2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 3000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 12 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Mercy Cherono  Kenya
Silver	Bizunesh Urgesa  Ethiopia
Bronze	Frehiwot Goshu  Ethiopia

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Mercy Cherono	Kenya	8:58.07
	Bizunesh Urgesa	Ethiopia	8:58.90
	Frehiwot Goshu	Ethiopia	9:03.76
4	Marina Gordeyeva	Russia	9:11.59
5	Jacklin Chebii	Kenya	9:12.85
6	Laurynne Chetelat	United States	9:15.11
7	Yekaterina Gorbunova	Russia	9:15.59
8	Tamara Jewet	Canada	9:15.74
9	Joanne Harvey	United Kingdom	9:15.98
10	Rei Ohara	Japan	9:16.09
11	Lauren Howarth	United Kingdom	9:16.92
12	Michi Numata	Japan	9:20.46
13	Bogdana Mimic	Serbia	9:29.34
14	Olga Skrypak	Ukraine	9:31.89
15	Kim Seong-Eun	South Korea	9:38.85
16	Doreen Chesang	Uganda	9:41.24
17	Lyudmyla Kovalenko	Ukraine	9:42.05
18	Karolina Waszak	Poland	10:07.77

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.