2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Beyenu Degefa Ethiopia |
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| Silver | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa Bahrain |
| Bronze | Konstanze Klosterhalfen Germany |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Zola Pieterse (GBR) | 8:28.83 | Rome, Italy | 7 September 1985 |
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| Championship Record | Zhang Linli (CHN) | 8:46.86 | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| World Junior Leading | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa (BHR) | 8:51.31 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 20 May 2016 |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Beyenu Degefa | Ethiopia | 8:41.76 | CR |
| | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa | Bahrain | 8:46.42 | |
| | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Germany | 8:46.74 | |
| 4 | Fotyen Tesfay | Ethiopia | 8:47.46 | |
| 5 | Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei | Kenya | 8:55.77 | PB |
| 6 | Sheila Chelangat | Kenya | 8:59.89 | PB |
| 7 | Katie Rainsberger | United States | 9:00.62 | PB |
| 8 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan | 9:01.16 | PB |
| 9 | Wakana Kabasawa | Japan | 9:10.20 | |
| 10 | Fatma Arık | Turkey | 9:13.27 | PB |
| 11 | Shona McCulloch | Canada | 9:16.93 | PB |
| 12 | Kate Murphy | United States | 9:17.01 | |
| 13 | Lauren Ryan | Australia | 9:21.21 | PB |
| 14 | Christiane Konstantopoulos | Canada | 9:29.21 | PB |
| 15 | Dilyana Minkina | Bulgaria | 9:30.80 | PB |
| 16 | Saida Meneses | Peru | 9:36.79 | |
| 17 | Agnieszka Filipowska | Poland | 10:12.75 | |
