2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 2006 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		women
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 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Veronica Wanjiru  Kenya
Silver	Pauline Korikwiang  Kenya
Bronze	Song Liwei  China

Results

Final

19 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Veronica Wanjiru	Kenya	9:02.90
	Pauline Korikwiang	Kenya	9:05.21
	Song Liwei	China	9:06.35
4	Belainesh Zemedkun	Ethiopia	9:10.92
5	Viktoriya Ivanova	Russia	9:11.96
6	Rie Takayoshi	Japan	9:13.15
7	Barbara Maveau	Belgium	9:13.87
8	Marta Romo	Spain	9:13.98
9	Sayuri Sendo	Japan	9:14.33
10	Azra Eminovic	Serbia	9:21.35
11	Lara Tamsett	Australia	9:25.13
12	Natalya Starkova	Russia	9:36.21
13	Kareema Jasim	Bahrain	9:40.14
14	Li Suyun	China	9:42.25
15	Lucy Starrat	Australia	9:45.22
16	Julia Hiller	Germany	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Bahrain (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  China (2)
•  Ethiopia (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Russia (2)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Spain (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015