1991 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 1991 World Championships
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
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women's 3.000 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 40 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Monday August 26, 1991.

Medalists

Gold	Tetyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Yelena Romanova Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Susan Sirma Kenya (KEN)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Heats
24.08.1991 – 18:20h
Final
26.08.1991 – 19:25h

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Tetyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (URS)	8:35.82
	Yelena Romanova (URS)	8:36.06
	Susan Sirma (KEN)	8:39.41
4.	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	8:41.30
5.	Margareta Keszeg (ROM)	8:42.02
6.	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	8:42.64
7.	Judi St. Hilaire (USA)	8:44.02
8.	Annette Peters (USA)	8:44.02
9.	Gitte Karlshøj (DEN)	8:44.35
10.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:44.52
11.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	8:44.73
12.	Pauline Konga (KEN)	8:46.66
13.	Lyudmila Borisova (URS)	8:51.49
14.	Shelly Steely (USA)	8:53.70
15.	Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA)	9:08.31

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 1991-08-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Susan Sirma (KEN)	8:46.56
2.	Yelena Romanova (URS)	8:46.84
3.	Shelly Steely (USA)	8:48.54
4.	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	8:51.41
5.	Anke Schaning (GER)	8:56.02
6.	Catherina McKiernan (IRL)	9:00.05
7.	Iulia Ionescu (ROM)	9:00.72
8.	Daria Nauer (SUI)	9:05.08
9.	Khin Khin Htwe (MYA)	9:07.34
10.	Leah Pells (CAN)	9:10.10
11.	Minori Hayakari (JPN)	9:14.02
12.	Vilma Peña (CRC)	9:54.49
13.	Mirna El Hagg (LIB)	11:34.81

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	9:00.86
2.	Lyudmila Borisova (URS)	9:00.94
3.	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	9:00.98
4.	Annette Peters (USA)	9:01.01
5.	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	9:01.04
6.	Jana Kučeríková (TCH)	9:05.69
7.	Carmem de Oliveira (BRA)	9:09.71
8.	Zheng Lijuan (CHN)	9:17.78
9.	Robyn Meagher (CAN)	9:20.38
10.	Roisin Smyth (IRL)	9:40.13
11.	Ama Amewo (TOG)	11:17.85
—	Jane Ngotho (KEN)	DNS
—	Priscilla Mamba (SWZ)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Gitte Karlshøj (DEN)	8:50.01
2.	Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA)	8:50.05
3.	Tetyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (URS)	8:50.39
4.	Margareta Keszeg (ROM)	8:50.61
5.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	8:50.69
6.	Judi St. Hilaire (USA)	8:54.19
7.	Pauline Konga (KEN)	8:54.67
8.	Jenny Lund (AUS)	8:57.86
9.	Julia Vaquero (ESP)	8:58.90
10.	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	9:01.90
11.	Bigna Samuel (VIN)	10:04.96
12.	Ana Isabel Elias (ANG)	10:13.42
13.	Jen Allred (GUM)	10:18.44
—	Marie Phoebe Juillet (HAI)	DNF

See also

• 1987 Women's World Championships 3.000 metres (Rome)
• 1988 Women's Olympic 3.000 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 3.000 metres (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 3.000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 3.000 metres (Stuttgart)

References

• Results