2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 9 and 11 August.[1]

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates9 August (heats)
11 August (final)
Competitors41 from 24 nations
Winning time9:02.58
Medalists
    United States
    United States
    Kenya
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Summary

Kenya had six entrants in the race, the three normally allowed including the number one runner in 2017 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol, plus defending champion Hyvin Jepkemoi and two expatriates; Winfred Mutile Yavi and world record holder / Olympic champion Ruth Jebet who were running for Bahrain. From the gun in the final Beatrice Chepkoech went to the front.

There is a partial lap at the beginning of all steeplechase events, that distance is variable depending on the construction of the steeplechase facilities at that track. The runners begin going over the barriers including the water jump when there are seven laps to go.

After going over the first two barriers, Chepkoech continued to run the track instead of cutting off to the water with the leaders, mostly Kenyans and the two Bahraini runners starting to follow her. The others realized the mistake and ran through the water, Chepkoech ran past the water on the track then had to circle back to go over the water, dropping her well behind the field. Out of the chaos, Yavi took the lead with Chepkoech rushing to catch up. Later in the second lap, Purity Cherotich Kirui stumbled after a barrier with two other athletes falling over her body on the track, suddenly this caused a six-woman breakaway. Jebet took over the lead and pushed the pace but hard running by Chepkoech managed to bridge the gap, while Yavi fell off the group shortly afterward. Jebet led Chespol, Jepkemoi, Chepkoech, plus Americans Emma Coburn and Courtney Frerichs tagging on the back through two more laps.

On the backstretch with less than two laps to go, Coburn moved forward to challenge the Kenyans and Chespol dropped off the pace. At the bell, being challenged by Coburn and Chepkoech, Jebet began to drop back. Down the final backstretch it was four athletes shoulder to shoulder across the track, the Kenyans on the inside and the Americans on the outside. Out of that, Jepkemoi emerged in the lead with Frerichs on her outer shoulder and Coburn a step behind. After the hard comeback, Chepkoech faded. Entering the final water jump, Jepkemoi took the turn wide and smoothly with Frerichs following, but Coburn cut sharply and took the inside line through the water jump, emerging with a two-metre lead over Frerichs who had a step on Jepkemoi. With free running room down the home stretch, Coburn opened up another seven metres on Frerichs who opened up another metre on Jepkemoi.[2][3]

Coburn's 9:02.58 was a Continental record, the Championship record and improved her position to number six on the all-time list, one ahead of Frerichs. Four of the five athletes ahead of them on that list finished behind them in this race.[4]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[5]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World record 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet  BHR 27 Aug 2016 Saint-Denis, France
Championship 9:06.57 Yekaterina Volkova  RUS 27 Aug 2007 Osaka, Japan
World leading 8:58.78 Celliphine Chepteek Chespol  KEN 26 May 2017 Eugene, United States
African
Asian 8:52.78 Ruth Jebet  BHR 27 Aug 2016 Saint-Denis, France
NACAC 9:07.63 Emma Coburn  USA 15 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
South American 9:38.63 Juliana Paula dos Santos  BRA 6 Jun 2016 Prague, Czech Republic
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

The following records were set at the competition:[6]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Championship 9:02.58 Emma Coburn  USA 11 Aug 2017
NACAC
American
South American 9:35.78 Belén Casetta  ARG 9 Aug 2017
9:25.99 11 Aug 2017
Canadian 9:29.99 Geneviève Lalonde  CAN 11 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 9:42.00.[7]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[8]

Date Time Round
9 August19:05Heats
11 August21:25Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 9 August in three heats as follows:[9]

