2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

Events at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
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
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Christine Muyanga  Kenya
Silver	Elizabeth Mueni  Kenya
Bronze	Korahubish Itaa  Ethiopia

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Christine Muyanga	Kenya	9:31.35
	Elizabeth Mueni	Kenya	9:36.50
	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	9:37.81
4	Halima Hassen	Ethiopia	9:38.44
5	Sandra Eriksson	Finland	10:00.87
6	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	10:07.15
7	Alexandra Kudryashova	Russia	10:12.74
8	Lucie Sekanová	Czech Republic	10:16.31
9	Jessica Furlan	Canada	10:16.32
10	Mariya Shatalova	Ukraine	10:16.54
11	Valeria Roffino	Italy	10:25.84
12	Gülcan Mıngır	Turkey	10:29.77

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elizabeth Mueni	Kenya	10:07.47	Q
2	Korahubish Itaa	Ethiopia	10:08.15	Q
3	Poļina Jeļizarova	Latvia	10:10.39	Q
4	Alexandra Kudryashova	Russia	10:11.82	Q
5	Gülcan Mıngır	Turkey	10:15.67	q
6	Lucie Sekanová	Czech Republic	10:22.18	q
7	Valeria Roffino	Italy	10:23.72	q
8	Jessica Furlan	Canada	10:23.88	q
9	Rebecca Wade	United States	10:24.14
10	Julia Kick	Germany	10:34.83
11	Ecaterina Gheorghiu	Romania	10:41.46
12	Monika Kørra	Norway	10:42.94
13	Sarah Hattab	Algeria	10:46.63
14	Íris Anna Skúladóttir	Iceland	10:50.45
15	Tara Jameson	Ireland	10:57.47

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Christine Muyanga	Kenya	9:59.88	Q
2	Halima Hassen	Ethiopia	10:00.27	Q
3	Sandra Eriksson	Finland	10:17.92	Q
4	Mariya Shatalova	Ukraine	10:19.20	Q
5	Martina Barinová	Czech Republic	10:30.61
6	Elizabeth Graney	United States	10:37.96
7	Chantelle Groenewoud	Canada	10:38.68
8	Klara Bodinsson	Sweden	10:41.62
9	Renata Krasnova	Russia	10:43.71
10	Sarah McSweeney	New Zealand	10:44.07
11	Carla Rocha	Portugal	10:49.19
12	Diana Sujew	Germany	10:50.87
13	Liliana Wodkowska	Poland	10:54.06
14	Marina Podkorytova	Kazakhstan	11:04.56
15	Mathilde Carrez	France	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

•  Algeria (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Latvia (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015