The women's 3000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 July.
| Gold | Meseret Defar | |
| Silver | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | |
| Bronze | Olesya Syreva |
16 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 9:12.61 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 9:16.28 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | 9:16.58 | ||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 9:17.83 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:19.95 | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 9:22.24 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:22.38 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 9:25.89 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 9:28.83 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 9:31.15 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:32.90 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:33.85 | |||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:34.04 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 9:36.83 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:38.92 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left |  | 9:46.03 | |||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 9:49.34 | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left | 10:00.37 | ||||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | | 10:08.17 | |||
| align=left | align=left | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.