2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates9 August (heats)
11 August (final)
Competitors41 from 24 nations
Winning time9:02.58
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
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2019  
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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11 August. [1]

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Summary

Six-time US steeplechase champion Emma Coburn made history by becoming the first American since 1952 [2] to win a world steeplechase title. In the process, the 26-year-old Olympic bronze medalist set a championship record of 9:02.58 and broke her own American record by five seconds. She finished just ahead of her teammate Courtney Frerichs, who ran a personal best of 9:03.77 to capture silver. The 1-2 finish was the first ever by Americans in any world championship distance race. Defending champion and Olympic silver medalist Hyvin Jepkemoi of Kenya took the bronze in 9:04.03. [3]

Coburn's gold medal performance came against the best field ever assembled for a world steeplechase final consisting of Area champions, World medalists, Olympians, and four of the five fastest women in the world.

Lead up to 2017 London

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase was first introduced at the 2005 Helsinki World Championships. It didn't take long for Kenyan-born women to dominate the event winning two gold, two silver and four bronze medals in ten years. Milcah Chemos was first to strike gold at 2013 Moscow, followed by Hyvin Jepkemoi's world title at 2015 Beijing. The women's steeplechase became an Olympic event in 2008 where Kenyan-born women began to dominate, too. Ruth Jebet took Olympic gold at 2016 Rio and Hyvin Jepkemoi captured the silver medal. At the 2008 Olympics Kenya won silver and followed with a bronze medal performance in 2012.

Kenyan-born women had established record times, too. In just one year leading up to 2017 London, four runners would post times equal to or below the 9-minute mark that would rank them first, second, fourth and fifth on all-time list for fastest women in a 3000 metres steeplechase; Ruth Jebet at 8:52.78, Celliphine Chespol at 8:58.78, Hyvin Jepkemoi at 9:00.01 and Beatrice Chepkoech at 9:00.70.

When the field for the 2017 London final was announced it was not surprising to see the line-up dominated by six Kenyan-born runners, although it was remarkable. The rules allow for a country to have only three entrants; however, Kenya gained a fourth spot for Hyvin Jepkemoi using the wild card entry reserved for defending champions. Running for Bahrain were two Kenyan expatriates; Ruth Jebet, the world record holder and Olympic champion, and 17-year-old Winfred Mutile Yavi.

The Kenyan national team featured Beatrice Chepkoech, the number one ranked runner in 2017, fourth-place finisher at the 2016 Olympics and third fastest in the world in 2017; Purity Kirui, 2014 Commonwealth Games champion, and Celliphine Chespol, reigning World U20 champion, who in May 2017 recorded the second fastest time in history for a women's steeplechase winning in 8:58.78 at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.

2017 saw a dramatic rise in performances amongst all women steeplechasers with 21 of the 31 fastest times in history run that year. Many races saw winning times well below the 9:42.00 qualifying standard with several victories occurring below 9:15.00. Medal hopefuls knew the 2017 London final would be run at a very fast pace and it would require outrunning the Kenyans. Jebet was the prerace favorite but was expected to be strongly challenged by Chepkoech for the title.

There were three preliminary heats at 2017 London in which the first three finishers in each heat qualified for the final plus the next overall six fastest runners. There were three notable athletes who failed to make the final or later withdrew. American Colleen Quigley finished third in the first heat but was later disqualified after the referee ruled an inside border lane infringement. On two separate occasions Quigley stepped on the inside white line that divides the track from the infield while exiting the water jump area. [4] Quigley's disqualification allowed the fourth-place finisher, Kenya's Purity Kirui, to advance to the final. In the same preliminary heat, 2012 Olympic silver medalist Sofia Assefa from Ethiopia failed to qualify. She fell victim to a slow-paced race, finishing sixth, as she was unable to out-kick a six-person sprint to the finish. Assefa's finishing position was upgraded to fifth due to Quigley's disqualification. In the second heat, Ethiopian Birtukan Fente fell while crossing a water jump, injuring herself. Although she qualified, she later withdrew from the final.

Race Details

Source: [5]

When the gun sounded to begin the final, Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech went to the front and set a fast pace. There is a partial (half) lap at the beginning of all steeplechase races before the runners begin going over barriers. After the partial lap there are seven laps remaining in the race with 28 barriers and 7 water jumps to clear.

