2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
# 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Eugene, Oregon, USA, at Hayward Field on 24 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mary Cain United States |
| - | - |
| Silver | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk Kenya |
| Bronze | Valentina Chepkwemoi Mateiko Kenya |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Zola Pieterse (GBR) | 8:28.83 | Rome, Italy | 7 September 1985 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Zhang Linli (CHN) | 8:48.86 | Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 |
| World Junior Leading | Senbere Teferi (ETH) | 8:41.54 | Doha, Qatar | 9 May 2014 |
| Broken records during the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics |||||

## Results

### Final

24 July Start time: 20:15 Temperature: 21 °C Humidity: 53 %

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mary Cain | United States | 8:58.48 | PB |
| | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | Kenya | 9:00.53 | |
| | Valentina Chepkwemoi Mateiko | Kenya | 9:00.79 | PB |
| 4 | Nozomi Musembi Takamatsu | Japan | 9:02.85 | PB |
| 5 | Etagegn Woldu | Ethiopia | 9:06.42 | |
| 6 | Emine Hatun Tuna | Turkey | 9:06.85 | PB |
| 7 | Jessica Hull | Australia | 9:08.85 | PB |
| 8 | Weini Kelati | Eritrea | 9:12.32 | PB |
| 9 | Gabriela Stafford | Canada | 9:14.97 | |
| 10 | Anna Stefani | Italy | 9:23.12 | PB |
| 11 | Nao Yamamoto | Japan | 9:24.41 | |
| 12 | Maria Magdalena Ifteni | Romania | 9:26.04 | PB |
| 13 | Nataliia Soltan | Ukraine | 9:26.58 | PB |
| 14 | Darya Maslova | Kyrgyzstan | 9:30.28 | |
| 15 | Stephanie Jenks | United States | 9:31.47 | |
| | Sofia Ennaoui | Poland | DNF | |
| | Sarah Lahti | Sweden | DNS | |
| | Heather Petrick | Canada | DNS | |

Intermediate times: 1000m: 3:03.84 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk 2000m: 6:07.39 Valentina Chepkwemoi Mateiko

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

* Australia (1)
* Canada (1)
* Eritrea (1)
* Ethiopia (1)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (2)
* Kenya (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (2)
