| Host City: Barcelona, Spain |
Format: Top three in each heat and next fastest three advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: July 31, 1992 |
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| Date Finished: August 2, 1992 |
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| (Competitors: 33; Countries: 21; Finalists: 10) |
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Venue(s): Montjuïc Olympic Stadium, Barcelona
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| Marie-Pierre Duros had the fastest qualifying time (8:42.32) and led for much of the first kilometre, run in a funereal 3:06. The Frenchwoman dropped out in the second kilometre, which was led by Alison Wyeth. The Briton passed 2000m in 6:00.6, and led to 2400m when her compatriot Murray made a break which was quickly covered. O’Sullivan took over from Murray with 300m to go, and was overtaken by Romanova’s decisive move off the final bend. Dorovskikh (formerly Samolenko) passed O’Sullivan on the inside with 70m to go, but had no chance of catching Romanova. The Russian ran out an easy winner after a last 200m in 28.2. Chalmers, boxed in for most of the last lap, finally escaped and caught O’Sullivan just before the line to win the bronze. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| Russian 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 Ukrainian. |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Tetyana Samolenko competes in this event after her marriage under the name Tetyana Dorovskikh.
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Results |
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| 3000 m |
Women |
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Final |
2 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
8.46.04 |
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Yelena Romanova |
Russia |
RUS |
20 Mar 63 |
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| 2 |
8.46.85 |
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Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Ukraine |
UKR |
12 Aug 61 |
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| 3 |
8.47.22 |
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Angela Chalmers |
Canada |
CAN |
6 Sep 63 |
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| 4 |
8.48.21 |
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Sonia O'Sullivan |
Ireland |
IRL |
28 Nov 69 |
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| 5 |
8.48.29 |
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PattiSue Plumer |
United States |
USA |
27 Apr 62 |
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| 6 |
8.49.55 |
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Ebru Kavaklioglu |
Russia |
RUS |
14 Mar 70 |
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| 7 |
8.52.67 |
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Shelly Steely |
United States |
USA |
23 Oct 62 |
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| 8 |
8.55.85 |
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Yvonne Murray |
Great Britain |
GBR |
4 Oct 64 |
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| 9 |
9.00.23 |
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Alison Wyeth |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 May 64 |
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| 10 |
9.01.26 |
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Roberta Brunet |
Italy |
ITA |
20 May 65 |
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| 11 |
9.03.16 |
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Margareta Keszeg |
Romania |
ROU |
31 Aug 65 |
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DNF |
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Marie-Pierre Duros |
France |
FRA |
7 Jun 67 |
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| 3000 m |
Women |
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Heat 1 |
31 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
8.47.21 |
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Ebru Kavaklioglu |
Russia |
RUS |
14 Mar 70 |
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| 2 |
8.47.24 |
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Margareta Keszeg |
Romania |
ROU |
31 Aug 65 |
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| 3 |
8.47.58 |
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PattiSue Plumer |
United States |
USA |
27 Apr 62 |
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| 4 |
8.47.71 |
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Lisa York |
Great Britain |
GBR |
10 Mar 70 |
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| 5 |
8.49.72 |
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Robyn Meagher |
Canada |
CAN |
17 Jun 67 |
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| 6 |
8.54.05 |
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Gitte Karlshøj |
Denmark |
DEN |
14 May 59 |
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| 7 |
8.55.70 |
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Estela Estévez |
Spain |
ESP |
24 Feb 65 |
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| 8 |
9.00.96 |
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Jane Ngotho |
Kenya |
KEN |
29 Nov 69 |
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| 9 |
9.07.10 |
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Zola Pieterse |
South Africa |
RSA |
26 May 66 |
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| 10 |
9.58.82 |
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Ana Isabel Elias |
Angola |
ANG |
17 Sep 65 |
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| 3000 m |
Women |
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Heat 2 |
31 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
8.42.32 |
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Marie-Pierre Duros |
France |
FRA |
7 Jun 67 |
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| 2 |
8.42.45 |
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Tatyana Dorovskikh |
Ukraine |
UKR |
12 Aug 61 |
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| 3 |
8.42.85 |
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Angela Chalmers |
Canada |
CAN |
6 Sep 63 |
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| 4 |
8.43.93 |
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Alison Wyeth |
Great Britain |
GBR |
26 May 64 |
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| 5 |
8.44.21 |
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Roberta Brunet |
Italy |
ITA |
20 May 65 |
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| 6 |
8.44.22 |
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Shelly Steely |
United States |
USA |
23 Oct 62 |
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| 7 |
8.44.97 |
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Esther Kiplagat |
Kenya |
KEN |
8 Dec 66 |
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| 8 |
8.57.91 |
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Catriona McKiernan |
Ireland |
IRL |
30 Nov 69 |
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| 9 |
9.07.69 |
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Fernanda Ribeiro |
Portugal |
POR |
23 Jun 69 |
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| 10 |
10.02.62 |
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Immaculle Naberaho |
Rwanda |
RWA |
14 Jun 73 |
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| 11 |
11.15.18 |
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Rosemary Turare |
Papua New Guinea |
PNG |
6 Jun 64 |
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| 3000 m |
Women |
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Heat 3 |
31 July |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Birth Date |
Records |
| 1 |
8.50.08 |
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Sonia O'Sullivan |
Ireland |
IRL |
28 Nov 69 |
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| 2 |
8.51.16 |
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Yvonne Murray |
Great Britain |
GBR |
4 Oct 64 |
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| 3 |
8.51.18 |
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Yelena Romanova |
Russia |
RUS |
20 Mar 63 |
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| 4 |
8.52.77 |
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Annette Peters |
United States |
USA |
31 May 65 |
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| 5 |
8.55.21 |
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Zohra Graziani Koulou |
France |
FRA |
7 Jan 66 |
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| 6 |
8.59.60 |
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Päivi Tikkanen |
Finland |
FIN |
19 Jan 60 |
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| 7 |
9.00.62 |
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Krishna Stanton |
Australia |
AUS |
18 May 66 |
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| 8 |
9.02.79 |
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Pauline Konga |
Kenya |
KEN |
10 Apr 70 |
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| 9 |
9.13.19 |
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Leah Pells |
Canada |
CAN |
9 Nov 64 |
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| 10 |
9.31.70 |
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Khin Khin Htwe |
Myanmar |
MYA |
29 Nov 67 |
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| 11 |
9.32.39 |
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Janeth Caizalitín |
Ecuador |
ECU |
21 Apr 74 |
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| 12 |
10.03.34 |
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Mirsada Buric-Adam |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BIH |
8 Apr 70 |
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