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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueJapan National Stadium
Dates30 July 2021 (heats)
2 August 2021 (final)
Competitors38 from 21 nations
Winning time14:36.79
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hellen Obiri  Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia
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The women's 5000 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.[1] Approximately 45 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 42 qualifying through time or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016).[2]

Summary

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Sifan Hassan had already announced her intention to attempt to win the 1500, 5000, and 10,000 metres triple at the Olympics. Prior to the Olympics, she had won the 1500 and 10,000 metres at the World Championships.[3] Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya had won the previous 5000 metres at the 2016 Olympics, but did not compete in the 2020 Olympics. Hellen Obiri, also of Kenya, was second in Rio and had won the 5000 metres at the 2019 World Championships

Earlier in the day, during the qualifying heat for the 1500 metres, Hassan suffered a fall but was able to continue, winning her heat to qualify for the semi-finals. The race started off slowly, with Elise Cranny taking an early lead as Hassan dropped to the back of the pack. Wanting a faster pace, Ririka Hironaka ran around the pack and assumed the lead. Over the next three laps, the pack let Hironaka breakaway to as much as a 10 metre lead. Then the Kenyan trio of Hellen Obiri, Agnes Jebet Tirop, and Lilian Kasait Rengeruk; the Ethiopian trio of Gudaf Tsegay, Senbere Teferi, and Ejgayehu Taye; and Kenyan-born Turkish athlete Yasemin Can moved forward.

With three laps to go, the lead group accelerated, with Hassan moving up from her position at the rear of the race to the back of the lead group. With Rengeruk falling off, the lead group consisted of the three Ethiopians, two Kenyans, Can, and Hassan. On the penultimate lap, Hassan moved up a further two positions, as Can and Teferi could not match the pace of the lead group All the leaders strived to be first at the bell, going four wide across the track, followed by Hassan.

At the start of the final lap Hassan moved to the outside, and began increasing her pace to pass the runners in front of her; Tirop, Taye, and Tsegay were passed during the turn, and finally mid-backstretch she passed the leader Obiri who went into full sprint to try to hold her off. It didn't match Hassan's speed, and Hassan carried the lead going into the final turn. Coming out of the final turn, Hassan accelerated again, opening up a 12 metre gap down the final straight, winning gold with a time 14:36.79. Obiri finished second some 1.57 seconds behind; 14:38.36, Tsegay completed the podium in third finishing in 14:38.87.[4][5] It was Obiri's second straight silver.

Background

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This was the seventh time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since 1996.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's 5000 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 15:10.00. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 42 is reached.[2][6]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Both indoor and outdoor meets were eligible for qualifying. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2][7]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one female athlete regardless of time if they had no female athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 5000 metres.[2]

Competition format

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The event continued to use the two-round format introduced in 2012.[8]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records were as follows.

World record  Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) 14:06.62 Valencia, Spain 7 October 2020
Olympic record  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:26.17 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19 August 2016
World Leading  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:13.32 Hengelo, Netherlands 8 June 2021
Area
Time (s) Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 14:06.62 WR Letesenbet Gidey  Ethiopia
Asia (records) 14:28.09 Jiang Bo  China
Europe (records) 14:22.12 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
14:23.92 Shelby Houlihan  United States
Oceania (records) 14:39.89 Kim Smith  New Zealand
South America (records) 15:18.85 Simone Alves da Silva  Brazil

The following national records were established during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Time Notes
Israel Selamawit Teferi Round 1 14:53.43
Mexico Laura Galván Round 1 15:00.16
Japan Ririka Hironaka Final 14:52.84

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's 5000 metres took place over two separate days.[1]

Date Time Round
Friday, 30 July 2021 19:00 Round 1
Monday, 2 August 2021 19:00 Final

Results

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Round 1

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Qualification Rules: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 14:47.89 Q
2 Agnes Jebet Tirop  Kenya 14:48.01 Q, SB
3 Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia 14:48.31 Q
4 Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia 14:48.52 Q
5 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya 14:50.36 Q, SB
6 Yasemin Can  Turkey 14:50.92 q
7 Karissa Schweizer  United States 14:51.34 q, SB
8 Selamawit Teferi  Israel 14:53.43 q, NR
9 Ririka Hironaka  Japan 14:55.87 q, PB
10 Andrea Seccafien  Canada 14:59.55 q
11 Laura Galván  Mexico 15:00.16 NR
12 Kaede Hagitani  Japan 15:04.95 PB
13 Jessica Judd  Great Britain 15:09.47
14 Camille Buscomb  New Zealand 15:24.39
15 Prisca Chesang  Uganda 15:25.72
16 Lucía Rodríguez  Spain 15:26.19 PB
17 Julie-Anne Staehli  Canada 15:33.39
18 Rose Davies  Australia 15:50.07
19 Sarah Chelangat  Uganda 15:59.40 SB

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 14:55.74 Q
2 Hellen Obiri  Kenya 14:55.77 Q
3 Nadia Battocletti  Italy 14:55.83 Q, PB
4 Elise Cranny  United States 14:56.14 Q, SB
5 Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal  Norway 14:56.82 Q
6 Nozomi Tanaka  Japan 14:59.93 PB
7 Rachel Schneider  United States 15:00.07
8 Rahel Daniel  Eritrea 15:02.59
9 Amy-Eloise Markovc  Great Britain 15:03.22 PB
10 Eilish McColgan  Great Britain 15:09.68
11 Jenny Blundell  Australia 15:11.27
12 Esther Chebet  Uganda 15:11.47
13 Dominique Scott  South Africa 15:13.94 SB
14 Kate van Buskirk  Canada 15:14.96
15 Isobel Batt-Doyle  Australia 15:21.65
16 Diane van Es  Netherlands 15:47.01
17 Marthe Yankurije  Rwanda 15:55.94 SB
Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi DQ TR 17.3.2
Klara Lukan  Slovenia DNF

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 14:36.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hellen Obiri  Kenya 14:38.36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 14:38.87
4 Agnes Jebet Tirop  Kenya 14:39.62 SB
5 Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia 14:41.24
6 Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia 14:45.11
7 Nadia Battocletti  Italy 14:46.29 PB
8 Yasemin Can  Turkey 14:46.49
9 Ririka Hironaka  Japan 14:52.84 NR
10 Selamawit Teferi  Israel 14:54.39
11 Karissa Schweizer  United States 14:55.80
12 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya 14:55.85
13 Elise Cranny  United States 14:55.98 SB
14 Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal  Norway 15:09.37
15 Andrea Seccafien  Canada 15:12.09

References

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  3. ^ "Sifan Hassan confirms audacious bid for 1500m, 5,000m and 10,000m treble". the Guardian. 1 August 2021. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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  7. ^ "Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020". World Athletics. 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Athletics Explanatory Guide" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. August 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.