2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	3000 meter obstacle course
gender	Women
Attendees	53 athletes from 32 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 13, 2016 (preliminary) August 15, 2016 (final)
Winning time	8: 59.75 min ( AF )
Medalists Ruth Jebet ( BHR ) Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi ( KEN ) Emma Coburn ( USA )

The women's 3,000-meter obstacle course at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 13 and 15, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 53 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was Ruth Jebet from Bahrain, who won ahead of the Kenyan Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi . Bronze went to the American Emma Coburn .

Sanaa Koubaa , Gesa Felicitas Krause and Maya Rehberg started for Germany . Koubaa and Rehberg were eliminated in the preliminary round, Krause finished sixth in the final.
The Swiss Fabienne Schlumpf also qualified for the final. There she took 18th and last place.
Athletes from Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Julija Saripowa ( Russia )	9: 06.72 min	London 2012
world champion	Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi ( Kenya )	9: 19.11 min	Beijing 2015
European champion	Gesa Felicitas Krause ( Germany )	9: 18.85 min	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	Ashley Higginson ( USA )	9: 56.75 min	San José 2015
South America Champion	Muriel Coneo ( Colombia )	9: 53.1 min	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Lalita Babar ( India )	9: 34.13 min	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Norah Jeruto ( Kenya )	9: 25.07 min	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Rama Kumilgo ( Papua New Guinea )	11: 10.48 min	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Gulnara Galkina ( Russia )	8: 58.81 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 17, 2008
Olympic record			Beijing Final , People's Republic of China

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first three athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

The Ukrainian Marija Schatalowa missed the final with sixth place from her preliminary run by one place

August 13, 2016, 10:05 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Ruth Jebet	Bahrain	9: 12.62
2	Sofia Assefa	Ethiopia	9: 18.75
3	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	9: 19.70
4th	Colleen Quigley	United States	9: 12.82
5	Lydia Rotich	Kenya	9: 30.21
6th	Maria Shatalova	Ukraine	9: 30.89
7th	Peruth Chemutai	Uganda	9: 31.03
8th	Charlotta Fougberg	Sweden	9: 31.16
9	Özlem Kaya	Turkey	9: 32.03
10	Svyatlana Kudselitsch	Belarus	9: 32.93
11	Fadwa Sidi Madane	Morocco	9: 32.94
12	Diana Martín	Spain	9: 44.07
13	Ingeborg Løvnes	Norway	9: 44.85
14th	Kerry O'Flaherty	Ireland	9: 45.35
15th	Juliana Paula dos Santos	Brazil	9: 45.95
16	Erin Teschuk	Canada	9: 53.70
17th	Anju Takamizawa	Japan	9: 58.59

Run 2

The Ethiopian Hiwot Alayew finished seventh in her preliminary run and was eliminated

August 13, 2016, 10:21 am

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	9: 17.55
2	Emma Coburn	United States	9: 18.12
3	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	9: 18.71
4th	Lalita Babar	India	9: 19.76
5	Madeline Heiner-Hills	Australia	9: 24.16
6th	Fabienne Smurf	Switzerland	9: 30.54	NO
7th	Hiwot Alayew	Ethiopia	9: 35.09
8th	Matylda Kowal	Poland	9: 35.13
9	Sanaa Koubaa	Germany	9: 35.15
10	Victoria Mitchell	Australia	9: 39.40
11	Michelle Finn	Ireland	9: 49.45
12	Tigist Getent Mekonen	Bahrain	9: 49.92
13	Maria Bernard	Canada	9: 50.17
14th	Meryem Akda	Turkey	9: 50.28
15th	Sandra Eriksson	Finland	9: 56.77
16	Luiza Gega	Albania	9: 58.49
17th	Anastassija Pusakowa	Belarus	10: 14.08
18th	Amina Bettiche	Algeria	10: 26.91

Run 3

The Indian Sudha Singh was eliminated in ninth place in the preliminary round

August 13, 2016, 10:37 a.m.

An incident occurred at about 2000 meters. On the back straight there was a fall in the dense field of runners. Protests by the Irish, Ethiopian and Jamaican teams were later allowed. Etenesh Diro, Aisha Praught and Sarah Louise Treacy who were involved in the fall were admitted to the final.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi	Kenya	9: 24.61
2	Genevieve LaCaze	Australia	9: 26.25
3	Courtney Frerichs	United States	9: 27.02
4th	Geneviève Lalonde	Canada	9: 30.24	NO
5	Zhang Xinyan	People's Republic of China	9: 31.47
6th	Anna Emilie Møller	Denmark	9: 32.68	NO
7th	Etenesh Diro	Ethiopia	9: 34.70	admitted to the final by wildcard
8th	Aisha Praught	Jamaica	9: 35.79
9	Sudha Singh	India	9: 43.29
10	Salima Elouali Alami	Morocco	9: 44.83
11	Eliane Saholinirina	Madagascar	9: 45.92
12	Sara Louise Treacy	Ireland	9: 46.24	admitted to the final by wildcard
13	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	9: 46.28
14th	Tuğba Güvenç	Turkey	9: 49.93
15th	Maya Rehberg	Germany	9: 51.73
16	Belén Casetta	Argentina	9: 51.85
17th	Lennie Waite	Great Britain	10: 14.18

