2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	15 September (heats) 17 September (final)
Winning time	8:51.59 CR
Medalists
Faith Cherotich    Kenya   Winfred Yavi    Bahrain   Sembo Almayew    Ethiopia
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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 15 and 17 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Beatrice Chepkoech  (KEN)	8:44.32	Fontvieille, Monaco	20 July 2018
Championship record	Norah Jeruto  (KAZ)	8:53.02	Eugene, United States	20 July 2022
World Leading	Winfred Yavi  (BHR)	8:45.25		5 July 2025
African Record	Beatrice Chepkoech  (KEN)	8:44.32	Fontvieille, Monaco	20 July 2018
Asian Record	Winfred Yavi  (BHR)	8:44.39	Rome, Italy	30 August 2024
European Record	Alice Finot  (FRA)	8:58.67	Paris, France	6 August 2024
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Courtney Frerichs  (USA)	8:57.77	Eugene, United States	21 August 2021
Oceanian record	Genevieve Lacaze  (AUS)	9:14.28	Paris, France	27 August 2016
South American Record	Tatiane Raquel da Silva  (BRA)	9:24.38	Watford, United Kingdom	11 June 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 9:18.00. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
15 September	10:30	Heats
17 September	21:57	Final

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 15 September. The first five athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Faith Cherotich	Kenya	9:13.95	Q
2	Norah Jeruto	Kazakhstan	9:14.25	Q
3	Elise Thorner	Great Britain & N.I.	9:14.25	Q, PB
4	Flavie Renouard	France	9:14.69	Q, PB
5	Lexy Halladay	United States	9:15.06	Q
6	Olivia Gürth	Germany	9:15.28	SB
7	Celestine Jepkosgei Biwot	Kenya	9:22.55
8	Loice Chekwemoi	Uganda	9:25.34	SB
9	Veerle Bakker	Netherlands	9:41.72
10	Kinga Królik	Poland	9:43.89
11	Ankita Dhyani	India	10:03.22
—	Alemnat Walle	Ethiopia	DNF
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Winfred Yavi	Bahrain	9:15.63	Q
2	Marwa Bouzayani	Tunisia	9:15.68	Q
3	Sembo Almayew	Ethiopia	9:15.84	Q
4	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	9:16.76	Q, SB
5	Angelina Napoleon	United States	9:18.03	Q
6	Adva Cohen	Israel	9:19.90	NR
7	Marta Serrano	Spain	9:21.00	PB
8	Ilona Mononen	Finland	9:21.02	NR
9	Parul Chaudhary	India	9:22.24
10	Pamela Kosgei	Kenya	9:28.21
11	Amy Cashin	Australia	9:50.53
12	Tatiane Raquel da Silva	Brazil	9:59.81
—	Sara Tait	Great Britain & N.I.	DNF
[4]

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Peruth Chemutai	Uganda	9:07.68	Q
2	Doris Lemngole	Kenya	9:08.97	Q
3	Lomi Muleta	Ethiopia	9:12.20	Q, SB
4	Lea Meyer	Germany	9:13.18	Q
5	Kaylee Mitchell	United States	9:15.52	Q
6	Miu Saito  [ ja ]	Japan	9:24.72	NR
7	Alicja Konieczek	Poland	9:28.80
8	Grace Fetherstonhaugh	Canada	9:32.09
9	Daisy Jepkemei	Kazakhstan	9:41.36
10	Cara Feain-Ryan	Australia	9:42.62
11	Rihab Dhahri	Tunisia	9:51.58
12	Stella Rutto	Romania	9:55.76
[4]

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Faith Cherotich	Kenya	8:51.59	CR
	Winfred Yavi	Bahrain	8:56.46
	Sembo Almayew	Ethiopia	8:58.86	PB
4	Marwa Bouzayani	Tunisia	9:01.46	NR
5	Doris Lemngole	Kenya	9:02.39
6	Norah Jeruto	Kazakhstan	9:06.34
7	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	9:14.27	SB
8	Lomi Muleta	Ethiopia	9:14.90
9	Angelina Napoleon	United States	9:17.44
10	Kaylee Mitchell	United States	9:18.66
11	Elise Thorner	Great Britain & N.I.	9:19.02
12	Lea Meyer	Germany	9:24.42
13	Flavie Renouard	France	9:25.15
14	Lexy Halladay	United States	9:34.03
	Peruth Chemutai	Uganda	DNF
[5]

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Women 3000 metres steeplechase". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
4. "Women's 3000 metres steeplechase - Heat results" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
5. "3000m Steeplechase Women - Fina results" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.