The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 22 July.
| Gold | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol | |
| Silver | Tigist Getnet | |
| Bronze | Agrie Belachew |
| Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Record | 9:20.37 | Rome, Italy | 26 May 2011 | ||
| Championship Record | 9:31.35 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 10 July 2008 | ||
| World Junior Leading | 9:24.73 | Shanghai, China | 14 May 2016 | ||
Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.[1]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Q, PB | ||||
| 3 | 1 | Q, PB | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Q, NU20R | ||||
| 5 | 2 | Q | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 10:05.71 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 10:06.26 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 10:06.91 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 10:12.26 | Q | |||
| 10 | 1 | 10:13.61 | Q | |||
| 11 | 2 | 10:13.77 | q, NU20R | |||
| 12 | 1 | 10:14.18 | q, PB | |||
| 13 | 2 | 10:16.14 | q, PB | |||
| 14 | 1 | 10:19.51 | q, SB | |||
| 15 | 2 | 10:21.09 | q | |||
| 16 | 2 | 10:25.51 | ||||
| 17 | 2 | 10:25.66 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 10:26.45 | ||||
| 19 | 1 | 10:27.40 | ||||
| 20 | 1 | 10:29.96 | SB | |||
| 21 | 1 | 10:31.16 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 10:31.83 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 10:33.56 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 10:35.71 | ||||
| 25 | 1 | 10:37.51 | ||||
| 26 | 2 | 10:45.90 | ||||
| 27 | 2 | 10:46.28 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 10:50.46 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 10:51.34 | ||||
| 30 | 1 | 11:01.69 | ||||
| 31 | 1 | 11:02.23 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 11:24.11 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR | |||||
| PB | |||||
| PB | |||||
| AU20R | |||||
| NU20R | |||||
| 10:00.58 | |||||
| 10 | 10:04.17 | NU20R | |||
| 11 | 10:05.25 | NU20R | |||
| 12 | 10:22.27 | ||||
| 13 | 10:29.67 | ||||
| 14 | 10:35.71 | ||||
| 15 | 10:41.16 |