2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase


The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 and 26 August.

Summary

The reigning champion from 2013 Milcah Chemos Cheywa was absent from the competition due to a back injury.
This championship race had a preview of sorts at the 2015 Herculis meet in Monaco where most of the finalists raced to a different order. That race was won by Habiba Ghribi in the world leading time. This [|final] was going to be slower and tactical, everybody was watching each other. A lap into the race, Lalita Babar broke away, building up a 10 to 15 meter gap on the pack. She was treated as a breakaway in a bicycle racing, but the peloton didn't give chase. With 2 laps to go, the pack led by Emma Coburn swallowed up the lead and went past. For the next lap, the pack was content to let Coburn lead, Ghribi coming up to her shoulder and the rest going sometimes five abreast over the barriers. At the bell, Ghribi took the lead, Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi and Coburn battling down the backstretch. Going into the final water jump Jepkemoi finally passed Coburn, with Gesa Felicitas Krause and Sofia Assefa forming a tight pack of five to sprint for the medals. As Krause pressed Ghribi from the inside, Jepkemoi had to swing wide out to lane two to find some running room. Krause took the lead over the final barrier as Ghribi stuttered. Ghribi was stronger to take the lead back from Krause but Jepkemoi ran past both of them on the outside and on to victory.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record8:58.81Beijing, China17 August 2008
Championship record9:06.57Osaka, Japan27 August 2007
World leading9:11.28Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015
African record9:07.14Oslo, Norway7 June 2012
Asian record9:20.55Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2014
NACAC record9:11.42Glasgow, United Kingdom12 July 2014
South American record9:41.22London, United Kingdom25 July 2009
European record8:58.81Beijing, China17 August 2008
Oceanian record9:18.35Oslo, Norway6 June 2008

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 6 fastest advanced to the final.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Habiba Ghribi9:24.38
22Gesa Felicitas Krause9:24.92
31Hiwot Ayalew9:25.55
42Rosefline Chepngetich9:25.91,
53Hyvin Jepkemoi9:26.19
63Sofia Assefa9:26.47
73Emma Coburn9:27.19
82Lalita Babar9:27.86,
93Fadwa Sidi Madane9:27.87,
103Ruth Jebet9:27.93
112Salima El Ouali Alami9:28.18
121Virginia Nyambura9:28.50
132Colleen Quigley9:29.09
141Stephanie Garcia9:29.34
152Özlem Kaya9:30.23,
161Madeline Heiner9:30.79
173Etenesh Diro9:31.97
181Amina Bettiche9:36.10
191Geneviève Lalonde9:36.83
202Mariya Shatalova9:36.87
211Maruša Mišmaš9:37.73
223Genevieve LaCaze9:39.35
233Sandra Eriksson9:39.64
242Birtukan Fente9:39.77
252Erin Teschuk9:40.07
262Victoria Mitchell9:43.73
273Lucie Sekanová9:45.72
282Silvia Danekova9:46.31
292Sara Louise Treacy9:48.24
303Klara Bodinson9:50.13
312Charlotta Fougberg9:50.79
321Camilla Richardsson9:53.13
331Michelle Finn9:55.27
341Muriel Coneo9:55.53
353Tuğba Güvenç9:58.07
361Lyudmila Lebedeva9:58.65
371Rosa Flanagan
383Natalya Aristarkhova
393Kerry O'Flaherty
403Zhang Xinyan
412Ekaterina Doseykina
423Rolanda Bell
1Sviatlana Kudzelich
1Hanane OuhaddouR163.3b
1Aisha PraughtR163.3b

Final

The final was held at 21:00.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Hyvin Jepkemoi9:19.11
Habiba Ghribi9:19.24
Gesa Felicitas Krause9:19.25
Sofia Assefa9:20.01
Emma Coburn9:21.78
Hiwot Ayalew9:24.27
Virginia Nyambura9:26.21
Lalita Babar9:29.64
Stephanie Garcia9:31.06
10Salima El Ouali Alami9:32.15
11Ruth Jebet9:33.41
12Colleen Quigley9:34.29
13Özlem Kaya9:34.66
14Fadwa Sidi Madane9:41.45
15Rosefline Chepngetich9:46.08