# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 25, 2007 (heats) and August 27, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The first four of each heat (Q) plus the three fastest times (q) qualified for the final.

## Medallists

| Gold | Yekaterina Volkova Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Tatyana Petrova Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Eunice Jepkorir Kenya (KEN) |

## Records

| World record | 9:01.59 | Gulnara Samitova | Russia | Iraklio, Greece | 4 July 2004 |
| Championship record | 9:06.57 | Yekaterina Volkova | Russia | Osaka, Japan | 2005 |

## Results
### Final

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Yekaterina Volkova | Russia (RUS) | 9:06.57 | CR WL PB |
| 2 | Tatyana Petrova | Russia (RUS) | 9:09.19 | PB |
| 3 | Eunice Jepkorir | Kenya (KEN) | 9:20.09 | |
| 4 | Ruth Bisibori | Kenya (KEN) | 9:25.25 | WJR |
| 5 | Sophie Duarte | France (FRA) | 9:27.51 | NR |
| 6 | Cristina Casandra | Romania (ROM) | 9:29.63 | |
| 7 | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina | Russia (RUS) | 9:30.24 | |
| 8 | Rosa Morató | Spain (ESP) | 9:36.84 | |
| 9 | Hanane Ouhaddou | Morocco (MAR) | 9:37.87 | |
| 10 | Roisin McGettigan | Ireland (IRL) | 9:39.80 | |
| 11 | Veerle Dejaeghere | Belgium (BEL) | 9:40.10 | |
| 12 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland (IRL) | 9:48.09 | |
| 13 | Sara Moreira | Portugal (POR) | 10:00.40 | |
| 14 | Mardrea Hyman | Jamaica (JAM) | 10:16.24 | |
| — | Wioletta Janowska | Poland (POL) | DNF | |

### Qualification
#### Heat 1

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Eunice Jepkorir | Kenya (KEN) | 9:32.27 | Q |
| 2 | Tatyana Petrova | Russia (RUS) | 9:38.80 | Q |
| 3 | Veerle Dejaeghere | Belgium (BEL) | 9:38.95 | Q |
| 4 | Roisin McGettigan | Ireland (IRL) | 9:39.41 | Q |
| 5 | Hatti Dean | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:43.23 | |
| 6 | Mekdes Bekele | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:50.12 | |
| 7 | Jennifer Barringer | United States (USA) | 9:51.04 | |
| 8 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila | Spain (ESP) | 9:55.62 | |
| 9 | Dobrinka Shalamanova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 9:58.76 | |
| 10 | Zenaide Vieira | Brazil (BRA) | 10:04.40 | |
| 11 | Nataliya Tobias | Ukraine (UKR) | 10:11.58 | |
| 12 | Jin Yuan | China (CHN) | 10:14.46 | |
| 13 | Irini Kokkinariou | Greece (GRE) | 10:19.62 | |
| 14 | Tebogo Masehla | South Africa (RSA) | 10:41.02 | |
| 15 | Kristine Eikrem Engeset | Norway (NOR) | 10:56.45 | |
| — | Minori Hayakari | Japan (JPN) | DNF | |
| — | Julie Coulaud | France (FRA) | DNF | |
| — | Alesia Turava | Belarus (BLR) | DNF | |

#### Heat 2

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Rosa Morató | Spain (ESP) | 9:43.48 | Q |
| 2 | Wioletta Janowska | Poland (POL) | 9:43.96 | Q |
| 3 | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina | Russia (RUS) | 9:43.98 | Q |
| 4 | Sara Moreira | Portugal (POR) | 9:44.01 | Q |
| 5 | Korene Hinds | Jamaica (JAM) | 9:44.04 | |
| 6 | Helen Clitheroe | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:45.59 | |
| 7 | Ancuta Bobocel | Romania (ROM) | 9:53.44 | |
| 8 | Türkan Erismis | Turkey (TUR) | 9:54.77 | |
| 9 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway (NOR) | 9:56.41 | |
| 10 | Lindsey Anderson | United States (USA) | 9:57.00 | |
| 11 | Li Zhenzhu | China (CHN) | 10:00.55 | |
| 12 | Zemzem Ahmed | Ethiopia (ETH) | 10:07.77 | |
| 13 | Élodie Olivarès | France (FRA) | 10:08.39 | |
| 14 | Andrea Mayr | Austria (AUT) | 10:14.22 | |
| 15 | Sabine Heitling | Brazil (BRA) | 10:19.57 | |
| — | Christin Johansson | Sweden (SWE) | DNF | |
| — | Donna MacFarlane | Australia (AUS) | DNF | |
| — | Sigrid Vanden Bempt | Belgium (BEL) | DNF | |

#### Heat 3

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | Cristina Casandra | Romania (ROM) | 9:29.39 | Q |
| 2 | Yekaterina Volkova | Russia (RUS) | 9:30.00 | Q |
| 3 | Hanane Ouhaddou | Morocco (MAR) | 9:30.61 | Q |
| 4 | Sophie Duarte | France (FRA) | 9:30.70 | Q |
| 5 | Ruth Bisibori | Kenya (KEN) | 9:31.20 | q PB |
| 6 | Mardrea Hyman | Jamaica (JAM) | 9:42.23 | q |
| 7 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland (IRL) | 9:42.38 | q |
| 8 | Anna Willard | United States (USA) | 9:48.62 | |
| 9 | Elena Romagnolo | Italy (ITA) | 9:50.79 | |
| 10 | Diana Martín | Spain (ESP) | 9:53.88 | |
| 11 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Poland (POL) | 9:58.74 | |
| 12 | Stephanie de Croock | Belgium (BEL) | 10:01.74 | |
| 13 | Zhu Yanmei | China (CHN) | 10:01.77 | |
| 14 | Victoria Mitchell | Australia (AUS) | 10:06.61 | |
| 15 | Netsanet Achamo | Ethiopia (ETH) | 10:12.59 | |
| 16 | Valentyna Horpynych | Ukraine (UKR) | 10:13.87 | |
| 17 | Silje Fjørtoft | Norway (NOR) | 10:32.33 | |
| 18 | Yoshika Tatsumi | Japan (JPN) | 10:32.67 | |