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3,000 metres Steeplechase, Women

Date	13 – 15 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	52 from 32 countries

Ruth Jebet was Kenyan-born but started running for Bahrain in 2013. She had been the top steepler most of the year and it was thought a world record might be coming. The other top medal contenders were Kenyan Hyvin Kiyeng and American Emma Coburn. The threesome had finished in that order – Jebet, Kiyeng, Coburn – in May at the Pre Meet in Eugene, Oregon.

The final started out at a very slow pace, seemingly obviating any world record chances. At 1,000 metres Jebet took off and ran the final five laps in under 70-second pace to drop the field and run away to a gold medal. She needed to run the last lap in under 70 seconds to break the world record but her 70.9 finishing lap brought her home in 8:59.75, the second fastest time ever.

Behind Jebet, Kiyeng and Kenyan teammate Beatrice Chepkoech ran together and seemingly would join Jebet on the podium. Chepkoech, however, could not hold on to Kiyeng pace and Coburn caught her with about two laps to go. Coburn set chase for Kiyeng and almost caught her on the final water jump, but Kiyeng ran away on the in-run to take silver, Coburn winning bronze. Coburn’s time of 9:07.63 set an American record and moved her to eighth on the all-time performer list.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	451	Ruth Jebet	BRN	9:12.62 (1 h1)	8:59.75 (1)	Gold
2	947	Hyvin Kiyeng	KEN	9:24.61 (1 h3)	9:07.12 (2)	Silver
3	1331	Emma Coburn	USA	9:18.12 (2 h2)	9:07.63 (3)	Bronze
4	943	Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	9:17.55 (1 h2)	9:16.05 (4)
5	638	Sofia Assefa	ETH	9:18.75 (2 h1)	9:17.15 (5)
6	760	Gesa Felicitas Krause	GER	9:19.70 (3 h1)	9:18.41 (6)
7	325	Madeline Hills	AUS	9:24.16 (5 h2)	9:20.38 (7)
8	1367	Colleen Quigley	USA	9:21.82 (4 h1)	9:21.10 (8)
9	329	Genevieve LaCaze	AUS	9:26.25 (2 h3)	9:21.21 (9)
10	826	Lalita Babar	IND	9:19.76 (4 h2)	9:22.74 (10)
11	1342	Courtney Frerichs	USA	9:27.02 (3 h3)	9:22.87 (11)
12	1254	Habiba Ghribi	TUN	9:18.71 (3 h2)	9:28.75 (12)
13	955	Lydia Rotich	KEN	9:30.21 (5 h1)	9:29.90 (13)
14	897	Aisha Praught	JAM	9:35.79 (8 h3)	9:34.20 (14)
15	646	Etenesh Diro	ETH	9:34.70 (7 h3)	9:38.77 (15)
16	481	Geneviève Lalonde	CAN	9:30.24 (4 h3)	9:41.88 (16)
17	848	Sara Treacy	IRL	9:46.24 (12 h3)	9:52.70 (17)
18	1212	Fabienne Schlumpf	SUI	9:30.54 (6 h2)	9:59.30 (18)
5 h3 r1/2	536	Zhang Xinyan	CHN	9:31.47 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r1/2	1306	Mariya Shatalova	UKR	9:30.89 (6 h1)	–
6 h3 r1/2	602	Anna-Emilie Møller	DEN	9:32.68 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r1/2	1270	Peruth Chemutai	UGA	9:31.03 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r1/2	640	Hiwot Ayalew	ETH	9:35.09 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r1/2	1224	Charlotta Fougberg	SWE	9:31.16 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r1/2	1107	Matylda Kowal	POL	9:35.13 (8 h2)	–
9 h1 r1/2	1262	Özlem Kaya	TUR	9:32.03 (9 h1)	–
9 h2 r1/2	759	Sanaa Koubaa	GER	9:35.15 (9 h2)	–
9 h3 r1/2	837	Sudha Singh	IND	9:43.29 (9 h3)	–
10 h1 r1/2	394	Volha Sudarava	BLR	9:32.93 (10 h1)	–
10 h2 r1/2	333	Victoria Mitchell	AUS	9:39.40 (10 h2)	–
10 h3 r1/2	995	Salima El Ouali Alami	MAR	9:44.83 (10 h3)	–
11 h1 r1/2	998	Fadwa Sidi Madane	MAR	9:32.94 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r1/2	842	Michelle Finn	IRL	9:49.45 (11 h2)	–
11 h3 r1/2	991	Eliane Saholinirina	MAD	9:45.92 (11 h3)	–
12 h1 r1/2	627	Diana Martín	ESP	9:44.07 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r1/2	449	Tigest Getent	BRN	9:49.92 (12 h2)	–
13 h1 r1/2	1071	Ingeborg Løvnes	NOR	9:44.85 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	466	Maria Bernard	CAN	9:50.17 (13 h2)	–
13 h3 r1/2	1151	Ancuța Bobocel	ROU	9:46.28 (13 h3)	–
14 h1 r1/2	846	Kerry O'Flaherty	IRL	9:45.35 (14 h1)	–
14 h2 r1/2	1255	Meryem Akdağ	TUR	9:50.28 (14 h2)	–
14 h3 r1/2	1260	Tuğba Güvenç	TUR	9:49.93 (14 h3)	–
15 h1 r1/2	423	Juliana Santos	BRA	9:45.95 (15 h1)	–
15 h2 r1/2	655	Sandra Eriksson	FIN	9:56.77 (15 h2)	–
15 h3 r1/2	773	Maya Rehberg	GER	9:51.73 (15 h3)	–
16 h1 r1/2	496	Erin Teschuk	CAN	9:53.70 (16 h1)	–
16 h2 r1/2	301	Luiza Gega	ALB	9:58.49 (16 h2)	–
16 h3 r1/2	307	Belén Casetta	ARG	9:51.85 (16 h3)	–
17 h1 r1/2	921	Anju Takamizawa	JPN	9:58.59 (17 h1)	–
17 h2 r1/2	399	Anastasiya Puzakova	BLR	10:14.08 (17 h2)	–
17 h3 r1/2	727	Lennie Waite	GBR	10:14.18 (17 h3)	–
18 h2 r1/2	303	Amina Bettiche	ALG	10:26.91 (18 h2)	–
DNS	–	Silviya Danekova	BUL	–	–		1

