2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

2006 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
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

The women's 3000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 19 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Veronica Wanjiru  Kenya
Silver	Pauline Korikwiang  Kenya
Bronze	Song Liwei  China

19 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Veronica Wanjiru	Kenya	9:02.90
	Pauline Korikwiang	Kenya	9:05.21
	Song Liwei	China	9:06.35
4	Belainesh Zemedkun	Ethiopia	9:10.92
5	Viktoriya Ivanova	Russia	9:11.96
6	Rie Takayoshi	Japan	9:13.15
7	Barbara Maveau	Belgium	9:13.87
8	Marta Romo	Spain	9:13.98
9	Sayuri Sendo	Japan	9:14.33
10	Azra Eminovic	Serbia	9:21.35
11	Lara Tamsett	Australia	9:25.13
12	Natalya Starkova	Russia	9:36.21
13	Kareema Jasim	Bahrain	9:40.14
14	Li Suyun	China	9:42.25
15	Lucy Starrat	Australia	9:45.22
	Julia Hiller	Germany	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.