1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 3,000 metres event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 7 and 10 August 1994.

Medalists

Gold	Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland
Silver	Yvonne Murray United Kingdom
Bronze	Gabriela Szabo Romania

Final

Rank	Final	Time
	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	8:31.84
	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:36.48
	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	8:40:08
4.	Olga Churbanova (RUS)	8:40:48
5.	Lyudmila Borisova (RUS)	8:41:71
6.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	8:45:76
7.	Farida Fatès (FRA)	8:46:04
8.	Nadia Dandolo (ITA)	8:49:42
9.	Cristina Misaros (ROM)	8:49:69
10.	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	8:50:76
11.	Sonia McGeorge (GBR)	8:51:55
12.	Anita Philpott (IRL)	8:54:79
13.	Brynhild Synstnes (NOR)	8:59:17
14.	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	9:06:93
15.	Grete Koens (NED)	9:14:35

Semifinals

• Held on 7 August 1994

Rank	Heat 1	Time
1.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	8:51.30
2.	Olga Churbanova (RUS)	8:52.47
3.	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	8:52.68
4.	Sonia McGeorge (GBR)	8:52.73
5.	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	8:52.80
6.	Cristina Misaros (ROM)	8:52.98
7.	Farida Fatès (FRA)	8:55.17
8.	Grete Koens (NED)	8:56.21
9.	Anita Philpott (IRL)	8:57.74
10.	Yelena Kaledina (RUS)	8:58.86
11.	Gunhild Halle (NOR)	8:59.11
12.	Renata Sobiesiak (POL)	9:01.95
13.	Estela Estévez (ESP)	9:03.02
14.	Serap Aktaş (TUR)	9:07.04

Rank	Heat 2	Time
1.	Yvonne Murray (GBR)	8:54.46
2.	Lyudmila Borisova (RUS)	8:54.99
3.	Gabriela Szabo (ROM)	8:55.83
4.	Päivi Tikkanen (FIN)	8:56.99
5.	Nadia Dandolo (ITA)	8:57.38
6.	Brynhild Synstnes (NOR)	8:58.75
7.	Hilde Stavik (NOR)	8:58.80
8.	Silvia Sommaggio (ITA)	8:59.58
9.	Anikó Javos (HUN)	9:01.98
10.	Milka Mikhailova (BUL)	9:02.74
11.	Andrea Karhoff (GER)	9:07.64
12.	Julia Vaquero (ESP)	9:11.76
13.	Geraldine Hendricken (IRL)	9:30.81
—	Marina Bastos (POR)	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

• Bulgaria (1)
• Finland (1)
• France (1)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (1)
• Ireland (3)
• Italy (3)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (3)
• Poland (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (2)
• Russia (3)
• Spain (2)
• Turkey (1)
• United Kingdom (3)

See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships 3,000 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 3,000 metres (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic 3,000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 3,000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Athens)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 5,000 metres (Budapest)

References

• Results