1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
# 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1994 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at Estádio Universitário de Lisboa on 20 and 22 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gabriela Szabo Romania |
| - | - |
| Silver | Susie Power Australia |
| Bronze | Sally Barsosio Kenya |

## Results

### Final

22 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 8:47.40 |
| | Susie Power | Australia | 8:56.93 |
| | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 8:59.34 |
| 4 | Annemari Sandell | Finland | 9:04.10 |
| 5 | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | 9:13.33 |
| 6 | Chiemi Takahashi | Japan | 9:14.22 |
| 7 | Lu Jing | China | 9:15.98 |
| 8 | Miwa Sugawara | Japan | 9:16.57 |
| 9 | Birhan Dagne | Ethiopia | 9:20.51 |
| 10 | Olivera Jevtić | FR Yugoslavia | 9:29.14 |
| 11 | Deanna Arnhill | Canada | 9:34.57 |
| 12 | Nicola Slater | United Kingdom | 9:36.19 |

### Heats

20 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 9:05.38 | Q |
| 2 | Susie Power | Australia | 9:07.28 | Q |
| 3 | Pamela Chepchumba | Kenya | 9:12.45 | Q |
| 4 | Olivera Jevtić | FR Yugoslavia | 9:13.97 | Q |
| 5 | Lu Jing | China | 9:19.42 | q |
| 6 | Miwa Sugawara | Japan | 9:19.81 | q |
| 7 | Catherine Berry | United Kingdom | 9:29.48 | |
| 8 | Stine Larsen | Norway | 9:41.65 | |
| 9 | Sarna Renfro | United States | 9:45.43 | |
| 10 | Getenesh Tamirat | Ethiopia | 10:11.63 | |
| 11 | Amal Al-Matari | Jordan | 10:12.56 | |
| 12 | Miriam Achote | Ecuador | 10:16.05 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 9:15.98 | Q |
| 2 | Annemari Sandell | Finland | 9:16.12 | Q |
| 3 | Birhan Dagne | Ethiopia | 9:19.22 | Q |
| 4 | Chiemi Takahashi | Japan | 9:22.08 | Q |
| 5 | Nicola Slater | United Kingdom | 9:23.25 | q |
| 6 | Deanna Arnhill | Canada | 9:28.27 | q |
| 7 | Jeļena Čelnova | Latvia | 9:33.67 | |
| 8 | Letiwe Marakurwa | Zimbabwe | 9:46.97 | |
| 9 | Gabriele Bossmann | Germany | 9:47.77 | |
| 10 | Pa Pa | Myanmar | 10:08.38 | |
| 11 | Julia Stamps | United States | 10:18.98 | |
| 12 | Gulsara Dadabayeva | Tajikistan | 10:25.90 | |
| 13 | Motena Moshad | Lesotho | 10:45.86 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (1)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Ecuador (1)
* Ethiopia (2)
* Finland (1)
* Germany (1)
* Japan (2)
* Jordan (1)
* Kenya (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Lesotho (1)
* Myanmar (1)
* Norway (1)
* Romania (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)
