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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 2 August 2024 (round 1)
  • 5 August 2024 (final)
Competitors41 from 25 nations
Winning time14:28.56
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beatrice Chebet  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Faith Kipyegon  Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in two rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 2 and 5 August 2024. This was the eighth time that the women's 5000 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 43 athletes were to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Summary

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At the previous Olympics, Sifan Hassan was virtually unbeatable at the end of races. She returns to defend her championship but since then her results have been more sketchy. Gudaf Tsegay, returning bronze medalist, won the 2022 World Championships, uncharacteristically out kicking Beatrice Chebet. Then in 2023, 1500 world record holder Faith Kipyegon joined the mix beating Hassan and Chebet while Tsegay applied her efforts to win the 10,000. Ethiopia didn't select the season's world leader Tsigie Gebreselama, but did select Ejgayehu Taye, 2023 10,000 bronze medalist, who finished .16 behind her at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic, by far the fastest race of the season.[2]

At the gun in the final, Kipyegon went to the front to control the pace. With her superior finishing speed, she didn't want to run fast. Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal wanted to make the race faster and moved to the front, Nadia Battocletti and Chebet dropped in behind her. Near the halfway point, Taye moved to the front, with Tsegay joining her to try to do some team tactics. After two faster laps, Kipyegon moved back to the front. With just under three laps to go, Tsegay moved to the front to challenge Kipyegon. Kipyegon didn't think Tsegay had enough space to pass, the two exchanged elbows. As the pace quickened, Hassan moved from the back of the field, to the back of the leading group as stragglers fell off. All three Kenyans hit the bell, Kipyegon followed closely by Chebet and Margaret Kipkemboi. A few steps behind, Hassan left the chasing group and set off after the departing Kenyans. Hassan got by Kipkemboi but couldn't make progress against Chebet and Kipyegon. Kipyegon's grinding speed didn't break Chebet, instead, waiting until the home stretch, Chebet found another gear and out-sprinted Kipyegon for the gold.[3]

Kipyegon was originally disqualified after the race for an earlier race incident with Tsegay. With a 59.5 final lap, Battocletti finished fourth and was advanced to the bronze behind Hassan. However, after a protest, Kipyegon was reinstated as the silver medallist and the original results were restored.[4][5]

Background

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The women's 5000 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1996, when the event replaced the women's 3000 metres to match the men's event.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21[6] Eugene, United States 17 September 2023
Olympic record  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:26.72 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19 August 2016
World leading  Tsigie Gebreselama (ETH) 14:16.76[7] Eugene, United States 25 May 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[8]
Area record Athlete (nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21 WR
Asia (records)  Bo Jiang (CHN) 14:28.09
Europe (records)  Sifan Hassan (NED) 14:13.42
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
 Alicia Monson (USA) 14:19.45
Oceania (records)  Kimberley Smith (AUS) 14:39.89
South America (records)  Joselyn Brea (VEN) 14:36.59

Qualification

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For the women's 5000 metres event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[9] 45 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 14:52.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[9]

Results

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Round 1

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Round 1 was held on 2 August, starting at 18:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1] First 8 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.[10]

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 14:57.56 Q
2 Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 14:57.65 (.641) Q
3 Nadia Battocletti  Italy 14:57.65 (.647) Q
4 Margaret Kipkemboi  Kenya 14:57.70 Q
5 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 14:57.84 Q, SB
6 Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia 14:57.97 Q
7 Elise Cranny  United States 14:58.55 Q
8 Karissa Schweizer  United States 14:59.64 Q
9 Nozomi Tanaka  Japan 15:00.62
10 Marta García  Spain 15:08.87
11 Mariana Machado  Portugal 15:23.26
12 Belinda Chemutai  Uganda 15:23.90
13 Lauren Ryan  Australia 15:29.35
14 Hanna Klein  Germany 15:31.85
15 Lisa Rooms  Belgium 15:37.55
16 Agate Caune  Latvia 15:38.19
17 Yuma Yamamoto  Japan 15:43.67
18 Alma Delia Cortés  Mexico 15:45.33
19 Briana Scott  Canada 15:47.30
20 Ankita Dhyani  India 16:19.38
Joy Cheptoyek  Uganda DNS

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Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Beatrice Chebet  Kenya 15:00.73 Q
2 Medina Eisa  Ethiopia 15:00.82 Q
3 Rose Davies  Australia 15:00.86 Q
4 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway 15:01.14 Q
5 Francine Niyomukunzi  Burundi 15:01.42 Q
6 Whittni Morgan  United States 15:02.14 Q, SB
7 Nathalie Blomqvist  Finland 15:02.75 Q
8 Joselyn Brea  Venezuela 15:02.89 Q
9 Isobel Batt-Doyle  Australia 15:03.64
10 Maureen Koster  Netherlands 15:03.66
11 Laura Galván  Mexico 15:05.20 SB
12 Klara Lukan  Slovenia 15:09.61
13 Esther Chebet  Uganda 15:10.46
14 Parul Chaudhary  India 15:10.68 SB
15 Samiyah Hassan Nour  Djibouti 15:13.63
16 Federica Del Buono  Italy 15:15.54
17 Sarah Madeleine  France 15:18.62
18 Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés  Hungary 15:48.24
19 Wakana Kabasawa  Japan 15:50.86
20 Jodie McCann  Ireland 15:55.08

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Final

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The final was held on 5 August, starting at 21:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beatrice Chebet  Kenya 14:28.56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Faith Kipyegon  Kenya 14:29.60 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 14:30.61 SB
4 Nadia Battocletti  Italy 14:31.64 NR
5 Margaret Kipkemboi  Kenya 14:32.23 SB
6 Ejgayehu Taye  Ethiopia 14:32.98
7 Medina Eisa  Ethiopia 14:35.43
8 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway 14:43.21
9 Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia 14:45.21 SB
10 Karissa Schweizer  United States 14:45.57
11 Elise Cranny  United States 14:48.06
12 Rose Davies  Australia 14:49.67
13 Nathalie Blomqvist  Finland 14:53.10
14 Whittni Morgan  United States 14:53.57 PB
15 Joselyn Brea  Venezuela 15:17.04
16 Francine Niyomukunzi  Burundi 15:22.40

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "5000 Metres - women - senior - all - 2024". World Athletics.
  3. ^ "Kenya's Chebet wins 5,000m gold as Kipyegon gets silver". BBC Sport. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 5000m Final Official Communication - 4" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's 5000m Final Race Analysis" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 5000 Metres women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 5000 Metres women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Records – 5000 Metres women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's 5000m Round 1 Results". Olympics.com. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Women's 5000m - Round 1 - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Olympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's 5000m - Round 1 - Heat 2/2 race analysis" (PDF). Olympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Women's 5000m - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.