Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 3000 metres
# Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 15 and 17 July 1987.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Paula Ivan Romania | Annie Schweitzer United States | Natalya Artyomova Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Paula Ivan | Romania | 9:16.61 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Asunción Sinobas | Spain | 9:16.67 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Natalya Artyomova | Soviet Union | 9:16.83 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mariana Stanescu | Romania | 9:16.90 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Sabine Kunkel | West Germany | 9:16.92 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Annie Schweitzer | United States | 9:17.06 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Antje-Petra Winkelmann | West Germany | 9:17.27 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Véronique Collard | Belgium | 9:17.33 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Zita Ágoston | Hungary | 9:17.49 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Annette Hand | United States | 9:17.57 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Melissa Watson | Great Britain | 9:17.93 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Silva Rožič | Yugoslavia | 9:19.74 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 9:23.37 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Sonja Vinall | Great Britain | 9:23.79 | q |
| 15 | 1 | María Luisa Servín | Mexico | 9:25.60 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Rocío Ríos | Spain | 9:31.69 | |
| 17 | 2 | Yolanda Quimbita | Ecuador | 9:45.80 | |
| 18 | 2 | Carmen Vega | Puerto Rico | 10:51.87 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Paula Ivan | Romania | 8:53.61 |
| | Annie Schweitzer | United States | 8:59.56 |
| | Natalya Artyomova | Soviet Union | 9:02.98 |
| 4 | Annette Hand | United States | 9:06.73 |
| 5 | Zita Ágoston | Hungary | 9:09.16 |
| 6 | Sabine Kunkel | West Germany | 9:09.56 |
| 7 | Melissa Watson | Great Britain | 9:10.12 |
| 8 | Mariana Stanescu | Romania | 9:13.07 |
| 9 | Véronique Collard | Belgium | 9:17.43 |
| 10 | Asunción Sinobas | Spain | 9:19.09 |
| 11 | Antje-Petra Winkelmann | West Germany | 9:19.15 |
| 12 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 9:22.23 |
| 13 | Sonja Vinall | Great Britain | 9:22.40 |
| 14 | María Luisa Servín | Mexico | 9:24.13 |
| 15 | Silva Rožič | Yugoslavia | 9:41.62 |
