2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2019 World Championships
Beatrice Chepkoech competing in the final.
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates27 September (heats)
30 September (final)
Competitors42 from 26 nations
Winning time8:57.84
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Germany
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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 30 September 2019.[1]

Summary

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World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech captured her first world title with a dominant performance in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase at the World Championships in Doha. The 28-year-old Kenyan led the race from start to finish crossing the line in 8 minutes 57.84 seconds setting a championship record. At one point she led the field by 60 metres before defending champion Emma Coburn attempted to reign her in. The American, Coburn, captured the silver medal running a personal best of 9:03.35 finishing four and one-half seconds behind Chepkoech. Germany’s Gesa Felicitas Krause ran 9:03.30 to take the bronze medal for the second time at a world championship event and also set a new national record. Bahrain’s Winifred Yavi just missed the medal podium running a personal best of 9:05.68 to finish fourth.

Two other national records were established during the race; Denmark’s Anna Emilie Møller finished seventh with a time of 9:13.46 and Albania’s Luiza Gega ran 9:19.93 to finished ninth.

Race Details

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When the gun sounded to start the final, Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech wasted no time stepping off to the lead and quickly establishing an expanding gap between herself and the field; 15 metres by the first barrier, 20 metres in the first lap. This caused a seven-woman pack to form led by Bahrain's Winfred Yavi with top challengers Hyvin Kiyeng, defending champion Emma Coburn, and Peruth Chemutai tucked in behind Yavi. The pack was running at a brisk pace, too, but after one kilometre found themselves seven seconds behind Chepkoech.

Chepkoech covered the first kilometre in 2:52.95. She ran her second kilometre in 3:02.34 for a 2,000 metres time of 5:55.28.

At the 6:34 mark Chepkoech opened up a 60 metre lead over the field. Thirty seconds later, at the 7:04 mark, the American Coburn would make a bold move to separate herself from the pack and chase down the leader. The defending champion ran her final kilometre in 2:57 cutting Chepkoech lead by one-half, but it was too great a distance to overcome finishing four and one-half seconds behind the leader.

Chepkoech ran the final kilometer in 3:02.56 to finish at 8:57.84, capturing gold and establishing a championship record.

Fresh off her 2000 metres steeplechase world record a month earlier, Gesa Felicitas Krause ran a spectacular final lap passing two runners, Kiyeng and Yavi, to pick up the bronze medal.

Coburn improved her standing to #8 of all time fastest women's steeplechase list. Krause set her German national record and moved to #9 on the list; Yavi moved up to #11. Anna Emilie Møller set a Danish national record in her preliminary heat and then improved upon it in the final. Finally, Luiza Gega set an Albanian national record.

Of note, at the 6:26 mark and then in fifth place, Kenya's Celliphine Chespol withdrew from the race; she crossed over a water jump and appeared to have injured herself.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World record 8:44.32 Beatrice Chepkoech  KEN 20 Jul 2018 Monaco
Championship 9:02.58 Emma Coburn  USA 11 Aug 2017 London, Great Britain
World leading 8:55.58 Beatrice Chepkoech  KEN 30 Jun 2019 Palo Alto, California, US
African 8:44.32 Beatrice Chepkoech  KEN 20 Jul 2018 Monaco
Asian 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet  BHR 27 Aug 2016 Saint-Denis, France
NACAC 9:00.85 Courtney Frerichs  USA 20 Jul 2018 Monaco
South American 9:25.99 Belén Casetta  ARG 11 Aug 2017 London, Great Britain
European 8:58.81 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  RUS 17 Aug 2008 Beijing, China
Oceanian 9:14.28 Genevieve Lacaze  AUS 27 Aug 2016 Saint-Denis, France

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[3]

