2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
# 2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase

The women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi 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 Belarus | Tatyana Petrova Russia | Wioletta Janowska Poland |

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Alesia Turava | Belarus | 9:37.01 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Wioletta Janowska | Poland | 9:37.39 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Veerle Dejaeghere | Belgium | 9:37.64 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Yelena Sidorchenkova | Russia | 9:38.53 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Ida Nilsson | Sweden | 9:40.31 | q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | Élodie Olivarès | France | 9:41.25 | q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Cristina Casandra | Romania | 9:41.63 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Tatyana Petrova | Russia | 9:42.08 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Lyubov Ivanova | Russia | 9:42.32 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Poland | 9:42.50 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 1 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 9:43.12 | Q, PB |
| 12 | 2 | Miranda Boonstra | Netherlands | 9:45.87 | q, NR |
| 13 | 1 | Roisin McGettigan | Ireland | 9:47.37 | |
| 14 | 2 | Diana Martín | Spain | 9:47.52 | PB |
| 15 | 1 | Lívia Tóth | Hungary | 9:48.10 | |
| 16 | 2 | Verena Dreier | Germany | 9:48.90 | PB |
| 17 | 2 | Fionnuala Britton | Ireland | 9:49.20 | PB |
| 18 | 1 | Rosa Morató | Spain | 9:52.02 | |
| 19 | 2 | Elena Romagnolo | Italy | 9:52.38 | NR |
| 20 | 1 | Hatti Dean | United Kingdom | 9:52.97 | |
| 21 | 2 | Iríni Kokkinaríou | Greece | 9:53.07 | NR |
| 22 | 1 | Rasa Troup | Lithuania | 9:53.14 | |
| 23 | 1 | Christin Johansson | Sweden | 9:58.37 | |
| 24 | 1 | Agnes Tschurtschenthaler | Italy | 10:00.09 | |
| 25 | 1 | Ebba Stenbäck Morrison | Sweden | 10:00.36 | |
| 26 | 1 | Dobrinka Shalamanova | Bulgaria | 10:01.56 | |
| 27 | 1 | Marzena Michalska | Italy | 10:11.21 | |
| 28 | 2 | Türkan Erismis | Turkey | 10:21.36 | |
| 29 | 1 | Louise Mørch | Denmark | 10:29.12 | SB |
| 30 | 1 | Andrea Deelstra | Netherlands | 10:46.12 | |
| | 2 | Inês Monteiro | Portugal | | DNF |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Alesia Turava | Belarus | 9:26.05 | CR |
| | Tatyana Petrova | Russia | 9:28.05 | |
| | Wioletta Janowska | Poland | 9:31.62 | |
| 4 | Lyubov Ivanova | Russia | 9:33.53 | |
| 5 | Veerle Dejaeghere | Belgium | 9:35.78 | |
| 6 | Yelena Sidorchenkova | Russia | 9:38.05 | |
| 7 | Ida Nilsson | Sweden | 9:39.24 | NR |
| 8 | Zulema Fuentes-Pila | Spain | 9:40.36 | NR |
| 9 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Poland | 9:42.89 | |
| 10 | Cristina Casandra | Romania | 9:42.94 | |
| 11 | Élodie Olivarès | France | 9:52.69 | |
| 12 | Miranda Boonstra | Netherlands | 10:20.01 | |
