Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was the first time that this event was held at the Commonwealth Games.

Women's 3000 metres at the Commonwealth Games

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paula Fudge	England	9:12.95
	Heather Thomson	New Zealand	9:20.69
	Ann Ford	England	9:24.05
4	Shauna Miller	Canada	9:30.75
5	Nancy Rooks	Canada	9:34.14
6	Angela Cook	Australia	9:43.56
7	Mwinga Mwanjala	Tanzania	9:49.98
8	Rose Thompson	Kenya	10:00.46
9	Debbie Scott	Canada	10:02.59
10	Wayua Kiteti	Kenya	10:12.56
11	Dinah Chepyatur	Kenya	10:18.49
12	Modesta Masaka	Tanzania	10:45.79
13	Kandasamy Jayamani	Singapore	11:13.01
14	Beatrice Delancy	Turks and Caicos Islands	11:20.87
	Penny Yule	England	DNF
	Theodora Corea	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	DNF

References

• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results