2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
| Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2017 World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates |
9 August (heats) 11 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 24 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 9:02.58 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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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]
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]
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 8:52.78 | Ruth Jebet |  |
27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis, France |
| Championship | 9:06.57 | Yekaterina Volkova |  |
27 Aug 2007 | Osaka, Japan |
| World leading | 8:58.78 | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol |  |
26 May 2017 | Eugene, United States |
| African | |||||
| Asian | 8:52.78 | Ruth Jebet | |
27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis, France |
| NACAC | 9:07.63 | Emma Coburn |  |
15 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| South American | 9:38.63 | Juliana Paula dos Santos |  |
6 Jun 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic |
| European | 8:58.81 | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina | |
17 Aug 2008 | Beijing, China |
| Oceanian | 9:14.28 | Genevieve Lacaze |  |
27 Aug 2016 | Saint-Denis, France |
The following records were set at the competition:[6]
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 9:02.58 | Emma Coburn | |
11 Aug 2017 |
| NACAC | ||||
| American | ||||
| South American | 9:35.78 | Belén Casetta |  |
9 Aug 2017 |
| 9:25.99 | 11 Aug 2017 | |||
| Canadian | 9:29.99 | Geneviève Lalonde |  |
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 August | 19:05 | Heats |
| 11 August | 21:25 | Final |
Results
Heats
The first round took place on 9 August in three heats as follows:[9]
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start time | 19:05 | 19:22 | 19:40 |
| 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]
Final
The final took place on 11 August at 21:25. The results were as follows: (photo finish)[11]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Emma Coburn | | 9:02.58 | CR, AR |
 | Courtney Frerichs | | 9:03.77 | PB |
 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | | 9:04.03 | |
| 4 | Beatrice Chepkoech | | 9:10.45 | |
| 5 | Ruth Jebet | | 9:13.96 | |
| 6 | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol | | 9:15.04 | |
| 7 | Etenesh Diro |  | 9:22.46 | |
| 8 | Winfred Mutile Yavi | | 9:22.67 | PB |
| 9 | Gesa Felicitas Krause |  | 9:23.87 | |
| 10 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | | 9:25.62 | |
| 11 | Belén Casetta | | 9:25.99 | AR |
| 12 | Genevieve LaCaze | | 9:26.25 | SB |
| 13 | Geneviève Lalonde | | 9:29.99 | NR |
| Aisha Praught |  | DQ | R 163.3(b) | |
| Birtukan Fente | | DNS |
References
- ↑ Start list
- ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (11 August 2017). "Report: women's 3000m steeplechase final – IAAF World Championships London 2017". IAAF. London, UK: IAAF. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ Gretschel, Johanna (11 August 2017). "Emma Coburn, Courtney Frerichs Sweep Medals In Historic Steeplechase Final". FLOTRACK. FloSports, Inc. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (11 August 2017). "Emma Coburn leads shocking U.S. steeplechase one-two (video)". NBC Sports. NBC Universal. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
- ↑ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ↑ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "3000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "3,000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 Aug 2017.
- ↑ "3,000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 Aug 2017.
- ↑ "3,000 Metres Steeplechase Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 Aug 2017.