The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 5 and 7 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location DateWorld U20 Record8:58.78Eugene, United States26 May 2017Championship Record9:12.71Lima, Peru29 August 2025World U20 Leading9:30.47Accra, Ghana17 May 2026
Results Round 1 Round 1 took place in the afternoon session on 5 August 2026. First 8 of each heat (Q) qualify to the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mercy Chepngeno Kosgei 9:36.19 2 Wosane Asefa 9:56.36 3 Fanny Szalkai 9:57.93 , 4 Rei Taya 10:09.73 , 5 Ema Berková 10:13.69 6 10:15.40 7 Zuzanna Szymańska 10:17.40 , 8 Lara Roque 10:20.25 , 9 Tilly Nickell 10:25.12 10 Lena Rossmanith 10:29.47 11 Bella Nelson 10:44.05 12 Tessa Ebert 10:45.87 Caitlin Kirk
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Almaz Yohannis 9:42.45 2 Anatasha Cheptoo 9:51.02 3 Anna Dafni Almyroudi Stroumpou 10:06.37 , 4 Michalina Thamm 10:06.68 , 5 Majken Söderlund Larsson 10:06.96 6 Anna Švrček 10:14.91 7 Sierra Wall 10:14.92 8 Ava James 10:15.16 9 Daria Dubenets 10:18.30 10 Amaja Rahm 10:19.82 11 Kamilah Arianna Salim 10:28.14 12 Dearbhla Allen 10:38.18 13 Bronwen Rees-Jones 11:03.60 14 Adéle Martin 11:27.40
Final The final took place in the afternoon session on 7 August 2026.
Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Almaz Yohannis 9:15.81 Wosane Asefa 9:30.50 Anatasha Cheptoo 9:37.18 4 Majken Söderlund Larsson 9:48.01 5 Ema Berková 9:49.06 6 Fanny Szalkai 9:55.06 7 Anna Dafni Almyroudi Stroumpou 10:00.63 8 10:04.52 9 Anna Švrček 10:05.91 10 Rei Taya 10:12.37 11 Lara Roque 10:15.69 12 Zuzanna Szymańska 10:15.94 13 Ava James 10:18.96 14 Sierra Wall 10:21.21 15 Michalina Thamm 10:39.01 — Mercy Chepngeno Kosgei
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