| Event: | Women's 3000 metres steeplechase |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Telmex Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | October 28 |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 10:03.16 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Sara Hall |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Ángela Figueroa |
| Silvernoc: | COL |
| Bronze: | Sabine Heitling |
| Bronzenoc: | BRA |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 28th October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Sabine Heitling of Brazil.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 8:58.81 | Beijing, China | August 17, 2008 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 9:51.13 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 28, 2007 |
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter two athletes regardless if they had met the qualification standard.[2]
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
Held on October 28.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:03.16 | |||||
| 10:10.14 | |||||
| 10:10.98 | |||||
| 4 | 10:19.10 | ||||
| 5 | 10:23.22 | PB | |||
| 6 | 10:34.90 | ||||
| 7 | 11:00.30 | ||||
| 8 | 11:18.40 | ||||
| 9 | 11:24.12 | ||||
| 10 | 11:50.31 | ||||
| 11 | 11:56.42 | ||||
| DNF |