These are the official results of the Women's 3000 metres event at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 16 August 1993.
Final RankAthleteNationTimeQu Yunxia 8:28.71Zhang Linli 8:29.25Zhang Lirong 8:31.954.Sonia O'Sullivan 8:33.385.Alison Wyeth 8:38.426.Yelena Romanova 8:39.697.Paula Radcliffe 8:40.408.Lyudmila Borisova 8:40.789.Yvonne Murray 8:43.4610.Annette Peters 8:45.5611.Yelena Kopytova 8:50.4912.Claudia Lokar 8:51.3513.Annemari Sandell 8:53.5814.Luminita Zaituc 9:01.3815.Esther Kiplagat 9:07.05
Qualifying heats Held on Saturday 1993-08-14 RankAthleteNationTime1.Zhang Linli 8:48.852.Yvonne Murray 8:51.303.Yelena Romanova 8:54.814.Esther Kiplagat 8:55.075.Luminita Zaituc 8:55.556.Claudia Lokar 8:55.987.Roberta Brunet 8:57.468.Julia Sakara 8:57.69 9.Regina Cistjakova 8:58.5110.Ulla Marquette 9:00.6811.Elly van Hulst 9:04.8612.Katy McCandless 9:10.1313.Andrea Sollarova 9:12.9114.Jayanthi Palaniappan 9:18.42 15.Martha Portobanco 10:48.0816.Halima Boubacar 11:26.13
+ Heat 2RankAthleteNationTime1.Qu Yunxia 8:49.202.Lyudmila Borisova 8:50.023.Annette Peters 8:51.674.Alison Wyeth 8:51.895.Annemari Sandell 8:54.756.Annette Sergent 8:58.157.Elena Fidatov 8:58.898.Valentina Tauceri 9:00.209.Julia Vaquero 9:05.5010.Eva Doczi 9:09.5111.Daria Nauer 9:11.2812.Getenesh Urge 9:16.2413.Marilu Salazar 9:32.3314.Tevdenshigmed Enh-Od 10:50.27—Raj Kumari Pandey DNS—Zahra Ouaziz DNS
+ Heat 3RankAthleteNationTime1.Sonia O'Sullivan 8:50.622.Zhang Lirong 8:51.753.Paula Radcliffe 8:52.624.Yelena Kopytova 8:57.735.Margareta Keszeg 8:59.216.Farida Fates 8:59.937.Sheila Carrozza 9:01.418.Estela Estevez 9:08.049.Nina Christiansen 9:09.0610.Harumi Hiroyama 9:11.7711.Leah Pells 9:16.6312.Gwen Griffiths 9:33.9613.Aura Morales 9:49.0814.Shirley Cespedes 10:15.0115.Gulsara Dadabayeva 10:29.6916.Adelaide Malepa 11:00.68 —Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich
See also 1988 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Seoul) 1990 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Split) 1992 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Barcelona) 1994 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Helsinki) 1996 Women's Olympic 5000 metres (Atlanta)
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