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

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]

Women's 3000 metres at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates	31 July 1992 (heats) 2 August 1992 (final)
Competitors	33 from 21 nations
Winning time	8:46.04
Medalists
Yelena Romanova  Unified Team Tetyana Dorovskikh  Unified Team Angela Chalmers  Canada
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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	Tatyana Kazankina	Leningrad (URS)	August 26, 1984
Olympic Record	8:26.53	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

• 1990 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 3000 metres (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 3000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 5000 metres (Gothenburg)