Round One (13 August 2016)

Top three in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (10:05)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	15	Ruth Jebet	BRN	9:12.62	Q
2	10	Sofia Assefa	ETH	9:18.75	Q
3	6	Gesa Felicitas Krause	GER	9:19.70	Q
4	12	Colleen Quigley	USA	9:21.82	q
5	4	Lydia Rotich	KEN	9:30.21	q
6	11	Mariya Shatalova	UKR	9:30.89
7	14	Peruth Chemutai	UGA	9:31.03
8	13	Charlotta Fougberg	SWE	9:31.16
9	9	Özlem Kaya	TUR	9:32.03
10	3	Volha Sudarava	BLR	9:32.93
11	1	Fadwa Sidi Madane	MAR	9:32.94
12	5	Diana Martín	ESP	9:44.07
13	8	Ingeborg Løvnes	NOR	9:44.85
14	2	Kerry O'Flaherty	IRL	9:45.35
15	17	Juliana Santos	BRA	9:45.95
16	16	Erin Teschuk	CAN	9:53.70
17	7	Anju Takamizawa	JPN	9:58.59

Splits

1000m	3:06.84	Ruth Jebet
2000m	6:08.30	Ruth Jebet

Heat Two (10:21)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	17	Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	9:17.55	Q
2	2	Emma Coburn	USA	9:18.12	Q
3	5	Habiba Ghribi	TUN	9:18.71	Q
4	12	Lalita Babar	IND	9:19.76	q
5	11	Madeline Hills	AUS	9:24.16	q
6	13	Fabienne Schlumpf	SUI	9:30.54	q
7	14	Hiwot Ayalew	ETH	9:35.09
8	4	Matylda Kowal	POL	9:35.13
9	8	Sanaa Koubaa	GER	9:35.15
10	9	Victoria Mitchell	AUS	9:39.40
11	6	Michelle Finn	IRL	9:49.45
12	1	Tigest Getent	BRN	9:49.92
13	16	Maria Bernard	CAN	9:50.17
14	18	Meryem Akdağ	TUR	9:50.28
15	10	Sandra Eriksson	FIN	9:56.77
16	15	Luiza Gega	ALB	9:58.49
17	7	Anastasiya Puzakova	BLR	10:14.08
18	3	Amina Bettiche	ALG	10:26.91

Splits

1000m	3:07.94	Beatrice Chepkoech
2000m	6:14.98	Emma Coburn

Heat Three (10:37)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	12	Hyvin Kiyeng	KEN	9:24.61	Q
2	6	Genevieve LaCaze	AUS	9:26.25	Q
3	7	Courtney Frerichs	USA	9:27.02	Q
4	10	Geneviève Lalonde	CAN	9:30.24	q
5	8	Zhang Xinyan	CHN	9:31.47
6	2	Anna-Emilie Møller	DEN	9:32.68
7	13	Etenesh Diro	ETH	9:34.70	q
8	5	Aisha Praught	JAM	9:35.79	q
9	3	Sudha Singh	IND	9:43.29
10	4	Salima El Ouali Alami	MAR	9:44.83
11	17	Eliane Saholinirina	MAD	9:45.92
12	14	Sara Treacy	IRL	9:46.24	q
13	15	Ancuța Bobocel	ROU	9:46.28
14	11	Tuğba Güvenç	TUR	9:49.93
15	1	Maya Rehberg	GER	9:51.73
16	16	Belén Casetta	ARG	9:51.85
17	9	Lennie Waite	GBR	10:14.18

Splits

1000m	3:09.52	Etenesh Diro
2000m	6:20.79	Courtney Frerichs

Final (15 August 2016 — 11:15)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	16	Ruth Jebet	BRN	8:59.75
2	9	Hyvin Kiyeng	KEN	9:07.12
3	6	Emma Coburn	USA	9:07.63
4	13	Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	9:16.05
5	4	Sofia Assefa	ETH	9:17.15
6	2	Gesa Felicitas Krause	GER	9:18.41
7	17	Madeline Hills	AUS	9:20.38
8	11	Colleen Quigley	USA	9:21.10
9	3	Genevieve LaCaze	AUS	9:21.21
10	5	Lalita Babar	IND	9:22.74
11	15	Courtney Frerichs	USA	9:22.87
12	8	Habiba Ghribi	TUN	9:28.75
13	18	Lydia Rotich	KEN	9:29.90
14	14	Aisha Praught	JAM	9:34.20
15	7	Etenesh Diro	ETH	9:38.77
16	12	Geneviève Lalonde	CAN	9:41.88
17	10	Sara Treacy	IRL	9:52.70
18	1	Fabienne Schlumpf	SUI	9:59.30

Splits

1000m	3:05.93	Ruth Jebet
2000m	6:00.06	Ruth Jebet