World Rankings — Women's Steeple

World Rankings — Women’s Steeple

World Record holder Beatrice Chepkoech is working on a string of 3 straight No. 1s

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

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Steeple 2004 2008¶ 1...... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 1...... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 2...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 2...... Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya) 3...... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 3...... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 4...... Lyubov Kharlamova (Russia) 4...... Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 5...... Bouchra Chaabi (Morocco) 5...... Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 6...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 2005 7...... Zemzem Ahmed (Ethiopia) 1...... Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) 8...... Donna MacFarlane (Australia) 2...... Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 9...... Jenny Simpson (US) 3...... Jeruto Kiptum (Kenya) 10...... Anna Willard (US) 4...... Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 5...... Korine Hinds (Jamaica) 2009¶ 6...... Mardrea Hyman (Jamaica) 1...... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 7...... Salome Chepchumba (Kenya) 2...... Yuliya Zaripova (Russia) 8...... Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 3...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 9...... Livia Tóth (Hungary) 4...... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 10...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 5...... Jenny Simpson (US) 6...... Gladys Kipkemboi (Kenya) 2006 7...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 1...... Alesya Turova (Belarus) 8...... Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 2...... Jeruto Kiptum (Kenya) 9...... Antje Möldner-Schmidt (Germany) 3...... Wioletta Frankiewicz (Poland) 10...... Zemzem Ahmed (Ethiopia) 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...... Victoria Mitchell (Australia) 4...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 10...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 5...... Gladys Kipkemboi (Kenya) 6...... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 2007 7...... Mekdes Bekele (Ethiopia) 1...... Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) 8...... Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 2...... Tatyana Petrova (Russia) 9...... Jéssica Augusto (Portugal) 3...... Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya) 10...... Lisa Aguilera (US) 4...... Gulnara Galkina (Russia) 5...... Ruth Bisibori (Kenya) 2011¶ 6...... Cristina Casandra (Romania) 1...... Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 7...... Sophie Duarté (France) 2...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 8...... Roisin McGettigan (Ireland) 3...... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 9...... Rosa Morató (Spain) 4...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 10...... Hanane Ouhaddou (Morocco) 5...... Lydia Rotich (Kenya) 6...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 7...... Lyudmila Kuzmina (Russia) 8...... Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 9...... Birtukan Adamu (Ethiopia) 10...... Hanane Ouhaddou (Morocco)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Steeple 2012¶ 2016 1...... Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 1...... Ruth Jebet (Bahrain) 2...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 2...... Hyvin Kiyeng (Kenya) 3...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 3...... Emma Coburn (US) 4...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 4...... Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 5...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 5...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 6...... Lidya Chepkurui (Kenya) 6...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 7...... Mercy Njoroge (Kenya) 7...... Virginia Nyambura (Kenya) 8...... Hyvin Kiyeng (Kenya) 8...... Madeline Hills (Australia) 9...... Antje Möldner-Schmidt (Germany) 9...... Genevieve Gregson (Australia) 10...... Emma Coburn (US) 10...... Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 2013 2017¶ 1...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 1...... Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 2...... Lydia Chepkurui (Kenya) 2...... Emma Coburn (US) 3...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 3...... Hyvin Kiyeng (Kenya) 4...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 4...... Celliphine Chespol (Kenya) 5...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 5...... Norah Tanui (Kenya) 6...... Purity Kirui (Kenya) 6...... Courtney Frerichs (US) 7...... Hyvin Kiyeng (Kenya) 7...... Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 8...... Lydia Rotich (Kenya) 8...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 9...... Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 9...... Etenesh Diro (Ethiopia) 10...... Valentyna Zhudina (Ukraine) 10...... Daisy Jepkemei (Kenya) 2014 2018 1...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 1...... Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 2...... Emma Coburn (US) 2...... Hyvin Kiyeng (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 Kiyeng (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...... Winfred Yavi (Bahrain) 10...... Milcah Chemos (Kenya) 10...... Roseline Chepngetich (Kenya) 2015 2019 1...... Habiba Ghribi (Tunisia) 1...... Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 2...... Hyvin Kiyeng (Kenya) 2...... Emma Coburn (US) 3...... Virginia Nyambura (Kenya) 3...... Hyvin Kiyeng (Kenya) 4...... Sofia Assefa (Ethiopia) 4...... Norah Tanui (Kenya) 5...... Hiwot Ayalew (Ethiopia) 5...... Daisy Jepkemei (Kenya) 6...... Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 6...... Gesa-Felicitas Krause (Germany) 7...... Emma Coburn (US) 7...... Winfred Yavi (Bahrain) 8...... Lydia Chepkurui (Kenya) 8...... Celliphine Chespol (Kenya) 9...... Purity Kirui (Kenya) 9...... Peruth Chemutai (Uganda) 10...... Stephanie Garcia (US) 10...... Courtney Frerichs (US)