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1983 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 3,000 metres event at the 1983 IAAF World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Anikó Kálovics

By 2004 she had achieved her lifetime bests in all her track events: 9:08.24 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in September 2004 in Trento; 15:10.21 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in July 2004 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre; and 31:40.31 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Watford.

Etalemahu Kidane

Etalemahu Kidane (born 14 February 1983 in Arssi) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres.

Gideon Gathimba

His personal best times are 3:33.63 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Rabat; 3:52.98 minutes in the mile run, achieved in June 2009 in Ostrava; and 7:49.65 minutes in the 3000 metres (indoor), achieved in January 2009 in Glasgow.

Karl Fleschen

Karl Fleschen (born 28 June 1955 in Daun, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a retired West German runner who specialized in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres.

Kim Seong-Eun

She started out doing middle- and long-distance track as a teenager and broke the South Korean indoor record for the 3000 metres at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games, taking the silver medal behind India's O. P. Jaisha.

Lucas Rotich

His personal best times are 3:43.64 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Rehlingen; 7:35.57 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in May 2011 in Doha; 12:55.06 minutes in the 5000 metres from the 2010 Bislett Games; and 26:43.98 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in September 2011 at the Brussels Diamond League meeting.

Radka Naplatanova

She competed in the 3000 metres at the 1987 World Championships, but did not reach the final.

Vincent Chepkok

His personal best times are 7:30.15 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in Doha in 2011; 12:51.45 minutes in the 5000 metres, also in Doha in 2010; and 28:23.46 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Barakaldo.

Willy Polleunis

Willy Polleunis (born 27 December 1947) is a retired long-distance runner from Belgium who won the silver medal in the 3000 metres at the 1973 European Indoor Championships, behind his clubmate Emiel Puttemans.


see also

2010 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 31.

2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 1 July.