Date Time Round
27 September 18:55 Heats
30 September 21:50 Final

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya (KEN) 9:18.01 Q
2 2 Courtney Frerichs  United States (USA) 9:18.42 Q
3 2 Gesa Felicitas Krause  Germany (GER) 9:18.82 Q
4 2 Anna Emilie Møller  Denmark (DEN) 9:18.92 q, NR
5 1 Peruth Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 9:21.98 Q
6 1 Emma Coburn  United States (USA) 9:23.40 Q
7 1 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol  Kenya (KEN) 9:24.22 Q
8 1 Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia (ETH) 9:27.61 q, PB
9 1 Genevieve Gregson  Australia (AUS) 9:27.74 q, SB
10 2 Luiza Gega  Albania (ALB) 9:28.32 q
11 1 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway (NOR) 9:28.84 q
12 3 Hyvin Kiyeng  Kenya (KEN) 9:29.15 Q
13 3 Winfred Mutile Yavi  Bahrain (BHR) 9:29.40 Q
14 3 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia (SLO) 9:29.68 Q
15 1 Geneviève Lalonde  Canada (CAN) 9:30.01 q
16 2 Elizabeth Bird  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 9:30.13 PB
17 2 Allie Ostrander  United States (USA) 9:30.85 PB
18 3 Fancy Cherono  Kenya (KEN) 9:32.34
19 3 Yekaterina Ivonina  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) 9:35.59 SB
20 3 Irene Sánchez-Escribano  Spain (ESP) 9:37.34
21 1 Aimee Pratt  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 9:38.91 PB
22 3 Zerfe Wondemagegn  Ethiopia (ETH) 9:40.92
23 1 Xu Shuangshuang  China (CHN) 9:42.23
24 1 Adva Cohen  Israel (ISR) 9:42.92
25 3 Zhang Xinyan  China (CHN) 9:43.75
26 1 Anna Tropina  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) 9:44.06
27 2 Paige Campbell  Australia (AUS) 9:44.80 PB
28 1 Alicja Konieczek  Poland (POL) 9:44.96
29 3 Belén Casetta  Argentina (ARG) 9:45.07
30 2 Michelle Finn  Ireland (IRL) 9:47.44
31 3 Marwa Bouzayani  Tunisia (TUN) 9:47.78
32 1 Özlem Kaya  Turkey (TUR) 9:48.08
33 3 Regan Yee  Canada (CAN) 9:48.56
34 3 Rosie Clarke  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 9:49.18
35 2 Lomi Muleta  Ethiopia (ETH) 9:49.28
36 3 Georgia Winkcup  Australia (AUS) 9:50.21
37 2 Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés  Hungary (HUN) 9:52.11
38 2 Camilla Richardsson  Finland (FIN) 9:53.06
39 2 Reimi Yoshimura  Japan (JPN) 9:55.72
40 2 Maria Bernard-Galea  Canada (CAN) 9:57.03
41 1 Ophélie Claude-Boxberger  France (FRA) 10:05.10
42 2 Tuğba Güvenç  Turkey (TUR) 10:13.79
3 Colleen Quigley  United States (USA) DNS

Final

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The final was started on 30 September at 21:50.[5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya (KEN) 8:57.84 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Emma Coburn  United States (USA) 9:02.35 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gesa Felicitas Krause  Germany (GER) 9:03.30 NR
4 Winfred Mutile Yavi  Bahrain (BHR) 9:05.68 PB
5 Peruth Chemutai  Uganda (UGA) 9:11.08 SB
6 Courtney Frerichs  United States (USA) 9:11.27
7 Anna Emilie Møller  Denmark (DEN) 9:13.46 NR
8 Hyvin Kiyeng  Kenya (KEN) 9:13.53
9 Luiza Gega  Albania (ALB) 9:19.93 NR
10 Genevieve Gregson  Australia (AUS) 9:23.84 SB
11 Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia (ETH) 9:25.66 SB
12 Maruša Mišmaš  Slovenia (SLO) 9:25.80
13 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway (NOR) 9:29.41
14 Geneviève Lalonde  Canada (CAN) 9:32.92
Celliphine Chepteek Chespol  Kenya (KEN) DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. ^ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's 3000 metres steeplechase − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF).