1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

Events at the
1998 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28 and 30 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Yin Lili
 China
Silver Yimenashu Taye
 Ethiopia
Bronze Edna Kiplagat
 Kenya

Results

Final

30 July

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Yin Lili  China 8:57.09
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yimenashu Taye  Ethiopia 9:01.70
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Edna Kiplagat  Kenya 9:05.46
4 Lan Lixin  China 9:07.39
5 Yoshiko Fujinaga  Japan 9:15.64
6 Margaret Chepkemboi  Kenya 9:25.38
7 Inês Monteiro  Portugal 9:26.33
8 Melanie Schulz  Germany 9:28.71
9 Genet Teka  Ethiopia 9:33.17
10 Živilė Balčiūnaitė  Lithuania 9:34.01
11 Eloise Poppet  Australia 9:36.64
12 Seltana Aït Hammou  Morocco 10:15.26

Heats

28 July

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Lan Lixin  China 9:22.19 Q
2 Margaret Chepkemboi  Kenya 9:22.49 Q
3 Yoshiko Fujinaga  Japan 9:22.93 Q
4 Eloise Poppet  Australia 9:23.67 Q
5 Živilė Balčiūnaitė  Lithuania 9:24.98 q
6 Seltana Aït Hammou  Morocco 9:24.99 q
7 Amber Gascoigne  United Kingdom 9:43.55
8 Demelza Murrihy  New Zealand 9:52.24
9 Catherine Maapela  South Africa 10:06.14

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yin Lili  China 9:17.83 Q
2 Yimenashu Taye  Ethiopia 9:18.80 Q
3 Edna Kiplagat  Kenya 9:23.87 Q
4 Inês Monteiro  Portugal 9:24.78 Q
5 Genet Teka  Ethiopia 9:26.50 q
6 Melanie Schulz  Germany 9:28.98 q
7 Diana Maciusonytė  Lithuania 9:33.08
8 Yelena Tolstygina  Belarus 9:35.17
9 Nicole Chapple  Australia 9:40.62
10 Vanessa Veiga Comesaña  Spain 9:58.46
11 Épiphanie Nyirabaramé  Rwanda 10:39.35

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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