2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' 2000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Girls' 2000 metres steeplechase
Competition:	2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates:	15 and 17 July
Competitors:	31
Nations:	22
Win Value:	6:17.15
Gold:	Celliphine Chespol
Goldnoc:	KEN
Silver:	Sandra Tuei
Silvernoc:	KEN
Bronze:	Agrie Belachew
Bronzenoc:	ETH
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The girls' 2000 metres steeplechase at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 15 and 17 July 2015.^[1]

Records

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

World Youth Best		6:11.83	Bressanone, Italy	10 July 2009
Championship Record		6:11.83	Bressanone, Italy	10 July 2009
World Youth Leading		6:16.19	Nairobi, Kenya	17 June 2015

Results

Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2			6:26.70	Q
2	1			6:31.97	Q
3	1			6:33.39	Q
4	1			6:43.73	Q
5	2			6:49.49	Q
6	1			6:50.24	Q
7	2			6:56.45	Q
8	2			6:56.60	Q
9	1			6:57.53	Q
10	2			6:59.10	Q
11	2			6:59.10	q
12	1			7:00.75	q
13	2			7:03.92	q
14	1			7:05.55	q
15	1			7:07.39	q
16	1			7:08.73
17	2			7:08.78
18	2			7:09.67
19	1			7:11.14
20	2			7:11.51
21	2			7:11.74
22	2			7:14.51
23	2			7:15.48
24	1			7:17.68
25	2			7:18.01
26	1			7:19.42
27	1			7:23.01
28	2			7:23.70
29	2			7:34.85
30	1			7:37.71
31	1			7:51.39

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			6:17.15
			6:19.61
			6:34.68
4			6:39.51
5			6:41.46
6			6:45.58
7			6:48.41
8			6:50.90
9			6:52.24
10			6:53.70
11			7:03.25
12			7:03.89
13			7:05.61
14			7:11.66

Notes and References

1. Web site: Timetable . World Athletics.
2. Web site: 2000 Metres Steeplechase Girls - Round 1 . . 15 July 2015.
3. Web site: 2000 Metres Steeplechase Girls - Final . . 17 July 2015.