The Women's 3,000 metres Steeplechase event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held on August 6 and August 8 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. It was the first women's steeplechase to be held at the World Championships. The first three of each heat (Q) plus the six fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

Medalists Gold Docus InzikuruUganda (UGA)Silver Yekaterina VolkovaRussia (RUS)Bronze Jeruto KiptumKenya (KEN)

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundHeat 1Heat 2Heat 306.08.2005 – 12:05h06.08.2005 – 12:18h06.08.2005 – 12:31hFinal08.08.2005 – 20:35h

Abbreviations All results shown are in minutes Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Startlist No.Heat 1SBPB361 9:46.12 9:28.29 572 9:47.90 9:47.90 353 9:30.20 9:30.20 424 9:41.21 9:38.68 793 9:40.58 9:28.75 675 9:32.41 9:32.41 448 9:31.44 9:26.07 485 9:41.82 9:30.35 404 9:30.12 9:28.86 509 9:51.30 9:45.87 15 9:56.78 9:48.87 35 9:48.65 9:41.79 No.Heat 2SBPB193 9:54.20 9:26.23 712 9:48.85 9:39.24 460 9:45.70 9:45.70 550 9:25.09 9:17.15 405 9:27.21 9:27.21 256 9:40.47 9:33.12 636 9:35.51 9:35.51 2 9:38.31 9:38.31 812 9:39.68 9:39.68 235 10:17.56 10:07.41 479 9:47.47 9:47.47 86 9:56.75 9:42.08 No.Heat 2SBPB452 9:26.95 9:23.35 735 9:50.32 9:46.12 239 9:42.18 9:42.18 737 9:15.04 9:15.04 588 9:35.95 9:28.53 577 9:39.20 9:39.20 670 9:20.49 9:06.57 734 9:51.49 9:50.04 801 9:39.78 9:39.78 746 9:49.73 9:43.48 262 9:50.10 9:50.10

Results

Heat 1 RankAthleteTimeNote 1 9:32.96 CR 2 9:36.76 3 9:39.27 4 9:41.21 AR 5 9:41.82 SB 6 9:47.45 7 9:51.03 8 9:54.78 9 9:56.31 10 10:06.96 11 10:07.61 12 10:09.91

Heat 2 RankAthleteTimeNote 1 9:35.66 2 9:38.75 3 9:39.68 PB 4 9:47.37 5 9:47.47 NR 6 9:49.28 7 9:56.17 8 10:01.97 9 10:07.09 10 10:07.39 11 10:07.75 — DNF

Heat 3 RankAthleteTimeNote 1 9:27.85 CR 2 9:29.21 NR 3 9:29.88 PB 4 9:37.19 5 9:42.18 PB 6 9:45.24 7 9:47.19 8 9:51.49 NR 9 9:56.61 10 9:59.29 11 10:12.50

Final RankAthleteTimeNote 9:18.24 CR 9:20.49 PB 9:26.95 NR 4 9:33.30 NR 5 9:37.39 6 9:37.91 7 9:39.52 8 9:39.66 9 9:46.72 10 9:47.62 11 9:48.48 12 9:48.97 13 9:50.35 14 10:00.03 15 10:11.20

External links IAAF results (heats) IAAF results (final) todor66