India’s Sudha Singh crashed out of the London Olympics after failing to qualify for the final of the women’s 3000m steeplechase event, finishing a lowly 13th out of 15 runners in the first heat on Saturday.
Sudha, a gold medal winner in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, clocked 9:48.86s.
The top four runners from the first heat qualified for Monday’s final with Gesa Felicitas Krause of Germany, winning the race with a personal best timing of 9:24.91s.
Combined Result Standings of Womens 3000m steeple chase
| Rk | Bib | Athlete | Heat | Mark | + | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1700 | 3 | 9:24.01 | Q | + | ||
| 2 | 1945 | 1 | 9:24.91 | Q | PB | + | |
| 3 | 1707 | 1 | 9:25.31 | Q | + | ||
| 4 | 1699 | 2 | 9:25.42 | Q | + | ||
| 5 | 2902 | 3 | 9:25.68 | Q | + | ||
| 6 | 2340 | 3 | 9:25.99 | Q | + | ||
| 7 | 1952 | 3 | 9:26.57 | Q | SB | + | |
| 8 | 2328 | 1 | 9:27.09 | Q | + | ||
| 9 | 2401 | 1 | 9:27.21 | Q | NR | + | |
| 10 | 3069 | 2 | 9:27.42 | Q | SB | + | |
| 11 | 3278 | 2 | 9:27.51 | Q | + | ||
| 12 | 2858 | 1 | 9:28.76 | q | + | ||
| 13 | 1646 | 2 | 9:29.71 | Q | + | ||
| 14 | 3290 | 3 | 9:29.86 | q | + | ||
| 15 | 2723 | 2 | 9:30.06 | q | PB | + | |
| 16 | 2762 | 3 | 9:31.06 | + | |||
| 17 | 1870 | 1 | 9:32.07 | + | |||
| 18 | 2896 | 2 | 9:33.14 | + | |||
| 19 | 1381 | 1 | 9:34.29 | SB | + | ||
| 20 | 3118 | 3 | 9:35.29 | + | |||
| 21 | 1650 | 1 | 9:35.77 | PB | + | ||
| =22 | 3164 | 2 | 9:37.90 | + | |||
| =22 | 1072 | 1 | 9:37.90 | PB | + | ||
| 24 | 2200 | 1 | 9:37.95 | SB | + | ||
| 25 | 2342 | 2 | 9:42.03 | + | |||
| 26 | 2468 | 1 | 9:44.62 | + | |||
| 27 | 2111 | 2 | 9:44.77 | + | |||
| 28 | 3096 | 2 | 9:47.35 | + | |||
| 29 | 3302 | 1 | 9:48.33 | + | |||
| 30 | 2691 | 2 | 9:48.60 | + | |||
| 31 | 2076 | 1 | 9:48.86 | + | |||
| 32 | 1732 | 3 | 9:50.71 | + | |||
| 33 | 1863 | 3 | 9:54.36 | + | |||
| 34 | 1185 | 1 | 9:54.77 | + | |||
| 35 | 2749 | 2 | 9:55.26 | + | |||
| 36 | 2467 | 3 | 9:58.77 | + | |||
| 37 | 2764 | 2 | 9:58.83 | + | |||
| 38 | 1267 | 3 | 9:59.52 | + | |||
| 39 | 3189 | 3 | 10:01.09 | + | |||
| 40 | 3093 | 3 | 10:03.52 | + | |||
| 41 | 2700 | 3 | 10:08.84 | + | |||
| 42 | 1394 | 2 | 10:09.10 | + | |||
| 43 | 1426 | 2 | 10:25.60 | + | |||
| 44 | 3101 | 1 | 10:31.00 | + |