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Steeplechase (3,000 metres), Women

Date	4 – 6 August 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France
Participants	36 from 21 countries

This was expected to be a battle between Kenyan Beatrice Chepkoech, the world record holder and 2019 World Champion; Bahraini Winfred Yavi, the 2023 World Champion and the second fastest performed of all-time; and Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai, the defending gold medalist. Chepkoech and Chemutai pushed the early pace, passing the first kilometre in 2:55.1, hoping to burn off the finishing speed of Yavi. It would not work.

The second kilometre was slower, but all the main combatants remained in the lead group. Yavi never led until the final lap, when she took over at the water jump, and her finishing speed was unmatched as she took gold in an Olympic record 8:52.76. Chemutai won the silver medal as Chepkoech dropped off the pace on the final lap and would place fifth. Bronze went to Kenyan Faith Cherotich, who had always been with the leaders, but could not match Yavi or Chemutai on the home straight.

Finishing fourth was home crowd favorite Alice Finot of France, who set a European record of 8:58.67. She had bigger plans, however, and after the finish dropped to a knee and asked her boyfriend, Spanish triathlete Bruno Martínez Bargiela, to marry her, giving him an Olympic pin – he said yes.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	1616	Winfred Yavi	BRN	9:15.11 (1 h2)	8:52.76 (1)	Gold
2	2396	Peruth Chemutai	UGA	9:10.51 (1 h1)	8:53.34 (2)	Silver
3	2106	Faith Cherotich	KEN	9:10.57 (2 h1)	8:55.15 (3)	Bronze
4	1826	Alice Finot	FRA	9:14.78 (2 h3)	8:58.67 (4)
5	1789	Sembo Almayew	ETH	9:15.42 (2 h2)	9:00.83 (5)
6	2104	Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	9:13.56 (1 h3)	9:04.24 (6)
7	1865	Lizzie Bird	GBR	9:16.454 (4 h2)	9:04.35 (7)
8	1798	Lomi Muleta	ETH	9:10.73 (5 h1)	9:06.07 (8)
9	2098	Norah Jeruto	KAZ	9:16.460 (5 h2)	9:08.97 (9)
10	1930	Lea Meyer	GER	9:14.85 (3 h3)	9:09.59 (10)
11	1777	Irene Sánchez-Escribano	ESP	9:17.39 (5 h3)	9:10.43 (11)
12	2478	Courtney Wayment	USA	9:10.72 (4 h1)	9:13.60 (12)
13	2251	Alicja Konieczek	POL	9:16.51 (4 h3)	9:21.31 (13)
14	1923	Gesa Felicitas Krause	GER	9:10.68 (3 h1)	9:26.96 (14)
15	2424	Valerie Constien	USA	9:16.33 (3 h2)	9:34.08 (15)
6h1 r1/2	2386	Marwa Bouzayani	TUN	9:10.91 (6 h1)	–
6h2 r1/2	1909	Olivia Gürth	GER	9:16.47 (6 h2)	–
6h3 r1/2	1814	Ilona Mononen	FIN	9:22.77 (6 h3)	–
7h1 r1/2	1776	Carolina Robles	ESP	9:22.48 (7 h1)	–
7h2 r1/2	1631	Ceili McCabe	CAN	9:20.71 (7 h2)	–
7h3 r1/2	2441	Marisa Howard	USA	9:24.78 (7 h3)	–
8h1 r1/2	1975	Parul Chaudhary	IND	9:23.39 (8 h1)	–
8h2 r1/2	2255	Kinga Królik	POL	9:26.61 (8 h2)	–
8h3 r1/2	2301	Stella Rutto	ROU	9:31.23 (8 h3)	–
9h1 r1/2	2252	Aneta Konieczek	POL	9:24.43 (9 h1)	–
9h2 r1/2	1502	Luiza Gega	ALB	9:27.41 (9 h2)	–
9h3 r1/2	1518	Amy Cashin	AUS	9:32.93 (9 h3)	–
10h1 r1/2	265	Daisy Jepkemei	KAZ	9:24.69 (10 h1)	–
10h2 r1/2	1846	Flavie Renouard	FRA	9:27.70 (10 h2)	–
10h3 r1/2	1597	Tatiane Raquel da Silva	BRA	9:33.96 (10 h3)	–
11h1 r1/2	1890	Aimee Pratt	GBR	9:27.26 (11 h1)	–
11h2 r1/2	1524	Cara Feain-Ryan	AUS	9:28.72 (11 h2)	–
11h3 r1/2	1506	Belén Casetta	ARG	9:34.78 (11 h3)	–
12h1 r1/2	1646	Regan Yee	CAN	9:27.81 (12 h1)	–
12h2 r1/2	2105	Jackline Chepkoech	KEN	9:35.56 (12 h2)	–
12h3 r1/2	1673	Xu Shuangshuang	CHN	9:43.50 (12 h3)	–

