Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The Women's 3000 metres steeplechase competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 13–15 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1]

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Left-right: Jepkemoi, Jebet and Coburn
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date13–15 August 2016
Competitors53 from 32 nations
Winning time8:59.75 AR
Medalists
Ruth Jebet  Bahrain
Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi  Kenya
Emma Coburn  United States
Video on YouTube Official Video Highlights

Summary

Tunisia's Habiba Ghribi returned to defend her 2012 Olympic steeplechase title, though she was outside the top 15 runners on the seasonal lists. The fastest time was held by Ruth Jebet of Bahrain, whose 8:59.97 minutes at the Prefontaine Classic at the end of May made her the second fastest ever in the discipline. The 2015 World Champion Hyvin Jepkemoi of Kenya was four hundredths of a second behind her in that race and had become the third fastest, while America's Emma Coburn had set a national record and was third ranked entering the competition. Ethiopians Etenesh Diro and Sofia Assefa and Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech rounded out the top six. Gesa Felicitas Krause, a 2015 World medalist and 2016 European Champion, was her continent's best entrant.[2]

Before the competition even began, entrant Silvia Danekova failed a doping test after her arrival in Rio. She submitted an appeal the Court of Arbitration for Sport where she was ruled ineligible for the race.[3]

In the first round Jebet broke clear of the pack, ran her own race, and easily won her heat over Assefa and Krause. Chepkoech, Ghribi and Coburn took the top qualifying spots in the second race. Jepkemoi won the third and slowest heat, with Genevieve LaCaze and Courtney Frerichs taking the automatic qualifying spots. Etenesh Diro lost her shoe in that race after being stood on by an opponent and ran the remainder of the race barefoot; she failed to make the qualifying time but progressed upon appeal, as did Aisha Praught and Sara Louise Treacy.[4][5] Four national records were broken, including Lalita Shivaji Babar's 9:19.76 minutes for India.[6]

The strategy in this final was prefaced by the Prefontaine race in Eugene. In that race, Jebet broke away but was chased down by a last lap kick by Jepkemoi that almost caught her at the line. Coburn watched the chase from ten seconds back while setting the American record. Here Jebet knew she needed to create a bigger cushion to discourage Jepkemoi from chasing. After settling for just being near the front of the pack for the first two laps, Jebet accelerated with one barrier and five laps to go. Only three athletes, Jepkemoi, Chepkoech and Coburn, took off in pursuit, the rest of the field stringing out behind an ever-widening gap. After a 68-second lap, then a 69-second lap, Jebet had a 3-second lead on the Kenyan teammates with Coburn another 3 seconds back. After a 70-second lap, Chepkoech began to lose contact with her teammate. An encouraged Coburn set off in pursuit of a medal, passing the slowing Chepkoech with 1 and 3/4 laps to go. During the 71-second following lap, while Jebet was slowing slightly from the strain, Jepkemoi was consistently losing ground and Coburn could see she was close to Jepkemoi. Jepkemoi did not take off in hot pursuit of Jebet, more concerned with the challenge from behind. On the final backstretch, Coburn passed Jepkemoi for a few moments before Jepkemoi accelerated away going into the final water jump. Jebet cruised home unchallenged with a final lap just under 71, crossing the line in 8:59.75. Forgetting about Jebet, Jepkemoi used her best sprinting to beat Coburn to the line by a half second for silver. Coburn set the North American Continental Record 9:07.63 in third. [7]

Jebet's time slightly improved her second best time in history, moving to less than a second of the world record. Coburn's time made her the number 8 performer in history. Even deeper down the list of finishers, there were many personal bests. Fourth place Chepkoech became #22 on the all-time list, sixth place Gesa Felicitas Krause became #31, seventh, eighth and ninth places Madeline Hills, Colleen Quigley and Genevieve LaCaze became #38, #42 and #43 respectively.

The medals were presented by Paul Tergat, IOC member, Kenya and Anna Riccardi, Council Member of the IAAF.

Less than two weeks later, Jebet would set the world record, improving her personal best by almost seven seconds and the world record by six.

