title: 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
text: # 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
  
  The women's 3000 metres event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 20 September.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Zhang Linli China |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Gabriela Szabo Romania |
  | Bronze | Zhang Lirong China |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Final
  
  20 September
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Zhang Linli | China | 8:46.86 |
  | | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 8:48.28 |
  | | Zhang Lirong | China | 8:48.45 |
  | 4 | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 8:51.78 |
  | 5 | Annemari Sandell | Finland | 8:56.02 |
  | 6 | Emebet Shiferaw | Ethiopia | 9:00.05 |
  | 7 | Jeong Yeong-Im | South Korea | 9:00.30 |
  | 8 | Susie Power | Australia | 9:04.30 |
  | 9 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 9:08.65 |
  | 10 | Azumi Miyazaki | Japan | 9:10.15 |
  | 11 | Friederike Schmidt | Germany | 9:18.44 |
  | 12 | Mónika Tóth | Hungary | 9:20.83 |
  
  ### Heats
  
  18 September
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Zhang Lirong | China | 9:05.02 | Q |
  | 2 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 9:08.59 | Q |
  | 3 | Anja Smolders | Belgium | 9:08.71 | Q |
  | 4 | Jeong Yeong-Im | South Korea | 9:08.79 | Q |
  | 5 | Annemari Sandell | Finland | 9:09.42 | q |
  | 6 | Yuko Kubota | Japan | 9:19.54 | |
  | 7 | Yelena Zhilkina | Commonwealth of Independent States | 9:29.38 | |
  | 8 | Lydia Tanui | Kenya | 9:34.53 | |
  | 9 | Ana Isabel Gimeno | Spain | 9:39.86 | |
  | 10 | Andrea Karhoff | Germany | 10:04.31 | |
  | 11 | Tuelo Setswamorago | Botswana | 10:59.39 | |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Emebet Shiferaw | Ethiopia | 9:08.62 | Q |
  | 2 | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 9:10.77 | Q |
  | 3 | Susie Power | Australia | 9:11.52 | Q |
  | 4 | Zhang Linli | China | 9:11.67 | Q |
  | 5 | Friederike Schmidt | Germany | 9:11.89 | q |
  | 6 | Azumi Miyazaki | Japan | 9:17.03 | q |
  | 7 | Mónika Tóth | Hungary | 9:17.05 | q |
  | 8 | Kathy Butler | Canada | 9:29.39 | |
  | 9 | Kalekye Mutavi | Kenya | 9:35.90 | |
  | 10 | Jenny Hopkinson | New Zealand | 10:09.06 | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Australia (1)
  * Belgium (1)
  * Botswana (1)
  * Canada (1)
  * China (2)
  * Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
  * Ethiopia (1)
  * Finland (1)
  * Germany (2)
  * Hungary (1)
  * Japan (2)
  * Kenya (2)
  * New Zealand (1)
  * Romania (1)
  * South Korea (1)
  * Spain (1)
  * United Kingdom (1)
  