The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10–13 August.Start list
No Kenyan or Ethiopian had won the Women's Steeplechase at the World Championships. It became quickly obvious that was going to change. From the gun the three Kenyans and the three Ethiopians formed a pack that separated from the rest of the field. At the beginning of the 6th lap Sofia Assefa, running at the back of the back, tripped over a barrier and fell, losing several seconds to the field. She got back up and tried to catch back up to the pack. Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi was the first to fall out the back, passed by Assefa. But Milcah Chemos Cheywa and Lydiah Chepkurui were on the front of train, stringing out the Ethiopians. Chemos, running determined after two successive bronze medals, led out the final lap, with Assefa chasing her teammates. Chemos held her slight lead all the way to the finish. Assefa caught Hiwot Alayew just before the water jump and continued to gain on Chepkurui. At the last barrier it looked like Assefa had the momentum to go by, but she seemed to lose a step after landing, Chepkuri ran away to the silver and Assefa making an impressive comeback to get bronze.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record8:58.81Beijing, People's Republic of China17 August 2008Championship record9:06.57Osaka, Japan27 August 2007World leading9:13.75Doha, Qatar10 May 2013African record9:07.14Oslo, Norway7 June 2012Asian record9:26.25Wuhan, People's Republic of China2 November 2007North, Central American and Caribbean record9:12.50Berlin, Germany17 August 2009South American record9:41.22London, United Kingdom25 July 2009European record8:58.81Beijing, People's Republic of China17 August 2008Oceanian record9:18.35Oslo, Norway6 June 2008
Qualification standards A timeB time 9:43.00 9:48.00
Schedule Date Time Round10 August 2013 17:20 Heats13 August 2013 21:25 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestWLWorld leading
Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Heats Results
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Etenesh Diro 9:24.02 Q 2 2 Lydiah Chepkurui 9:24.19 Q 3 2 Hiwot Alayew 9:24.49 Q 4 2 Antje Möldner-Schmidt 9:29.27 Q, SB 5 2 Silvia Danekova 9:35.66 Q, NR 6 2 Ancuța Bobocel 9:35.78 q, SB 7 2 Eilish McColgan 9:35.82 q, PB 8 1 Milcah Chemos Cheywa 9:36.16 Q 9 1 Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi 9:36.19 Q 10 1 Sofia Assefa 9:36.66 Q 11 1 Valentyna Zhudina 9:37.79 Q 12 2 Diana Martín 9:39.22 q, SB 13 1 Salima El Ouali Alami 9:39.95 Q 14 2 Natalya Gorchakova 9:42.12 q 15 1 Gesa Felicitas Krause 9:42.19 q 16 2 Katarzyna Kowalska 9:44.12 17 1 Amina Bettiche 9:45.50 18 1 Sandra Eriksson 9:45.57 19 2 Ashley Higginson 9:45.78 SB 20 1 Shalaya Kipp 9:45.97 21 1 Beverly Ramos 9:49.60 22 1 Lyudmila Lebedeva 9:49.64 23 1 Sudha Singh 9:51.05 24 2 Gladys Kipkemoi 9:54.22 25 2 Nicole Bush 9:58.03 26 1 Charlotta Fougberg 9:59.17 27 1 Natalya Aristarkhova 2 Bouaasayriya Kaltoum infringement of the inside border 2 Fabienne Schlumpf
Final The final was held at 21:25.Final Results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Milcah Chemos Cheywa 9:11.65 WL Lydiah Chepkurui 9:12.55 PB Sofia Assefa 9:12.84 SB Hiwot Alayew 9:15.25 SB Etenesh Diro 9:16.97 SB Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi 9:22.05 PB Valentyna Zhudina 9:33.73 Antje Möldner-Schmidt 9:34.06 Gesa Felicitas Krause 9:37.11 SB 10 Eilish McColgan 9:37.33 11 Diana Martín 9:38.30 SB 12 Natalya Gorchakova 9:38.57 SB 13 Ancuța Bobocel 9:53.35 14 Silvia Danekova 9:58.57 15 Salima El Ouali Alami 10:08.36
References
External links 3000 metres steeplechase results at IAAF website