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2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2022 World Championships
Norah Jeruto after winning the final.
VenueHayward Field
Dates16 July (heats)
20 July (final)
Competitors45 from 25 nations
Winning time8:53.02
Medalists
gold medal    Kazakhstan
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Ethiopia
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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 16 and 20 July 2022.[1]

Summary

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With 3 of the last four World Championships (and the last 15 Men's) were born in Kenya. Kenyan dominance in the steeplechase is expected, particularly in Kenya. Returning champion, world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech didn't return due to injury, two of their representatives did not make it out of the heats, leaving only #6 of all time Celliphine Chespol to wear their uniform. However two additional Kenyan born runners were representing other countries; #4 of all time Winfred Yavi representing Bahrain and #3 of all time Norah Jeruto recently becoming eligible to run for Kazakhstan. The poaching of international free agent athletes has been quite an issue World Athletics has been trying to deal with. World Athletics blocked eligibility transfers in an attempt to revise the rules.[2]

In the first heat, Jeruto ran an impressive, but unnecessary 9:01.54, the #26 time in history simply to be the leading qualifier. Ten seconds behind her Marwa Bouzayani, wearing a hijab uniform was an automatic qualifier.

In the final, Jeruto went to the front off the line, tracked immediately by Yavi. The pack strung out to single file, with 2017 champion, returning silver medalist Emma Coburn, Olympic gold medalist Peruth Chemutai, Mekides Abebe and Werkuha Getachew latching onto the front of that train. By three laps, that group had separated from the rest of the pack, the approximate 1K mark reached in 2:57. On the next lap, Yavi moved to the front, still pushing the pace. Only Jeruto and Getachew could hold on, the second kilometer covered in 3:01. Abebe was still hanging on 6 metres behind the leading three, trying to bridge back to the front. Over the penultimate lap, Abebe managed to get back to the group just before the bell. At the sound of the bell, Yavi edged back in front of Jeruto, but Jeruto would have none of that, reclaiming the lead halfway into the turn. With Yavi on the outside, Getachew took the inside track to come closer to Jeruto down the backstretch. Coming into the water jump, Yavi made another run at the lead, with Jeruto looking at her. Jeruto took the water jump cleanly, leaping to a 2 metre lead, Yavi took it awkwardly, stopping before taking the final step out of the water, with both Ethiopians passing her in the process. From there Jeruto expanded her lead, with Getachew then Abebe following her home. Yavi took the final barrier poorly and the fight for a medal was over.

Jeruto's 8:53.02 was the Championship record and the #3 time ever run, still less than a second faster than she had run a year earlier on this same track at the Prefontaine Classic. Getachew's 8:54.61 moved her to the #4 position in history, with Abebe's 8:56.08 putting her in #5.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 8:44.32 Monte Carlo, Monaco 20 July 2018
Championship record  Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 8:57.84 Doha, Qatar 30 September 2019
World Leading  Winfred Mutile Yavi (BHR) 8:56.55 Paris, France 18 June 2022
African Record  Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 8:44.32 Monte Carlo, Monaco 20 July 2018
Asian Record  Ruth Jebet (BHR) 8:52.78 Paris, France 27 August 2016
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Courtney Frerichs (USA) 8:57.77 Eugene, United States 21 August 2021
South American Record  Tatiane da Silva (BRA) 9:24.38 Watford, Great Britain 11 June 2022
European Record  Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) 8:58.81 Beijing, China 17 August 2008
Oceanian record  Genevieve Lacaze (AUS) 9:14.28 Paris, France 27 August 2016

