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

The Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 4–6 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Gold medal winner Habiba Ghribi
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date4–6 August
Competitors44 from 26 nations
Winning time9:08.37
Medalists
Habiba Ghribi  Tunisia
Sofia Assefa  Ethiopia
Milcah Chemos Cheywa  Kenya

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 record  Gulnara Galkina (RUS) 8:58.81 Beijing, China 17 August 2008
Olympic record
2012 World leading  Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) 9:07.14 Oslo, Norway 7 June 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

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

Results

[6]

Round 1

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

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityResultNotesQual.
1Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany9:24.91PBQ
2Etenesh Diro Ethiopia9:25.31Q
3Milcah Chemos Cheywa Kenya9:27.09Q
4Polina Jelizarova Latvia9:27.21NRQ
5Gulnara Galkina Russia9:28.76q
6Barbara Parker Great Britain9:32.07
7Li Zhenzhu China9:34.29SB
8Diana Martín Spain9:35.77PB
9Genevieve LaCaze Australia9:37.90PB
10Korene Hinds Jamaica9:37.95SB
11Salima El Ouali Alami Morocco9:44.62
12Shalaya Kipp United States9:48.33
13Sudha Singh India9:48.86
14Sviatlana Kudzelich Belarus9:54.77
15 Binnaz Uslu Turkey10:31.00 Doping

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityResultNotesQual.
1Sofia Assefa Ethiopia9:25.42Q
2Habiba Ghribi Tunisia9:27.42SBQ
3Emma Coburn United States9:27.51Q
4Marta Domínguez Spain9:29.71Q
5Clarisse Cruz Portugal9:30.06PBq
6Yelena Orlova Russia9:33.14
7Valentyna Zhudina Ukraine9:37.90
8Lydia Chebet Rotich Kenya9:42.03
9Stephanie Reilly Ireland9:44.77
10Gülcan Mıngır Turkey9:47.35DSQ
11Katarzyna Kowalska Poland9:48.60
12Beverly Ramos Puerto Rico9:55.26
13Cristina Casandra Romania9:58.83
14Yin Annuo China10:09.10
15Ángela Figueroa Colombia10:25.60

Heat 3

RankNameNationalityResultNotesQual.
1Hiwot Ayalew Ethiopia9:24.01Q
2Yuliya Zaripova Russia9:25.68DSQ
3Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge Kenya9:25.99Q
4Antje Moldner-Schmidt Germany9:26.57SBQ
5Bridget Franek United States9:29.86q
6Ancuța Bobocel Romania9:31.06
7Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda9:35.29
8Sandra Eriksson Finland9:50.71
9Eilish McColgan Great Britain9:54.36
10Kaltoum Bouaasayriya Morocco9:58.77
11Silvia Danekova Bulgaria9:59.52
12 Svitlana Shmidt Ukraine10:01.09 Doping
12Özlem Kaya Turkey10:03.52
13Matylda Szlęzak Poland10:08.84

Final

The runners line-up
RankNameNationalityResultNotes
Habiba Ghribi Tunisia9:08.37NR
Sofia Assefa Ethiopia9:09.84
Milcah Chemos Cheywa Kenya9:09.88
4Hiwot Ayalew Ethiopia9:12.98
5Etenesh Diro Ethiopia9:19.89PB
6Antje Moldner-Schmidt Germany9:21.78SB
7Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany9:23.52PB
8Emma Coburn United States9:23.54PB
9Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge Kenya9:26.73
10Clarisse Cruz Portugal9:32.44
11Polina Jelizarova Latvia9:38.56
12Bridget Franek United States9:45.51
Gulnara Galkina RussiaDNF
DSQYuliya Zaripova Russia9:06.72WL, PB
DSQMarta Dominguez Spain9:36.45

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
  2. "Russia's Zaripova wins women's steeplechase". Guardian UK. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Ghribi receives Olympic and world gold medals". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  5. Format Competition – Athletics
  6. "3000m steeplechase women results – Athletics – London 2012".
  7. "3000 METRES STEEPLECHASE WOMEN". IAAF. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
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