2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
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
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

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 28 and 30 June.

Medalists

Gold	Gülcan Mıngır Turkey
Silver	Antje Möldner-Schmidt Germany
Bronze	Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Gulnara Samitova (RUS)	8:58.81	Beijing, PR China	17 August 2008
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	Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN)	9:07.14	Oslo, Norway	7 June 2012
European Leading	Gülcan Mıngır (TUR)	9:13.53	Sofia, Bulgaria	9 June 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 June 2012	11:40	Round 1
30 June 2012	19:55	Final

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 7 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	7	Gülcan Mıngır	Turkey	9:32.39	Q
2	2	5	Antje Möldner-Schmidt	Germany	9:33.47	Q
3	2	13	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	9:35.86	Q
4	1	5	Svitlana Shmidt	Ukraine	9:36.77	Q, Doping
4	2	3	Lyubov Kharlamova	Russia	9:39.53	Q
5	1	3	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	9:39.92	Q
6	1	11	Diana Martín	Spain	9:40.02	Q
7	1	4	Natalya Gorchakova	Russia	9:40.09	Q
8	1	8	Clarisse Cruz	Portugal	9:40.30	q, PB
9	2	11	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	9:40.88	q
10	1	2	Silvia Danekova	Bulgaria	9:42.72	q, PB
11	1	9	Sanaa Koubaa	Germany	9:43.08	q, PB
12	2	12	Stephanie Reilly	Ireland	9:44.15	q, SB
13	2	10	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	Spain	9:54.16	q
14	1	7	Sandra Eriksson	Finland	9:55.58	q
15	1	12	Matylda Szlęzak	Poland	9:56.30
16	1	6	Hattie Dean	Great Britain	9:57.00	SB
17	2	2	Giulia Martinelli	Italy	9:57.19
18	2	1	Vaida Žūsinaitė	Lithuania	9:58.37	PB
19	2	8	Carla Salomé Rocha	Portugal	10:02.00
20	2	9	Özlem Kaya	Turkey	10:11.69
21	2	6	Mariya Shatalova	Ukraine	10:15.69
	1	1	Astrid Leutert	Switzerland	DNF
	1	10	Binnaz Uslu	Turkey	DNF
	1	13	Marta Domínguez	Spain	DNF
	2	4	Sviatlana Kudzelich	Belarus	DQ

Final

File:3000 m steeplechase women final Helsinki 2012.jpg

The final underway

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	8	Gülcan Mıngır	Turkey	9:32.96
2	3	Svitlana Shmidt	Ukraine	9:33.03	Doping
	2	Antje Möldner-Schmidt	Germany	9:36.37
	14	Gesa Felicitas Krause	Germany	9:38.20
4	4	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	9:41.32
5	5	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	9:41.38
6	9	Natalya Gorchakova	Russia	9:42.98
7	11	Diana Martín	Spain	9:45.36
8	14	Clarisse Cruz	Portugal	9:47.76
9	10	Sandra Eriksson	Finland	9:48.19	SB
10	1	Silvia Danekova	Bulgaria	9:51.45
11	7	Stephanie Reilly	Ireland	9:53.90
12	13	Lyubov Kharlamova	Russia	9:58.44
13	6	Sanaa Koubaa	Germany	10:02.33
14	12	Zulema Fuentes-Pila	Spain	10:05.06

References

• Round 1 Results
• Final Results