Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenueEstadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates31 July 1992 (heats)
2 August 1992 (final)
Competitors33 from 21 nations
Winning time8:46.04
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yelena Romanova
 Unified Team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tetyana Dorovskikh
 Unified Team
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Angela Chalmers
 Canada
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Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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100 mmenwomen
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10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
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3000 m
steeplechase		men
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4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
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Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the women's 3000 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 34 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats.[1]

Medalists

Gold Yelena Romanova
 Unified Team
Silver Tetyana Dorovskikh
 Unified Team
Bronze Angela Chalmers
 Canada

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 8:22.26 Soviet Union Tatyana Kazankina Leningrad (URS) August 26, 1984
Olympic Record 8:26.53 Soviet Union Tetyana Samolenko Seoul (KOR) September 25, 1988

Tetyana Samolenko competes in this event after her marriage under the name Tetyana Dorovskikh.

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Yelena Romanova (EUN) 8:46.04
 Tetyana Dorovskikh (EUN) 8:46.85
 Angela Chalmers (CAN) 8:47.22
4.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 8:47.41
5.  PattiSue Plumer (USA) 8:48.29
6.  Yelena Kopytova (EUN) 8:49.55
7.  Shelly Steely (USA) 8:52.67
8.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:55.85
9.  Alison Wyeth (GBR) 9:00.23
10.  Roberta Brunet (ITA) 9:01.26
11.  Margareta Keszeg (ROM) 9:03.16
—  Marie Pierre Duros (FRA) DNF

Qualifying heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Yelena Kopytova (EUN) 8:47.21
2.  Margareta Keszeg (ROM) 8:47.24
3.  PattiSue Plumer (USA) 8:47.58
4.  Lisa York (GBR) 8:47.71
5.  Robyn Meagher (CAN) 8:49.72
6.  Gitte Karlshøj (DEN) 8:54.05
7.  Estela Estévez (ESP) 8:55.70
8.  Jane Ngotho (KEN) 9:00.96
9.  Zola Pieterse (RSA) 9:07.10
10.  Ana Isabel Elias (ANG) 9:58.82
—  Sandra Cortez (BOL) DNS


RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Marie Pierre Duros (FRA) 8:42.32
2.  Tatyana Dorovskikh (EUN) 8:42.45
3.  Angela Chalmers (CAN) 8:42.85
4.  Alison Wyeth (GBR) 8:43.93
5.  Roberta Brunet (ITA) 8:44.21
6.  Shelly Steely (USA) 8:44.22
7.  Esther Kiplagat (KEN) 8:44.97
8.  Catherina McKiernan (IRL) 8:57.91
9.  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR) 9:07.69
10.  Inmaculle Naberaho (RWA) 10:02.62
11.  Rosemary Turare (PNG) 11:15.18


RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 8:50.08
2.  Yvonne Murray (GBR) 8:51.16
3.  Yelena Romanova (EUN) 8:51.18
4.  Annette Peters (USA) 8:52.77
5.  Zohra Graziani-Koullou (FRA) 8:55.21
6.  Päivi Tikkanen (FIN) 8:59.60
7.  Krishna Stanton (AUS) 9:00.62
8.  Pauline Konga (KEN) 9:02.79
9.  Leah Pells (CAN) 9:13.19
10.  Khin Khin Htwe (MYA) 9:31.70
11.  Janeth Caizalitín (ECU) 9:32.39
12.  Mirsada Burić (BIH) 10:03.34

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Games: Women's 3000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2017.