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

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.^[1][2]

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.

References