2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Christine Muyanga   Kenya
Silver	Elizabeth Mueni   Kenya
Bronze	Korahubish Itaa   Ethiopia

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christine Muyanga	Kenya	9:31.35
	Elizabeth Mueni	Kenya	9:36.50
	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	9:37.81
4	Halima Hassen	Ethiopia	9:38.44
5	Sandra Eriksson	Finland	10:00.87
6	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	10:07.15
7	Alexandra Kudryashova	Russia	10:12.74
8	Lucie Sekanová	Czech Republic	10:16.31
9	Jessica Furlan	Canada	10:16.32
10	Mariya Shatalova	Ukraine	10:16.54
11	Valeria Roffino	Italy	10:25.84
12	Gülcan Mıngır	Turkey	10:29.77

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elizabeth Mueni	Kenya	10:07.47	Q
2	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	10:08.15	Q
3	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	10:10.39	Q
4	Alexandra Kudryashova	Russia	10:11.82	Q
5	Gülcan Mıngır	Turkey	10:15.67	q
6	Lucie Sekanová	Czech Republic	10:22.18	q
7	Valeria Roffino	Italy	10:23.72	q
8	Jessica Furlan	Canada	10:23.88	q
9	Rebecca Wade	United States	10:24.14
10	Julia Kick	Germany	10:34.83
11	Ecaterina Gheorghiu	Romania	10:41.46
12	Monika Kørra	Norway	10:42.94
13	Sarah Hattab	Algeria	10:46.63
14	Íris Anna Skúladóttir	Iceland	10:50.45
15	Tara Jameson	Ireland	10:57.47

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christine Muyanga	Kenya	9:59.88	Q
2	Halima Hassen	Ethiopia	10:00.27	Q
3	Sandra Eriksson	Finland	10:17.92	Q
4	Mariya Shatalova	Ukraine	10:19.20	Q
5	Martina Barinová	Czech Republic	10:30.61
6	Elizabeth Graney	United States	10:37.96
7	Chantelle Groenewoud	Canada	10:38.68
8	Klara Bodinsson	Sweden	10:41.62
9	Renata Krasnova	Russia	10:43.71
10	Sarah McSweeney	New Zealand	10:44.07
11	Carla Rocha	Portugal	10:49.19
12	Diana Sujew	Germany	10:50.87
13	Liliana Wodkowska	Poland	10:54.06
14	Marina Podkorytova	Kazakhstan	11:04.56
	Mathilde Carrez	France	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

•   Algeria (1)
•   Canada (2)
•   Czech Republic (2)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   Germany (2)
•   Iceland (1)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Kazakhstan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Latvia (1)
•   New Zealand (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Russia (2)
•   Sweden (1)
•   Turkey (1)
•   Ukraine (1)
•   United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015