1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

Events at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 10,000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 August.

Medalists

Gold	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia
Silver	Rika Ota Japan
Bronze	Lydia Cheromei Kenya

Results

Final

10 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	32:56.26
	Rika Ota	Japan	33:06.85
	Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	33:20.83
4	Natalya Galushko	Soviet Union	33:57.17
5	Claudia Dreher	East Germany	34:11.20
6	Maria Silvia Pili	Italy	34:49.04
7	Christelle Fuseau	France	34:51.52
8	Paola Cabrera	Mexico	34:52.90
9	Inna Kozina	Soviet Union	35:04.54
10	Ana Nanu	Romania	35:12.91
11	Tomoe Abe	Japan	35:23.47
12	Isabelle Müller	West Germany	35:27.27
13	Sandra Ruales	Ecuador	36:06.61
14	Soledad Nieto	Ecuador	37:06.32
	María Isabel Martínez	Spain	DNF
	Joanna Campbell-Smith	Australia	DNF
	Beni Gras	Canada	DNF
	Dörte Köster	East Germany	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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