World Rankings — Women’s Steeple

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Ruth Jebet’s big ’16 season found her winning Olympic gold and crushing the World Record

2002 1956–2000 1...... Alesya Turova (Belarus) (no rankings done) 2...... Justyna Bak (Poland) 3...... Cristina Casandra () (only top 5s done for first 4 years, until 4...... Melanie Schulz () event was added to World Champs) 5...... Élodie Olivarès (France) 2001 2003 1...... Justyna Bak (Poland) 1...... Gulnara Galkina () 2...... Melissa Rollison () 2...... Alesya Turova (Belarus) 3...... Irène Limika () 3...... (Russia) 4...... Elizabeth Jackson (US) 4...... () 5...... Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 5...... Cristina Casandra (Romania)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Steeple 2004 2008 1...... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 1...... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 2...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 2...... (Kenya) 3...... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 3...... Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 4...... Lyubov Kharlamova (Russia) 4...... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 5...... Bouchra Chaabi (Morocco) 5...... Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 6...... (Poland) 2005 7...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 1...... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 8...... (Ethiopia) 2...... Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 9...... Donna MacFarlane (Australia) 3...... (Kenya) 10...... Jenny Simpson (US) 4...... Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 5...... Korine Hinds (Jamaica) 2009 6...... Mardrea Hyman (Jamaica) 1...... Marta Domínguez () 7...... Salome Chepchumba (Kenya) 2...... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 8...... Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 3...... (Russia) 9...... Livia Tóth (Hungary) 4...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 10...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 5...... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 6...... Jenny Simpson (US) 2006 7...... Gladys Kipkemboi (Kenya) 1...... Alesya Turova (Belarus) 8...... (Ethiopia) 2...... Jeruto Kiptum (Kenya) 9...... () 3...... Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 10..... Antje Möldner-Schmidt (Germany) 4...... Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 5...... Salome Chepchumba (Kenya) 2010 6...... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 1...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 7...... Melissa Rollison (Australia) 2...... Yuliya Zaripova (Russia) 8...... Donna MacFarlane (Australia) 3...... Lydia Rotich (Kenya) 9...... (Australia) 4...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 10...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 5...... Gladys Kipkemboi (Kenya) 6...... Marta Domínguez (Spain) 2007 7...... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 1...... Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 8...... Mekdes Bekele (Ethiopia) 2...... Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 9...... Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 3...... Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya) 10...... Jéssica Augusto (Portugal) 4...... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 5...... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 2011 6...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 1...... Yuliya Zaripova (Russia) 7...... Sophie Duarté (France) 2...... Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 8...... Roisin McGettigan (Ireland) 3...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 9...... Rosa Morató (Spain) 4...... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 10...... Hanane Ouhaddou (Morocco) 5...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 6...... Lydia Rotich (Kenya) 7...... (Ethiopia) 8...... (Turkey) 9...... Lyudmila Kuzmina (Russia) 10...... Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia)

© Track & Field News 2019 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Steeple 2012 2016 1...... Yuliya Zaripova (Russia) 1...... (Bahrain) 2...... Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 2...... Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 3...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 3...... (US) 4...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 4...... (Kenya) 5...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 5...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 6...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 6...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 7...... Lidya Chepkurui (Kenya) 7...... Virginia Nyambura (Kenya) 8...... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 8...... Madeline Hills (Australia) 9...... Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 9...... Genevieve Gregson (Australia) 10..... Antje Möldner-Schmidt (Germany) 10...... Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 2013 2017 1...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 1...... Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 2...... Lydia Chepkurui (Kenya) 2...... Ruth Jebet (Bahrain) 3...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 3...... Emma Coburn (US) 4...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 4...... Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 5...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 5...... Celliphine Chespol (Kenya) 6...... Purity Kirui (Kenya) 6...... Norah Tanui (Kenya) 7...... Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 7...... (US) 8...... Lydia Rotich (Kenya) 8...... Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 9...... Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 9...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 10...... Valentyna Zhudina (Ukraine) 10...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 2014 2018 1...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 1...... Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 2...... Emma Coburn (US) 2...... Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 3...... Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 3...... Norah Tanui (Kenya) 4...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 4...... Emma Coburn (US) 5...... Ruth Jebet (Bahrain) 5...... Celliphine Chespol (Kenya) 6...... Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 6...... Courtney Frerichs (US) 7...... Salima Alami (Morocco) 7...... Peruth Chemutai (Uganda) 8...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 8...... Daisy Jepkemei (Kenya) 9...... Purity Kirui (Kenya) 9...... (Bahrain) 10...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 10...... Roseline Chepngetich (Kenya) 2015 1...... Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 2...... Hyvin Jepkemoi (Kenya) 3...... Virginia Nyambura (Kenya) 4...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 5...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 6...... Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 7...... Emma Coburn (US) 8...... Lydia Chepkurui (Kenya) 9...... Purity Kirui (Kenya) 10...... Stephanie Garcia (US)

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