Events at the 1993 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's 3000 metres event at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Monday 16 August 1993.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Qu Yunxia	China (CHN)	8:28.71
	Zhang Linli	China (CHN)	8:29.25
	Zhang Lirong	China (CHN)	8:31.95
4.	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland (IRL)	8:33.38
5.	Alison Wyeth	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:38.42
6.	Yelena Romanova	Russia (RUS)	8:39.69
7.	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:40.40
8.	Lyudmila Borisova	Russia (RUS)	8:40.78
9.	Yvonne Murray	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:43.46
10.	Annette Peters	United States (USA)	8:45.56
11.	Yelena Kopytova	Russia (RUS)	8:50.49
12.	Claudia Lokar	Germany (GER)	8:51.35
13.	Annemari Sandell	Finland (FIN)	8:53.58
14.	Luminita Zaituc	Romania (ROM)	9:01.38
15.	Esther Kiplagat	Kenya (KEN)	9:07.05

• Held on Saturday 1993-08-14

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Zhang Linli	China (CHN)	8:48.85
2.	Yvonne Murray	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:51.30
3.	Yelena Romanova	Russia (RUS)	8:54.81
4.	Esther Kiplagat	Kenya (KEN)	8:55.07
5.	Luminita Zaituc	Romania (ROM)	8:55.55
6.	Claudia Lokar	Germany (GER)	8:55.98
7.	Roberta Brunet	Italy (ITA)	8:57.46
8.	Julia Sakara	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	8:57.69 NR
9.	Regina Cistjakova	Lithuania (LTU)	8:58.51
10.	Ulla Marquette	Canada (CAN)	9:00.68
11.	Elly van Hulst	Netherlands (NED)	9:04.86
12.	Katy McCandless	United States (USA)	9:10.13
13.	Andrea Sollarova	Slovakia (SVK)	9:12.91
14.	Jayanthi Palaniappan	Malaysia (MAS)	9:18.42 NR
15.	Martha Portobanco	Nicaragua (NCA)	10:48.08
16.	Halima Boubacar	Niger (NIG)	11:26.13

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Qu Yunxia	China (CHN)	8:49.20
2.	Lyudmila Borisova	Russia (RUS)	8:50.02
3.	Annette Peters	United States (USA)	8:51.67
4.	Alison Wyeth	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:51.89
5.	Annemari Sandell	Finland (FIN)	8:54.75
6.	Annette Sergent	France (FRA)	8:58.15
7.	Elena Fidatov	Romania (ROM)	8:58.89
8.	Valentina Tauceri	Italy (ITA)	9:00.20
9.	Julia Vaquero	Spain (ESP)	9:05.50
10.	Eva Doczi	Hungary (HUN)	9:09.51
11.	Daria Nauer	Switzerland (SUI)	9:11.28
12.	Getenesh Urge	Ethiopia (ETH)	9:16.24
13.	Marilu Salazar	Peru (PER)	9:32.33
14.	Tevdenshigmed Enh-Od	Mongolia (MGL)	10:50.27
—	Raj Kumari Pandey	Nepal (NEP)	DNS
—	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco (MAR)	DNS

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland (IRL)	8:50.62
2.	Zhang Lirong	China (CHN)	8:51.75
3.	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	8:52.62
4.	Yelena Kopytova	Russia (RUS)	8:57.73
5.	Margareta Keszeg	Romania (ROM)	8:59.21
6.	Farida Fates	France (FRA)	8:59.93
7.	Sheila Carrozza	United States (USA)	9:01.41
8.	Estela Estevez	Spain (ESP)	9:08.04
9.	Nina Christiansen	Denmark (DEN)	9:09.06
10.	Harumi Hiroyama	Japan (JPN)	9:11.77
11.	Leah Pells	Canada (CAN)	9:16.63
12.	Gwen Griffiths	South Africa (RSA)	9:33.96
13.	Aura Morales	Guatemala (GUA)	9:49.08
14.	Shirley Cespedes	Costa Rica (CRC)	10:15.01
15.	Gulsara Dadabayeva	Tajikistan (TJK)	10:29.69
16.	Adelaide Malepa	Lesotho (LES)	11:00.68
—	Ravilya Agletdinova-Kotovich	Belarus (BLR)	DNF

• 1988 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Seoul)
• 1990 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Split)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 3000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5000 metres (Atlanta)

• Results