The women's 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held as part of the athletics program at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 27.[1] No preliminary rounds were held at this distance, since the number of competitors allowed a direct final.[2]
| Women's 10,000 metres at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Athens Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 27 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 30:24.36 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Like Fernanda Ribeiro at the 2000 Summer Olympics, defending champion Derartu Tulu was not able to maintain her title, finishing in the third place behind compatriot (and cousin) Ejegayehu Dibaba and the winner Xing Huina.[3][4] In Athens, Ribeiro did not finish the race due to fatigue, along with British marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe.[3] Throughout the race, Xing marked the Ethiopian favorites, not taking the lead until the home stretch with a final kick Dibabba could not match. Xing's final lap was just under 63 seconds.
Records edit
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Wang Junxia (CHN) |
29:31.78 | Beijing, China | 8 September 1993 |
| Olympic record |  Derartu Tulu (ETH) |
30:17.49 | Sydney, Australia | 30 September 2000 |
No new records were set during the competition.
Qualification edit
The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 5000 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 31:45.00 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 32:17.00 or faster could be entered.
Schedule edit
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 21:50 | Final |
Results edit
References edit
- ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens: Women's 10,000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 10000m Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ a b "More agony for Radcliffe". BBC Sport. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Xing Huina wins Olympic women's 10,000m gold". Xinhua. China Daily. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.