2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

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
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	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 at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 28 and 30 June.

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

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

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

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

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