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  With fifteenth place in the first heat, the Brazilian Juliana Paula dos Santos was eliminated in the preliminary round

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  Thirteenth place in the second run was not enough for the Canadian Maria Bernard to advance

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  The Romanian Ancuța Bobocel was eliminated as thirteenth of their preliminary run

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  The British Lennie Waite did not reach the finals with her seventeenth place in the third run

final

Scene from the finale

The award ceremony

August 15, 2016, 10:37 pm

All three Kenyans and Americans had qualified for the final. There were also two Australians and two Ethiopians. The field was completed by one starter each from Bahrain, Germany, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Canada, Switzerland and Tunisia.

The top three in the world rankings, Ruth Jebet from Bahrain, Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi, the reigning world champion from Kenya, and Emma Coburn, fifth in the World Championship from the USA, had reached the final and were the favorites of the race. Other athletes with good prospects for top positions were the Tunisian Vice World Champion Habiba Ghribi, the German World Cup third and reigning European Champion Gesa Felicitas Krause and the Ethiopian World Cup third in 2013 and World Cup fourth in 2015 Sofia Assefa.

The first kilometer was not run particularly quickly at 3: 05.93 min. Here Jebet took the lead and increased the pace considerably. So the field tore apart completely. Jepkemoi and Coburn tried not to lose contact with Jebet, but they failed. The time for the second kilometer was 2: 54.13 minutes. Jebet couldn't quite keep up the high pace, but she was still alone in front. Behind her, Beatrice Chepkoech had caught up with her compatriot Jepkemoi.

With two laps to go, Chepkoech had to let go. Coburn passed her and came up to Jepkemoi until the last lap. While Ruth Jebet was Olympic champion with a final kilometer of 2: 59.69 min, Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi was able to repel the attack of the US runner and won the silver medal ahead of Emma Coburn. Beatrice Chepkoech was fourth ahead of Sofia Assefa. As the best European, Gesa Felicitas Krause came in sixth with a new national record.

Ruth Jebet, a Kenyan who started for Bahrain, won the first Olympic gold medal for Bahrain.

space	Surname	nation	Time (min)	annotation
1	Ruth Jebet	Bahrain	8: 59.75	AF
2	Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi	Kenya	9: 07.12
3	Emma Coburn	United States	9: 07.63	AT THE
4th	Beatrice Chepkoech	Kenya	9: 16.05
5	Sofia Assefa	Ethiopia	9: 17.15
6th	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	9: 18.41	DR
7th	Madeline Heiner-Hills	Australia	9: 20.38
8th	Colleen Quigley	United States	9: 21.10
9	Genevieve LaCaze	Australia	9: 21.21
10	Lalita Babar	India	9: 22.74
11	Courtney Frerichs	United States	9: 22.87
12	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	9: 28.75
13	Lydia Rotich	Kenya	9: 29.90
14th	Aisha Praught	Jamaica	9: 34.20
15th	Etenesh Diro	Ethiopia	9: 38.77
16	Geneviève Lalonde	Canada	9: 41.88
17th	Sara Louise Treacy	Ireland	9: 52.70
18th	Fabienne Smurf	Switzerland	9: 59.30

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  Olympic Champion:
  Ruth Jebet, Bahrain

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  Silver medalist:
  Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi from Kenya

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  Bronze medalist:
  Emma Coburn, USA

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  The Kenyan Beatrice Chepkoech Assefa came fourth

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  The Ethiopian Sofia Assefa came in fifth

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  The German Gesa Felicitas Krause was sixth in the Olympics

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  The Australian Madeline Heiner Hills reached seventh place

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  The American Colleen Quigley came in eighth

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  The Olympic tenth Lalita Babar from India

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  The Tunisian Habiba Ghribi reached number twelve

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  The Kenyan Lydia Rotich was thirteenth

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 13, 2018
• Results on the website of the World Athletics Federation IAAF 3000 m obstacle women (English), accessed on October 13, 2018
• Sports-Reference, result 3000 m obstacle women (English), accessed on October 13, 2018

Video

• Rio Replay: Steeple Chase Final on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 796 , accessed on October 13, 2018