Athletics — 3,000 metres, Women (discontinued)

Times held 3
Total participants 83
Total countries 41

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1984 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 30 21
1988 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 35 24
1992 3,000 metres, Women Olympic 33 21

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1984 Maricica PuicăROU Wendy SlyGBR Lynn WilliamsCAN
1988 Tetiana SamolenkoURS Paula IvanROU Yvonne MurrayGBR
1992 Yelena RomanovaEUN Tetiana DorovskikhEUN Angela ChalmersCAN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Romania ROU 1 1 0 2
Unified Team EUN 1 1 0 2
Soviet Union URS 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 1 1 2
Canada CAN 0 0 2 2

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh URS
UKR
EUN
1 1 0 2
Maricica Puică ROU 1 0 0 1
Yelena Romanova RUS
URS
EUN
1 0 0 1
Wendy Sly GBR 0 1 0 1
Paula Ivan ROU 0 1 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Angola ANG 1992 Summer Olympics Ana Isabel Elias 10 h1 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 1984 Summer Olympics Liliana Góngora 9 h2 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 1984 Summer Olympics Donna Gould 5 h2 r1/2 See all
Bolivia BOL 1992 Summer Olympics Sandra Cortez DNS See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1992 Summer Olympics Mirsada Burić 12 h3 r1/2 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Lynn Williams 3 Bronze See all
1992 Summer Olympics Angela Chalmers 3 Bronze
Chile CHI 1984 Summer Olympics Mónica Regonesi AC h3 r1/2 See all
Cyprus CYP 1988 Summer Olympics Andri Avraam 11 h1 r1/2 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1988 Summer Olympics Dikanda Diba 16 h2 r1/2 See all
Denmark DEN 1992 Summer Olympics Gitte Karlshøj 6 h1 r1/2 See all
Ecuador ECU 1992 Summer Olympics Janeth Caizalitín 11 h3 r1/2 See all
El Salvador ESA 1984 Summer Olympics Kriscia García 9 h3 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1992 Summer Olympics Päivi Tikkanen 6 h3 r1/2 See all
France FRA 1988 Summer Olympics Annette Sergent 12 See all
Great Britain GBR 1984 Summer Olympics Wendy Sly 2 Silver See all
India IND 1984 Summer Olympics Geeta Zutshi 8 h3 r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 1992 Summer Olympics Sonia O'Sullivan 4 See all
Italy ITA 1984 Summer Olympics Agnese Possamai 10 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Roberta Brunet 10
Jordan JOR 1984 Summer Olympics Raida Abdallah Bader 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Kenya KEN 1984 Summer Olympics Hellen Kimaiyo 7 h1 r1/2 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Esther Kiplagat 7 h2 r1/2
Liechtenstein LIE 1984 Summer Olympics Helen Ritter DNS See all
Morocco MAR 1988 Summer Olympics Fatima Aouam AC h2 r1/2 See all
Myanmar MYA 1988 Summer Olympics Khin Khin Htwe 14 h2 r1/2 See all
Netherlands NED 1988 Summer Olympics Elly van Hulst 9 See all
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Dianne Rodger 9 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1992 Summer Olympics Rosemary Turare 11 h2 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1988 Summer Olympics Wang Xiuting 7 h1 r1/2 See all
Portugal POR 1984 Summer Olympics Aurora Cunha 6 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Im Chun-Ae 15 h1 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 1984 Summer Olympics Maricica Puică 1 Gold See all
Rwanda RWA 1984 Summer Olympics Marcianne Mukamurenzi 7 h3 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 1992 Summer Olympics Zola Budd-Pieterse 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Soviet Union URS 1988 Summer Olympics Tetiana Samolenko 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1992 Summer Olympics Estela Estévez 7 h1 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1984 Summer Olympics Eva Ernström 6 h2 r1/2 See all
Switzerland SUI 1984 Summer Olympics Cornelia Bürki 5 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Yelena Romanova 1 Gold See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1984 Summer Olympics Mwinga Mwanjala 10 h2 r1/2 See all
United States USA 1984 Summer Olympics Cindy Bremser 4 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Vera Michallek 10 h2 r1/2 See all