Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 19–22 August
Competitors 30
Winning time 15:41.40
Medalists
  Tirunesh Dibaba   Ethiopia
  Elvan Abeylegesse   Turkey
  Meseret Defar   Ethiopia
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The Women's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–22 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 15:09.00 (A standard) and 15:24.00 (B standard).[2]

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Olympic record  Gabriela Szabó (ROU) 14:40.79 Sydney, Australia 25 September 2000

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 6 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Meseret Defar Ethiopia 14:56.32 Q
2 2 Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 14:57.27 Q, SB
3 2 Liliya Shobukhova Russia 14:57.77 Q
4 2 Priscah Jepleting Cherono Kenya 14:58.07 Q
5 2 Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey 14:58.79 Q, SB
6 2 Shalane Flanagan United States 14:59.69 Q, SB
7 2 Kara Goucher United States 15:00.98 q, SB
8 1 Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 15:09.89 Q
9 1 Sylvia Kibet Kenya 15:10.37 Q
10 1 Alemitu Bekele Turkey 15:10.92 Q
11 1 Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia 15:11.21 Q
12 2 Megan Metcalfe Canada 15:11.23 q, PB
13 1 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina Russia 15:11.46 Q
14 2 Xue Fei China 15:13.25 q, SB
15 1 Jennifer Rhines United States 15:15.12 Q
16 1 Yuriko Kobayashi Japan 15:15.87
17 1 Simret Sultan Eritrea 15:16.25 NR
18 2 Kayoko Fukushi Japan 15:20.46
19 2 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli Morocco 15:21.47
20 1 Volha Krautsova Belarus 15:21.85 SB
21 1 Silvia Weissteiner Italy 15:23.45
22 1 Zhang Yingying China 15:23.81 SB
23 1 Zakia Mrisho Mohamed Tanzania 15:24.28
24 1 Dolores Checa Spain 15:31.22
25 2 Yukiko Akaba Japan 15:38.30
26 1 Jessica Augusto Portugal 16:05.71
27 2 Krisztina Papp Hungary 16:08.86
28 1 Lucia Chandamale Malawi 16:44.09
29 2 Francine Niyonizigiye Burundi 17:08.44
30 1 Celma Bonfim da Graça São Tomé and Príncipe 17:25.99 NR
2 Yelena Zadorozhnaya Russia DNF
2 Joanne Pavey Great Britain DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes[3][4]
Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 14:41.40
Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey 14:42.74
Meseret Defar Ethiopia 14:44.12
Sylvia Kibet Kenya 14:44.12
Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 14:44.12
Liliya Shobukhova Russia 14:44.12
7 Alemitu Bekele Turkey 15:48.48
8 Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia 15:49.03
9 Kara Goucher United States 15:49.39
10 Shalane Flanagan United States 15:50.80
11 Priscah Jepleting Cherono Kenya 15:51.78
12 Gulnara Samitova-Galkina Russia 15:56.97
13 Xue Fei China 16:09.84
14 Jennifer Rhines United States 16:34.63
15 Megan Metcalfe Canada 17:06.82

Splits

Intermediate Athlete Country Mark
1000m Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  Russia 3:39.20
2000m Elvan Abeylegesse  Turkey 6:45.41
3000m Gulnara Samitova-Galkina  Russia 9:58.13
4000m Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia 13:04.77

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/results/eventCode=3659/bydiscipline/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  2. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/standards/index.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  3. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-22-2008/sex=W/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det
  4. ^ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C73G/ATW050101.shtml#ATW050101
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