Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates23 September 1988 (heats)
25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors35 from 25 nations
Winning time8:26.53 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tetyana Samolenko
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paula Ivan
 Romania
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yvonne Murray
 Great Britain
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Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
Wheelchair races

The women's 3000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 35 competitors, with two qualifying heats (35) before the final (15) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988.[1]

The winning margin was 0.62 seconds which was the only time the women's 3,000 metres was won by less than 0.8 seconds at the Olympics.

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Tetyana Samolenko (URS) 8:26.53
 Paula Ivan (ROU) 8:27.15
 Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:29.02
4.  Yelena Romanova (URS) 8:30.45
5.  Natalya Artyomova (URS) 8:31.67
6.  Vicki Huber (USA) 8:37.25
7.  Wendy Sly (GBR) 8:37.70
8.  Lynn Williams (CAN) 8:38.43
9.  Elly van Hulst (NED) 8:43.92
10.  Mary Slaney (USA) 8:47.13
11.  Cornelia Bürki (SUI) 8:48.32
12.  Annette Sergent (FRA) 8:49.14
13.  PattiSue Plumer (USA) 8:59.17
14.  Angela Chalmers (CAN) 9:04.75
15.  Debbie Bowker (CAN) 9:11.95

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT QUALIFYING TIME
1. 2  Paula Ivan (ROU) 8:43.10
2. 2  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:43.73
3. 2  Debbie Bowker (CAN) 8:43.81
4. 2  Mary Slaney (USA) 8:44.15
5. 2  Tetyana Samolenko (URS) 8:44.18
6. 2  Natalya Artyomova (URS) 8:44.30
7. 2  PattiSue Plumer (USA) 8:45.21
8. 2  Annette Sergent (FRA) 8:45.94
9. 2  Cornelia Bürki (SUI) 8:48.37
10. 1  Yelena Romanova (URS) 8:48.47
11. 1  Elly van Hulst (NED) 8:48.54
12. 1  Angela Chalmers (CAN) 8:48.60
13. 1  Lynn Williams (CAN) 8:48.70
14. 1  Vicki Huber (USA) 8:48.93
15. 1  Wendy Sly (GBR) 8:49.71
16. 2  Vera Michallek (FRG) 8:51.34
17. 2  Chen Qingmei (CHN) 8:51.53
18. 2  Roberta Brunet (ITA) 8:53.04
19. 1  Xiuting Wang (CHN) 8:54.19
20. 1  Jill Hunter (GBR) 8:57.28
21. 1  Christine Pfitzinger (NZL) 9:01.30
22. 1  Jacqueline Perkins (AUS) 9:01.82
23. 1  Andri Avraam (CYP) 9:02.18
24. 2  Anne Keenan-Buckley (IRL) 9:03.10
25. 1  Angelines Rodríguez (ESP) 9:03.39
26. 1  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 9:05.92
27. 1  Susan Sirma (KEN) 9:06.90
28. 1  Lim Chun-Ae (KOR) 9:21.18
29. 2  Khin Khin Htwe (BIR) 9:26.57
30. 2  Daphrose Nyiramutuzo (RWA) 9:47.98
31. 2  Dikanda Diba (ZAI) 10:32.88
– 1  Maricica Puică (ROU) DNF
– 1  Marie Pierre Duros (FRA) DNF
– 2  Fatima Aouam (MAR) DNF
– 2  Polonie Avek (PNG) DNF

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Games: Women's 3000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2017.