# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 16 and 20 July 2022.

## Summary

With 3 of the last four World Championships (and the last 15 Men's) were born in Kenya. Kenyan dominance in the steeplechase is expected, particularly in Kenya. Returning champion, world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech didn't return due to injury, two of their representatives did not make it out of the heats, leaving only #6 of all time Celliphine Chespol to wear their uniform. However two additional Kenyan born runners were representing other countries; #4 of all time Winfred Yavi representing Bahrain and #3 of all time Norah Jeruto recently becoming eligible to run for Kazakhstan. The poaching of international free agent athletes has been quite an issue World Athletics has been trying to deal with. World Athletics blocked eligibility transfers in an attempt to revise the rules.
In the first heat, Jeruto ran an impressive, but unnecessary 9:01.54, the #26 time in history simply to be the leading qualifier. Ten seconds behind her Marwa Bouzayani, wearing a hijab uniform was an automatic qualifier.
In the final, Jeruto went to the front off the line, tracked immediately by Yavi. The pack strung out to single file, with 2017 champion, returning silver medalist Emma Coburn, Olympic gold medalist Peruth Chemutai, Mekides Abebe and Werkuha Getachew latching onto the front of that train. By three laps, that group had separated from the rest of the pack, the approximate 1K mark reached in 2:57. On the next lap, Yavi moved to the front, still pushing the pace. Only Jeruto and Getachew could hold on, the second kilometer covered in 3:01. Abebe was still hanging on 6 metres behind the leading three, trying to bridge back to the front. Over the penultimate lap, Abebe managed to get back to the group just before the bell. At the sound of the bell, Yavi edged back in front of Jeruto, but Jeruto would have none of that, reclaiming the lead halfway into the turn. With Yavi on the outside, Getachew took the inside track to come closer to Jeruto down the backstretch. Coming into the water jump, Yavi made another run at the lead, with Jeruto looking at her. Jeruto took the water jump cleanly, leaping to a 2 metre lead, Yavi took it awkwardly, stopping before taking the final step out of the water, with both Ethiopians passing her in the process. From there Jeruto expanded her lead, with Getachew then Abebe following her home. Yavi took the final barrier poorly and the fight for a medal was over.
Jeruto's 8:53.02 was the Championship record and the #3 time ever run, still less than a second faster than she had run a year earlier on this same track at the Prefontaine Classic. Getachew's 8:54.61 moved her to the #4 position in history, with Abebe's 8:56.08 putting her in #5.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:44.32 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| Championship record | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:57.84 | Doha, Qatar | 30 September 2019 |
| World Leading | Winfred Mutile Yavi (BHR) | 8:56.55 | Paris, France | 18 June 2022 |
| African Record | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:44.32 | Monte Carlo, 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 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 9:30.00.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 July | 10:35 | Heats |
| 20 July | 19:45 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Norah Jeruto | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 9:01.54 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Werkuha Getachew | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:11.25 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Marwa Bouzayani | Tunisia (TUN) | 9:12.14 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 2 | Alice Finot | France (FRA) | 9:14.34 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | Mekides Abebe | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:14.83 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Luiza Gega | Albania (ALB) | 9:14.91 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Courtney Wayment | United States (USA) | 9:14.95 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Emma Coburn | United States (USA) | 9:15.19 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda (UGA) | 9:16.66 | q |
| 10 | 3 | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol | Kenya (KEN) | 9:16.78 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Slovenia (SLO) | 9:17.14 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 3 | Winfred Mutile Yavi | Bahrain (BHR) | 9:17.32 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Courtney Frerichs | United States (USA) | 9:17.91 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Aimee Pratt | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:18.91 | q, NR |
| 15 | 2 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | Germany (GER) | 9:21.02 | q, SB |
| 16 | 3 | Sembo Almayew | Ethiopia (ETH) | 9:21.10 | |
| 17 | 2 | Amy Cashin | Australia (AUS) | 9:21.46 | PB |
| 18 | 2 | Chiara Scherrer | Switzerland (SUI) | 9:22.15 | |
| 19 | 3 | Daisy Jepkemei | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 9:23.07 | |
| 20 | 1 | Elizabeth Bird | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:23.17 | |
| 21 | 2 | Irene Sánchez-Escribano | Spain (ESP) | 9:23.94 | PB |
| 22 | 3 | Nataliya Strebkova | Ukraine (UKR) | 9:25.85 | |
| 23 | 3 | Tatiane Raquel da Silva | Brazil (BRA) | 9:26.25 | |
| 24 | 2 | Purity Kirui | Kenya (KEN) | 9:26.88 | SB |
| 25 | 1 | Jackline Chepkoech | Kenya (KEN) | 9:27.50 | |
| 26 | 3 | Carolina Robles | Spain (ESP) | 9:28.24 | PB |
| 27 | 1 | Belén Casetta | Argentina (ARG) | 9:29.05 | SB |
| 28 | 1 | Lea Meyer | Germany (GER) | 9:30.81 | |
| 29 | 3 | Ceili McCabe | Canada (CAN) | 9:32.73 | |
| 30 | 1 | Regan Yee | Canada (CAN) | 9:36.22 | |
| 31 | 2 | Parul Chaudhary | India (IND) | 9:38.09 | PB |
| 32 | 1 | Xu Shuangshuang | China (CHN) | 9:39.17 | SB |
| 33 | 1 | Brielle Erbacher | Australia (AUS) | 9:40.55 | |
| 34 | 3 | Cara Feain-Ryan | Australia (AUS) | 9:43.41 | |
| 35 | 3 | Adva Cohen | Israel (ISR) | 9:44.74 | |
| 36 | 3 | Kinga Królik | Poland (POL) | 9:44.74 | |
| 37 | 2 | Grace Fetherstonhaugh | Canada (CAN) | 9:49.85 | |
| 38 | 1 | Simone Ferraz | Brazil (BRA) | 9:53.52 | |
| 39 | 1 | Nilani Rathnayaka | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 9:54.10 | |
| 40 | 3 | Reimi Yoshimura | Japan (JPN) | 9:58.07 | |
| 41 | 2 | Carolina Lozano | Argentina (ARG) | 10:03.51 | |
| 42 | 1 | Yuno Yamanaka | Japan (JPN) | 10:18.18 | |

### Final

The final was started on 20 July at 19:45.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Norah Jeruto | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 8:53.02 | CR, NR |
| | Werkuha Getachew | Ethiopia (ETH) | 8:54.61 | NR |
| | Mekides Abebe | Ethiopia (ETH) | 8:56.08 | PB |
| 4 | Winfred Mutile Yavi | Bahrain (BHR) | 9:01.31 | |
| 5 | Luiza Gega | Albania (ALB) | 9:10.04 | NR |
| 6 | Courtney Frerichs | United States (USA) | 9:10.59 | SB |
| 7 | Aimee Pratt | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9:15.64 | NR |
| 8 | Emma Coburn | United States (USA) | 9:16.49 | |
| 9 | Marwa Bouzayani | Tunisia (TUN) | 9:20.92 | |
| 10 | Alice Finot | France (FRA) | 9:21.40 | |
| 11 | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda (UGA) | 9:21.93 | |
| 12 | Courtney Wayment | United States (USA) | 9:22.37 | |
| 13 | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol | Kenya (KEN) | 9:27.34 | |
| 14 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Slovenia (SLO) | 9:40.78 | |
| 15 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | Germany (GER) | 9:52.66 | |