1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

1986 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
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
2000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 3000 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 19 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Cleopatra Palacian  Romania
Silver	Philippa Mason  United Kingdom
Bronze	Doina Calenic  Romania

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cleopatra Palacian	Romania	9:02.91
	Philippa Mason	United Kingdom	9:03.35
	Doina Calenic	Romania	9:06.94
4	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9:09.39
5	Christine Sørum	Norway	9:12.26
6	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	9:12.80
7	Britta Lorch	West Germany	9:17.77
8	Sonia Barry	New Zealand	9:19.61
9	Kerith Duncanson	Australia	9:20.58
10	Tracy Kennedy	New Zealand	9:21.94
11	Anzhela Shumeyko	Soviet Union	9:27.51
12	Anke Breitenbach	West Germany	9:30.42
13	Agata Nogue	Spain	9:39.19
14	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	9:47.08
	Norah Maraga	Kenya	DNF

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Doina Calenic	Romania	9:23.41	Q
2	Maiken Sørum	Norway	9:24.06	Q
3	Britta Lorch	West Germany	9:24.78	Q
4	Sonia Barry	New Zealand	9:25.30	Q
5	Ana Oliveira	Portugal	9:25.55	Q
6	Kerith Duncanson	Australia	9:27.96	q
7	Tracy Kennedy	New Zealand	9:29.46	q
8	Regina Chemeli	Kenya	9:42.00
9	Wendy Neely	United States	9:42.73
10	Dímitra Anagnostou	Greece	9:47.41
11	Saori Terakoshi	Japan	9:48.77
12	María del Carmen Díaz	Mexico	10:29.58
13	Fanta Camara	Guinea	11:47.6
14	Gita Basnet	Nepal	12:28.66

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cleopatra Palacian	Romania	9:15.96	Q
2	Philippa Mason	United Kingdom	9:16.32	Q
3	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	9:17.46	Q
4	Anke Breitenbach	West Germany	9:19.07	Q
5	Norah Maraga	Kenya	9:19.26	Q
6	Anzhela Shumeyko	Soviet Union	9:19.27	q
7	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9:19.82	q
8	Agata Nogue	Spain	9:20.44	q
9	Erin Keough	United States	9:41.00
10	Heather Ostic	Canada	9:59.38
11	Susanne Nedergaard	Denmark	10:10.63
12	Rowena Monton	Philippines	10:48.67
13	Gabi Morejón	Bolivia	11:20.56

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.