Heat123
Start time 19:0519:2219:40
Photo finish

The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[10]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya (KEN)9:19.03Q
22Ruth Jebet Bahrain (BHR)9:19.52Q
32Courtney Frerichs United States (USA)9:25.14Q
42Aisha Praught Jamaica (JAM)9:26.37q
53Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Kenya (KEN)9:27.35Q
63Emma Coburn United States (USA)9:27.42Q
73Genevieve LaCaze Australia (AUS)9:27.53Q, SB
83Winfred Mutile Yavi Bahrain (BHR)9:28.00q
92Geneviève Lalonde Canada (CAN)9:31.81q, SB
103Etenesh Diro Ethiopia (ETH)9:31.87q
112Birtukan Fente Ethiopia (ETH)9:33.99q, SB
123Belén Casetta Argentina (ARG)9:35.78q, AR
133Fabienne Schlumpf Switzerland (SUI)9:36.08
142Özlem Kaya Turkey (TUR)9:37.06SB
151Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany (GER)9:39.86Q
161Hyvin Jepkemoi Kenya (KEN)9:39.89Q
171Purity Cherotich Kirui Kenya (KEN)9:40.53Q
181Fadwa Sidi Madane Morocco (MAR)9:40.61
191Sofia Assefa Ethiopia (ETH)9:40.88
203Peruth Chemutai Uganda (UGA)9:43.04
212Anna Emilie Møller Denmark (DEN)9:44.12
221Irene Sánchez-Escribano Spain (ESP)9:46.59
232Maria Larsson Sweden (SWE)9:48.13
241Maeva Danois France (FRA)9:49.21
253Rosie Clarke Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)9:49.36
261Alycia Butterworth Canada (CAN)9:51.50
273Viktória Gyürkés Hungary (HUN)9:52.66
282Amina Bettiche Algeria (ALG)9:53.06
291Mariya Shatalova Ukraine (UKR)9:54.21
301Lennie Waite Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)9:54.97
311Tigest Getent Bahrain (BHR)9:55.42
323Maria Bernard Canada (CAN)9:59.45
332Victoria Mitchell Australia (AUS)10:00.40
343Francesca Bertoni Italy (ITA)10:01.36
353María José Pérez Spain (ESP)10:01.84
362Camilla Richardsson Finland (FIN)10:07.04
371Lucie Sekanová Czech Republic (CZE)10:09.67
383Tuğba Güvenç Turkey (TUR)10:13.03
391Charlotta Fougberg Sweden (SWE)10:21.21
402Teresa Urbina Spain (ESP)10:21.90
1Colleen Quigley United States (USA)DQR 163.3(b)
2Luiza Gega Albania (ALB)DNS

Final

The final took place on 11 August at 21:25. The results were as follows: (photo finish)[11]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Emma Coburn United States (USA)9:02.58CR, AR
Courtney Frerichs United States (USA)9:03.77PB
Hyvin Jepkemoi Kenya (KEN)9:04.03
4Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya (KEN)9:10.45
5Ruth Jebet Bahrain (BHR)9:13.96
6Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Kenya (KEN)9:15.04
7Etenesh Diro Ethiopia (ETH)9:22.46
8Winfred Mutile Yavi Bahrain (BHR)9:22.67PB
9Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany (GER)9:23.87
10Purity Cherotich Kirui Kenya (KEN)9:25.62
11Belén Casetta Argentina (ARG)9:25.99AR
12Genevieve LaCaze Australia (AUS)9:26.25SB
13Geneviève Lalonde Canada (CAN)9:29.99NR
Aisha Praught Jamaica (JAM)DQR 163.3(b)
Birtukan Fente Ethiopia (ETH)DNS

References

  1. Start list
  2. Rowbottom, Mike (11 August 2017). "Report: women's 3000m steeplechase final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. London, UK: IAAF. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  3. Gretschel, Johanna (11 August 2017). "Emma Coburn, Courtney Frerichs Sweep Medals In Historic Steeplechase Final". FLOTRACK. FloSports, Inc. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. Zaccardi, Nick (11 August 2017). "Emma Coburn leads shocking U.S. steeplechase one-two (video)". NBC Sports. NBC Universal. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  5. "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  6. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  9. "3,000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  10. "3,000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  11. "3,000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
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