The girls' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8 and 10 July.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeNorah Jeruto Fadwa Sidi Madane Lilian Chemweno
Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
World Youth Best6:11.83Bressanone, Italy 10 July 2009Championship Record6:11.83Bressanone, Italy 10 July 2009World Youth Leading6:25.8Nairobi, Kenya8 June 2011
Heats Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Norah Jeruto 6:20.67 Q, WYL 2 Motu Megersa 6:30.81 Q, PB 3 Fadwa Sidi Madane 6:34.10 Q, PB 4 Belén Casetta 6:35.40 Q, PB 5 Nancy Cheptegei 6:38.57 q, PB 6 Brianna Nerud 6:38.80 q 7 Amy-Eloise Neale 6:46.07 q 8 Bianca Budaes 6:52.04 PB 9 Olja Nikolić 6:54.99 PB 10 Iman Dumas 6:55.13 PB 11 Alicja Konieczek 6:55.31 12 Tanya Humeniuk 6:59.30 PB 13 Beatriz Álvarez 6:59.66 14 Shiivomwene Shilongo 7:20.24
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Lilian Chemweno 6:31.66 Q, PB 2 Madeleine Meyers 6:34.80 Q 3 Tejinesh Gebisa 6:35.22 Q, PB 4 Dana Loghin 6:41.96 Q, PB 5 Oona Kettunen 6:43.67 q, PB 6 Katelyn Hayward 6:47.78 PB 7 Viktoriia Kaliuzhna 6:48.24 PB 8 Zulema Arenas 6:49.33 PB 9 Solenn Riou 6:52.36 PB 10 Hadjer Soukhal 6:54.28 PB 11 Rafika Abdennebi 6:56.77 PB 12 Elisa Hernández 7:15.93 13 Astrid Montuclard 7:44.85 Sheila Marrón DNF
Final
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Norah Jeruto 6:16.41 WYL Fadwa Sidi Madane 6:20.98 PB Lilian Chemweno 6:21.85 PB 4 Motu Megersa 6:28.21 PB 5 Tejinesh Gebisa 6:29.08 PB 6 Madeleine Meyers 6:29.20 PB 7 Brianna Nerud 6:29.56 PB 8 Nancy Cheptegei 6:34.38 PB 9 Oona Kettunen 6:34.71 PB 10 Belén Casetta 6:35.47 11 Amy-Eloise Neale 6:37.27 PB 12 Dana Loghin 6:40.83 PB
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