Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1987 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadion Maksimir in Zagreb on 15 and 17 July 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Paula Ivan Romania	Annie Schweitzer United States	Natalya Artyomova Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Paula Ivan	Romania	9:16.61	Q
2	1	Asunción Sinobas	Spain	9:16.67	Q
3	1	Natalya Artyomova	Soviet Union	9:16.83	Q
4	1	Sabine Kunkel	West Germany	9:16.92	Q
5	1	Annie Schweitzer	United States	9:17.06	Q
6	1	Zita Ágoston	Hungary	9:17.49	q
7	1	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	9:23.37	q
8	1	Sonja Vinall	Great Britain	9:23.79	q
9	1	María Luisa Servín	Mexico	9:25.60	q
1	2	Mariana Stanescu	Romania	9:16.90	Q
2	2	Antje-Petra Winkelmann	West Germany	9:17.27	Q
3	2	Véronique Collard	Belgium	9:17.33	Q
4	2	Annette Hand	United States	9:17.57	Q
5	2	Melissa Watson	Great Britain	9:17.93	Q
6	2	Silva Rožič	Yugoslavia	9:19.74	q
7	2	Rocío Ríos	Spain	9:31.69
8	2	Yolanda Quimbita	Ecuador	9:45.80

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paula Ivan	Romania	8:53.61
	Annie Schweitzer	United States	8:59.56
	Natalya Artyomova	Soviet Union	9:02.98
4	Annette Hand	United States	9:06.73
5	Zita Ágoston	Hungary	9:09.16
6	Sabine Kunkel	West Germany	9:09.56
7	Melissa Watson	Great Britain	9:10.12
8	Mariana Stanescu	Romania	9:13.07
9	Véronique Collard	Belgium	9:17.43
10	Asunción Sinobas	Spain	9:19.09
11	Antje-Petra Winkelmann	West Germany	9:19.15
12	Zahra Ouaziz	Morocco	9:22.23
13	Sonja Vinall	Great Britain	9:22.40
14	María Luisa Servín	Mexico	9:24.13
15	Silva Rožič	Yugoslavia	9:41.62