title: Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Women's 3000 metres
text: # Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade – Women's 3000 metres
  
  The women's 3000 metres event at the 1991 Summer Universiade was held at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on 20 July 1991.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Iulia Besliu | Romania | 8:55.42 |
  | | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 8:56.35 |
  | | Zita Ágoston | Hungary | 9:01.09 |
  | 4 | Lyudmila Borisova | Soviet Union | 9:02.05 |
  | 5 | Roberta Brunet | Italy | 9:02.34 |
  | 6 | Alison Wiley | Canada | 9:06.34 |
  | 7 | Julia Vaquero | Spain | 9:08.45 |
  | 8 | Suzana Ćirić | FR Yugoslavia | 9:09.40 |
  | 9 | Andrea Sollárová | Czechoslovakia | 9:10.79 |
  | 10 | Krishna Stanton | Australia | 9:11.92 |
  | 11 | Hayley Haining | Great Britain | 9:12.28 |
  | 12 | Begoña Herráez | Spain | 9:13.84 |
  | 13 | Nicole Birk | United States | 9:14.03 |
  | 14 | Buffy Rabbitt | United States | 9:14.40 |
  | 15 | Bridget Smyth | Great Britain | 9:17.86 |
  | 16 | Mónica Gama | Portugal | 9:19.32 |
  | 17 | Beatrice Ayikoro | Uganda | 9:24.49 |
  | 18 | Christien Toonstra | Netherlands | 9:28.97 |
  | 19 | Carmen de Oliveira | Brazil | 9:34.44 |
  | 20 | Róisín Smyth | Ireland | 9:48.75 |
  | 21 | Amina Amaddah | Morocco | 10:07.38 |
  | 22 | Mirna El-Hajj | Lebanon | 11:30.66 |
  | | Simona Staicu | Romania | DNF |
  