Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Gold medal winner Habiba Ghribi
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date4–6 August
Competitors44 from 26 nations
Winning time9:08.37
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Habiba Ghribi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Silver medal icon.svg Sofia Assefa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Bronze medal icon.svg Milcah Chemos Cheywa Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
  2008
2016  
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The Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 4–6 August at the Olympic Stadium. [1] The winning margin was 1.47 seconds.

From the gun in the final, reigning world champion Yuliya Zaripova sprinted out to the lead and dictated the pace. But rather than continuing to accelerate, she slowed, with the rest of the field bunching behind with nobody willing to go around. The pack slowly disintegrated by attrition. With 3 laps to go a group of seven had separated, including all three Ethiopians, plus Milcah Chemos Cheywa, Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge and Habiba Ghribi, all still behind Zaripova. On the 6th lap, defending champion and World Record holder Gulnara Galkina, already off the back, made a right turn and stepped off the track. The pace quickened, losing Etenesh Diro and Njoroge at the water jump. Zaripova just continued to accelerate. On the back stretch Ghribi looked to be clear of the other three but almost put her hand out so as not to pass Zaripova. From that point, Zaripova just extended her lead with Ghribi clearly in second place. Sofia Assefa broke away from her teammate Hiwot Ayalew. Down the home stretch Cheywa made a late run but Assefa held on for the bronze medal. Compared to the previous year's world championships, the first two medalists were the same, Zaripova a second faster for her personal record, Ghribi was 3 seconds faster for her Tunisian national record, and Assefa 19 seconds faster to push Cheywa off the podium. [2]

On 24 March 2016 the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified Yuliya Zaripova's results from 20 July 2011 to 25 July 2013 for doping, which included the Olympics. [3] On 4 June 2016, Tunisian Habiba Ghribi was awarded with the olympic gold medal in a ceremony in Rades, Tunisia, presented by IOC Vice-President Nawal El Moutawakel. [4]

Competition format

The women's 3000 m steeplechase competition consisted of heats and a final. [5]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Russia.svg  Gulnara Galkina  (RUS)8:58.81 Beijing, China 17 August 2008
Olympic record
2012 World leadingFlag of Kenya.svg  Milcah Chemos Cheywa  (KEN)9:07.14 Oslo, Norway 7 June 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 4 August 201211:35Round 1
Monday, 6 August 201221:05Finals

Results

[6]

Round 1

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Official Video Highlights

Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityResultNotesQual.
1 Gesa Felicitas Krause Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9:24.91PBQ
2 Etenesh Diro Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 9:25.31Q
3 Milcah Chemos Cheywa Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 9:27.09Q
4 Polina Jelizarova Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 9:27.21 NR Q
5 Gulnara Galkina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9:28.76q
6 Barbara Parker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 9:32.07
7 Li Zhenzhu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9:34.29SB
8 Diana Martín Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9:35.77PB
9 Genevieve LaCaze Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 9:37.90PB
10 Korene Hinds Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 9:37.95SB
11 Salima El Ouali Alami Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 9:44.62
12 Shalaya Kipp Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9:48.33
13 Sudha Singh Flag of India.svg  India 9:48.86
14 Sviatlana Kudzelich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 9:54.77
15 Binnaz Uslu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 10:31.00 Doping

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityResultNotesQual.
1 Sofia Assefa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 9:25.42Q
2 Habiba Ghribi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 9:27.42SBQ
3 Emma Coburn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9:27.51Q
4 Marta Domínguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9:29.71Q
5 Clarisse Cruz Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 9:30.06PBq
6 Yelena Orlova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9:33.14
7 Valentyna Zhudina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 9:37.90
8 Lydia Chebet Rotich Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 9:42.03
9 Stephanie Reilly Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 9:44.77
10 Gülcan Mıngır Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 9:47.35DSQ
11 Katarzyna Kowalska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9:48.60
12 Beverly Ramos Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 9:55.26
13 Cristina Casandra Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9:58.83
14 Yin Annuo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10:09.10
15 Ángela Figueroa Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 10:25.60

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityResultNotesQual.
1 Hiwot Ayalew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 9:24.01Q
2 Yuliya Zaripova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9:25.68DSQ
3 Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 9:25.99Q
4 Antje Moldner-Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9:26.57SBQ
5 Bridget Franek Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9:29.86q
6 Ancuța Bobocel Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9:31.06
7 Dorcus Inzikuru Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 9:35.29
8 Sandra Eriksson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9:50.71
9 Eilish McColgan Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 9:54.36
10 Kaltoum Bouaasayriya Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 9:58.77
11 Silvia Danekova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9:59.52
12 Svitlana Shmidt Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 10:01.09 Doping
12 Özlem Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 10:03.52
13 Matylda Szlęzak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10:08.84

Final

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The runners line-up
Habiba Ghribi during the Olympic gold medal ceremony for the 3000 steeplechase at the London 2012 Olympic Games, on 4 June 2016 at the Rades Olympic Athletics Stadium. HabibaGhribi NawalElMoutawakelJune2016.jpg
Habiba Ghribi during the Olympic gold medal ceremony for the 3000 steeplechase at the London 2012 Olympic Games, on 4 June 2016 at the Radès Olympic Athletics Stadium.
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Habiba Ghribi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 9:08.37 NR
Silver medal icon.svg Sofia Assefa Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 9:09.84
Bronze medal icon.svg Milcah Chemos Cheywa Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 9:09.88
4 Hiwot Ayalew Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 9:12.98
5 Etenesh Diro Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 9:19.89PB
6 Antje Moldner-Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9:21.78SB
7 Gesa Felicitas Krause Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 9:23.52PB
8 Emma Coburn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9:23.54PB
9 Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 9:26.73
10 Clarisse Cruz Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 9:32.44
11 Polina Jelizarova Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 9:38.56
12 Bridget Franek Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9:45.51
Gulnara Galkina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
DSQ Yuliya Zaripova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9:06.72WL, PB
DSQ Marta Dominguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 9:36.45

1 On 24 March 2016, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified Russian Yuliya Zaripova for doping and confirmed that she would be stripped of her gold medal. [6] On 4 June 2016, the gold medal was officially reallocated to second place Habiba Ghribi from Tunisia by the IOC [4] and IAAF updated the results. Marta Dominguez from Spain has been disqualified too. [7]

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. "Russia's Zaripova wins women's steeplechase". Guardian UK. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. "The decisions of the Lausanne (Switzerland) Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding the Russian Athletes | RUSADA". Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Ghribi receives Olympic and world gold medals". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 18 June 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  5. "Format Competition – Athletics". Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  6. 1 2 "3000m steeplechase women results – Athletics – London 2012".
  7. "3000 METRES STEEPLECHASE WOMEN". IAAF. Retrieved 13 July 2016.