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At a senior level, women's steeplechase started in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, with early races over 2000 metres taking place in Kyiv, Gorkiy, and Vilnius. But the first significant race in women's steeplechase was at the World Veterans Games in Melbourne , in December 1987, where they held an invitation 2000 metres steeplechase for women ...
The women's event is the most recent addition to the programme, having been added at the 2008 Olympics. It is the most prestigious steeplechase track race at elite level. The Olympic records for the event are 8:03.28 minutes for men, set by Conseslus Kipruto in 2016, and 8:58.81 minutes for women, set by Gulnara Galkina in 2008.
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as 3000m SC) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres , which derives its name from the horse racing steeplechase .
The first 3000 m steeplechase world record to be ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was a run of 8:49.6 minutes by Hungarian Sándor Rozsnyói in 1954. [1] Before standardization, Sweden's Josef Ternström was the first to complete the event in under ten minutes with his time of 9:49.8 minutes in 1914.
This is a list of NCAA outdoor champions in the 3000 meters steeplechase. Hand timing was used until 1973, while starting in 1974 fully automatic timing was used. The women's event was introduced in 2001.
Emma Coburn is headed to her third Olympics after winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. track trials. The American recordholder in the event, Coburn finished in a meetrecord 9 minutes ...
For the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. [ 8 ] 36 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 9:23.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
In her first U.S. Olympic Trials with Bowerman Track Club, Sprague alum Kaylee Mitchell comfortably clinched a spot in Thursday's steeplechase final.