2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 28 September 2019.[1]

Women's 10,000 metres
at the 2019 World Championships
The medal ceremony of the event.
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates28 September 2019
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Winning time30:17.62
Medalists
gold medal    Netherlands
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Kenya
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Video on YouTube
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Summary

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At the beginning, none of the favorites wanted to lead the race, so leading duties fell on Alina Reh to keep the pace honest, 9:29.69 for the 3000 metres. A lap later, #3 Kenyan Rosemary Wanjiru accelerated. The field strung out. Her teammates Hellen Obiri and Agnes Tirop followed. If it was a sacrificial tactic, the Ethiopian team took the bait. Letesenbet Gidey, Netsanet Gudeta and Senbere Teferi came forward in chase of the breakaway. The only other athlete to join the lead group was Sifan Hassan, who took a little more than a lap to bridge the gap from the back of the pack. The Kenyan team shared the leading duties, pushing the pace down to 15:32:70. Gudeta couldn't keep up with the fast pace, eventually dropping out. The Kenyan efforts kept driving the train until 4 laps to go when World leader Gidey quickly accelerated to the lead. The Kenyans struggled to keep up, again late to bridge the gap, Hassan went around the Kenyan team to catch Gidey just before the bell. Running around lapped runners, Hassan extended the gap to win by 3.5 seconds in 30:17.62. Tirop held on for bronze.[2]

Hassan was running only her second 10,000 ever; her first being her qualifying run at Stanford. Her only other experience at the distance was a 34:28 road 10K from 2012. The first 5 were the fastest 5 times of the season. Excepting Teferi, it was personal bests for the first 8 and 11 total in the race. 42 year old Sinead Diver's personal best turned out to be the W40 Masters World Record.

After setting the world record in the Mile, the 1500 was the primary target for Hassan. A week later, she completed the double a week later. Hassan had previously attempted doubles at the Olympics and previous two World Championships, even picking up a bronze medal in the 5000 in 2017. With a lack of success at 800 metres and the 5000 scheduled on same nights as the 1500, the odd 10,000/1500 double has never previously been accomplished at this level. Only Paavo Nurmi has gold medals in both events and his were in different Olympiads.

Records

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Before the competition, the records were as follows:[3]

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 29:17.45 Almaz Ayana   ETH 12 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
World Championships 30:04.18 Berhane Adere   ETH 23 Aug 2003 Paris, France
World leading 30:37.89 Letesenbet Gidey   ETH 17 Jul 2019 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
North, Central American and Caribbean 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 30:01.09 Paula Radcliffe   GBR 6 Aug 2002 Munich, Germany
Oceanian 30:35.54 Kim Smith   NZL 4 May 2008 Palo Alto, United States

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

Date Time Round
28 September 21:10 Final

Results

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Final

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The final was started at 21:10.[5]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Sifan Hassan   Netherlands (NED) 30:17.62 WL PB
  Letesenbet Gidey   Ethiopia (ETH) 30:21.23 PB
  Agnes Jebet Tirop   Kenya (KEN) 30:25.20 PB
4 Rosemary Wanjiru   Kenya (KEN) 30:35.75 PB
5 Hellen Obiri   Kenya (KEN) 30:35.82 PB
6 Senbere Teferi   Ethiopia (ETH) 30:44.23 SB
7 Susan Krumins   Netherlands (NED) 31:05.40 PB
8 Marielle Hall   United States (USA) 31:05.71 PB
9 Molly Huddle   United States (USA) 31:07.24
10 Emily Sisson   United States (USA) 31:12.56
11 Hitomi Niiya   Japan (JPN) 31:12.99 SB
12 Camille Buscomb   New Zealand (NZL) 31:13.21 PB
13 Ellie Pashley   Australia (AUS) 31:18.89 PB
14 Sinead Diver   Australia (AUS) 31:25.49 MWR PB
15 Stephanie Twell   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 31:44.79
16 Stella Chesang   Uganda (UGA) 32:15.20
17 Natasha Wodak   Canada (CAN) 32:31.19
18 Rachael Zena Chebet   Uganda (UGA) 32:41.93 PB
19 Minami Yamanouchi   Japan (JPN) 32:53.46
20 Juliet Chekwel   Uganda (UGA) 33:28.18
Netsanet Gudeta   Ethiopia (ETH) DNF
Alina Reh   Germany (GER)

References

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  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Report: women's 10,000m - IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
  3. ^ "10,000 Metres Women − Records". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's 10,000 Metres − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF).