2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
| Women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 5 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 30:16.32 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Events at the 2017 World Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5 August.[1]
Summary
2015 champion Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya was absent, having retired from track races.[2] Three-time world champion Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia ran, although she had planned initially to run the marathon instead. Almaz Ayana, also from Ethiopia and the world record holder from the 2016 Summer Olympics, ran her first race of the year.
The race began at a leisurely pace, with Ayana content to hover near the front, just behind a succession of leaders. After 4000 metres in just over 13 minutes, where Ayana led by 0.24 seconds, she broke open the race with a 2:49.18 1000 metres (her quickest of the race) and extended her lead to 5.96 seconds at the halfway mark, with Yasemin Can from Turkey in second place. Her lead at 6000 metres grew to 16.84 seconds. By the last lap, she had a lead of almost 300 metres and had lapped all but three other runners. Her 46:37 seconds margin of victory was the largest ever in a women's 10,000 metres at the World Championships.[3]
The race for the silver medal was competitive among Alice Aprot Nawowuna, Agnes Jebet Tirop, and Dibaba. Dibaba, however, ran a fast 2:49.98 last 1000 metres (averaging 68 seconds per 400 metres) to clinch the silver.
Records
Before the competition, the records were as follows:[4]
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 29:17.45 | Almaz Ayana |  ETH |
12 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Championship | 30:04.18 | Berhane Adere | ETH |
23 Aug 2003 | Paris, France |
| World leading | 30:40.87 | Gelete Burka | ETH |
10 Jun 2017 | Hengelo, Netherlands |
| African | 29:17.45 | Almaz Ayana | ETH |
12 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Asian | 29:31.78 | Junxia Wang |  CHN |
8 Sep 1993 | Beijing, China |
| NACAC | 30:13.17 | Molly Huddle |  USA |
12 Aug 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| South American | 31:47.76 | Carmem de Oliveira |  BRA |
21 Aug 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| European | 29:56.34 | Elvan Abeylegesse |  TUR |
15 Aug 2008 | Beijing, China |
| Oceanian | 30:35.54 | Kim Smith |  NZL |
4 May 2008 | Palo Alto, United States |
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 32:15.00.[5]
Results
The final took place on 5 August at 20:12. The results were as follows (photo finish):[6]
Splits
The split times of the top four finishers were as follows:[7]
| Distance | Almaz Ayana | Tirunesh Dibaba | Agnes Jebet Tirop | Alice Aprot Nawowuna | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Split | Total | Pos | Split | Total | Pos | Split | Total | Pos | Split | Total | |
| 1000 m | 6 | 3:30.38 | 3:30.38 | 20 | 3:31.43 | 3:31.43 | 10 | 3:30.64 | 3:30.64 | 4 | 3:30.33 | 3:30.33 |
| 2000 m | 2 | 3:18.49 | 6:48.87 | 17 | 3:18.88 | 6:50.31 | 9 | 3:19.09 | 6:49.73 | 4 | 3:18.87 | 6:49.19 |
| 3000 m | 2 | 3:10.60 | 9:59.47 | 3 | 3:09.37 | 9:59.68 | 10 | 3:10.46 | 10:00.19 | 4 | 3:10.59 | 9:59.78 |
| 4000 m | 1 | 3:02.73 | 13:02.20 | 6 | 3:04.66 | 13:04.34 | 3 | 3:03.02 | 13:03.21 | 4 | 3:03.67 | 13:03.45 |
| 5000 m | 1 | 2:49.18 | 15:51.38 | 6 | 2:56.30 | 16:00.64 | 5 | 2:57.03 | 16:00.24 | 3 | 2:55.45 | 15:59.79 |
| 6000 m | 1 | 2:51.59 | 18:42.97 | 6 | 2:59.86 | 19:00.50 | 4 | 2:59.82 | 19:00.06 | 2 | 3:00.02 | 18:59.81 |
| 7000 m | 1 | 2:52.22 | 21:35.19 | 4 | 3:02.10 | 22:02.60 | 3 | 3:02.30 | 22:02.36 | 2 | 3:02.35 | 22:02.16 |
| 8000 m | 1 | 2:54.84 | 24:30.03 | 5 | 3:05.70 | 25:08.30 | 3 | 3:05.62 | 25:07.98 | 2 | 3:05.57 | 25:07.73 |
| 9000 m | 1 | 2:56.80 | 27:26.83 | 4 | 3:04.41 | 28:12.71 | 2 | 3:04.20 | 28:12.18 | 3 | 3:04.70 | 28:12.43 |
| 10,000 m | 1 | 2:49.49 | 30:16.32 | 2 | 2:49.98 | 31:02.69 | 3 | 2:51.32 | 31:03.50 | 4 | 2:59.43 | 31:11.86 |
References
- ↑ "10,000 Metres Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "Kenya's Cheruiyot retires from track to take up road running". Xinhua. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ↑ Homewood, Brian (5 August 2017). "Olympic champion Ayana destroys field to win 10,000 metres". Reuters. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ↑ "10,000 Metres Women − Records". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "10,000 Metres Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "10,000 Metres Women − Final − Race ANalysis" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 6 August 2017.