2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13 and 15 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi  Kenya
Silver	Ancuța Bobocel  Romania
Bronze	Cătălina Oprea  Romania

Results

Final

15 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi	Kenya	9:47.26
	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	9:49.03
	Cătălina Oprea	Romania	9:50.04
4	Mercy Njoroge	Kenya	9:52.25
5	Verena Dreier	Germany	9:59.33
6	Biljana Jovic	Serbia and Montenegro	10:06.96
7	Zenaide Vieira	Brazil	10:10.84
8	Olga Derevyeva	Russia	10:18.50
9	Yuliya Mochalova	Russia	10:20.96
10	Aleisha Anderson	Australia	10:24.60
11	Teresa Urbina	Spain	10:36.43
	Aslı Çakır	Turkey	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2

Heats

13 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yuliya Mochalova	Russia	10:09.83	Q
2	Zenaide Vieira	Brazil	10:10.66	Q
3	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	10:13.30	q
4	Teresa Urbina	Spain	10:26.89	q
5	Amber Harper	United States	10:32.96
6	Clémence Orhant	France	10:58.76
7	Claire Percival	Canada	11:02.86
8	Angelika Stanek	Poland	11:07.80
9	Laura Azevedo	Portugal	11:11.60
10	Valentina Ghiazza	Italy	11:15.20
11	Jana Stykova	Slovakia	11:20.31
12	Tatjana Jatsenko	Estonia	11:53.30
13	Ivana Sánchez	Argentina	12:13.28
	Judit Wágenhoffer	Hungary	DNF
	Aslı Çakır	Turkey	DQ	IAAF rule 32.2 Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi	Kenya	10:13.25	Q
2	Cătălina Oprea	Romania	10:26.16	Q
3	Olga Derevyeva	Russia	10:31.25	Q
4	Katarzyna Kowalska	Poland	10:35.22
5	Pippa Hendon	Australia	10:41.24
6	Selina Sekulic	United States	10:50.03
7	Sanae Achahbar	Morocco	10:52.46
8	Andreia Santos	Portugal	10:52.67
9	Meredith McGregor	Canada	10:54.17
10	Ánna Thalassinoú	Greece	10:56.53
11	Paola Bernardi Locatelli	Italy	11:12.64
12	Wanda Sánchez	Spain	11:12.68
13	Saara Skyttä	Finland	11:21.11
14	Mapaseka Makhanya	South Africa	11:44.70
15	Evgenia Korkokiou	Cyprus	11:54.72

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mercy Njoroge	Kenya	10:16.70	Q
2	Biljana Jovic	Serbia and Montenegro	10:18.26	Q
3	Verena Dreier	Germany	10:19.52	Q
4	Aleisha Anderson	Australia	10:27.44	q
5	Selien De Schryder	Belgium	10:28.52
6	Masello Moekoa	South Africa	10:38.77
7	Emilie Paumard	France	10:52.90
8	Linda Byrne	Ireland	10:59.34
9	Sabine Heitling	Brazil	11:01.09
10	Viktória Madarász	Hungary	11:05.55
11	Laila Daoud	Morocco	11:10.36
12	Mojca Lindic	Slovenia	11:13.05
13	Dudu Karakaya	Turkey	11:16.25
14	Marja-Leena Kurki	Finland	11:22.31
15	Isabel Lobos	Chile	12:03.62

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

•  Argentina (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Canada (2)
•  Chile (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Estonia (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Morocco (2)
•  Poland (2)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Romania (2)
•  Russia (2)
•  Serbia and Montenegro (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Turkey (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2004 Grosseto ITA Jul 12-18, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 2 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015