The Women's 3,000 metres Steeplechase

Steeplechase (athletics)

The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.-Rules:The length of the race is usually 3000 m; junior events are 2000 m, as women's events formerly were. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. Over 3000 m, each...

 event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 17. The Russian steeplechase team

Russia at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

Russia competes at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics from 15–23 August. A team of over 100 athletes was announced in preparation for the competition, one of the largest squads in the competition. Selected athletes have achieved one of the competition's qualifying standards...

 entered for the event was particularly strong, featuring world record holder and Olympic champion Gulnara Galkina, defending world champion Yekaterina Volkova

Yekaterina Volkova

Yekaterina Gennadiyevna Volkova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.In her major international debut she won the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships...

, and third fastest of the year Yuliya Zarudneva

Yuliya Zarudneva

Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race...

. Other possible medallists included Marta Domínguez

Marta Domínguez

Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...

, who had the world-leading time prior to the competition, American record

United States records in track and field

The following are the national records in track & field in the United States maintained by USA Track & Field .Key:-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceA = affected by altitude# = not officially ratified by IAAF...

 holder Jenny Barringer, and world junior record holder Ruth Bisibori.

On the first day of competition, Galkina won heat one, with Germany's Antje Möldner

Antje Möldner

Antje Möldner is a German track and field athlete who specialises in middle distance events and the 3000 metres steeplechase....

 finishing not far behind with a national record-breaking run. African athletes Zemzem Ahmed and Gladys Kipkemoi

Gladys Kipkemoi

Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She won the 2004 World Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 2006 World Athletics Final.- Achievents :...

 shared the winning time in the second heat, a race which saw the defending champion Volkova eliminated from the competition.

In the final, the favourite Galkina led upon the final lap, when Domínguez and Zarudneva sped ahead of the field. Domínguez kicked in the final straight to take her first World Championship gold medal in 9:07.32. This was a Spanish record and the fourth fastest of all time, in what was only her ninth race in the steeplechase

Steeplechase (athletics)

The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.-Rules:The length of the race is usually 3000 m; junior events are 2000 m, as women's events formerly were. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. Over 3000 m, each...

. Zarudneva held on for the silver medal and Milcah Chemos Cheywa

Milcah Chemos Cheywa

Milcah Chemos Cheywa is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase. She won bronze medals at the distance at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics....

, a Kenyan newcomer, took the bronze, both athletes with a personal best. The former champion Galkina had faded into fourth place, and out of the medals. A number of athletes in the rest of the field recorded personal bests, with highlights including Habiba Ghribi

Habiba Ghribi

Habiba Ghribi is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase...

 and Antje Möldner running national records

National records in athletics

National records in athletics are the marks achieved by a nation's best athlete in a particular athletics event. These records are ratified by the respective national athletics governing body...

, and Jennifer Barringer

Jennifer Barringer

Jennifer Simpson is an American middle distance runner and steeplechaser. She represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Simpson holds the American record in the Steeplechase with a time of 9:12.50...

 setting a new North American record.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion... '	Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race... '	Milcah Chemos Cheywa Milcah Chemos Cheywa Milcah Chemos Cheywa is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase. She won bronze medals at the distance at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics....   '

Records

World record		8:58.81	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	17 August 2008
Championship record		9:06.57	Osaka Osaka is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	27 August 2007
World leading		9:09.39	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	25 July 2009
African record		9:07.41	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	17 August 2008
Asian record		9:26.25	Wuhan Wuhan Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in Central China. It lies at the east of the Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han rivers... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	2 November 2007
North American record		9:22.26	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	17 August 2008
South American record		9:41.22	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... , United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	25 July 2009
European record		8:58.81	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	17 August 2008
Oceanian record		9:18.35	Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...	6 June 2008

• Jennifer Barringer
  Jennifer Barringer
  Jennifer Simpson is an American middle distance runner and steeplechaser. She represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Simpson holds the American record in the Steeplechase with a time of 9:12.50...
  
   improved her North America
  North America
  North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
  
  n record by almost ten seconds, finishing with 9:12.50.

Qualification standards

A time	B time
9:40.00	9:48.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 15, 2009	10:50	Heats
August 17, 2009	20:30	Final

