2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres
at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships
VenueEstadio Atlético de la VIDENA
Dates
  • 29 August 2024 (heats)
  • 30 August 2024 (final)
Competitors28 from 21 nations
Winning time8:50.32
Medalists
gold medal Aleshign Baweke   Ethiopia
silver medal Marion Jepngetich   Kenya
bronze medal Marta Alemayo   Ethiopia
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2024 World U20 Championships
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100 mmenwomen
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3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
mixed
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The women's 3000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 29 and 30 August 2024.

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:[1]

Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date
World U20 Record  Zola Pieterse (GBR) 8:28.83 Rome, Italy 7 September 1985
Championship Record  Beyenu Degefa (ETH) 8:41.76 Bydgoszcz, Poland 20 July 2016
World U20 Leading  Melknat Wudu (ETH) 8:31.02 New York, United States 11 February 2024

Results

Heats

The first 8 athletes in each heat (Q) qualified to the final.[1]

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mercy Chepkemoi  Kenya 9:22.72 Q
2 Aleshign Baweke  Ethiopia 9:22.77 Q
3 Bentalin Yeko  Uganda 9:22.81 Q, PB
4 Innes FitzGerald  Great Britain 9:24.14 Q
5 Miu Suzuki  Japan 9:26.77 Q
6 Loes Kempe  Netherlands 9:27.58 Q
7 Mariá Viciosa  Spain 9:28.02 Q
8 Zuzanna Wiernicka  Poland 9:30.29 Q
9 Jade Le Corre  France 9:32.14
10 Ayala Harris  Israel 9:35.30
11 Li-mari Dekker  South Africa 9:36.12
12 Sarah Köcher  Germany 9:46.56
13 Katie Clute  United States 9:48.28
14 Lilian Mateo  Bolivia 10:14.08

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Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marion Jepngetich  Kenya 8:52.25 Q, PB
2 Marta Alemayo  Ethiopia 8:52.57 Q
3 Keziah Chebet  Uganda 9:03.23 Q, PB
4 Fleur Templier  France 9:11.97 Q, NU20R
5 Vanessa Mikitenko  Germany 9:13.94 Q
6 Jess Bailey  Great Britain 9:14.59 Q
7 Sofia Thøgersen  Denmark 9:14.83 Q
8 Saima Murić  Serbia 9:17.52 Q, PB
9 Alexandra Hudea[a]  Romania 9:27.36 PB
10 Miyu Yamada  Japan 9:38.38
11 Gabrielle Schmidt  Australia 9:41.76
12 Elsa Sundqvist  Sweden 9:42.60
13 Luz Arias  Peru 9:48.71 PB
– Andrea Nygård Vie  Norway DNF

[2]

  1. ^ Alexandra Hudea did not originally qualify for the final however due to Vanessa Mikitenko opting to take no further part in the competition Hudea took her place.[3]

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aleshign Baweke  Ethiopia 8:50.32
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marion Jepngetich  Kenya 8:52.37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marta Alemayo  Ethiopia 8:53.64
4 Innes FitzGerald  Great Britain 8:57.01 PB
5 Sofia Thøgersen  Denmark 8:59.85
6 Keziah Chebet  Uganda 9:03.56
7 Bentalin Yeko  Uganda 9:06.55 PB
8 Jess Bailey  Great Britain 9:06.92 PB
9 Mercy Chepkemoi  Kenya 9:10.54 PB
10 Saima Murić  Serbia 9:13.21 PB
11 Fleur Templier  France 9:17.27
12 Zuzanna Wiernicka  Poland 9:25.35
13 Alexandra Hudea  Romania 9:28.21
14 Loes Kempe  Netherlands 9:32.59
15 Miu Suzuki  Japan 9:41.15
16 Mariá Viciosa  Spain 9:49.64

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References

  1. ^ a b "3000 Metres Women - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). World Athletics. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "3000 Metres Women - Round 1 results" (PDF). World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ "3000 Metres Women - Final - Start List" (PDF). World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  4. ^ "3000 Metres Women - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.