# Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in two rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 4 and 6 August 2024. This was fifth time that the women's 3000 metres steeplechase was contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 36 athletes qualified for the event by entry standard or ranking.
The winning margin was 0.58 seconds - the first time the women's steeplechase was won by less than a second at the Olympics.

## Summary

Defending champion Peruth Chemutai returns as the world leader for the season, barely ahead of world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech who is also the 2019 world champion and 2023 silver medalist. 2023 gold medalist Winfred Yavi also entered. Those three athletes were the individual heat winners. 2022 world champion was Norah Jeruto, 2019 bronze Gesa Krause and 2023 bronze Faith Cherotich but the rest of the recent podiums were missing. Valerie Constien, Faith Cherotich, Alice Finot and Courtney Wayment were high on the world list.
From the gun, a pack of Chemutai, Chepkoech, Cherotich and Sembo Almayew went to the front with Chemutai on point. After the four formed a break a lap into the race, Yavi, on the front of the second group, bridged the small gap to tag onto the back of the pack. Chepkoech took over the lead for the next three laps, when Chemutai moved up again. Almayew moved up to her shoulder. Yavi moved up around a struggling Cherotich to stay in contact. With two laps to go, Almayew struggled to keep pace and Yavi moved up again. At the bell Chemutai, Chepkoech and Yavi were in a close pack in that order. Through the turn, Yavi moved up behind Chemutai. Down the backstretch, those two separated. Chepkoech was broken, Cherotich went by. Through the final water jump Chemutai held the inside line and the advantage. Behind them Alice Finot, running fastest of all of them, picked off Alamyew and a fading Chepkoech, setting her sights on Cherotich. Going in to the final barrier, Yavi got past Chemutai but then stutter-stepped, both jumping high over the barrier together. Who would have the speed at the end? At first it looked like Chemutai had the advantage, but not known as a fast finisher, Yavi exhibited better sprint form and speed, pulling away for the gold. Cherotich held off Finot for bronze.
It was a new Olympic Record for Yavi, the #4 performance of all time (though she already holds #2). Chemutai improved upon her own National Record. Cherotich moved up to #13 and the #7 performer. Finot was #23, #11 performer and the European Record plus the French record at home. Even further back Elizabeth Bird became the #19 performer with a new British Record and Lomi Muleta became #22.

## Background

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase debutted at the 2008 Olympics.
Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Record | Athlete (Nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
| World record | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:44.32 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| Olympic record | Gulnara Galkina (RUS) | 8:58.81 | Beijing, China | 17 August 2008 |
| World leading | Peruth Chemutai (UGA) | 8:55.09 | Eugene, United States | 25 May 2024 |
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics :
| Area Record | Athlete (Nation) | Time (s) |
| Africa (records) | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:44.32 WR |
| Asia (records) | Winfred Yavi (BHR) | 8:50.66 |
| Europe (records) | Gulnara Galkina (RUS) | 8:58.81 |
| North, Central America and Caribbean (records) | Courtney Frerichs (USA) | 8:57.77 |
| Oceania (records) | Genevieve Lacaze (AUS) | 9:14.28 |
| South America (records) | Tatiane Raquel da Silva (BRA) | 9:24.38 |
The following records were set during the event:
| Country | Athlete | Round | Time | Notes |
| Bahrain | Winfred Yavi | Final | 8:52.76 | OR |

## Qualification

For the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 36 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 9:23.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.

## Results
### Round 1

Round 1 was held on 4 August, starting at 10:05 (UTC+2) in the morning.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda | 9:10.51 | Q |
| 2 | Faith Cherotich | Kenya | 9:10.57 | Q |
| 3 | Gesa Krause | Germany | 9:10.68 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Courtney Wayment | United States | 9:10.72 | Q |
| 5 | Lomi Muleta | Ethiopia | 9:10.73 | Q, PB |
| 6 | Marwa Bouzayani | Tunisia | 9:10.91 | PB |
| 7 | Carolina Robles | Spain | 9:22.48 | |
| 8 | Parul Chaudhary | India | 9:23.39 | SB |
| 9 | Aneta Konieczek | Poland | 9:24.43 | PB |
| 10 | Daisy Jepkemei | Kazakhstan | 9:24.69 | |
| 11 | Aimee Pratt | Great Britain | 9:27.26 | SB |
| 12 | Regan Yee | Canada | 9:27.81 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Winfred Yavi | Bahrain | 9:15.11 | Q |
| 2 | Sembo Almayew | Ethiopia | 9:15.42 | Q |
| 3 | Valerie Constien | United States | 9:16.33 | Q |
| 4 | Elizabeth Bird | Great Britain | 9:16.46 | Q |
| 5 | Norah Jeruto | Kazakhstan | 9:16.46 | Q, SB |
| 6 | Olivia Gürth | Germany | 9:16.47 | PB |
| 7 | Ceili McCabe | Canada | 9:20.71 | |
| 8 | Kinga Królik | Poland | 9:26.61 | PB |
| 9 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 9:27.41 | |
| 10 | Flavie Renouard | France | 9:27.70 | SB |
| 11 | Cara Feain-Ryan | Australia | 9:28.72 | PB |
| 12 | Jackline Chepkoech | Kenya | 9:35.56 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Beatrice Chepkoech | Kenya | 9:13.56 | Q |
| 2 | Alice Finot | France | 9:14.78 | Q |
| 3 | Lea Meyer | Germany | 9:14.85 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Alicja Konieczek | Poland | 9:16.51 | Q, NR |
| 5 | Irene Sánchez-Escribano | Spain | 9:17.39 | Q, PB |
| 6 | Ilona Mononen | Finland | 9:22.77 | NR |
| 7 | Marisa Howard | United States | 9:24.78 | |
| 8 | Stella Rutto | Romania | 9:31.23 | |
| 9 | Amy Cashin | Australia | 9:32.93 | |
| 10 | Tatiane Raquel da Silva | Brazil | 9:33.96 | SB |
| 11 | Belén Casetta | Argentina | 9:34.78 | |
| 12 | Xu Shuangshuang | China | 9:43.50 | |

### Final

The final is scheduled to be held on 6 August, starting at 21:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Winfred Yavi | Bahrain | 8:52.76 | OR |
| | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda | 8:53.34 | NR |
| | Faith Cherotich | Kenya | 8:55.15 | PB |
| 4 | Alice Finot | France | 8:58.67 | ER |
| 5 | Sembo Almayew | Ethiopia | 9:00.83 | SB |
| 6 | Beatrice Chepkoech | Kenya | 9:04.24 | |
| 7 | Elizabeth Bird | Great Britain | 9:04.35 | NR |
| 8 | Lomi Muleta | Ethiopia | 9:06.07 | PB |
| 9 | Norah Jeruto | Kazakhstan | 9:08.97 | SB |
| 10 | Lea Meyer | Germany | 9:09.59 | PB |
| 11 | Irene Sánchez-Escribano | Spain | 9:10.43 | PB |
| 12 | Courtney Wayment | United States | 9:13.60 | |
| 13 | Alicja Konieczek | Poland | 9:21.31 | |
| 14 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | Germany | 9:26.96 | |
| 15 | Valerie Constien | United States | 9:34.08 | |
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