Just one minute and 23 seconds into the race, and after going over the first three barriers, front-runner Chepkoech missed the inside turn for the water jump by continuing to run the track's oval as if it was a non-steeplechase event. A couple of runners started to follow her causing several runners to bump into each other. All but Chepkoech realized the mistake and ran towards the jump. It was only after hearing the reaction from the crowd and her teammate Chespol call to her, did she realize her error. To avoid being disqualified Chepkoech backtracked about 15 metres and cleared the jump, losing seven seconds to the leaders. Out of the chaos, Bahrain's Yavi took the lead followed by the two Americans, Coburn and Frerichs, then Jepkemoi, with Chepkoech now sprinting to catch the field.

On lap two, at the 2:12 mark, despite having trailed by 7 seconds, Chepkoech made a strong comeback, caught the field and worked her way into the middle of the pack. Moments later after clearing the second barrier she stumbled badly and fell, [6] causing another runner to fall, and others needing to maneuver around the downed runners. German Olympian and 2015 World bronze medalist Gesa Felicitas Krause was an unfortunate recipient who found herself lying on the track and soon to be in last place. She righted herself to resume the race but would finish in ninth place. The turmoil at the rear of the pack suddenly caused a six-women breakaway to unfold consisting of Yavi, Jebet, Jepkemoi, Chespol, and the two Americans. Kenya's Purity Cherotich Kirui found herself halfway between both groups in seventh position, trailing the leaders by roughly six metres.

At 2:41, after crossing the water jump for the second time, Bahrain's Ruth Jebet passed Yavi to take the lead and stepped up the pace. Coburn and Frerichs, accepted the Bahraini's solid pace and settled into the rear of the lead pack occupying the fifth and sixth positions.

The first 1,000 metres were covered in 3:02.74.

Making her way through the fallen runner turmoil, Chepkoech managed to right herself and once again sprinted to catch the breakaway pack, eventually catching them at the 3:17 mark. By 3:52 she worked her way into fourth place before eventually moving into third. Jebet remained the leader for the next four and one-half laps setting a blistering pace. Only one woman, Chespol, had run under nine minutes in 2017; all eyes were now on the clock.

The second kilometre was covered in 3:00.86, with the first 2,000 metres run in 6:03.60.

The middle laps were mostly a six-person race as Bahrain's Yavi was dropped by the lead pack at the 4:30 mark.

At the 7:10 mark, the American Coburn began closing the gap between herself and the leader Jebet. She went from fifth place into third and would have likely moved to the front, however the other runners picked up on her challenge and held her off by stepping up the pace. At this point, the youngster Chespol, the reigning U20 world champion, could not respond to the fast pace and faded from the group.

Around the 7:50 mark, Kenya's Chepkoech regained the lead and when the bell rang at 7:54 signaling the final lap, a five-person breakaway remained with Coburn in second place, positioned just off Chepkoech's outside shoulder, followed by Jebet, Jepkemoi, and Frerichs.

When the group traversed the second barrier, with 300 metres remaining, Frerichs made a strong move to become the leader. Going down the back stretch she accelerated and ran should-to-shoulder with Chepkoech and Jepkemoi with Coburn a stride back. The fierce pace caused Bahrain's Jebet, the world record holder and 2016 Olympic champion to fade. With 250 metres to go the lead pack consisted of two Kenyans and two Americans runners.

At the 8:26 mark, the leaders crossed over the third barrier with Frerichs and Jepkemoi still running shoulder-to-shoulder followed closely by Coburn and then Chepkoech. The fast pace and energy expended to make up for earlier mistakes in the race was now having its effect on Chepkoech, as she began to slow, unable to keep up with the aggressive push by the Americans to overtake her teammate Jepkemoi.

As the three lead runners approached the last water jump Coburn made a decisive move and one which would allow her to capture gold. Coming into the turn, Jepkemoi lined up her approach so that she would go over the center of the water jump. By doing this, she forced Frerichs, who was on Jepkemoi's outside shoulder, to run wide and approach the jump from an outside tact. Seeing this, Coburn cut sharply and took advantage of the shorter, inside path, arriving at the jump just a few tenths of a second ahead of the other two runners. Coburn, known for her superior form and leaping ability, was the first over the jump at 8:40. Frerichs landed second then quickly cut in front of Jepkemoi, who struggled to make her way out of the water pit.

