Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 28
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	10:03.16
Medalists
Sara Hall    United States   Ángela Figueroa    Colombia   Sabine Heitling    Brazil
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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 28th October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. ^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Sabine Heitling of Brazil.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  (RUS)	8:58.81	Beijing, China	August 17, 2008
Pan American Games record	Sabine Heitling  (BRA)	9:51.13	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	July 28, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter two athletes regardless if they had met the qualification standard. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 28, 2011	16:35	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

Held on October 28.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time [3]	Notes
	Sara Hall	United States	10:03.16
	Ángela Figueroa	Colombia	10:10.14
	Sabine Heitling	Brazil	10:10.98
4	Mason Cathey	United States	10:19.10
5	Sara Prieto	Mexico	10:23.22	PB
6	Sandra Lopez	Mexico	10:34.90
7	Yoni Ninahuaman	Peru	11:00.30
8	Zuna Portillo	El Salvador	11:18.40
9	Marlene Acuña	Ecuador	11:24.12
10	Evonne Marroquin	Guatemala	11:50.31
11	Hilaria Patzy	Bolivia	11:56.42
	Beverly Ramos	Puerto Rico	DNF

References

1. "Guadalajara 2011 Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
2. "Athlete's Qualification Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
3. "Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.