# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 19 and 22 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol Kenya |
| Silver | Tigist Getnet Bahrain |
| Bronze | Agrie Belachew Ethiopia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
| World Junior Record | Birtukan Adamu (ETH) | 9:20.37 | Rome, Italy | 26 May 2011 |
| Championship Record | Christine Kambua Muyanga (KEN) | 9:31.35 | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 10 July 2008 |
| World Junior Leading | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol (KEN) | 9:24.73 | Shanghai, China | 14 May 2016 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 5 of each heat (Q) and the 5 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Tigist Getnet | Bahrain | 9:54.65 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Betty Chepkemoi Kibet | Kenya | 9:54.65 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Agrie Belachew | Ethiopia | 9:54.84 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 1 | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda | 9:54.85 | Q, NU20R |
| 5 | 2 | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol | Kenya | 9:55.21 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Asimarech Naga | Ethiopia | 10:05.71 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Anna Emilie Møller | Denmark | 10:06.26 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Charlotte Prouse | Canada | 10:06.91 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Aneta Konieczek | Poland | 10:12.26 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Chika Mukai | Japan | 10:13.61 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Marwa Bouzayani | Tunisia | 10:13.77 | q, NU20R |
| 12 | 1 | Lili Tóth | Hungary | 10:14.18 | q, PB |
| 13 | 2 | Georgia Winkcup | Australia | 10:16.14 | q, PB |
| 14 | 1 | Beth Croft | Australia | 10:19.51 | q, SB |
| 15 | 2 | Liane Weidner | Germany | 10:21.09 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Aimee Pratt | Great Britain | 10:25.51 | |
| 17 | 2 | Yuki Shibata | Japan | 10:25.66 | |
| 18 | 2 | Rina Cjuro | Peru | 10:26.45 | |
| 19 | 1 | Alexa Lemitre | France | 10:27.40 | |
| 20 | 1 | Tatsiana Shabanava | Belarus | 10:29.96 | SB |
| 21 | 1 | Gülnaz Uskun | Turkey | 10:31.16 | |
| 22 | 2 | Lena Millonig | Austria | 10:31.83 | |
| 23 | 2 | Léa Navarro | France | 10:33.56 | |
| 24 | 1 | Patrycja Kapała | Poland | 10:35.71 | |
| 25 | 1 | Zhong Xiaoqian | China | 10:37.51 | |
| 26 | 2 | Kelly Naumann | United States | 10:45.90 | |
| 27 | 2 | Yayla Kiliç | Turkey | 10:46.28 | |
| 28 | 2 | Eleonora Curtabbi | Italy | 10:50.46 | |
| 29 | 1 | Nicole Reina | Italy | 10:51.34 | |
| 30 | 1 | Rachel Nichwitz | United States | 11:01.69 | |
| 31 | 1 | Luz Karen Olivera | Peru | 11:02.23 | |
| 32 | 1 | Catherine Beauchemin | Canada | 11:24.11 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Celliphine Chepteek Chespol | Kenya | 9:25.15 | CR |
| | Tigist Getnet | Bahrain | 9:34.08 | |
| | Agrie Belachew | Ethiopia | 9:37.17 | PB |
| 4 | Betty Chepkemoi Kibet | Kenya | 9:38.27 | PB |
| 5 | Anna Emilie Møller | Denmark | 9:43.84 | |
| 6 | Charlotte Prouse | Canada | 9:44.62 | AU20R |
| 7 | Peruth Chemutai | Uganda | 9:49.29 | NU20R |
| 8 | Asimarech Naga | Ethiopia | 9:55.14 | |
| 9 | Aneta Konieczek | Poland | 10:00.58 | |
| 10 | Lili Tóth | Hungary | 10:04.17 | NU20R |
| 11 | Marwa Bouzayani | Tunisia | 10:05.25 | NU20R |
| 12 | Liane Weidner | Germany | 10:22.27 | |
| 13 | Beth Croft | Australia | 10:29.67 | |
| 14 | Chika Mukai | Japan | 10:35.71 | |
| 15 | Georgia Winkcup | Australia | 10:41.16 | |