The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi

Ullevi

Ullevi is a stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden. The stadium was built for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but since then Ullevi has also hosted the 1995 World Championships in Athletics and the 2006 European Championships in Athletics, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1983 and 1990, the UEFA Euro 1992...

 on August 10 and August 12.

First women's steeplechase event in European Athletics Championships. Alesia Turava takes the win three days after her sister had won 20 km walking competition.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alesia Turava Alesia Turava Alesia Turava is a Belarusian middle distance runner. She is a former world record holder in 3000 metre steeplechase with 9:16.51 minutes, achieved in Gdansk on 27 July 2002...	Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Valeriyevna Petrova is a Russian runner, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase as well as the marathon.As a junior, Petrova finished nineteenth at the 2001 European Cross Country Championships and reached the finals of both the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior...	Wioletta Janowska

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 10, 2006	10:05	Semifinals
August 12, 2006	16:15	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Semifinals

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Alesia Turava Alesia Turava Alesia Turava is a Belarusian middle distance runner. She is a former world record holder in 3000 metre steeplechase with 9:16.51 minutes, achieved in Gdansk on 27 July 2002...		9:37.01	Q
	2	Wioletta Janowska		9:37.39	Q
	2	Veerle Dejaeghere		9:37.64	Q
	2	Yelena Sidorchenkova Yelena Sidorchenkova Yelena Sidorchenkova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished sixth in 3000 m steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eleventh in 3000 metres at the 2008 World Indoor Championships.-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:03.90 min...		9:38.53	Q
	2	Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson is a Swedish long-distance runner.She finished 7th in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, where she set the Swedish national record .-External links:...		9:40.31	q, NR Swedish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Sweden maintained by its national athletics federation: Svenska Friidrottsförbundet .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:OT = oversized track# = not recognised by federation-External links:* *...
	2	Élodie Olivarès		9:41.25	q, SB
	2	Cristina Casandra Cristina Casandra Cristina Casandra, née Iloc is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase...		9:41.63	q
	1	Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Valeriyevna Petrova is a Russian runner, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase as well as the marathon.As a junior, Petrova finished nineteenth at the 2001 European Cross Country Championships and reached the finals of both the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior...		9:42.08	Q
	1	Lyubov Ivanova Lyubov Ivanova Lyubov Kharlamova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Career:She finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final, but tested positive in a doping test for a steroid and...		9:42.32	Q
10	1	Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...		9:42.50	Q, PB
11	1	Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Ortíz is a Spanish middle distance runner.She finished eighth in 1500 metres at the 2002 European Indoor Championships...		9:43.12	Q, PB
12	2	Miranda Boonstra		9:45.87	q, NR Dutch records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in the Netherlands maintained by its national athletics federation: Koninklijke Nederlandse Atletiek Unie .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance...
13	1	Roisin McGettigan Roisin McGettigan Roisin McGettigan is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She graduated from Providence College in 2003. She competed in the her first Olympic Games in 2008 in Beijing...		9:47.37
14	2	Diana Martín		9:47.52	PB
15	1	Lívia Tóth Lívia Tóth Lívia Tóth is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:04.86 min *1500 metres - 4:09.28 min *3000 metres - 8:58.53 min...		9:48.10
16	2	Verena Dreier		9:48.90	PB
17	2	Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton Fionnuala Britton is an Irish runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She began her international junior career in cross country running in 2001, highlighted by 33rd place at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships...		9:49.20	PB
18	1	Rosa Morató Rosa Morató Rosa María Morató is a Catalan runner who specializes in the steeplechase. She finished eighth at the 2007 World Championships. She represented Spain in the steeplechase at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her personal best time is 9:26.23 minutes, which she achieved in July 2007 in Heusden-Zolder,...		9:52.02
19	2	Elena Romagnolo Elena Romagnolo Elena Romagnolo is an Italian long-distance runner.-Achievements:-References:...		9:52.38	NR Italian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Italy maintained by its national athletics federation: Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceht = hand timing...
20	1	Hatti Dean Hatti Dean Harriet Dean is a British long-distance runner.In August 2008 it was announced she would be unable to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing due to a stress fracture to her ankle....		9:52.97
21	2	Iríni Kokkinaríou		9:53.07	NR Greek records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Greece maintained by Greece's national athletics federation: Association Hellenique d'Athlétisme Amateur .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF...
22	1	Rasa Troup		9:53.14
23	1	Christin Johansson		9:58.37
24	1	Agnes Tschurtschenthaler		10:00.09
25	1	Ebba Stenbäck Morrison		10:00.36
26	1	Dobrinka Shalamanova Dobrinka Shalamanova Dobrinka Shalamanova is a Bulgarian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:11.02 min *1500 metres - 4:20.47 min *3000 metres - 9:21.89 min...		10:01.56
27	1	Marzena Michalska		10:11.21
28	2	Türkan Erismis		10:21.36
29	1	Louise Mørch		10:29.12	SB
30	1	Andrea Deelstra		10:46.12

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Inês Monteiro

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Alesia Turava Alesia Turava Alesia Turava is a Belarusian middle distance runner. She is a former world record holder in 3000 metre steeplechase with 9:16.51 minutes, achieved in Gdansk on 27 July 2002...		9:26.05	CR
	Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Valeriyevna Petrova is a Russian runner, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase as well as the marathon.As a junior, Petrova finished nineteenth at the 2001 European Cross Country Championships and reached the finals of both the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior...		9:28.05
	Wioletta Janowska		9:31.62
	Lyubov Ivanova Lyubov Ivanova Lyubov Kharlamova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Career:She finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final, but tested positive in a doping test for a steroid and...		9:33.53
	Veerle Dejaeghere		9:35.78
	Yelena Sidorchenkova Yelena Sidorchenkova Yelena Sidorchenkova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished sixth in 3000 m steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and eleventh in 3000 metres at the 2008 World Indoor Championships.-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:03.90 min...		9:38.05
	Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson is a Swedish long-distance runner.She finished 7th in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, where she set the Swedish national record .-External links:...		9:39.24	NR Swedish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Sweden maintained by its national athletics federation: Svenska Friidrottsförbundet .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:OT = oversized track# = not recognised by federation-External links:* *...
	Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Zulema Fuentes-Pila Ortíz is a Spanish middle distance runner.She finished eighth in 1500 metres at the 2002 European Indoor Championships...		9:40.36	NR Spanish records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Spain maintained by its national athletics federation: Real Federación Española de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:-External links:* * * *...
	Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...		9:42.89
10	Cristina Casandra Cristina Casandra Cristina Casandra, née Iloc is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase...		9:42.94
11	Élodie Olivarès		9:52.69
12	Miranda Boonstra		10:20.01

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