Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase explained

Event:	Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
Games:	2008 Summer
Venue:	Beijing National Stadium
Dates:	15 August 2008 (heats) 17 August 2008 (final)
Competitors:	50
Nations:	30
Gold:	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Eunice Jepkorir
Silvernoc:	KEN
Bronze:	Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova
Bronzenoc:	RUS
Win Value:	8:58.81
Next:	2012

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred on 15 - 17 August at the Beijing National Stadium,^[1] the first time this event had ever been held at the Olympics.

The qualifying standards were 9:46.00 (A standard) and 9:55.00 (B standard).^[2]

In the Final, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia won by 8.60 seconds, with a new world record of 8:58.81. She was the first woman to break the nine-minute barrier for this event.

Bronze medalist Yekaterina Volkova of Russia tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and was disqualified.^[3] ^[4]

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, August 15, 2008	20:25-21:00	Heats
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday, August 17, 2008	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:30-21:40	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

(WR - World Record, NR - National Record, AR - Area Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best)

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes^[5]
1	1	9:15.17	Q
2	1	9:19.75	Q
3	3	9:21.31	Q
4	1	9:21.88	Q, SB
5	3	9:22.11	Q
6	1	9:22.38	Q, NR
7	3	~~9:23.06~~	DSQ^[6]
8	1	9:25.50	q, NR
9	3	9:25.63	Q, PB
10	3	9:27.48	q, NR
11	3	9:28.52	q
12	2	9:28.85	Q
13	2	9:28.92	Q, SB
14	1	9:29.14	NR
15	2	9:29.20	Q
16	2	9:29.40	Q, PB
17	1	9:29.63	PB
18	3	9:29.86	NR
19	3	9:30.21	NR
20	2	9:30.23
21	3	9:32.05
22	3	9:34.39
23	2	9:35.31
24	1	9:36.81
25	2	9:38.08
26	1	9:41.43
27	1	9:43.57	SB
28	1	9:43.95
29	1	9:45.33
30	2	9:47.02
30	3	9:47.02
32	1	9:47.88
33	1	9:48.54
34	1	9:49.45
35	1	9:49.70
36	3	9:51.93
37	1	9:52.35
38	2	9:53.09
39	2	9:54.65
40	2	9:56.41
41	2	10:01.69
42	3	10:04.05
43	2	10:04.38
44	2	10:05.76
45	3	10:18.60
46	2	10:22.39
47	2	10:36.77
	3	DNF
	2	DNF
	3	DNF
	2	DNF

Final

Rank	Time	Notes^[7]
	8:58.81
	9:07.41	AR
DSQ	~~9:07.64~~	DSQ
	9:12.33	SB
4	9:16.85	NR
5	9:17.35	PB
6	9:17.85	NR
7	9:21.76	SB
8	9:22.26	AR
9	9:25.63
10	9:30.04
11	9:35.16	PB
12	9:36.43
13	9:55.89
	DNF

Splits

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
1000m			2:58.63
2000m			6:01.20

Notes and References

Web site: Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule . 2008-08-04 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131714/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode%3D3659/bydiscipline/index.html . 13 September 2008 . dead .
Web site: Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008 . 2008-08-04. IAAF. https://web.archive.org/web/20080913131730/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. 13 September 2008 . live.
Web site: 9 athletes, including 6 medalists, caught for Beijing doping. 27 October 2016.
https://www.iaaf.org/results/olympic-games/2008/the-xxix-olympic-games-3659/women/3000-metres-steeplechase/final/result IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. 3000 Metres Steeplechase women.
Web site: Athletics Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results Summary - the official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games . 2008-08-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907153842/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C74A/ATW033900.shtml . 2008-09-07 .
Web site: 9 athletes, including 6 medalists, caught for Beijing doping. 27 October 2016.
Web site: Iaaf.org - Olympic Games 2008 - Results 08-17-2008 - 3000 Metres Steeplechase W Final . 2008-08-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080818114555/http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode%3D3659/racedate%3D08-17-2008/sex%3DW/discCode%3D3KSC/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Df/results.html . 2008-08-18 .