Ruth Jebet has been suspended since February 2018 for testing positive for EPO.[8]

Competition format

The women's 3000 m steeplechase competition consisted of heats and a final.[9]

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

The following national records were established during the competition:

CountryAthleteRoundTimeNotes
India Lalita Babar (IND)Heats9:19.76
Switzerland Fabienne Schlumpf (SUI)Heats9:30.54
Denmark Anna Emilie Møller (DEN)Heats9:32.68
Bahrain Ruth Jebet (BRN)Final8:59.75AR
United States Emma Coburn (USA)Final9:07.63AR

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 13 August 201610:05Round 1
Monday, 15 August 201611:15Finals

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ruth Jebet Bahrain9:12.62Q
2Sofia Assefa Ethiopia9:18.75Q
3Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany9:19.70Q
4Colleen Quigley United States9:21.82q
5Lydia Rotich Kenya9:30.21q
6Mariya Shatalova Ukraine9:30.89PB
7Peruth Chemutai Uganda9:31.03PB
8Charlotta Fougberg Sweden9:31.16
9Özlem Kaya Turkey9:32.03SB
10Sviatlana Kudzelich Belarus9:32.93SB
11Fadwa Sidi Madane Morocco9:32.94SB
12Diana Martín Spain9:44.07
13Ingeborg Løvnes Norway9:44.85
14Kerry O'Flaherty Ireland9:45.35SB
15Juliana Paula dos Santos Brazil9:45.95
16Erin Teschuk Canada9:53.70
17Anju Takamizawa Japan9:58.59

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya9:17.55Q
2Emma Coburn United States9:18.12Q
3Habiba Ghribi Tunisia9:18.71Q, SB
4Lalita Babar India9:19.76q, NR
5Madeline Hills Australia9:24.16q, SB
6Fabienne Schlumpf Switzerland9:30.54q, NR
7Hiwot Ayalew Ethiopia9:35.09
8Matylda Kowal Poland9:35.13PB
9Sanaa Koubaa Germany9:35.15PB
10Victoria Mitchell Australia9:39.40SB
11Michelle Finn Ireland9:49.45
12Tigest Mekonin Bahrain9:49.92
13Maria Bernard Canada9:50.17
14Meryem Akda Turkey9:50.28
15Sandra Eriksson Finland9:56.77
16Luiza Gega Albania9:58.49
17Nastassia Puzakova Belarus10:14.08
18Amina Bettiche Algeria10:26.91

Heat 3

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RankNameNationalityResultNotes
1Hyvin Jepkemoi Kenya9:24.61Q
2Genevieve LaCaze Australia9:26.25Q
3Courtney Frerichs United States9:27.02Q
4Geneviève Lalonde Canada9:30.24q
5Zhang Xinyan China9:31.47
6Anna Emilie Møller Denmark9:32.68AJR, NR
7Etenesh Diro Ethiopia9:34.70q[10]
8Aisha Praught Jamaica9:35.79q[10]
9Sudha Singh India9:43.29
10Salima Elouali Alami Morocco9:44.83
11Eliane Saholinirina Madagascar9:45.92
12Sara Louise Treacy Ireland9:46.24q[10]
13Ancuța Bobocel Romania9:46.28
14Tuğba Güvenç Turkey9:49.93SB
15Maya Rehberg Germany9:51.73
16Belén Casetta Argentina9:51.85
17Lennie Waite Great Britain10:14.18

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Ruth Jebet Bahrain8:59.75AR
Hyvin Jepkemoi Kenya9:07.12
Emma Coburn United States9:07.63AR
4Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya9:16.05PB
5Sofia Assefa Ethiopia9:17.15SB
6Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany9:18.41PB
7Madeline Heiner Hills Australia9:20.38PB
8Colleen Quigley United States9:21.10PB
9Genevieve LaCaze Australia9:21.21PB
10Lalita Babar India9:22.74
11Courtney Frerichs United States9:22.87
12Habiba Ghribi Tunisia9:28.75
13Lydia Rotich Kenya9:29.90
14Aisha Praught Jamaica9:34.20
15Etenesh Diro Ethiopia9:38.77
16Geneviève Lalonde Canada9:41.88
17Sara Louise Treacy Ireland9:52.70
18Fabienne Schlumpf Switzerland9:59.30

References

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  3. Rio Olympics 2016: Bulgarian Silvia Danekova fails drugs test. Bbc.com (2016-08-12). Retrieved on 2016-09-05.
  4. Rio Olympics: Etenesh Diro finishes race with one shoe. SI.com (2016-08-13). Retrieved on 2016-09-05.
  5. Morse, parker (13 August 2016). Report: women's 3000m steeplechase heats – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 13 August 2016.
  6. Heats 3000 Metres Steeplechase women The XXXI Olympic Games . IAAF. Retrieved on 13 August 2016.
  7. https://www.worldathletics.org/news/series/emma-coburn-usa-steeplechase
  8. https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/07/20/ruth-jebet-ivan-ukhov-doping/
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  10. Advanced by judge's decision
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