# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 27 August 2023.

## Summary

World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech showed her intention by assuming the lead 50 metres into the race. She proceeded to bang out 72 second laps confident she could burn off any competition. And it worked. Over the next six laps, one by one, they fell off the back, except one. Winfred Yavi refused to go away. Coming in to the bell, Yavi pulled next to Chepkoech. After the bell, Yavi pulled away, slowly, steadily. Yavi jumped the water jump barrier without touching it, she exited faster, looked back over her shoulder to make sure. It was clear would no challenge would be coming. By the time Yavi reached the finish line, Chepkoech was over 20 metres back. Faith Cherotich, the last to fall off the pace was the next to finish to collect bronze.
Yavi's time 8:54.29 was the fifth fastest of all time. Chepkoech had run two superior times, making Yavi the #4 performer of all time. Cherotich became #12. Fifth place Alice Finot became #19 and sixth place Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek became #20.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:44.32 | Montecarlo, Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| Championship record | Norah Jeruto (KAZ) | 8:53.02 | Eugene, United States | 20 July 2022 |
| World Leading | Jackline Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:57.35 | London, Great Britain | 23 July 2023 |
| African Record | Jackline Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:44.32 | Montecarlo, Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| Asian Record | Ruth Jebet (BHR) | 8:52.78 | Paris, France | 27 August 2016 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Courtney Frerichs (USA) | 8:57.77 | Eugene, United States | 21 August 2021 |
| South American Record | Tatiane Raquel da Silva (BRA) | 9:24.38 | Watford, Great Britain | 11 June 2022 |
| European Record | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) | 8:58.81 | Beijing, China | 17 August 2008 |
| Oceanian record | Genevieve Lacaze (AUS) | 9:14.28 | Paris, France | 27 August 2016 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 9:23.00.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 23 August | 19:53 | Heats |
| 27 August | 21:05 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) qualify to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Jackline Chepkoech | Kenya (KEN) | 9:16.41 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:16.97 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Luiza Gega | Albania (ALB) | 9:17.71 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Winfred Mutile Yavi | Bahrain (BHR) | 9:19.18 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Beatrice Chepkoech | Kenya (KEN) | 9:19.22 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Faith Cherotich | Kenya (KEN) | 9:19.55 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Sembo Almayew | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:19.60 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda (UGA) | 9:20.03 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Lomi Muleta | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:20.13 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Alice Finot | France (FRA) | 9:20.27 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Courtney Wayment | United States (USA) | 9:20.60 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Slovenia (SLO) | 9:21.79 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Marwa Bouzayani | Tunisia (TUN) | 9:23.07 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Alicja Konieczek | Poland (POL) | 9:23.45 | PB |
| 15 | 3 | Olivia Gürth | Germany (GER) | 9:24.28 | Q, PB |
| 16 | 2 | Parul Chaudhary | India (IND) | 9:24.29 | Q, PB |
| 17 | 1 | Aimee Pratt | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:26.37 | |
| 18 | 1 | Regan Yee | Canada (CAN) | 9:26.39 | |
| 19 | 2 | Ceili McCabe | Canada (CAN) | 9:29.30 | |
| 20 | 2 | Cara Feain-Ryan | Australia (AUS) | 9:29.60 | PB |
| 21 | 3 | Greta Karinauskaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 9:30.28 | |
| 22 | 3 | Kristlin Gear | United States (USA) | 9:30.61 | |
| 23 | 3 | Amy Cashin | Australia (AUS) | 9:31.07 | PB |
| 24 | 1 | Marta Serrano | Spain (ESP) | 9:31.82 | |
| 25 | 3 | Irene Sánchez-Escribano | Spain (ESP) | 9:31.97 | |
| 26 | 2 | Carolina Robles | Spain (ESP) | 9:34.41 | |
| 27 | 2 | Flavie Renouard | France (FRA) | 9:39.91 | |
| 28 | 2 | Emma Coburn | United States (USA) | 9:41.52 | |
| 29 | 2 | Aneta Konieczek | Poland (POL) | 9:45.61 | |
| 30 | 2 | Daisy Jepkemei | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 9:46.23 | |
| 31 | 1 | Tuğba Güvenç | Turkey (TUR) | 9:50.96 | |
| 32 | 1 | Brielle Erbacher [de] | Australia (AUS) | 9:57.11 | |
| 33 | 1 | Nataliya Strebkova | Ukraine (UKR) | 10:02.20 | |
| 34 | 3 | Juliane Hvid | Denmark (DEN) | 10:09.41 | |
| 35 | 3 | Tatiane Raquel da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 10:19.80 | |

### Final

The final was started on 27 August at 21:05.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Winfred Mutile Yavi | Bahrain (BHR) | 8:54.29 | WL |
| | Beatrice Chepkoech | Kenya (KEN) | 8:58.98 | SB |
| | Faith Cherotich | Kenya (KEN) | 9:00.69 | PB |
| 4 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:05.51 | |
| 5 | Alice Finot | France (FRA) | 9:06.15 | NR |
| 6 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Slovenia (SLO) | 9:06.37 | NR |
| 7 | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda (UGA) | 9:10.26 | PB |
| 8 | Luiza Gega | Albania (ALB) | 9:10.27 | SB |
| 9 | Jackline Chepkoech | Kenya (KEN) | 9:14.72 | |
| 10 | Marwa Bouzayani | Tunisia (TUN) | 9:15.07 | |
| 11 | Parul Chaudhary | India (IND) | 9:15.31 | NR |
| 12 | Lomi Muleta | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:15.36 | |
| 13 | Sembo Almayew | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:18.25 | |
| 14 | Olivia Gürth | Germany (GER) | 9:20.08 | PB |
| 15 | Courtney Wayment | United States (USA) | 9:25.90 | |