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.^[1]

Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Berlin
Dates	August 10 (round 1) August 12 (final)
Competitors	33 from 21 nations
Winning time	9:19.80
Medalists
Gesa Felicitas Krause    Germany   Fabienne Schlumpf     Switzerland   Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal    Norway
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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.^[2]

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

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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