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3,000 metres, Women

Date	31 July – 2 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Participants	33 from 21 countries

Ukrainian Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh had been dominant in this event for the past few years, winning the 1988 Olympic gold, and the 1987 and 1991 World Championships. Yelena Romanova had been runner-up at the 1990 European Championship and the 1991 World Championships. The final was run in a languid 3:06 for the first kilometer. This led to a pack finish, with all the favorites together on the final backstretch. Ireland’s Sonia O’Sullivan led on the final turn, but Romanova jumped the field at the head of the stretch and was not caught, finally winning a major international title. Samolenko-Dorovskikh closed quickly for the silver but could not catch the Russian.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	554	Yelena Romanova	EUN	8:51.18 (3 h3)	8:46.04 (1)	Gold
2	500	Tetiana Dorovskikh	EUN	8:42.45 (2 h2)	8:46.85 (2)	Silver
3	209	Angela Chalmers	CAN	8:42.85 (3 h2)	8:47.22 (3)	Bronze
4	960	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	8:50.08 (1 h3)	8:47.41 (4)
5	1751	PattiSue Plumer	USA	8:47.58 (3 h1)	8:48.29 (5)
6	519	Yelena Khopytova	EUN	8:47.21 (1 h1)	8:49.55 (6)
7	1766	Shelly Steely	USA	8:44.22 (6 h2)	8:52.67 (7)
8	745	Yvonne Murray	GBR	8:51.16 (2 h3)	8:55.85 (8)
9	770	Alison Wyeth	GBR	8:43.93 (4 h2)	9:00.23 (9)
10	995	Roberta Brunet	ITA	8:44.21 (5 h2)	9:01.26 (10)
11	1458	Margareta Keszeg	ROU	8:47.24 (2 h1)	9:03.16 (11)
AC r2/2	628	Marie-Pierre Duros	FRA	8:42.32 (1 h2)	– (DNF)
4 h1 r1/2	772	Lisa York	GBR	8:47.71 (4 h1)	–
4 h3 r1/2	1747	Annette Peters	USA	8:52.77 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r1/2	236	Robyn Meagher	CAN	8:49.72 (5 h1)	–
5 h3 r1/2	636	Zohra Graziani-Koullou	FRA	8:55.21 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r1/2	377	Gitte Karlshøj	DEN	8:54.05 (6 h1)	–
6 h3 r1/2	612	Päivi Tikkanen	FIN	8:59.60 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r1/2	414	Estela Estévez	ESP	8:55.70 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	1121	Esther Kiplagat	KEN	8:44.97 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r1/2	66	Krishna Stanton	AUS	9:00.62 (7 h3)	–
8 h1 r1/2	1134	Jane Ngotho	KEN	9:00.96 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	956	Catherina McKiernan	IRL	8:57.91 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r1/2	1129	Pauline Konga	KEN	9:02.79 (8 h3)	–
9 h1 r1/2	1479	Zola Budd-Pieterse	RSA	9:07.10 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	1855	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	9:07.69 (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	240	Leah Pells	CAN	9:13.19 (9 h3)	–
10 h1 r1/2	17	Ana Isabel Elias	ANG	9:58.82 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	1490	Inmaculle Naberaho	RWA	10:02.62 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	1269	Khin Khin Htwe	MYA	9:31.70 (10 h3)	–
11 h2 r1/2	1360	Rosemary Turare	PNG	11:15.18 (11 h2)	–
11 h3 r1/2	385	Janeth Caizalitín	ECU	9:32.29 (11 h3)	–
12 h3 r1/2	168	Mirsada Burić	BIH	10:03.34 (12 h3)	–
DNS	127	Sandra Cortez	BOL	– (DNS h1)	–

Round One (31 July 1992)

Top three in each heat and next fastest three advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:50)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Yelena Khopytova	EUN	8:47.21	Q	1
2	2	Margareta Keszeg	ROU	8:47.24	Q
3	3	PattiSue Plumer	USA	8:47.58	Q
4	5	Lisa York	GBR	8:47.71
5	6	Robyn Meagher	CAN	8:49.72
6	9	Gitte Karlshøj	DEN	8:54.05
7	10	Estela Estévez	ESP	8:55.70
8	7	Jane Ngotho	KEN	9:00.96
9	8	Zola Budd-Pieterse	RSA	9:07.10
10	11	Ana Isabel Elias	ANG	9:58.82
DNS	4	Sandra Cortez	BOL	–

Splits

1000 m	2:57.53	Gitte Karlshøj
2000 m	5:59.17	Jane Ngotho

Heat Two (20:05)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	7	Marie-Pierre Duros	FRA	8:42.32	Q
2	11	Tetiana Dorovskikh	EUN	8:42.45	Q
3	1	Angela Chalmers	CAN	8:42.85	Q
4	2	Alison Wyeth	GBR	8:43.93	q
5	6	Roberta Brunet	ITA	8:44.21	q
6	3	Shelly Steely	USA	8:44.22	q
7	10	Esther Kiplagat	KEN	8:44.97
8	8	Catherina McKiernan	IRL	8:57.91
9	9	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	9:07.69
10	4	Inmaculle Naberaho	RWA	10:02.62
11	5	Rosemary Turare	PNG	11:15.18

Splits

1000 m	2:54.36	Alison Wyeth
2000 m	5:52.49	Alison Wyeth

Heat Three (20:20)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	8:50.08	Q
2	11	Yvonne Murray	GBR	8:51.16	Q
3	2	Yelena Romanova	EUN	8:51.18	Q
4	7	Annette Peters	USA	8:52.77
5	6	Zohra Graziani-Koullou	FRA	8:55.21
6	10	Päivi Tikkanen	FIN	8:59.60
7	3	Krishna Stanton	AUS	9:00.62
8	5	Pauline Konga	KEN	9:02.79
9	9	Leah Pells	CAN	9:13.19
10	1	Khin Khin Htwe	MYA	9:31.70
11	8	Janeth Caizalitín	ECU	9:32.29
12	12	Mirsada Burić	BIH	10:03.34

Splits

1000 m	3:02.89	Annette Peters
2000 m	6:01.08	Annette Peters

Final (2 August 1992 — 21:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	12	Yelena Romanova	EUN	8:46.04
2	6	Tetiana Dorovskikh	EUN	8:46.85
3	4	Angela Chalmers	CAN	8:47.22
4	8	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	8:47.41
5	2	PattiSue Plumer	USA	8:48.29
6	7	Yelena Khopytova	EUN	8:49.55	2
7	3	Shelly Steely	USA	8:52.67
8	11	Yvonne Murray	GBR	8:55.85
9	1	Alison Wyeth	GBR	9:00.23
10	9	Roberta Brunet	ITA	9:01.26
11	5	Margareta Keszeg	ROU	9:03.16
DNF	10	Marie-Pierre Duros	FRA	–

Splits

1000 m	3:06.71	Alison Wyeth
2000 m	6:01.52	Alison Wyeth