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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	15 August 2008 (heats) 17 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	50 from 30 nations
Winning time	8:58.81 WR
Medalists
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  Russia Eunice Jepkorir  Kenya Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova  Russia
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred on 15–17 August at the Beijing National Stadium,^[1] the first time this event had ever been held at the Olympics.

The qualifying standards were 9:46.00 (A standard) and 9:55.00 (B standard).^[2]

In the Final, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia won by 8.60 seconds, with a new world record of 8:58.81. She was the first woman to break the nine-minute barrier for this event.

Bronze medalist Yekaterina Volkova of Russia tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and was disqualified.^[3][4]

Schedule[edit]

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Records[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)	9:01.59	Heraklion, Greece	4 July 2004
Olympic record	Inaugural Event

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
17 August	Final	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	8:58.81	OR	WR

Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

(WR - World Record, NR - National Record, AR - Area Record, PB - Personal Best, SB - Season Best)

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes[5]
1	1	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova	Russia	9:15.17	Q
2	1	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau	Kenya	9:19.75	Q
3	3	Eunice Jepkorir	Kenya	9:21.31	Q
4	1	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	9:21.88	Q, SB
5	3	Marta Domínguez	Spain	9:22.11	Q
6	1	Cristina Casandra	Romania	9:22.38	Q, NR
7	3	Yekaterina Volkova	Russia	9:23.06	DSQ[6]
8	1	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	9:25.50	q, NR
9	3	Zemzem Ahmed	Ethiopia	9:25.63	Q, PB
10	3	Elena Romagnolo	Italy	9:27.48	q, NR
11	3	Anna Willard	United States	9:28.52	q
12	2	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	9:28.85	Q
13	2	Roisin McGettigan	Ireland	9:28.92	Q, SB
14	1	Helen Clitheroe	Great Britain	9:29.14	NR
15	2	Jennifer Barringer	United States	9:29.20	Q
16	2	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	Spain	9:29.40	Q, PB
17	1	Zhu Yanmei	China	9:29.63	PB
18	3	Antje Möldner	Germany	9:29.86	NR
19	3	Rasa Troup	Lithuania	9:30.21	NR
20	2	Jessica Augusto	Portugal	9:30.23
21	3	Donna MacFarlane	Australia	9:32.05
22	3	Sara Moreira	Portugal	9:34.39
23	2	Ancuţa Bobocel	Romania	9:35.31
24	1	Lindsey Anderson	United States	9:36.81
25	2	Sophie Duarte	France	9:38.08
26	1	Mekdes Bekele	Ethiopia	9:41.43
27	1	Fionnuala Britton	Ireland	9:43.57	SB
28	1	Valentyna Horpynych	Ukraine	9:43.95
29	1	Rosa Morató	Spain	9:45.33
30	2	Sofia Assefa	Ethiopia	9:47.02
30	3	Katarzyna Kowalska	Poland	9:47.02
32	1	Victoria Mitchell	Australia	9:47.88
33	1	Türkan Erismis	Turkey	9:48.54
34	1	Clarisse Cruz	Portugal	9:49.45
35	1	Minori Hayakari	Japan	9:49.70
36	3	Barbara Parker	Great Britain	9:51.93
37	1	Widad Mendil	Algeria	9:52.35
38	2	Muna Durka	Sudan	9:53.09
39	2	Veerle Dejaeghere	Belgium	9:54.65
40	2	Hanane Ouhaddou	Morocco	9:56.41
41	2	Veronica Nyaruai	Kenya	10:01.69
42	3	Li Zhenzhu	China	10:04.05
43	2	Oxana Juravel	Moldova	10:04.38
44	2	Aslı Çakır	Turkey	10:05.76
45	3	Inna Poluškina	Latvia	10:18.60
46	2	Irini Kokkinariou	Greece	10:22.39
47	2	Zhao Yanni	China	10:36.77
	3	Korene Hinds	Jamaica	DNF
	2	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	DNF
	3	Dobrinka Shalamanova	Bulgaria	DNF
	2	Zenaide Vieira	Brazil	DNF

Final[edit]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes[7]
	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	8:58.81	WR
	Eunice Jepkorir	Kenya	9:07.41	AR
DSQ	Yekaterina Volkova	Russia	9:07.64	DSQ
	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	9:12.33	SB
4	Cristina Casandra	Romania	9:16.85	NR
5	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau	Kenya	9:17.35	PB
6	Zemzem Ahmed	Ethiopia	9:17.85	NR
7	Wioletta Frankiewicz	Poland	9:21.76	SB
8	Jennifer Barringer	United States	9:22.26	AR
9	Anna Willard	United States	9:25.63
10	Elena Romagnolo	Italy	9:30.04
11	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	Spain	9:35.16	PB
12	Habiba Ghribi	Tunisia	9:36.43
13	Roisin McGettigan	Ireland	9:55.89
—	Marta Domínguez	Spain	DNF

Splits[edit]

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
1000m	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	2:58.63
2000m	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	Russia	6:01.20

References[edit]