Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
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Women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 15 August 2008 (heats) 17 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 50 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 8:58.81 WR | ||||||||||||
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The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred on 15–17 August at the Beijing National Stadium,[1] the first time this event had ever been held at the Olympics.
The qualifying standards were 9:46.00 (A standard) and 9:55.00 (B standard).[2]
In the Final, Gulnara Samitova-Galkina of Russia won, with a new world record of 8:58.81: she was the first woman to break the nine-minute barrier for this event.
Bronze medalist Yekaterina Volkova of Russia tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and was disqualified.[3][4]