2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 2000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Girls' 2000 metres steeplechase
Competition:	2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates:	8 July (heats) 10 July (final)
Competitors:	28
Win Value:	6:16.41
Gold:	Norah Jeruto
Goldnoc:	KEN
Silver:	Fadwa Sidi Madane
Silvernoc:	MAR
Bronze:	Lilian Chemweno
Bronzenoc:	KEN
Prev:	2009
Next:	2013

The girls' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 8 and 10 July.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Norah Jeruto	Fadwa Sidi Madane	Lilian Chemweno

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		6:11.83		10 July 2009
Championship Record		6:11.83		10 July 2009
World Youth Leading		6:25.8	Nairobi, Kenya	8 June 2011

Heats

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.^[4]

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			6:20.67	Q, WYL
2			6:30.81	Q, PB
3			6:34.10	Q, PB
4			6:35.40	Q, PB
5			6:38.57	q, PB
6			6:38.80	q
7			6:46.07	q
8			6:52.04	PB
9			6:54.99	PB
10			6:55.13	PB
11			6:55.31
12			6:59.30	PB
13			6:59.66
14			7:20.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			6:31.66	Q, PB
2			6:34.80	Q
3			6:35.22	Q, PB
4			6:41.96	Q, PB
5			6:43.67	q, PB
6			6:47.78	PB
7			6:48.24	PB
8			6:49.33	PB
9			6:52.36	PB
10			6:54.28	PB
11			6:56.77	PB
12			7:15.93
13			7:44.85
			DNF

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			6:16.41	WYL
			6:20.98	PB
			6:21.85	PB
4			6:28.21	PB
5			6:29.08	PB
6			6:29.20	PB
7			6:29.56	PB
8			6:34.38	PB
9			6:34.71	PB
10			6:35.47
11			6:37.27	PB
12			6:40.83	PB

Notes and References

1. Web site: Girls 2000m Steeplechase Final – Tanui dominates . World Athletics . 2 October 2024.
2. Web site: African press review 11 July 2011 . rfi.fr . 2 October 2024.
3. Web site: Kenya: Jeruto, Chemweno Out to Fend Off Ethiopians . 2 October 2024.
4. Web site: 2000 Metres Steeplechase Girls - Round 1 . . 8 July 2011.
5. Web site: 2000 Metres Steeplechase Girls - Final . . 10 July 2011.