2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 30. The winning margin was 5.19 seconds which as of 2024 is the only time the women's 3000 metres steeplechase has been won by more than five seconds at these championships.

Milcah Chemos Cheywa was the pre-race favourite, having set the fastest time that year and gone undefeated on the Diamond League. Kenya also entered Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge and Lydia Jebet Rotich, the third and fourth fastest steeplechasers of the season. The other principal medal contenders were Sofia Assefa, second in the Diamond League rankings, and Yuliya Zarudneva (the 2009 runner-up). The 2008 Olympic champion Gulnara Galkina had failed to qualify, while the defending world champion Marta Domínguez was absent due to pregnancy. ^{[1] [2]}

On March 24, 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified Yuliya Zaripova's results from July 20, 2011 to July 25, 2013, which included the World Championships. ^[3]

This resulted in the winning margin becoming 5.19 seconds. As of 2024, this is the only time this race has been won by more than five seconds at these championships.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Habiba Ghribi   Tunisia  (TUN)	Milcah Chemos Cheywa   Kenya  (KEN)

Records

World record	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  (RUS)	8:58.81	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
Championship record	Yekaterina Volkova  (RUS)	9:06.57	Osaka, Japan	27 August 2007
World leading	Milcah Chemos Cheywa  (KEN)	9:12.89	Rome, Italy	26 May 2011
African record	Eunice Jepkorir  (KEN)	9:07.41	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
Asian record	Liu Nian  (CHN)	9:26.25	Wuhan, China	2 November 2007
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Jennifer Barringer  (USA)	9:12.50	Berlin, Germany	17 August 2009
South American record	Sabine Heitling  (BRA)	9:41.22	London, United Kingdom	25 July 2009
European record	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  (RUS)	8:58.81	Beijing, China	17 August 2008
Oceanian record	Donna MacFarlane  (AUS)	9:18.35	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008

Qualification standards

A time	B time
9:43.00	9:50.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 27, 2011	10:35	Heats
August 30, 2011	21:20	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Binnaz Uslu	Turkey  (TUR)	9:24.06	NR , Doping
1	1	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia  (TUN)	9:24.56	Q
2	1	Mercy Wanjiku	Kenya  (KEN)	9:24.95	Q
3	1	Hanane Ouhaddou	Morocco  (MAR)	9:25.96	Q, SB
4	1	Birtukan Fente	Ethiopia  (ETH)	9:28.82	q
5	2	Sofia Assefa	Ethiopia  (ETH)	9:32.48	Q
6	3	Milcah Chemos Cheywa	Kenya  (KEN)	9:35.61	Q
8	3	Yuliya Zarudneva Zaripova	Russia  (RUS)	9:35.80	Doping
7	3	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany  (GER)	9:35.83	Q, PB
8	2	Lydia Rotich	Kenya  (KEN)	9:36.70	Q
9	3	Birtukan Adamu	Ethiopia  (ETH)	9:37.31	Q
10	3	Barbara Parker	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	9:38.21	q
11	2	Emma Coburn	United States  (USA)	9:38.42	Q
12	2	Lyubov Kharlamova	Russia  (RUS)	9:40.04	q
13	1	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland  (IRL)	9:41.17
14	3	Beverly Ramos	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	9:45.50
15	1	Bridget Franek	United States  (USA)	9:43.09
16	2	Cristina Casandra	Romania  (ROM)	9:51.00
17	1	Korene Hinds	Jamaica  (JAM)	9:52.11
18	3	Stephanie Garcia	United States  (USA)	9:53.47
19	3	Stephanie Reilly	Ireland  (IRL)	9:55.49
20	1	Jana Sussmann	Germany  (GER)	9:59.53
21	3	Sandra Eriksson	Finland  (FIN)	10:03.20
22	1	Diana Martín	Spain  (ESP)	10:04.59
23	2	Gülcan Mingir	Turkey  (TUR)	10:04.83
24	2	Minori Hayakari	Japan  (JPN)	10:05.34
25	1	Ángela Figueroa	Colombia  (COL)	10:06.00
26	2	Salima El Ouali Alami	Morocco  (MAR)	10:07.71
27	2	Marcela Lustigová	Czech Republic  (CZE)	10:12.54
28	3	Svitlana Shmidt	Ukraine  (UKR)	10:14.16
29	3	Iríni Kokkinaríou	Greece  (GRE)	10:15.18
	2	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica  (JAM)	DNF
	2	Sara Moreira	Portugal  (POR)	DQ	Drug Test

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yuliya Zarudneva Zaripova	Russia  (RUS)	9:07.03	WL, Doping
	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia  (TUN)	9:11.97	NR
	Milcah Chemos Cheywa	Kenya  (KEN)	9:17.16
	Mercy Wanjiku	Kenya  (KEN)	9:17.88
4	Lydia Rotich	Kenya  (KEN)	9:25.74
5	Sofia Assefa	Ethiopia  (ETH)	9:28.24
7	Binnaz Uslu	Turkey  (TUR)	9:31.06	Doping
6	Hanane Ouhaddou	Morocco  (MAR)	9:32.36
7	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany  (GER)	9:32.74	PB
8	Birtukan Fente	Ethiopia  (ETH)	9:36.81
9	Lyubov Kharlamova	Russia  (RUS)	9:44.14
10	Emma Coburn	United States  (USA)	9:51.40
11	Barbara Parker	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	9:56.66
12	Birtukan Adamu	Ethiopia  (ETH)	10:05.10
	Sara Moreira	Portugal  (POR)	DQ	Doping

References

1. Landells, Steve (2011-08-22). Women's 3000m Steeplechase - PREVIEW Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.
2. Reinares, Diego (2011-08-25). Gay, Mullings, Wariner, Tamgho y Domínguez, entre los grandes ausentes. Agence France Presse. Retrieved on 2011-08-25.
3. "The decisions of the Lausanne (Switzerland) Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding the Russian Athletes | RUSADA". Archived from the original on 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

External links

• 3000 metres steeplechase results at IAAF website