# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28 and 30 July.

## Medalists

In the original running of the event, Marta Dominguez of Spain was awarded the silver medal, but she was disqualified and her result nullified. As a result Lyubov Kharlamova was promoted to the silver medal, and Hattie Archer, who at the time ran under her maidan name of Hattie Dean, was awarded the bronze medal, the first major women's medal for a British steeplechaser.
On 18 August 2017 Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced that Kharlamova had also been disqualified for doping offences following retesting. As a result, she too was disqualified, and her result nullified. As a result, Archer/Dean will be promoted to the silver medal, and Wioletta Frankiewicz of Poland will be promoted to the bronze medal, although reallocations have yet to be confirmed. As such, until reallocation, the silver medal position remains vacant In 2018, the reallocation was confirmed, and Hattie Archer received her medal 8 years later at the Birmingham Grand Prix.
| Gold | Yuliya Zarudneva Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Hatti Dean Great Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze | Wioletta Frankiewicz Poland (POL) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Gulnara Samitova (RUS) | 8:58.81 | Beijing, PR China | 17 August 2008 |
| European record | Gulnara Samitova (RUS) | 8:58.81 | Beijing, PR China | 17 August 2008 |
| Championship record | Alesya Turava (BLR) | 9:26.05 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12 August 2006 |
| World Leading | Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) | 9:11.71 | Rome, Italy | 10 June 2010 |
| European Leading | Marta Domínguez (ESP) | 9:17.07 | Huelva, Spain | 9 June 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Yuliya Zarudneva (RUS) | 9:17.57 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 July 2010 | 11:30 | Round 1 |
| 30 July 2010 | 20:25 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1
#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wioletta Frankiewicz | Poland (POL) | 9:46.38 | Q |
| 2 | Yuliya Zarudneva | Russia (RUS) | 9:46.40 | Q |
| 3 | Hatti Dean | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:46.43 | Q |
| 4 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Romania (ROM) | 9:48.01 | Q |
| 5 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila | Spain (ESP) | 9:50.97 | q |
| 6 | Rosa María Morató | Spain (ESP) | 9:53.96 | |
| 7 | Sandra Eriksson | Finland (FIN) | 9:55.73 | |
| 8 | Lívia Tóth | Hungary (HUN) | 10:03.97 | |
| 9 | Lyudmila Kuzmina | Russia (RUS) | 10:10.83 | |
| 10 | Stephanie O'Reilly | Ireland (IRL) | 10:13.94 | |
| | Iríni Kokkinaríou | Greece (GRE) | DNF | Doping |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Layes Abdullayeva | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 9:40.42 | Q, NR |
| DQ | Lyubov Kharlamova | Russia (RUS) | 9:40.81 | Q, Doping |
| 2 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Poland (POL) | 9:41.14 | Q |
| DQ | Marta Domínguez | Spain (ESP) | 9:41.93 | Q, Doping |
| 3 | Sophie Duarte | France (FRA) | 9:42.33 | q |
| 4 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland (IRL) | 9:44.84 | q |
| 5 | Oxana Juravel | Moldova (MDA) | 9:53.43 | q |
| 6 | Marcela Lustigová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 10:05.22 | |
| 7 | Binnaz Uslu | Turkey (TUR) | 10:15.28 | |
| 8 | Barbara Parker | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10:20.99 | |
| | Ulrika Johansson | Sweden (SWE) | DNF | |

#### Summary

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Layes Abdullayeva | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 9:40.42 | Q, NR |
| DQ | 2 | Lyubov Kharlamova | Russia (RUS) | 9:40.81 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Poland (POL) | 9:41.14 | Q |
| DQ | 2 | Marta Domínguez | Spain (ESP) | 9:41.93 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sophie Duarte | France (FRA) | 9:42.33 | q |
| 4 | 2 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland (IRL) | 9:44.84 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Wioletta Frankiewicz | Poland (POL) | 9:46.38 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Yuliya Zarudneva | Russia (RUS) | 9:46.40 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Hatti Dean | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:46.43 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Romania (ROM) | 9:48.01 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila | Spain (ESP) | 9:50.97 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Oxana Juravel | Moldova (MDA) | 9:53.43 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Rosa María Morató | Spain (ESP) | 9:53.96 | |
| 12 | 1 | Sandra Eriksson | Finland (FIN) | 9:55.73 | |
| 13 | 1 | Lívia Tóth | Hungary (HUN) | 10:03.97 | |
| 14 | 2 | Marcela Lustigová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 10:05.22 | |
| 15 | 1 | Lyudmila Kuzmina | Russia (RUS) | 10:10.83 | |
| 16 | 1 | Stephanie O'Reilly | Ireland (IRL) | 10:13.94 | |
| 17 | 2 | Binnaz Uslu | Turkey (TUR) | 10:15.28 | |
| 18 | 2 | Barbara Parker | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10:20.99 | |
| | 2 | Ulrika Johansson | Sweden (SWE) | DNF | |
| | 1 | Iríni Kokkinaríou | Greece (GRE) | DNF | Doping |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Yuliya Zarudneva | Russia (RUS) | 9:17.57 | CR |
| DQ | Marta Domínguez | Spain (ESP) | 9:17.74 | Doping |
| DQ | Lyubov Kharlamova | Russia (RUS) | 9:29.82 | SB, Doping |
| | Hatti Dean | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:30.19 | PB |
| | Wioletta Frankiewicz | Poland (POL) | 9:34.13 | |
| 4 | Layes Abdullayeva | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 9:34.75 | NR |
| 5 | Sophie Duarte | France (FRA) | 9:35.52 | SB |
| 6 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila | Spain (ESP) | 9:35.71 | SB |
| 7 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Romania (ROM) | 9:41.20 | |
| 8 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Poland (POL) | 9:42.47 | |
| 9 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland (IRL) | 9:44.25 | |
| 10 | Oxana Juravel | Moldova (MDA) | 9:55.39 | |
Notes:
* Marta Domínguez was disqualified for doping offences in November 2015.
* Lyubov Kharlamova was disqualified for doping offences in August 2017.