1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
60 m hurdles		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Heptathlon		men

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.^[1]

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
	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

References

1. Results (p. 555)