2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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]

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
← 2019
2023 →

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
  Norah Jeruto   Kazakhstan (KAZ) 8:53.02 CR, NR
  Werkuha Getachew   Ethiopia (ETH) 8:54.61 NR
  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