Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_3000_metres_steeplechase

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Women's 3000 metres steeplechase; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	15 August 2008 (heats); 17 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	50 from 30 nations
Winning time	8:58.81 WR
Medalists
	2012 →

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred on 15–17 August at the Beijing National Stadium,^[1] the first time this event had ever been held at the Olympics.

The qualifying standards were 9:46.00 (A standard) and 9:55.00 (B standard).^[2]

In the Final, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia won, with a new world record of 8:58.81: she was the first woman to break the nine-minute barrier for this event.

Bronze medalist Yekaterina Volkova of Russia tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and was disqualified.^[3]^[4]

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Date	Time	Round
Friday, August 15, 2008	20:25-21:00	Heats
Sunday, August 17, 2008	21:30-21:40	Final

World record	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)	9:01.59	Heraklion, Greece	4 July 2004
Olympic record	Inaugural Event

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes^[5]
1	1	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	Russia	9:15.17	Q
2	1	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau	Kenya	9:19.75	Q
3	3	Eunice Jepkorir	Kenya	9:21.31	Q
4	1	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	9:21.88	Q, SB
5	3	Marta Domínguez	Spain	9:22.11	Q
6	1	Cristina Casandra	Romania	9:22.38	Q, NR
7	3	Yekaterina Volkova	Russia	~~9:23.06~~	DSQ^[6]
8	1	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	9:25.50	q, NR
9	3	Zemzem Ahmed	Ethiopia	9:25.63	Q, PB
10	3	Elena Romagnolo	Italy	9:27.48	q, NR
11	3	Anna Willard	United States	9:28.52	q
12	2	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	9:28.85	Q
13	2	Roisin McGettigan	Ireland	9:28.92	Q, SB
14	1	Helen Clitheroe	Great Britain	9:29.14	NR
15	2	Jennifer Barringer	United States	9:29.20	Q
16	2	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	Spain	9:29.40	Q, PB
17	1	Zhu Yanmei	China	9:29.63	PB
18	3	Antje Möldner	Germany	9:29.86	NR
19	3	Rasa Troup	Lithuania	9:30.21	NR
20	2	Jessica Augusto	Portugal	9:30.23
21	3	Donna MacFarlane	Australia	9:32.05
22	3	Sara Moreira	Portugal	9:34.39
23	2	Ancuţa Bobocel	Romania	9:35.31
24	1	Lindsey Anderson	United States	9:36.81
25	2	Sophie Duarte	France	9:38.08
26	1	Mekdes Bekele	Ethiopia	9:41.43
27	1	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland	9:43.57	SB
28	1	Valentyna Horpynych	Ukraine	9:43.95
29	1	Rosa Morató	Spain	9:45.33
30	2	Sofia Assefa	Ethiopia	9:47.02
30	3	Katarzyna Kowalska	Poland	9:47.02
32	1	Victoria Mitchell	Australia	9:47.88
33	1	Türkan Erismis	Turkey	9:48.54
34	1	Clarisse Cruz	Portugal	9:49.45
35	1	Minori Hayakari	Japan	9:49.70
36	3	Barbara Parker	Great Britain	9:51.93
37	1	Widad Mendil	Algeria	9:52.35
38	2	Muna Durka	Sudan	9:53.09
39	2	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	9:54.65
40	2	Hanane Ouhaddou	Morocco	9:56.41
41	2	Veronica Nyaruai	Kenya	10:01.69
42	3	Li Zhenzhu	China	10:04.05
43	2	Oxana Juravel	Moldova	10:04.38
44	2	Aslı Çakır	Turkey	10:05.76
45	3	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	10:18.60
46	2	Irini Kokkinariou	Greece	10:22.39
47	2	Zhao Yanni	China	10:36.77
	3	Korene Hinds	Jamaica	DNF
	2	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	DNF
	3	Dobrinka Shalamanova	Bulgaria	DNF
	2	Zenaide Vieira	Brazil	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes^[7]
	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	8:58.81	WR
	Eunice Jepkorir	Kenya	9:07.41	AR
DSQ	Yekaterina Volkova	Russia	~~9:07.64~~	DSQ
	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	9:12.33	SB
4	Cristina Casandra	Romania	9:16.85	NR
5	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau	Kenya	9:17.35	PB
6	Zemzem Ahmed	Ethiopia	9:17.85	NR
7	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	9:21.76	SB
8	Jennifer Barringer	United States	9:22.26	AR
9	Anna Willard	United States	9:25.63
10	Elena Romagnolo	Italy	9:30.04
11	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	Spain	9:35.16	PB
12	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	9:36.43
13	Roisin McGettigan	Ireland	9:55.89
—	Marta Domínguez	Spain	DNF

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
1000m	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	2:58.63
2000m	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	6:01.20

Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_3000_metres_steeplechase

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

Schedule

Records

Results

Round 1

Final

Splits

References

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