2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11 August.

Women's 10,000 metres
at the 2013 World Championships
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates11 August (final)
Competitors19 from 13 nations
Winning time30:43.35
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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At the beginning it was Shalane Flanagan who took out the pace, with the African contenders content to let her. Following was Hitomi Niiya, who after a brief rainshower took over the lead as Flanagan faded after the first 8 laps. Niiya held the lead until the final 600 meters as the pack dwindled. That was when Tirunesh Dibaba began to race seriously. Followed by her teammate, Belaynesh Oljira, the two Ethiopians picked up the pace with Kenyans Gladys Cherono and Emily Chebet giving chase, Niiya couldn't handle the acceleration and disappeared from contention. Even Oljira couldn't keep up with Dibaba's smooth pace to gold, she was passed by Cherono who gave a game effort and picked up the silver.

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[1]

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   Meseret Defar (ETH) 30:08.06   Stockholm, Sweden 27 June 2013
African record   Meselech Melkamu (ETH) 29:53.80   Utrecht, Netherlands 14 June 2009
Asian record   Junxia Wang (CHN) 29:31.78   Beijing, People's Republic of China 8 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Shalane Flanagan (USA) 30:22.22   Beijing, People's Republic of China 15 August 2008
South American record   Simone da Silva (BRA) 31:16.56   São Paulo, Brazil 3 August 2011
European record   Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 29:56.34   Beijing, People's Republic of China 15 August 2008
Oceanian record   Kim Smith (NZL) 30:35.54   Palo Alto, CA, United States 4 May 2008

Qualification standards edit

A time[2] B time
31:45:00 32:05:00

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
11 August 2013 21:05 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results edit

KEY: NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Final edit

The final was started at 21:05.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Tirunesh Dibaba   Ethiopia (ETH) 30:43.35
  Gladys Cherono   Kenya (KEN) 30:45.17
  Belaynesh Oljira   Ethiopia (ETH) 30:46.98
4 Emily Chebet   Kenya (KEN) 30:47.02 PB
5 Hitomi Niiya   Japan (JPN) 30:56.70 PB
6 Shitaye Eshete   Bahrain (BHR) 31:13.79 SB
7 Selly Chepyego Kaptich   Kenya (KEN) 31:22.11 PB
8 Shalane Flanagan   United States (USA) 31:34.83
9 Ababel Yeshaneh   Ethiopia (ETH) 32:02.09
10 Christelle Daunay   France (FRA) 32:04.44 SB
11 Marisol Romero   Mexico (MEX) 32:16.36
12 Jordan Hasay   United States (USA) 32:17.93
13 Ana Dulce Félix   Portugal (POR) 32:36.73
14 Amy Hastings   United States (USA) 32:51.19
15 Karolina Jarzyńska   Poland (POL) 32:54.15
16 Juliet Chekwel   Uganda (UGA) 32:57.02 NR
17 Gulshat Fazlitdinova   Russia (RUS) 33:31.49
Sabrina Mockenhaupt   Germany (GER) DNF
Lara Tamsett   Australia (AUS) DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Records & Lists – 10,000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  2. ^ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  3. ^ Final Results

External links edit