| Women's 3000 metres at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 23 September 1988 (heats) 25 September 1988 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 25 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:26.53OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 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 | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
Thewomen's 3000 metres at the1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul, South Korea had an entry list of 35 competitors, with two qualifying heats (35) before the final (15) took place on Sunday September 25, 1988.[1]
The winning margin was 0.62 seconds which was the only time the women's 3,000 metres was won by less than 0.8 seconds at the Olympics.
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
 |  Tetyana Samolenko (URS) | 8:26.53 |
 |  Paula Ivan (ROU) | 8:27.15 |
 |  Yvonne Murray (GBR) | 8:29.02 |
| 4. | Yelena Romanova (URS) | 8:30.45 |
| 5. | Natalya Artyomova (URS) | 8:31.67 |
| 6. |  Vicki Huber (USA) | 8:37.25 |
| 7. | Wendy Sly (GBR) | 8:37.70 |
| 8. |  Lynn Williams (CAN) | 8:38.43 |
| 9. |  Elly van Hulst (NED) | 8:43.92 |
| 10. | Mary Slaney (USA) | 8:47.13 |
| 11. |  Cornelia Bürki (SUI) | 8:48.32 |
| 12. |  Annette Sergent (FRA) | 8:49.14 |
| 13. | PattiSue Plumer (USA) | 8:59.17 |
| 14. | Angela Chalmers (CAN) | 9:04.75 |
| 15. | Debbie Bowker (CAN) | 9:11.95 |
