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
01 !	Yin Lili	China	8:57.09
02 !	Yimenashu Taye	Ethiopia	9:01.70
03 !	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