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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

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Women's 10,000 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
Victorious Vivian Cheruiyot ahead of Gelete Burka
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates24 August
Competitors25 from 14 nations
Winning time31:41.31
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    United States
← 2013
2017 →

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 24 August.[1]

Summary

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The reigning champion from 2013 Tirunesh Dibaba was absent from the competition, having decided to take a career break to start a family.[2][3]

Coming into the bell, the lead pack, led by Molly Huddle had dwindled to eight, with Belaynesh Oljira and Susan Kuijken trying to hold on. The field adjusted for the final kick through the turn, Gelete Burka the first to pounce as soon as they reached the back stretch. Betsy Saina fell off the back but the rest stayed in close order drill. It took Vivian Cheruiyot another 50 metres to get pas Huddle then she quickly moved to Burka's shoulder, literally bumping shoulders a couple of times as they entered the turn. Cheruiyot moved past Burka who then followed Cheruiyot through the turn repositioning herself for a final kick coming off the turn. Burka made her move, with 100 meters to go Cheruiyot looked directly into Burka's eyes and the battle was on. For the next 50 meters they raced with Cheruiyot always maintaining the edge. Then it was clear Burka would not get there and the gap opened as Burka struggled. Huddle continued chasing, losing ground to the leaders. Behind her Emily Infeld was sprinting and moved past a celebrating Huddle just one meter before the finish line.[4]

The top 9 runners were from just three countries. Had this been scored by cross country rules, it would be USA 13 (1:35:13.30), Kenya 14 (1:35:17.08), Ethiopia 18 (1:35:24.51). Vivian Cheruiyot returns to top the podium after winning in 2011 and not attempting to defend the title in 2013.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Junxia Wang (CHN) 29:31.78 Beijing, China 8 September 1993
Championship record  Berhane Adere (ETH) 30:04.18 Paris, France 23 August 2003
World leading  Gelete Burka (ETH) 30:49.68 Hengelo, Netherlands 17 June 2015
African record  Meselech Melkamu (ETH) 29:53.80 Utrecht, Netherlands 14 June 2009
Asian record  Junxia Wang (CHN) 29:31.78 Beijing, China 8 September 1993
NACAC record  Shalane Flanagan (USA) 30:22.22 Beijing, China 15 August 2008
South American record  Carmem de Oliveira (BRA) 31:47.76 Stuttgart, Germany 21 August 1993
European record  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 29:56.34 Beijing, China 15 August 2008
Oceanian record  Kim Smith (NZL) 30:35.54 Palo Alto, United States 4 May 2008

Qualification standards

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Entry standards[6]
32:00.00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
24 August 2015 20:35 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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The race was started at 20:35.[7]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya (KEN) 31:41.31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gelete Burka  Ethiopia (ETH) 31:41.77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emily Infeld  United States (USA) 31:43.49
4 Molly Huddle  United States (USA) 31:43.58
5 Sally Kipyego  Kenya (KEN) 31:44.42 SB
6 Shalane Flanagan  United States (USA) 31:46.23
7 Alemitu Heroye  Ethiopia (ETH) 31:49.73
8 Betsy Saina  Kenya (KEN) 31:51.35 SB
9 Belaynesh Oljira  Ethiopia (ETH) 31:53.01
10 Susan Kuijken  Netherlands (NED) 31:54.32
11 Jip Vastenburg  Netherlands (NED) 32:03.03
12 Sara Moreira  Portugal (POR) 32:06.14
13 Kasumi Nishihara  Japan (JPN) 32:12.95
14 Brenda Flores  Mexico (MEX) 32:15.26
15 Kate Avery  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 32:16.19
16 Trihas Gebre  Spain (ESP) 32:20.87
17 Juliet Chekwel  Uganda (UGA) 32:20.95 NR
18 Lanni Marchant  Canada (CAN) 32:22.50
19 Ana Dulce Félix  Portugal (POR) 32:26.07
20 Yuka Takashima  Japan (JPN) 32:27.79
21 Almensh Belete  Belgium (BEL) 32:47.62 SB
22 Rei Ohara  Japan (JPN) 32:47.74
23 Natasha Wodak  Canada (CAN) 32:59.20
24 Nazret Weldu  Eritrea (ERI) 35:14.18 SB
Alia Saeed Mohammed  United Arab Emirates (UAE) DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2014-11-05). Pregnant Tirunesh Dibaba to miss 2015 season. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-08-16.
  3. ^ Start list
  4. ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S 10,000M – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Records & Lists – 10,000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ^ Final results