2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10 and 13 August.[1]

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2017 World Championships
The finish of the final.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates10 August (heats)
13 August (final)
Competitors32 from 17 nations
Winning time14:34.86
Medalists
gold medal    Kenya
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Netherlands
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Summary

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In the first turn of the final, Kalkidan Gezahegne (BHR) started quickly to take a two-metre lead, covered quickly by 10,000 metre champ Almaz Ayana, revealing her intent to cover moves. Hellen Obiri (KEN) moved to Ayana's shoulder. Then Sifan Hassan ran around the crowd to take the lead. In control of the front, Hassan didn't speed up, she slowed the pace to a virtual walk. Everyone obliged until the last few metres when Ayana broke free off the front. They passed the first lap in 1:21.77. Ayana's second lap of 1:18.98 didn't improve the pace much, but it separated all three Ethiopians and all three Kenyans to the front. Gezahegne rushed forward to take another temporary lead before fading back through the pack for good. From there it was Ayana setting the pace, but a pack of others, led by Hellen Obiri (KEN) were determined not to let her get away. Ayana accelerated but Obiri stuck to her, creating a ten-second breakaway on the pack led by Hassan. With 300 metres to go, Obiri took off at a pace Ayana could not match, taking the pace from 68 second laps to the last 200 metres in under 30 seconds. Running even faster, Hasan separated from the pack and set off in chase of catching Ayana for silver but arriving two seconds too late.

Records

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Before the competition, the records were as follows:[2]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba   ETH 6 Jun 2008 Oslo, Norway
Championship 14:38.59 Tirunesh Dibaba   ETH 13 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading 14:18.37 Hellen Onsando Obiri   KEN 8 Jun 2017 Rome, Italy
African 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba   ETH 6 Jun 2008 Oslo, Norway
Asian 14:28.09 Bo Jiang   CHN 23 Oct 1997 Shanghai, China
NACAC 14:38.92 Shannon Rowbury   USA 9 Sep 2016 Brussels, Belgium
South American 15:18.85 Simone da Silva   BRA 20 May 2011 São Paulo, Brazil
European 14:22.34 Sifan Hassan   NED 13 Jul 2018 Rabat, Marruecos
Oceanian 14:45.93 Kim Smith   NZL 11 Jul 2008 Rome, Italy

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Colombian 15:26.18 Muriel Coneo   COL 10 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 15:22.00.[4]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
10 August 18:30 Heats
13 August 19:35 Final

Results

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Heats

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The first round took place on 10 August in two heats as follows:[6]

Heat 1 2
Start time 18:30 18:56
Photo finish link link

The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Hellen Obiri   Kenya (KEN) 14:56.70 Q
2 1 Almaz Ayana   Ethiopia (ETH) 14:57.06 Q, SB
3 1 Senbere Teferi   Ethiopia (ETH) 14:57.23 Q
4 1 Susan Krumins   Netherlands (NED) 14:57.33 Q
5 1 Shannon Rowbury   United States (USA) 14:57.55 Q, SB
6 1 Sheila Chepkirui   Kenya (KEN) 14:57.58 q, PB
7 2 Letesenbet Gidey   Ethiopia (ETH) 14:59.34 Q
8 1 Laura Muir   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 14:59.34 q
9 2 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands (NED) 14:59.85 Q
10 2 Shelby Houlihan   United States (USA) 15:00.37 Q, PB
11 2 Eilish McColgan   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 15:00.38 Q, PB
12 2 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi   Kenya (KEN) 15:00.39 Q
13 2 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway (NOR) 15:00.44 q, SB
14 2 Molly Huddle   United States (USA) 15:03.60 q
15 2 Kalkidan Gezahegne   Bahrain (BHR) 15:07.19 q, PB
16 1 Yasemin Can   Turkey (TUR) 15:08.20
17 1 Alina Reh   Germany (GER) 15:10.01 PB
18 2 Rina Nabeshima   Japan (JPN) 15:11.83 PB
19 2 Madeline Hills   Australia (AUS) 15:13.77
20 1 Ana Lozano   Spain (ESP) 15:14.23 PB
21 1 Bontu Rebitu   Bahrain (BHR) 15:16.70 PB
22 1 Mercyline Chelangat   Uganda (UGA) 15:16.75
23 1 Andrea Seccafien   Canada (CAN) 15:19.39
24 2 Stella Chesang   Uganda (UGA) 15:23.02
25 2 Jessica O'Connell   Canada (CAN) 15:23.16
26 1 Ayuko Suzuki   Japan (JPN) 15:24.86
27 1 Eloise Wellings   Australia (AUS) 15:25.92
28 2 Muriel Coneo   Colombia (COL) 15:26.18 NR
29 2 Heidi See   Australia (AUS) 15:38.86
30 1 Camille Buscomb   New Zealand (NZL) 15:40.41
31 2 Stephanie Twell   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 15:41.29
32 2 Yuliya Shmatenko   Ukraine (UKR) 16:40.36
2 Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia (ETH) DNS
1 Sarah Lahti   Sweden (SWE) DNS

Final

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The final took place on 13 August at 19:35. The results were as follows: (photo finish)[8]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Hellen Obiri   Kenya (KEN) 14:34.86
  Almaz Ayana   Ethiopia (ETH) 14:40.35 SB
  Sifan Hassan   Netherlands (NED) 14:42.73
4 Senbere Teferi   Ethiopia (ETH) 14:47.45
5 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi   Kenya (KEN) 14:48.74
6 Laura Muir   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 14:52.07 PB
7 Sheila Chepkirui   Kenya (KEN) 14:54.05 PB
8 Susan Krumins   Netherlands (NED) 14:58.33
9 Shannon Rowbury   United States (USA) 14:59.92
10 Eilish McColgan   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 15:00.43
11 Letesenbet Gidey   Ethiopia (ETH) 15:04.99
12 Molly Huddle   United States (USA) 15:05.28
13 Shelby Houlihan   United States (USA) 15:06.40
14 Kalkidan Gezahegne   Bahrain (BHR) 15:28.21
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway (NOR) DNF

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ "5000 Metres Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ^ "5000 Metres Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ^ "5000 Metres Women − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. ^ "5000 Metres Women − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. ^ "5000 Metres Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 August 2017.