2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 17 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Caroline Chepkurui   Kenya
Silver	Ancuța Bobocel   Romania
Bronze	Mekdes Bekele   Ethiopia

Results

Final

17 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Caroline Chepkurui	Kenya	9:40.95
	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	9:46.19
	Mekdes Bekele	Ethiopia	9:48.67
4	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	9:58.76
5	Karoline Grøvdal	Norway	10:00.44
6	Beatrice Kiprop	Kenya	10:10.99
7	Julia Hiller	Germany	10:11.67
8	Amy Fowler	United States	10:11.73
9	Ruth Senior	United Kingdom	10:13.58
10	Marie Lawrence	United States	10:17.84
11	Sabine Heitling	Brazil	10:28.32
12	Zsófia Erdélyi	Hungary	10:41.71

Heats

15 August

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mekdes Bekele	Ethiopia	9:46.67	Q
2	Caroline Chepkurui	Kenya	9:51.94	Q
3	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	10:08.64	Q
4	Ruth Senior	United Kingdom	10:12.50	Q
5	Julia Hiller	Germany	10:18.16	q
6	Marie Lawrence	United States	10:22.85	q
7	Natalya Kovtun	Ukraine	10:31.31
8	Elena Arzhakova	Russia	10:35.06
9	Sarah Grahame	Australia	10:42.08
10	Solange Jesús	Portugal	10:44.24
11	Lena Örn	Sweden	10:44.39
12	Dionisía Kouboúli	Greece	10:51.75
13	Suvi Miettinen	Finland	11:00.21
14	Yamina Mescari	Algeria	11:03.92
15	Jasmina Delic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11:05.42
16	Ruth Croft	New Zealand	11:17.35
17	Mónika Nagy	Hungary	11:42.57

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Karoline Grøvdal	Norway	10:11.96	Q
2	Beatrice Kiprop	Kenya	10:12.89	Q
3	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	10:13.12	Q
4	Amy Fowler	United States	10:18.54	Q
5	Sabine Heitling	Brazil	10:24.44	q
6	Zsófia Erdélyi	Hungary	10:26.82	q
7	Elodie Mouthon	France	10:33.26
8	Samira Latamna	Algeria	10:37.01
9	Danelle Woods	Canada	10:38.84
10	Saara Skyttä	Finland	10:39.56
11	Hulya Ongun	Turkey	10:40.14
12	Qie Liping	China	10:44.02
13	Nežka Pori	Slovenia	10:54.55
14	Giulia Basoli	Italy	11:07.62
15	Marta Quintana	Spain	11:20.45
16	Melissa Murrihy	New Zealand	11:43.03
	Destiny Tities	South Africa	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (2)
•   Australia (1)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•   Brazil (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (1)
•   Ethiopia (1)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Hungary (2)
•   Italy (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Latvia (1)
•   New Zealand (2)
•   Norway (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   Slovenia (1)
•   South Africa (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 12 March 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015