2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres
# 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 11 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Zola Pieterse (GBR) | 8:28.83 | Rome, Italy | 7 September 1985 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Beyenu Degefa (ETH) | 8:41.76 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 20 July 2016 |
| World Junior Leading | Meskerem Mamo (ETH) | 8:33.63 | Doha, Qatar | 4 May 2018 |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 8:54.01 | PB |
| | Meselu Berhe | Ethiopia | 8:56.39 | PB |
| | Tsigie Gebreselama | Ethiopia | 8:59.20 | PB |
| 4 | Yuna Wada | Japan | 9:00.50 | PB |
| 5 | Zenah Jemutai Yego | Kenya | 9:00.76 | PB |
| 6 | Amelia Mazza-Downie | Australia | 9:09.19 | PB |
| 7 | Carla Gallardo | Spain | 9:10.07 | PB |
| 8 | Nadia Battocletti | Italy | 9:13.45 | PB |
| 9 | Cristina Ruiz | Spain | 9:13.75 | PB |
| 10 | Taryn O'Neill | Canada | 9:15.03 | PB |
| 11 | Lara Crouch | Australia | 9:16.28 | PB |
| 12 | Cailie Logue | United States | 9:16.78 | PB |
| 13 | Josina Papenfuß | Germany | 9:18.39 | PB |
| 14 | Amanda Vestri | United States | 9:21.95 | PB |
| 15 | Katrina Robinson | New Zealand | 9:22.80 | |
| 16 | Cameron Ormond | Canada | 9:27.51 | |
| 17 | Astrid Snäll | Finland | 9:32.25 | PB |
| 18 | Lamyae Himi | Morocco | 9:41.32 | |
| | Silviya Georgieva | Bulgaria | DNF | |
| | Mercy Chepkorir Kirarei | Kenya | DNS | |
