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

Events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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		women
10,000 m		men
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
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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.

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.

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