# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 10 and 12 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:44.32 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| European record | Gulnara Samitova (RUS) | 8:58.81 | Beijing, PR China | 17 August 2008 |
| Championship record | Yuliya Zarudneva (RUS) | 9:17.57 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2010 |
| World Leading | Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) | 8:44.32 | Monaco | 20 July 2018 |
| European Leading | Yekaterina Ivonina (RUS) | 9:16.68 | Kazan, Russia | 20 July 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2018 | 12:25 | Round 1 |
| 12 August 2018 | 20:55 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next fastest 5 (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Fabienne Schlumpf | Switzerland | 9:32.32 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 9:33.11 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | Germany | 9:33.51 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Rosie Clarke | Great Britain | 9:33.78 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Isabel Mattuzzi | Italy | 9:34.02 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway | 9:34.23 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Maruša Mišmaš | Slovenia | 9:34.28 | q, NR |
| 8 | 1 | Anna Emilie Møller | Denmark | 9:34.46 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Ophélie Claude-Boxberger | France | 9:34.50 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Elena Burkard | Germany | 9:34.63 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Irene Sánchez-Escribano | Spain | 9:34.69 | Q, PB |
| 12 | 2 | Adva Cohen | Israel | 9:36.13 | q, NR |
| 13 | 2 | Emma Oudio | France | 9:36.15 | q, PB |
| 14 | 1 | Nataliya Strebkova | Ukraine | 9:37.28 | q, PB |
| 15 | 1 | Viktória Gyürkés | Hungary | 9:38.56 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Martina Merlo | Italy | 9:41.05 | PB |
| 17 | 1 | Alicja Konieczek | Poland | 9:41.16 | PB |
| 18 | 2 | Jana Sussmann | Germany | 9:41.18 | |
| 19 | 2 | Janica Rauma | Finland | 9:41.70 | PB |
| 20 | 2 | María José Pérez | Spain | 9:44.72 | |
| 21 | 1 | Chiara Scherrer | Switzerland | 9:47.46 | |
| 22 | 2 | Francesca Bertoni | Italy | 9:47.75 | |
| 23 | 1 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Belarus | 9:47.89 | SB |
| 24 | 2 | Matylda Kowal | Poland | 9:49.27 | |
| 25 | 1 | Lucie Sekanová | Czech Republic | 9:50.38 | SB |
| 26 | 1 | Özlem Kaya | Turkey | 9:50.80 | |
| 27 | 1 | Antje Möldner-Schmidt | Germany | 9:52.79 | |
| 28 | 2 | Zita Kácser | Hungary | 9:53.36 | SB |
| 29 | 2 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Poland | 9:54.83 | |
| 30 | 1 | Caroline Högardh | Sweden | 9:55.61 | |
| 31 | 1 | Irene van der Reijken | Netherlands | 9:57.10 | |
| 32 | 1 | Kerry O'Flaherty | Ireland | 10:09.81 | |
| 33 | 2 | Michele Finn | Ireland | 10:10.93 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | Gesa Felicitas Krause | Germany | 9:19.80 | SB |
| | Fabienne Schlumpf | Switzerland | 9:22.29 | SB |
| | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway | 9:24.46 | |
| 4 | Luiza Gega | Albania | 9:24.78 | |
| 5 | Adva Cohen | Israel | 9:29.74 | NR |
| 6 | Elena Burkard | Germany | 9:29.76 | PB |
| 7 | Anna Emilie Møller | Denmark | 9:31.66 | NR |
| 8 | Irene Sánchez-Escribano | Spain | 9:31.84 | PB |
| 9 | Ophélie Claude-Boxberger | France | 9:31.84 | PB |
| 10 | Rosie Clarke | Great Britain | 9:32.15 | |
| 11 | Maruša Mišmaš | Slovenia | 9:34.50 | |
| 12 | Nataliya Strebkova | Ukraine | 9:40.03 | |
| 13 | Viktória Gyürkés | Hungary | 9:40.41 | |
| 14 | Emma Oudio | France | 9:43.26 | |
| 15 | Isabel Mattuzzi | Italy | 9:43.90 | |