2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

Medalists edit

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

Date	Time	Round
28 June 2012	11:40	Round 1
30 June 2012	19:55	Final

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

The final underway

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