title: Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's 3000 metres
text: # Athletics at the 1983 Summer Universiade – Women's 3000 metres
  
  The women's 3000 metres event at the 1983 Summer Universiade was held at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada on 8 July 1983.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Maria Radu | Romania | 9:04.32 |
  | | Yelena Malychina | Soviet Union | 9:06.17 |
  | | Lynn Kanuka-Williams | Canada | 9:07.74 |
  | 4 | Kathy Hayes | United States | 9:12.14 |
  | 5 | Nancy Rooks | Canada | 9:13.16 |
  | 6 | Yelena Sipatova | Soviet Union | 9:21.06 |
  | 7 | Joan Hansen | United States | 9:29.86 |
  | 8 | Mónica Regonesi | Chile | 9:36.61 |
  | 9 | Mercedes Calleja | Spain | 9:51.46 |
  | 10 | Genovev Dominguez | Mexico | 9:54.02 |
  | 11 | Glenys Kroon | New Zealand | 10:14.85 |
  | 12 | Susana Herrera | Mexico | 10:15.92 |
  | 13 | Janice Carlo | Puerto Rico | 10:31.03 |
  | 14 | Alicia Ruano Barrientos | Guatemala | 10:32.65 |
  