Template:World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's 3000 metres

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Sittard
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 Birgit Friedmann (FRG)  Karoline Nemetz (SWE)  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1983 Helsinki
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 Mary Decker (USA)  Brigitte Kraus (FRG)  Tatyana Kovalenko-Kazankina (URS)
1987 Rome
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 Tetyana Samolenko (URS)  Maricica Puică (ROU)  Ulrike Bruns (GDR)
1991 Tokyo
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 Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)  Yelena Romanova (URS)  Susan Sirma (KEN)
1993 Stuttgart
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 Qu Yunxia (CHN)  Zhang Linli (CHN)  Zhang Lirong (CHN)

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union (URS) 2 1 1 4
2  China (CHN) 1 1 1 3
3  West Germany (FRG) 1 1 0 2
4  United States (USA) 1 0 0 1
5  Romania (ROU) 0 1 0 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 0 1
7  East Germany (GDR) 0 0 1 1
 Kenya (KEN) 0 0 1 1
 Norway (NOR) 0 0 1 1