Coburn, leading for the first time in the race, accelerated around the final turn and headed for the home stretch. She cleared the final barrier at 8:53 and sprinted to the finish, opening up a seven-metre lead over her teammate Frerichs. [7] [8] Coburn crossed the finish line at 9:02.58 for the gold medal. In an exciting duel, Frerichs was able to hold off Jepkemoi over the last 100 metres to take the silver, finishing with a personal best of 9:03.77. Jepkemoi took the bronze in 9:04.03 and Chepkoech finished fourth at 9:10.45. [9] [10]

It was the first time Americans, men or women, had ever finished 1–2 in any world championship distance race. [11]

The final kilometre was covered in 2:58.98

Coburn's time set a Continental record, Championship record, American record and was a personal best. Her performance ranks as sixth fastest on the all-time list for the women's 3000-metres steeplechase event; one spot ahead of Frerichs. Four of the five athletes ahead of them on the all-time list finished behind them in this race. [11] [5]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [12]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World record 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet Flag of Bahrain.svg  BHR 27 Aug 2016 Saint-Denis, France
Championship 9:06.57 Yekaterina Volkova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 27 Aug 2007 Osaka, Japan
World leading8:58.78 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN 26 May 2017 Eugene, United States
African
Asian 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet Flag of Bahrain.svg  BHR 27 Aug 2016Saint-Denis, France
NACAC 9:07.63 Emma Coburn Flag of the United States.svg  USA 15 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
South American 9:38.63 Juliana Paula dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA 6 Jun 2016 Prague, Czech Republic
European 8:58.81 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina Flag of Russia.svg  RUS 17 Aug 2008 Beijing, China
Oceanian 9:14.28 Genevieve Lacaze Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS 27 Aug 2016Saint-Denis, France

The following records were set at the competition: [13]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Championship 9:02.58 Emma Coburn Flag of the United States.svg  USA 11 Aug 2017
NACAC
American
South American 9:35.78 Belén Casetta Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG 9 Aug 2017
9:25.9911 Aug 2017
Canadian 9:29.99 Geneviève Lalonde Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN 11 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 9:42.00. [14]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: [15]

DateTimeRound
9 August19:05 Heats
11 August21:25 Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 9 August in three heats as follows: [16]

Heat123
Start time19:0519:2219:40
Photo finish link link link

The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: [17]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Beatrice Chepkoech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:19.03 Q
22 Ruth Jebet Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)9:19.52 Q
32 Courtney Frerichs Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:25.14 Q
42 Aisha Praught Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)9:26.37 q
53 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:27.35 Q
63 Emma Coburn Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:27.42 Q
73 Genevieve LaCaze Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)9:27.53 Q, SB
83 Winfred Mutile Yavi Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)9:28.00 q
92 Geneviève Lalonde Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)9:31.81 q, SB
103 Etenesh Diro Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)9:31.87 q
112 Birtukan Fente Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)9:33.99 q, SB
123 Belén Casetta Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)9:35.78 q, AR
133 Fabienne Schlumpf Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)9:36.08
142 Özlem Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)9:37.06 SB
151 Gesa Felicitas Krause Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)9:39.86 Q
161 Hyvin Jepkemoi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:39.89 Q
171 Purity Cherotich Kirui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:40.53 Q
181 Fadwa Sidi Madane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)9:40.61
191 Sofia Assefa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)9:40.88
203 Peruth Chemutai Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)9:43.04
212 Anna Emilie Møller Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)9:44.12
221 Irene Sánchez-Escribano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)9:46.59
232 Maria Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)9:48.13
241 Maeva Danois Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)9:49.21
253 Rosie Clarke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)9:49.36
261 Alycia Butterworth Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)9:51.50
273 Viktória Gyürkés Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)9:52.66
282 Amina Bettiche Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)9:53.06
291 Mariya Shatalova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)9:54.21
301 Lennie Waite Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)9:54.97
311 Tigest Getent Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)9:55.42
323 Maria Bernard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)9:59.45
332 Victoria Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)10:00.40
343 Francesca Bertoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)10:01.36
353 María José Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)10:01.84
362 Camilla Richardsson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)10:07.04
371 Lucie Sekanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)10:09.67
383 Tuğba Güvenç Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)10:13.03
391 Charlotta Fougberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)10:21.21
402 Teresa Urbina Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)10:21.90
1 Colleen Quigley Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA) DQ R 163.3(b)
2 Luiza Gega Flag of Albania.svg  Albania  (ALB) DNS

Final

The final took place on 11 August at 21:25. The results were as follows: (photo finish) [18]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Emma Coburn Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:02.58 CR, AR
Silver medal icon.svg Courtney Frerichs Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)9:03.77 PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Hyvin Jepkemoi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:04.03
4 Beatrice Chepkoech Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:10.45
5 Ruth Jebet Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)9:13.96
6 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:15.04
7 Etenesh Diro Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)9:22.46
8 Winfred Mutile Yavi Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)9:22.67 PB
9 Gesa Felicitas Krause Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)9:23.87
10 Purity Cherotich Kirui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)9:25.62
11 Belén Casetta Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)9:25.99 AR
12 Genevieve LaCaze Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)9:26.25 SB
13 Geneviève Lalonde Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)9:29.99 NR
Aisha Praught Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM) DQ R 163.3(b)
Birtukan Fente Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH) DNS

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