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.Musumba, Chris (2015-07-02). INJURY SCARE: Coach Kirwa worried over women's steeplechase conquest in Beijing. Kenya Standard. Retrieved on 2015-08-16.Start list
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 2008Championship record9:06.57Osaka, Japan27 August 2007World leading9:11.28Fontvieille, Monaco17 July 2015African record9:07.14Oslo, Norway7 June 2012Asian record9:20.55Zürich, Switzerland28 August 2014NACAC record9:11.42Glasgow, United Kingdom12 July 2014South American record9:41.22London, United Kingdom25 July 2009European record8:58.81Beijing, China17 August 2008Oceanian record9:18.35Oslo, Norway6 June 2008
Qualification standards Entry standards 9:44.00
Schedule Date Time Round24 August 2015 09:45 Heats26 August 2015 21:00 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Habiba Ghribi 9:24.38 2 2 Gesa Felicitas Krause 9:24.92 3 1 Hiwot Ayalew 9:25.55 4 2 Rosefline Chepngetich 9:25.91 , 5 3 Hyvin Jepkemoi 9:26.19 6 3 Sofia Assefa 9:26.47 7 3 Emma Coburn 9:27.19 8 2 Lalita Babar 9:27.86 , 9 3 Fadwa Sidi Madane 9:27.87 , 10 3 Ruth Jebet 9:27.93 11 2 Salima El Ouali Alami 9:28.18 12 1 Virginia Nyambura 9:28.50 13 2 Colleen Quigley 9:29.09 14 1 Stephanie Garcia 9:29.34 15 2 Özlem Kaya 9:30.23 , 16 1 Madeline Heiner 9:30.79 17 3 Etenesh Diro 9:31.97 18 1 Amina Bettiche 9:36.10 19 1 Geneviève Lalonde 9:36.83 20 2 Mariya Shatalova 9:36.87 21 1 Maruša Mišmaš 9:37.73 22 3 Genevieve LaCaze 9:39.35 23 3 Sandra Eriksson 9:39.64 24 2 Birtukan Fente 9:39.77 25 2 Erin Teschuk 9:40.07 26 2 Victoria Mitchell 9:43.73 27 3 Lucie Sekanová 9:45.72 28 2 Silvia Danekova 9:46.31 29 2 Sara Louise Treacy 9:48.24 30 3 Klara Bodinson 9:50.13 31 2 Charlotta Fougberg 9:50.79 32 1 Camilla Richardsson 9:53.13 33 1 Michelle Finn 9:55.27 34 1 Muriel Coneo 9:55.53 35 3 Tuğba Güvenç 9:58.07 36 1 Lyudmila Lebedeva 9:58.65 37 1 Rosa Flanagan 38 3 Natalya Aristarkhova 39 3 Kerry O'Flaherty 40 3 Zhang Xinyan 41 2 Ekaterina Doseykina 42 3 Rolanda Bell 1 Sviatlana Kudzelich 1 Hanane Ouhaddou R163.3b 1 Aisha Praught R163.3b
Final The final was held at 21:00.Final results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hyvin Jepkemoi 9:19.11 Habiba Ghribi 9:19.24 Gesa Felicitas Krause 9:19.25 Sofia Assefa 9:20.01 Emma Coburn 9:21.78 Hiwot Ayalew 9:24.27 Virginia Nyambura 9:26.21 Lalita Babar 9:29.64 Stephanie Garcia 9:31.06 10 Salima El Ouali Alami 9:32.15 11 Ruth Jebet 9:33.41 12 Colleen Quigley 9:34.29 13 Özlem Kaya 9:34.66 14 Fadwa Sidi Madane 9:41.45 15 Rosefline Chepngetich 9:46.08
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