A look back at the women's 3000m steeplechase at the IAAF World Championships

In the first world steeplechase final, in Helsinki in 2005, a front-running effort by Dorcus Inzikuru gave her victory and Uganda’s first world title.

Silver medallist Yekaterina Volkova returned in Osaka in 2007 and gained a clear win in 9:06.57 as fellow Russian and world record-holder Gulnara Galkina was a disappointing seventh. Galkina would historically break nine minutes in the following year’s Beijing Olympics.

Galkina led for much of the Berlin 2009 race but faded to fourth in a race won by Spain’s Marta Dominguez from Yuliya Zarudneva. The latter, running under her married name of Zaripova, front-ran a winning 9:07.03 in Daegu in 2011, although she was subsequently among the wave of Russian athletes banned for anti-doping irregularities.

Milcah Chemos, who was third in both 2009 and 2011, proved too strong for fellow Kenyan Lidya Chepkurui in Moscow 2013.

For the second successive championships, there was a lowly placed British finalist with Eilish McColgan achieving the best British result so far.

3000m steeplechase

Year | Winner | Time | GB position and mark
2005 Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA) 9:18.24 11th ht Jo Ankier 10:12.50
2007 Yekaterina Volkova (RUS) 9:06.57 5th ht Hatti Dean 9:43.23
2009 Marta Dominguez (ESP) 9:07.32 9th ht Helen Clitheroe 9:41.71
2011 Yuliya Zaripova (RUS) 9:07.03 12 Barbara Parker 9:56.66 (9:38.21 ht)
2013 Milcah Chemos (KEN) 9:11.65 10 Eilish McColgan 9:37.33 (9:35.82 ht)

Points table (8 for 1st etc)
1. KEN 63
2. RUS 47
3. ETH 18
4. TUN 10
5. ESP 9
6. UGA 8
7. JAM 6
8. ROU 5
9= FRA 4
9= USA 4

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