1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres walk
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres walk

The women's 3000 metres walk event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 3 and 4 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Kerry Saxby Australia | Beate Anders East Germany | Ileana Salvador Italy |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Nadezhda Ryashkina | Soviet Union | 12:20.28 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | Beate Anders | East Germany | 12:22.22 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | María Reyes Sobrino | Spain | 12:27.82 | q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | Ann Peel | Canada | 12:36.46 | q, AR |
| 5 | 2 | Ileana Salvador | Italy | 12:41.12 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Kerry Saxby | Australia | 12:41.55 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Anikó Szebenszky | Hungary | 12:45.93 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Andrea Alföldi | Hungary | 12:47.70 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Olga Sánchez | Spain | 12:50.87 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Dana Vavřačová | Czechoslovakia | 12:52.01 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Teresa Vaill | United States | 12:52.39 | |
| 12 | 1 | Bev Hayman | Australia | 13:06.61 | PB |
| 13 | 1 | Andrea Brückmann | West Germany | 13:21.72 | |
| | 2 | Alison Baker | Canada | DQ | |
| | 2 | Valeria Todorova | Bulgaria | DQ | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kerry Saxby | Australia | 12:01.65 | WR, CR |
| | Beate Anders | East Germany | 12:07.73 | |
| | Ileana Salvador | Italy | 12:11.33 | NR |
| 4 | Nadezhda Ryashkina | Soviet Union | 12:12.98 | PB |
| 5 | Anikó Szebenszky | Hungary | 12:27.20 | NR |
| 6 | Andrea Alföldi | Hungary | 12:31.66 | PB |
| 7 | Ann Peel | Canada | 12:32.34 | AR |
| 8 | Olga Sánchez | Spain | 12:34.02 | WJR |
| 9 | Dana Vavřačová | Czechoslovakia | 12:40.51 | |
| | María Reyes Sobrino | Spain | DQ | |
