1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 28 and 30 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Ann Mwangi Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal |
| Bronze | Yvonne Lichtenfeld East Germany |

## Results

### Final

30 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ann Mwangi | Kenya | 9:13.99 |
| | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 9:15.33 |
| | Yvonne Lichtenfeld | East Germany | 9:16.02 |
| 4 | Rosario Pia | Portugal | 9:16.62 |
| 5 | Simona Staicu | Romania | 9:17.96 |
| 6 | Liu Shixiang | China | 9:20.88 |
| 7 | Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 9:23.37 |
| 8 | Fatima Maama | Morocco | 9:24.19 |
| 9 | Caroline Jeorgakopoulos | West Germany | 9:28.72 |
| 10 | Helen Titterington | United Kingdom | 9:31.23 |
| 11 | Nadia Ouaziz | Morocco | 9:44.04 |
| 12 | Angelines Rodríguez | Spain | 9:44.32 |
| 13 | Annalisa Scurti | Italy | 9:47.08 |
| 14 | Tonya Todd | Canada | 9:49.64 |
| 15 | Mwahija Maliga | Tanzania | 10:20.01 |

### Heats

28 July

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ann Mwangi | Kenya | 9:20.60 | Q |
| 2 | Malin Ewerlöf | Sweden | 9:21.85 | Q |
| 3 | Fatima Maama | Morocco | 9:22.15 | Q |
| 4 | Angelines Rodríguez | Spain | 9:22.86 | Q |
| 5 | Rosario Pia | Portugal | 9:23.03 | Q |
| 6 | Yvonne Lichtenfeld | East Germany | 9:24.05 | Q |
| 7 | Annalisa Scurti | Italy | 9:27.17 | q |
| 8 | Mwahija Maliga | Tanzania | 9:31.09 | q |
| 9 | Tonya Todd | Canada | 9:38.73 | q |
| 10 | Alina Karwowski | Brazil | 9:42.88 | |
| 11 | Denise Bushallow | United States | 9:59.53 | |
| 12 | Belinda McArdle | Ireland | 10:09.85 | |
| 13 | Fanny Gidiyoni | Malawi | 10:38.17 | |

**Heat 2**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Liu Shixiang | China | 9:20.41 | Q |
| 2 | Caroline Jeorgakopoulos | West Germany | 9:22.40 | Q |
| 3 | Nadia Ouaziz | Morocco | 9:23.54 | Q |
| 4 | Helen Titterington | United Kingdom | 9:25.70 | Q |
| 5 | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 9:26.80 | Q |
| 6 | Simona Staicu | Romania | 9:27.12 | Q |
| 7 | Kari Uglem | Norway | 9:41.09 | |
| 8 | Getenesh Urge | Ethiopia | 9:48.20 | |
| 9 | Paola Testa | Italy | 9:48.74 | |
| 10 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 9:50.31 | |
| 11 | Tausi Saidi | Tanzania | 9:52.35 | |
| 12 | Andrea Pernitsky | Canada | 9:59.00 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.

* Brazil (1)
* Canada (2)
* China (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (2)
* Kenya (1)
* Malawi (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Norway (1)
* Portugal (2)
* Romania (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Tanzania (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (1)
* West Germany (1)
