2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July.

Medalists

Gold	Meseret Defar Ethiopia
Silver	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Morocco
Bronze	Olesya Syreva Russia

Results

Final

16 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	9:12.61
	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	9:16.28
	Olesya Syreva	Russia	9:16.58
4	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	9:17.83
5	Machi Tanaka	Japan	9:19.95
6	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	9:22.24
7	Peninah Chepchumba	Kenya	9:22.38
8	Chemutai Rionotukei	Kenya	9:25.89
9	Sónia Fernandes	Portugal	9:28.83
10	Adrienne Herzog	Netherlands	9:31.15
11	Elina Lindgren	Finland	9:32.90
12	Zita Mezei	Hungary	9:33.85
13	Zhang Yang	China	9:34.04
14	Etalemahu Kidane	Ethiopia	9:36.83
15	Sara Bei	United States	9:38.92
16	Nancy Frouin	France	9:46.03
17	Stefanie Murer	Switzerland	9:49.34
18	Esther Schrijvers	Netherlands	10:00.37
19	Lindsay Zinn	United States	10:08.17
	Snežana Kostic	Yugoslavia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

• China (1)
• Ethiopia (2)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Japan (1)
• Kenya (2)
• Latvia (1)
• Morocco (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Portugal (1)
• Russia (2)
• Switzerland (1)
• United States (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)