The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred on 15–17 August at the Beijing National Stadium, 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).

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.IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. 3000 Metres Steeplechase women.

Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundFriday, August 15, 2008 20:25-21:00 HeatsSunday, August 17, 2008 21:30-21:40 Final

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

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 8:58.81 OR WR

Results

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

Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Gulnara Samitova-Galkina 8:58.81 Eunice Jepkorir 9:07.41ARDSQ Yekaterina Volkova 9:07.64DSQ Tatyana Petrova 9:12.33 SB4 Cristina Casandra 9:16.85NR5 Ruth Bisibori Nyangau 9:17.35 PB6 Zemzem Ahmed 9:17.85NR7 Wioletta Frankiewicz 9:21.76SB8 Jennifer Barringer 9:22.26AR9 Anna Willard 9:25.6310 Elena Romagnolo 9:30.04 11 Zulema Fuentes-Pila 9:35.16PB12 Habiba Ghribi 9:36.4313 Roisin McGettigan 9:55.89 Marta Domínguez DNF

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

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