# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metre steeplechase at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8 and 10 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) | 8:58.81 | Beijing, PR China | 17 August 2008 |
| European record | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) | 8:58.81 | Beijing, PR China | 17 August 2008 |
| Championship record | Yuliya Zarudneva (RUS) | 9:17.57 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2010 |
| World Leading | Ruth Jebet (BHR) | 8:59:97 | Eugene, United States | 28 May 2016 |
| European Leading | Gesa Felicitas Krause (GER) | 9:22.33 | Eugene, United States | 28 May 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 8 July 2016 | 13:30 | Round 1 |
| 10 July 2016 | 17:15 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results
### Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) and 5 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 9:38.87 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Fabienne Schlumpf | Switzerland | 9:40.28 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Sandra Eriksson | Finland | 9:41.16 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Mariya Shatalova | Ukraine | 9:41.65 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sara Louise Treacy | Ireland | 9:42.16 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause | Germany | 9:43.81 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Özlem Kaya | Turkey | 9:44.41 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Kerry O'Flaherty | Ireland | 9:45.53 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Meryem Akda | Turkey | 9:45.69 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Diana Martín | Spain | 9:45.90 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Michele Finn | Ireland | 9:45.93 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 1 | Matylda Kowal | Poland | 9:46.25 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Nastassia Puzakova | Belarus | 9:46.36 | q, PB |
| 14 | 2 | Maya Rehberg | Germany | 9:47.32 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Ingeborg Løvnes | Norway | 9:47.50 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Lennie Waite | Great Britain | 9:48.46 | |
| 17 | 2 | Ancuța Bobocel | Romania | 9:48.91 | |
| 18 | 1 | Jana Sussmann | Germany | 9:49.04 | |
| 19 | 2 | Maria Larsson | Sweden | 9:50.16 | PB |
| 20 | 1 | Camilla Richardsson | Finland | 9:54.80 | |
| 21 | 1 | Maeva Danois | France | 9:58.73 | |
| 22 | 2 | Viktória Gyürkés | Hungary | 9:59.08 | |
| 23 | 2 | Rosie Clarke | Great Britain | 10:00.25 | |
| 24 | 1 | Irene Sánchez-Escribano | Spain | 10:08.12 | |
| 25 | 1 | Lucie Sekanová | Czech Republic | 10:10.93 | |
| 26 | 1 | Zita Kácser | Hungary | 10:19.74 | |
| | 2 | Elif Karabulut | Turkey | DNF | |
| | 2 | Maruša Mišmaš | Slovenia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Gesa-Felicitas Krause | Germany | 9:18.85 | EL |
| | Luiza Gega | Albania | 9:28.52 | NR |
| | Özlem Kaya | Turkey | 9:35.05 | SB |
| 4 | Mariya Shatalova | Ukraine | 9:38.17 | SB |
| 5 | Fabienne Schlumpf | Switzerland | 9:40.01 | SB |
| 6 | Nastassia Puzakova | Belarus | 9:42.91 | PB |
| 7 | Michele Finn | Ireland | 9:43.19 | PB |
| 8 | Diana Martín | Spain | 9:43.65 | |
| 9 | Sara Louise Treacy | Ireland | 9:45.19 | |
| 10 | Sandra Eriksson | Finland | 9:45.71 | |
| 11 | Ingeborg Løvnes | Norway | 9:45.75 | |
| 12 | Kerry O'Flaherty | Ireland | 9:45.88 | |
| 13 | Meryem Akda | Turkey | 9:55.42 | |
| 14 | Matylda Kowal | Poland | 9:57.27 | |
| | Maya Rehberg | Germany | DQ | R169.7a |