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 9:30.00.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
16 July 10:35 Heats
20 July 19:45 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the final.[5]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Norah Jeruto  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 9:01.54 Q
2 1 Werkuha Getachew  Ethiopia (ETH) 9:11.25 Q
3 1 Marwa Bouzayani  Tunisia (TUN) 9:12.14 Q, PB
4 2 Alice Finot  France (FRA) 9:14.34 Q, NR
5 2 Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia (ETH) 9:14.83 Q
6 2 Luiza Gega  Albania (ALB) 9:14.91 Q
7 2 Courtney Wayment  United States (USA) 9:14.95 q
8 1 Emma Coburn  United States (USA) 9:15.19 q
9 2 Peruth Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 9:16.66 q
10 3 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol  Kenya (KEN) 9:16.78 Q
11 3 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek  Slovenia (SLO) 9:17.14 Q, SB
12 3 Winfred Mutile Yavi  Bahrain (BHR) 9:17.32 Q
13 3 Courtney Frerichs  United States (USA) 9:17.91 q
14 2 Aimee Pratt  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 9:18.91 q, NR
15 2 Gesa Felicitas Krause  Germany (GER) 9:21.02 q, SB
16 3 Sembo Almayew  Ethiopia (ETH) 9:21.10
17 2 Amy Cashin  Australia (AUS) 9:21.46 PB
18 2 Chiara Scherrer  Switzerland (SUI) 9:22.15
19 3 Daisy Jepkemei  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 9:23.07
20 1 Elizabeth Bird  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 9:23.17
21 2 Irene Sánchez-Escribano  Spain (ESP) 9:23.94 PB
22 3 Nataliya Strebkova  Ukraine (UKR) 9:25.85
23 3 Tatiane Raquel da Silva  Brazil (BRA) 9:26.25
24 2 Purity Kirui  Kenya (KEN) 9:26.88 SB
25 1 Jackline Chepkoech  Kenya (KEN) 9:27.50
26 3 Carolina Robles  Spain (ESP) 9:28.24 PB
27 1 Belén Casetta  Argentina (ARG) 9:29.05 SB
28 1 Lea Meyer  Germany (GER) 9:30.81
29 3 Ceili McCabe  Canada (CAN) 9:32.73
30 1 Regan Yee  Canada (CAN) 9:36.22
31 2 Parul Chaudhary  India (IND) 9:38.09 PB
32 1 Xu Shuangshuang  China (CHN) 9:39.17 SB
33 1 Brielle Erbacher  Australia (AUS) 9:40.55
34 3 Cara Feain-Ryan  Australia (AUS) 9:43.41
35 3 Adva Cohen  Israel (ISR) 9:44.74
36 3 Kinga Królik  Poland (POL) 9:44.74
37 2 Grace Fetherstonhaugh  Canada (CAN) 9:49.85
38 1 Simone Ferraz  Brazil (BRA) 9:53.52
39 1 Nilani Rathnayaka  Sri Lanka (SRI) 9:54.10
40 3 Reimi Yoshimura  Japan (JPN) 9:58.07
41 2 Carolina Lozano  Argentina (ARG) 10:03.51
42 1 Yuno Yamanaka  Japan (JPN) 10:18.18

Final

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The final was started on 20 July at 19:45.[6]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Norah Jeruto  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 8:53.02 CR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Werkuha Getachew  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:54.61 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia (ETH) 8:56.08 PB
4 Winfred Mutile Yavi  Bahrain (BHR) 9:01.31
5 Luiza Gega  Albania (ALB) 9:10.04 NR
6 Courtney Frerichs  United States (USA) 9:10.59 SB
7 Aimee Pratt  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 9:15.64 NR
8 Emma Coburn  United States (USA) 9:16.49
9 Marwa Bouzayani  Tunisia (TUN) 9:20.92
10 Alice Finot  France (FRA) 9:21.40
11 Peruth Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 9:21.93
12 Courtney Wayment  United States (USA) 9:22.37
13 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol  Kenya (KEN) 9:27.34
14 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek  Slovenia (SLO) 9:40.78
15 Gesa Felicitas Krause  Germany (GER) 9:52.66

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "IAAF freezes transfer of allegiance process | PRESS-RELEASE | World Athletics".
  3. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  5. ^ Round 1 Summary
  6. ^ Final results