Round One

Date	4 August 2024 — 10:05
Format	Top 5 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)
1	2396	Peruth Chemutai	UGA	9:10.51	Q
2	2106	Faith Cherotich	KEN	9:10.57	Q
3	1923	Gesa Felicitas Krause	GER	9:10.68	Q
4	2478	Courtney Wayment	USA	9:10.72	Q
5	1798	Lomi Muleta	ETH	9:10.73	Q
6	2386	Marwa Bouzayani	TUN	9:10.91
7	2104	Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	9:13.56	Q
8	1826	Alice Finot	FRA	9:14.78	Q
9	1930	Lea Meyer	GER	9:14.85	Q
10	1616	Winfred Yavi	BRN	9:15.11	Q
11	1789	Sembo Almayew	ETH	9:15.42	Q
12	2424	Valerie Constien	USA	9:16.33	Q
13	1865	Lizzie Bird	GBR	9:16.454	Q
14	2098	Norah Jeruto	KAZ	9:16.460	Q
15	1909	Olivia Gürth	GER	9:16.47
16	2251	Alicja Konieczek	POL	9:16.51	Q
17	1777	Irene Sánchez-Escribano	ESP	9:17.39	Q
18	1631	Ceili McCabe	CAN	9:20.71
19	1776	Carolina Robles	ESP	9:22.48
20	1814	Ilona Mononen	FIN	9:22.77
21	1975	Parul Chaudhary	IND	9:23.39
22	2252	Aneta Konieczek	POL	9:24.43
23	265	Daisy Jepkemei	KAZ	9:24.69
24	2441	Marisa Howard	USA	9:24.78
25	2255	Kinga Królik	POL	9:26.61
26	1890	Aimee Pratt	GBR	9:27.26
27	1502	Luiza Gega	ALB	9:27.41
28	1846	Flavie Renouard	FRA	9:27.70
29	1646	Regan Yee	CAN	9:27.81
30	1524	Cara Feain-Ryan	AUS	9:28.72
31	2301	Stella Rutto	ROU	9:31.23
32	1518	Amy Cashin	AUS	9:32.93
33	1597	Tatiane Raquel da Silva	BRA	9:33.96
34	1506	Belén Casetta	ARG	9:34.78
35	2105	Jackline Chepkoech	KEN	9:35.56
36	1673	Xu Shuangshuang	CHN	9:43.50

Heat #1

Time	10:05

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	8	Peruth Chemutai	UGA	9:10.51	Q
2	11	Faith Cherotich	KEN	9:10.57	Q
3	7	Gesa Felicitas Krause	GER	9:10.68	Q
4	12	Courtney Wayment	USA	9:10.72	Q
5	9	Lomi Muleta	ETH	9:10.73	Q
6	4	Marwa Bouzayani	TUN	9:10.91
7	10	Carolina Robles	ESP	9:22.48
8	5	Parul Chaudhary	IND	9:23.39
9	3	Aneta Konieczek	POL	9:24.43
10	2	Daisy Jepkemei	KAZ	9:24.69
11	1	Aimee Pratt	GBR	9:27.26
12	6	Regan Yee	CAN	9:27.81

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Peruth Chemutai		3:04.40
2000m	Peruth Chemutai		6:09.25

Heat #2

Time	10:20

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	10	Winfred Yavi	BRN	9:15.11	Q
2	4	Sembo Almayew	ETH	9:15.42	Q
3	11	Valerie Constien	USA	9:16.33	Q
4	12	Lizzie Bird	GBR	9:16.454	Q
5	7	Norah Jeruto	KAZ	9:16.460	Q
6	3	Olivia Gürth	GER	9:16.47
7	6	Ceili McCabe	CAN	9:20.71
8	2	Kinga Królik	POL	9:26.61
9	9	Luiza Gega	ALB	9:27.41
10	1	Flavie Renouard	FRA	9:27.70
11	5	Cara Feain-Ryan	AUS	9:28.72
12	8	Jackline Chepkoech	KEN	9:35.56

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Norah Jeruto		3:10.93
2000m	Winfred Yavi		6:17.59

Heat #3

Time	10:35

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	4	Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	9:13.56	Q
2	5	Alice Finot	FRA	9:14.78	Q
3	2	Lea Meyer	GER	9:14.85	Q
4	3	Alicja Konieczek	POL	9:16.51	Q
5	9	Irene Sánchez-Escribano	ESP	9:17.39	Q
6	1	Ilona Mononen	FIN	9:22.77
7	7	Marisa Howard	USA	9:24.78
8	8	Stella Rutto	ROU	9:31.23
9	11	Amy Cashin	AUS	9:32.93
10	12	Tatiane Raquel da Silva	BRA	9:33.96
11	6	Belén Casetta	ARG	9:34.78
12	10	Xu Shuangshuang	CHN	9:43.50

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Beatrice Chebet		3:03.73
2000m	Beatrice Chebet		6:11.93

Final Round

Date	6 August 2024 — 20:14

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)
1	1	Winfred Yavi	BRN	8:52.76	OR
2	8	Peruth Chemutai	UGA	8:53.34
3	5	Faith Cherotich	KEN	8:55.15
4	12	Alice Finot	FRA	8:58.67
5	4	Sembo Almayew	ETH	9:00.83
6	10	Beatrice Chepkoech	KEN	9:04.24
7	3	Lizzie Bird	GBR	9:04.35
8	14	Lomi Muleta	ETH	9:06.07
9	7	Norah Jeruto	KAZ	9:08.97
10	6	Lea Meyer	GER	9:09.59
11	9	Irene Sánchez-Escribano	ESP	9:10.43
12	2	Courtney Wayment	USA	9:13.60
13	11	Alicja Konieczek	POL	9:21.31
14	13	Gesa Felicitas Krause	GER	9:26.96
15	15	Valerie Constien	USA	9:34.08

Split Times

Time	Athlete(s)	NOC	Result	Notes
1000m	Beatrice Chebet		2:56.21
2000m	Peruth Chemutai		5:58.20