1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres

The women's 3000 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal	Sara Wedlund Sweden	Marta Domínguez Spain

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	8:58.08	Q
2	2	Sara Wedlund	Sweden	8:59.00	Q
3	2	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	8:59.15	Q
4	2	Laurence Duquénoy	France	8:59.15	q
5	2	Stela Olteanu	Romania	9:02.18	q
6	2	Elisa Rea	Italy	9:03.18	q
7	1	Luminita Gogîrlea	Romania	9:07.69	Q
8	1	Blandine Bitzner	France	9:08.03	Q
9	1	Roberta Brunet	Italy	9:08.06	Q
10	1	Mariya Pantyukhova	Russia	9:08.22	q
11	1	Marta Domínguez	Spain	9:08.35	q
12	1	Pilar Sisniega	Spain	9:11.93
13	1	Teresa Duffy	Ireland	9:16.23
14	2	María Abel	Spain	9:17.01
15	1	Jeļena Čelnova	Latvia	9:17.23
16	2	Anita Philpott	Ireland	9:18.20

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	8:39.49	CR
	Sara Wedlund	Sweden	8:50.32	NR
	Marta Domínguez	Spain	8:53.34
4	Blandine Bitzner	France	8:54.86
5	Mariya Pantyukhova	Russia	8:55.40
6	Luminita Gogîrlea	Romania	8:56.29
7	Roberta Brunet	Italy	8:57.66
8	Elisa Rea	Italy	8:59.23
9	Laurence Duquénoy	France	9:00.36
10	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	9:00.53
11	Stela Olteanu	Romania	9:04.30