2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city , it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics...

on 28 and 30 July.

Medalists

Gold	Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race... Russia Russia at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics Russia was represented by 105 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.- Participants :-Results:- References :*... (RUS)
Silver	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion... Spain Spain at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics Spain, the host country of the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, was represented by 88 athletes .-Track and field events:-Field events:-Combined events:-Track and road events:-Field events:-Combined events:... (ESP)
Bronze	Lyubov Kharlamova Russia Russia at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics Russia was represented by 105 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.- Participants :-Results:- References :*... (RUS)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	8:58.81	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , PR China	17 August 2008
European record	8:58.81	Beijing, PR China	17 August 2008
Championship record	9:26.05	Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	12 August 2006
World Leading	9:11.71	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	10 June 2010
European Leading	9:17.07	Huelva Huelva Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	9 June 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 July 2010	11:30	Round 1
30 July 2010	20:25	Final

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	3	Wioletta Frankiewicz	9:46.38	Q
2	9	Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race...	9:46.40	Q
3	6	Hatti Dean Hatti Dean Harriet Dean is a British long-distance runner.In August 2008 it was announced she would be unable to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing due to a stress fracture to her ankle....	9:46.43	Q
4	10	Ancuţa Bobocel Ancuta Bobocel Ancuţa Bobocel is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:* 3000 metres - 9:19.98 min...	9:48.01	Q
5	5	Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Ortíz is a Spanish middle distance runner.She finished eighth in 1500 metres at the 2002 European Indoor Championships...	9:50.97	q
6	1	Rosa María Morató	9:53.96
7	2	Sandra Eriksson Sandra Eriksson Sandra Elisabet Eriksson is a Finnish middle distance runner, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her personal best is 9:45.50, achieved in September 2009 in Paris....	9:55.73
8	4	Lívia Tóth Lívia Tóth Lívia Tóth is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:800 metres - 2:04.86 min 1500 metres - 4:09.28 min *3000 metres - 8:58.53 min...	10:03.97
9	8	Lyudmila Kuzmina	10:10.83
10	7	Stephanie O'Reilly	10:13.94
	11	Iríni Kokkinaríou		DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	6	Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva is Ethiopia-born Azerbaijani international middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m.-Achievements:-External links:...	9:40.42	Q, (NR Azerbaijani records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Azerbaijan maintained by the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognized by federation-External links:... )
2	10	Lyubov Kharlamova	9:40.81	Q
3	1	Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...	9:41.14	Q
4	11	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...	9:41.93	Q
5	8	Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte is a French runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished fifth at the 2007 World Championships, in her major international debut. Her finishing time of 9:27.51 minutes was also a new French record.-References:...	9:42.33	q
6	9	Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She began her international junior career in cross country running in 2001, highlighted by 33rd place at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships...	9:44.84	q
7	3	Oxana Juravel Oxana Juravel Oxana Juravel is a Moldovan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final....	9:53.43	q
8	5	Marcela Lustigová	10:05.22
9	2	Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu is a Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team.She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge...	10:15.28
10	4	Barbara Parker	10:20.99
	7	Ulrika Johansson		DNF

Summary

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	2	6	Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva is Ethiopia-born Azerbaijani international middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m.-Achievements:-External links:...	9:40.42	Q, NR Azerbaijani records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Azerbaijan maintained by the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognized by federation-External links:...
	2	10	Lyubov Kharlamova	9:40.81	Q
	2	1	Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...	9:41.14	Q
	2	11	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...	9:41.93	Q
	2	8	Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte is a French runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished fifth at the 2007 World Championships, in her major international debut. Her finishing time of 9:27.51 minutes was also a new French record.-References:...	9:42.33	q
	2	9	Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She began her international junior career in cross country running in 2001, highlighted by 33rd place at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships...	9:44.84	q
	1	3	Wioletta Frankiewicz	9:46.38	Q
	1	9	Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race...	9:46.40	Q
	1	6	Hatti Dean Hatti Dean Harriet Dean is a British long-distance runner.In August 2008 it was announced she would be unable to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing due to a stress fracture to her ankle....	9:46.43	Q
10	1	10	Ancuţa Bobocel Ancuta Bobocel Ancuţa Bobocel is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:* 3000 metres - 9:19.98 min...	9:48.01	Q
11	1	5	Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Ortíz is a Spanish middle distance runner.She finished eighth in 1500 metres at the 2002 European Indoor Championships...	9:50.97	q
12	2	3	Oxana Juravel Oxana Juravel Oxana Juravel is a Moldovan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final....	9:53.43	q
13	1	1	Rosa María Morató	9:53.96
14	1	2	Sandra Eriksson Sandra Eriksson Sandra Elisabet Eriksson is a Finnish middle distance runner, who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Her personal best is 9:45.50, achieved in September 2009 in Paris....	9:55.73
15	1	4	Lívia Tóth Lívia Tóth Lívia Tóth is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:800 metres - 2:04.86 min 1500 metres - 4:09.28 min *3000 metres - 8:58.53 min...	10:03.97
16	2	5	Marcela Lustigová	10:05.22
17	1	8	Lyudmila Kuzmina	10:10.83
18	1	7	Stephanie O'Reilly	10:13.94
19	2	2	Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu Binnaz Uslu is a Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team.She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería and won a bronze medal in 800 m with 2:02.68. In the 4×400 metres relay, she won another bronze medal with her teammates Özge...	10:15.28
20	2	4	Barbara Parker	10:20.99

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Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	3	Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Zarudneva Yuliya Mikhailovna Zaripova is a Russian middle-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.Her first continental medals came at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze medal and silver team medal with Russia in the women's under-23 race...	9:17.57	CR
	4	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...	9:17.74
	5	Lyubov Kharlamova	9:29.82	SB
4	1	Hatti Dean Hatti Dean Harriet Dean is a British long-distance runner.In August 2008 it was announced she would be unable to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing due to a stress fracture to her ankle....	9:30.19	PB
5	6	Wioletta Frankiewicz	9:34.13
6	7	Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva Layes Abdullayeva is Ethiopia-born Azerbaijani international middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m.-Achievements:-External links:...	9:34.75	NR Azerbaijani records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Azerbaijan maintained by the Azerbaijan Athletics Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not recognized by federation-External links:...
7	11	Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte Sophie Duarte is a French runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished fifth at the 2007 World Championships, in her major international debut. Her finishing time of 9:27.51 minutes was also a new French record.-References:...	9:35.52	SB
8	10	Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Ortíz is a Spanish middle distance runner.She finished eighth in 1500 metres at the 2002 European Indoor Championships...	9:35.71	SB
9	9	Ancuţa Bobocel Ancuta Bobocel Ancuţa Bobocel is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:* 3000 metres - 9:19.98 min...	9:41.20
10	8	Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...	9:42.47
11	12	Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She began her international junior career in cross country running in 2001, highlighted by 33rd place at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships...	9:44.25
12	2	Oxana Juravel Oxana Juravel Oxana Juravel is a Moldovan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final....	9:55.39

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