1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal | Sara Wedlund Sweden | Marta Domínguez Spain |

## Results

### Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 8:58.08 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sara Wedlund | Sweden | 8:59.00 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 8:59.15 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Laurence Duquénoy | France | 8:59.15 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Stela Olteanu | Romania | 9:02.18 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Elisa Rea | Italy | 9:03.18 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Luminita Gogîrlea | Romania | 9:07.69 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Blandine Bitzner | France | 9:08.03 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Roberta Brunet | Italy | 9:08.06 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Mariya Pantyukhova | Russia | 9:08.22 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Marta Domínguez | Spain | 9:08.35 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Pilar Sisniega | Spain | 9:11.93 | |
| 13 | 1 | Teresa Duffy | Ireland | 9:16.23 | |
| 14 | 2 | María Abel | Spain | 9:17.01 | |
| 15 | 1 | Jeļena Čelnova | Latvia | 9:17.23 | |
| 16 | 2 | Anita Philpott | Ireland | 9:18.20 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 8:39.49 | CR |
| | Sara Wedlund | Sweden | 8:50.32 | NR |
| | Marta Domínguez | Spain | 8:53.34 | |
| 4 | Blandine Bitzner | France | 8:54.86 | |
| 5 | Mariya Pantyukhova | Russia | 8:55.40 | |
| 6 | Luminita Gogîrlea | Romania | 8:56.29 | |
| 7 | Roberta Brunet | Italy | 8:57.66 | |
| 8 | Elisa Rea | Italy | 8:59.23 | |
| 9 | Laurence Duquénoy | France | 9:00.36 | |
| 10 | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 9:00.53 | |
| 11 | Stela Olteanu | Romania | 9:04.30 | |