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina		9:17.67	Q
2	1	Antje Möldner Antje Möldner Antje Möldner is a German track and field athlete who specialises in middle distance events and the 3000 metres steeplechase....		9:21.73	Q, NR German records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Germany maintained by its national athletics federation, Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband ....
3	1	Sofia Assefa Sofia Assefa Sofia Assefa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished thirteenth at the 2009 World Championships and fourth at the 2009 World Athletics Final...		9:22.63	Q
4	1	Milcah Chemos Cheywa Milcah Chemos Cheywa Milcah Chemos Cheywa is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase. She won bronze medals at the distance at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics....		9:23.87	Q
5	1	Eva Arias		9:25.14	q, PB
6	2	Habiba Ghribi Habiba Ghribi Habiba Ghribi is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase...		9:26.40	Q
7	2	Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race...		9:26.64	Q
8	1	Jéssica Augusto Jessica Augusto Jéssica Augusto is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events....		9:26.64	q, SB
9	2	Jennifer Barringer Jennifer Barringer Jennifer Simpson is an American middle distance runner and steeplechaser. She represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Simpson holds the American record in the Steeplechase with a time of 9:12.50...		9:26.81	Q
10	2	Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...		9:26.93	Q, PB
11	2	Ruth Bosibori Ruth Bosibori Ruth Bosibori Nyangau is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase....		9:27.04	q
12	2	Sara Moreira Sara Moreira Sara Moreira is a Portuguese female long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and 5000 metres. She reached finals at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009. She represented Portugal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...		9:28.64	PB
13	3	Zemzem Ahmed		9:29.36	Q, SB
14	3	Gladys Kipkemoi Gladys Kipkemoi Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She won the 2004 World Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 2006 World Athletics Final.- Achievents :...		9:29.36	Q
15	2	Korahubsh Itaa		9:33.67
16	3	Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte is a French runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished fifth at the 2007 World Championships, in her major international debut. Her finishing time of 9:27.51 minutes was also a new French record.-References:...		9:34.08	Q
17	1	Ancuţa Bobocel Ancuta Bobocel Ancuţa Bobocel is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:* 3000 metres - 9:19.98 min...		9:34.39	SB
18	3	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...		9:34.78	Q
19	1	Iríni Kokkinaríou		9:35.61	SB
20	3	Hanane Ouhaddou Hanane Ouhaddou Hanane Ouhaddou is a Moroccan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished fifth in at the 2006 African Championships and ninth at the 2007 World Championships....		9:35.78
21	3	Oxana Juravel Oxana Juravel Oxana Juravel is a Moldovan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final....		9:36.63	NR Moldovan records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Moldova maintained by its national athletics federation: Federatia de Atletism din Republica Moldova .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified-External links:*...
22	1	Yelena Sidorchenkova Yelena Sidorchenkova Yelena Sidorchenkova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished sixth in 3000 m steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eleventh in 3000 metres at the 2008 World Indoor Championships.-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:03.90 min...		9:37.16
23	2	Ulrika Johansson		9:38.88	PB
24	1	Minori Hayakari		9:39.28	SB
25	2	Helen Clitheroe Helen Clitheroe Helen Teresa Clitheroe is a British middle- and long-distance runner coached by Trevor Painter. She competed in the 1500 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...		9:41.71
26	2	Diana Martín		9:42.39	PB
27	3	Yekaterina Volkova Yekaterina Volkova Yekaterina Gennadiyevna Volkova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.In her major international debut she won the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships...		9:43.52
28	2	Élodie Olivarès		9:43.83
29	3	Lívia Tóth Lívia Tóth Lívia Tóth is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:04.86 min *1500 metres - 4:09.28 min *3000 metres - 8:58.53 min...		9:45.14
30	1	Lindsey Anderson		9:46.03
31	3	Sandra Eriksson Sandra Eriksson Sandra Elisabet Eriksson is a Finnish middle distance runner, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her personal best is 9:45.50, achieved in September 2009 in Paris....		9:46.62	PB
32	3	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal		9:48.47
33	3	Cristina Casandra Cristina Casandra Cristina Casandra, née Iloc is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase...		9:49.88
34	3	Bridget Franek		9:50.02
35	2	Sabine Heitling		9:50.96
36	1	Donna MacFarlane		9:52.46	SB
37	1	Durka Mana		9:52.90
38	1	Elena Romagnolo Elena Romagnolo Elena Romagnolo is an Italian long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		9:56.61
39	2	Roisin McGettigan Roisin McGettigan Roisin McGettigan is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She graduated from Providence College in 2003. She competed in the her first Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing...		9:59.10
40	2	Silje Fjørtoft		10:01.04
41	3	Asli Cakir Aslı Çakır Aslı Çakır Alptekin, née Çakır, is a Turkish female middle distance runner. A member of the Üsküdar Belediyespor in Istanbul, she is coached by Ihsan Alptekin....		10:06.64

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...		9:07.32	WL, NR Spanish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Spain maintained by its national athletics federation: Real Federación Española de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:* * * *...
	Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race...		9:08.39	PB
	Milcah Chemos Cheywa Milcah Chemos Cheywa Milcah Chemos Cheywa is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase. She won bronze medals at the distance at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics....		9:08.57	PB
	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina		9:11.09	SB
	Jennifer Barringer Jennifer Barringer Jennifer Simpson is an American middle distance runner and steeplechaser. She represented the United States at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Simpson holds the American record in the Steeplechase with a time of 9:12.50...		9:12.50	AR
	Habiba Ghribi Habiba Ghribi Habiba Ghribi is a Tunisian middle- and long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase...		9:12.52	NR
	Ruth Bosibori Ruth Bosibori Ruth Bosibori Nyangau is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase....		9:13.16	PB
	Gladys Kipkemoi Gladys Kipkemoi Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She won the 2004 World Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 2006 World Athletics Final.- Achievents :...		9:14.62	PB
	Antje Möldner Antje Möldner Antje Möldner is a German track and field athlete who specialises in middle distance events and the 3000 metres steeplechase....		9:18.54	NR Tunisian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Tunisia maintained by Tunisia's national athletics federation: Fédération Tunisienne d'Athlétisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified-External links:...
10	Zemzem Ahmed		9:22.64	SB
11	Jéssica Augusto Jessica Augusto Jéssica Augusto is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events....		9:25.25	SB
12	Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...		9:30.37
13	Sofia Assefa Sofia Assefa Sofia Assefa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished thirteenth at the 2009 World Championships and fourth at the 2009 World Athletics Final...		9:31.29
14	Eva Arias		9:33.34
15	Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte is a French runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished fifth at the 2007 World Championships, in her major international debut. Her finishing time of 9:27.51 minutes was also a new French record.-References:...		9:33.85

Key: AR = Area record, NR = National record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

Splits

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
1000m	Gulnara Galkina		3:01.26
2000m	Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi		6:06.45