1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 3000 metres event at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 16 August 1993.

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Qu Yunxia	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	8:28.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Zhang Linli	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	8:29.25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	Zhang Lirong	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	8:31.95
4.	Sonia O'Sullivan	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (IRL)	8:33.38
5.	Alison Wyeth	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:38.42
6.	Yelena Romanova	File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia (RUS)	8:39.69
7.	Paula Radcliffe	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:40.40
8.	Lyudmila Borisova	File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia (RUS)	8:40.78
9.	Yvonne Murray	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:43.46
10.	Annette Peters	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	8:45.56
11.	Yelena Kopytova	File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia (RUS)	8:50.49
12.	Claudia Lokar	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER)	8:51.35
13.	Annemari Sandell	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (FIN)	8:53.58
14.	Luminita Zaituc	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (ROM)	9:01.38
15.	Esther Kiplagat	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN)	9:07.05

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Zhang Linli	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	8:48.85
2.	Yvonne Murray	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:51.30
3.	Yelena Romanova	File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia (RUS)	8:54.81
4.	Esther Kiplagat	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (KEN)	8:55.07
5.	Luminita Zaituc	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (ROM)	8:55.55
6.	Claudia Lokar	File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER)	8:55.98
7.	Roberta Brunet	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)	8:57.46
8.	Julia Sakara	File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (ZIM)	8:57.69 NR
9.	Regina Cistjakova	File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania (LTU)	8:58.51
10.	Ulla Marquette	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CAN)	9:00.68
11.	Elly van Hulst	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED)	9:04.86
12.	Katy McCandless	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	9:10.13
13.	Andrea Sollarova	File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia (SVK)	9:12.91
14.	Jayanthi Palaniappan	File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (MAS)	9:18.42 NR
15.	Martha Portobanco	File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua (NCA)	10:48.08
16.	Halima Boubacar	File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger (NIG)	11:26.13

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Qu Yunxia	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	8:49.20
2.	Lyudmila Borisova	File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia (RUS)	8:50.02
3.	Annette Peters	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	8:51.67
4.	Alison Wyeth	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:51.89
5.	Annemari Sandell	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (FIN)	8:54.75
6.	Annette Sergent	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)	8:58.15
7.	Elena Fidatov	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (ROM)	8:58.89
8.	Valentina Tauceri	File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)	9:00.20
9.	Julia Vaquero	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (ESP)	9:05.50
10.	Eva Doczi	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (HUN)	9:09.51
11.	Daria Nauer	File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland (SUI)	9:11.28
12.	Getenesh Urge	File:Flag of Ethiopia (1991–1996).svg Ethiopia (ETH)	9:16.24
13.	Marilu Salazar	File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru (PER)	9:32.33
14.	Tevdenshigmed Enh-Od	File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (MGL)	10:50.27
—	Raj Kumari Pandey	File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal (NEP)	DNS
—	Zahra Ouaziz	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (MAR)	DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (IRL)	8:50.62
2.	Zhang Lirong	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)	8:51.75
3.	Paula Radcliffe	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:52.62
4.	Yelena Kopytova	File:Flag of Russia (1991–1993).svg Russia (RUS)	8:57.73
5.	Margareta Keszeg	File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (ROM)	8:59.21
6.	Farida Fates	File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)	8:59.93
7.	Sheila Carrozza	File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	9:01.41
8.	Estela Estevez	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (ESP)	9:08.04
9.	Nina Christiansen	File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (DEN)	9:09.06
10.	Harumi Hiroyama	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan (JPN)	9:11.77
11.	Leah Pells	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CAN)	9:16.63
12.	Gwen Griffiths	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa (RSA)	9:33.96
13.	Aura Morales	File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (GUA)	9:49.08
14.	Shirley Cespedes	File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (CRC)	10:15.01
15.	Gulsara Dadabayeva	File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan (TJK)	10:29.69
16.	Adelaide Malepa	File:Flag of Lesotho (1987-2006).svg Lesotho (LES)	11:00.68
—	Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich	File:Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg Belarus (BLR)	DNF

See also

• 1988 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5000 metres (Atlanta)

References

• Results