icon.svg Debbie Bowker Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:54.83
Bronze medal icon.svg Yvonne Murray Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:55.32
4 Chris Benning Flag of England.svg  England 9:03.45
5 Lorraine Moller Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9:03.89
6 Christine Pfitzinger Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9:09.35
7 Jane Shields Flag of England.svg  England 9:13.65
8 Wendy Sly Flag of England.svg  England 9:14.04
9 Marsela Robertson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 9:51.33

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References

  1. "Commonwealth Games Federation - Past Commonwealth Games". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2016.