The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in two rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 4 and 6 August 2024. This was fifth time that the women's 3000 metres steeplechase was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 36 athletes qualified for the event by entry standard or ranking.
The winning margin was 0.58 seconds - the first time the women's steeplechase was won by less than a second at the Olympics.
Summary Defending champion Peruth Chemutai returns as the world leader for the season, barely ahead of world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech who is also the 2019 world champion and 2023 silver medalist. 2023 gold medalist Winfred Yavi also entered. Those three athletes were the individual heat winners. 2022 world champion was Norah Jeruto, 2019 bronze Gesa Krause and 2023 bronze Faith Cherotich but the rest of the recent podiums were missing. Valerie Constien, Faith Cherotich, Alice Finot and Courtney Wayment were high on the world list.https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/middlelong/3000-metres-steeplechase/all/women/senior/2024?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229524&ageCategory=senior
From the gun, a pack of Chemutai, Chepkoech, Cherotich and Sembo Almayew went to the front with Chemutai on point. After the four formed a break a lap into the race, Yavi, on the front of the second group, bridged the small gap to tag onto the back of the pack. Chepkoech took over the lead for the next three laps, when Chemutai moved up again. Almayew moved up to her shoulder. Yavi moved up around a struggling Cherotich to stay in contact. With two laps to go, Almayew struggled to keep pace and Yavi moved up again. At the bell Chemutai, Chepkoech and Yavi were in a close pack in that order. Through the turn, Yavi moved up behind Chemutai. Down the backstretch, those two separated. Chepkoech was broken, Cherotich went by. Through the final water jump Chemutai held the inside line and the advantage. Behind them Alice Finot, running fastest of all of them, picked off Alamyew and a fading Chepkoech, setting her sights on Cherotich. Going in to the final barrier, Yavi got past Chemutai but then stutter-stepped, both jumping high over the barrier together. Who would have the speed at the end? At first it looked like Chemutai had the advantage, but not known as a fast finisher, Yavi exhibited better sprint form and speed, pulling away for the gold. Cherotich held off Finot for bronze.
It was a new Olympic Record for Yavi, the #4 performance of all time (though she already holds #2). Chemutai improved upon her own National Record. Cherotich moved up to #13 and the #7 performer. Finot was #23, #11 performer and the European Record plus the French record at home. Even further back Elizabeth Bird became the #19 performer with a new British Record and Lomi Muleta became #22.
Background The women's 3000 metres steeplechase debutted at the 2008 Olympics.
+Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record8:44.32"All time Top lists – Senior – 3000 Metres Steeplechase women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Fontvieille, Monaco20 July 2018 Olympic record8:58.81Beijing, China17 August 2008World leading8:55.09"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 3000 Metres Steeplechase women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Eugene, United States25 May 2024
+Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Africa 8:44.32 Asia 8:50.66 Europe 8:58.81North, Central America and Caribbean 8:57.77 Oceania 9:14.28 South America 9:24.38
The following records were set during the event: Country Athlete Round Time Notes Winfred Yavi Final 8:52.76
Qualification
For the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024. 36 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 9:23.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
Results
Round 1 Round 1 was held on 4 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Peruth Chemutai9:10.512Faith Cherotich9:10.573Gesa Krause9:10.68, 4Courtney Wayment9:10.725Lomi Muleta9:10.73, 6Marwa Bouzayani9:10.917Carolina Robles9:22.488Parul Chaudhary9:23.399Aneta Konieczek9:24.4310Daisy Jepkemei9:24.6911Aimee Pratt9:27.2612Regan Yee9:27.81
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Winfred Yavi9:15.112Sembo Almayew9:15.423Valerie Constien9:16.334Elizabeth Bird9:16.465Norah Jeruto9:16.46, 6Olivia Gürth9:16.477Ceili McCabe9:20.718Kinga Królik9:26.619Luiza Gega9:27.4110Flavie Renouard9:27.7011Cara Feain-Ryan9:28.7212Jackline Chepkoech9:35.56
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1Beatrice Chepkoech9:13.562Alice Finot9:14.783Lea Meyer9:14.85, 4Alicja Konieczek9:16.51, 5Irene Sánchez-Escribano9:17.39, 6Ilona Mononen9:22.777Marisa Howard9:24.788Stella Rutto9:31.239Amy Cashin9:32.9310Tatiane Raquel da Silva9:33.9611Belén Casetta9:34.7812Xu Shuangshuang9:43.50
Final The final was held on 6 August, starting at 21:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes Winfred Yavi 8:52.76 Peruth Chemutai 8:53.34 Faith Cherotich 8:55.15 4 Alice Finot 8:58.67 5 Sembo Almayew 9:00.83 6 Beatrice Chepkoech 9:04.24 7 Elizabeth Bird 9:04.35 8 Lomi Muleta 9:06.07 9 Norah Jeruto 9:08.97 10 Lea Meyer 9:09.59 11 Irene Sánchez-Escribano 9:10.43 12 Courtney Wayment 9:13.60 13 Alicja Konieczek 9:21.31 14 Gesa Felicitas Krause 9:26.96 15 Valerie Constien 9:34.08 Source:
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