WAAA and National Championships Medallists - 3000 metres

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First Second Third
WAAA Championships
1968Carol Firth10:06.4 NRPam Davies10:19.2Gabrielle Carpenter10:28.6
1969Ann O'Brien IRL9:47.6Barbara Banks9:54.4Madeleine Ibbotson10:10.8
1970Ann O'Brien IRL9:34.4Bridget Cushen9:49.8Barbara Banks9:56.0
1971Joyce Smith9:23.40 WRBronwen Cardy9:40.83Ann Barrass9:48.80
1972Paula Yeoman9:30.70Ann Barrass9:34.34Wanda Sosinka9:37.42
1973Inger Knutsson SWE9:08.04Joyce Smith9:11.45Ann Yeoman9:29.16
1974Joyce Smith9:07.15Ann Yeoman9:17.21Paula Yeoman9:23.65
(Smith ran 8:55.53 NR in heat 1)
1975Mary Purcell IRL9:08.00Christine Haskett9:18.32Ann Yeoman9:19.86
1976Mary Purcell IRL9:07.98Thelwyn Bateman9:35.77Alison Blake9:46.33
1977Carol Gould (Firth)9:20.71Val Rowe9:23.32Annette Roberts9:24.64
1978Christine Benning8:52.33 NRAnn Ford (Yeoman)8:53.80Alison Wright NZL9:14.72
1979Deirdre Nagle IRL9:13.24Kath Binns9:13.34Barbara Moore NZL9:15.92
1980Regina Joyce9:13.82Vera Duffy IRL9:25.08Shireen Samy9:32.85
1981Cathie Twomey USA9:05.39Val Rowe9:05.99Regina Joyce9:18.02
1982Debbie Peel9:04.79Hilary Hollick9:06.04Gillian Dainty9:10.63
1983Debbie Peel9:11.34Lynne Harvey9:15.10Susan Tooby9:17.56
1984Debbie Peel9:15.0Carole Bradford9:20.9Shireen Samy9:23.8
1985Zola Budd8:50.50Carole Bradford9:06.30Jill Clarke9:19.20
1986Christine Benning9:05.13Jane Shields9:05.13Ruth Partridge9:11.86
1987Wendy Sly9:04.83Christine Benning9:11.35Melissa Watson9:11.53
1988Yvonne Murray8:47.34Jill Hunter8:51.51Wendy Sly8:52.37
1989Alison Wyeth9:11.12Ruth Partridge9:11.27Sonia McGeorge9:12.12
1990Yvonne Murray8:48.21Sonia O'Sullivan IRL8:53.15Alison Wyeth8:54.45
1991Yvonne Murray8:46.47Alison Wyeth8:54.34Andrea Whitcombe8:58.59
AAA Championships
1992Lisa York8:50.18Kristina Stanton AUS8:51.39Alison Wyeth8:57.16
1993Yvonne Murray8:52.28Alison Wyeth8:56.87Sonia McGeorge9:01.65
1994Sonia McGeorge9:03.80Laura Adam9:12.16Wendy Ore9:14.72
1995Sarah Bentley9:27.12Gaby Collison9:38.67Amanda Thorpe9:40.08
1996Debbie Gunning9:26.46Angela Davies9:26.75Rhona Makepeace9:32.97
1997Debbie Sullivan9:34.30Jillian Jones9:38.71Michelle Wannell9:53.05
1998Amanda Parkinson9:34.74Debbie Sullivan9:36.90Jilly Ingman9:53.98
1999Jilly Ingman9:28.21Sheila Fairweather9:45.32Susan Scott9:51.71

Top Medallists
1st2nd3rdTotal MedalsYearsYear Span
Alison Wyeth12251989-19934
Yvonne Murray441988-19935
Ann Yeoman/Ford2241973-19785
Debbie Peel331982-19842
Joyce Smith2131971-19743
Christine Benning2131978-19879
Sonia McGeorge1231989-19945
Other top winners and long spans
Carol Firth/Gould221968-19779
Ann O'Brien IRL221969-19701
Mary Purcell IRL221975-19761

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