2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 30 August.[1][2] The reigning champion from 2013 Meseret Defar was absent from the competition, having not yet returned from a career break to start a family.[3][4]

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates27 August (heats)
30 August (final)
Competitors26 from 14 nations
Winning time14:26.83
Medalists
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia

Summary

From the gun in the final, the two Japanese runner Misaki Onishi then Ayuko Suzuki took the pace out at a serious level, the women running the same pace as the pedestrian men's race through the first 2,000. After her 1500 metres win and world record, all eyes were clearly on Genzebe Dibaba. On the first lap Dibaba went to the back of the pack. After a lap she decided to move in behind the Japanese runners. Instantly she was marked by world leader Almaz Ayana. Three laps into the race, it was a string of African runners behind the Japanese, with a gap back to all the other non-Africans. From the pace of just under 74 seconds a lap, Ayana then upped the pace, followed immediately by Dibaba and the Kenyan team running as a group led by returning silver medalist Mercy Cherono. Laps started getting quicker, 68, 67, the field stringing out 65, 64 first only Dibaba was able to follow Ayana, then she was broken, Ayana out into an insurmountable lead with three laps to go and still accelerating. More than a hundred metres behind, Senbere Teferi was battling the last of the Kenyans, Viola Kibiwot for the bronze medal position. Ayana slowed a little over the last two laps, the pace falling back to 67 seconds but the damage was done and the race was decided. Ayana pushed home in 14:26.83 to break Genzebe's sister Tirunesh Dibaba's Championship Record. Well behind, Genzebe was content to just finish the race in silver medal position, but the battle for bronze was accelerating. Onto the home stretch, Teferi put her best move on Kibiwot and was sprinting home, but in the process she passed the slowing Dibaba. Dibaba finally noticed Teferi passing and turned into sprinting making for a close finish but Teferi had the edge and took the silver medal.

It was a sweep for Ethiopia but not from a tactical situation like many Kenyan team members try to run. These were three rivals who in the process of beating each other, beat the rest of the world. Behind them, the straightaway was empty, it took 15 more seconds for the next Kenyan runner to arrive.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Championship record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:38.59 Helsinki, Finland 13 August 2005
World leading  Almaz Ayana (ETH) 14:14.32 Shanghai, China 17 May 2015
African record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Asian record  Bo Jiang (CHN) 14:28.09 Shanghai, China 23 October 1997
NACAC record  Molly Huddle (USA) 14:42.64 Fontvieille, Monaco 18 July 2014
South American record  Simone da Silva (BRA) 15:18.85 São Paulo, Brazil 20 May 2011
European record  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 14:23.75 Kazan, Russia 19 July 2008
Oceanian record  Kim Smith (NZL) 14:45.93 Rome, Italy 11 July 2008
The following records were established during the competition:
Championship record  Almaz Ayana (ETH) 14:26.83 Beijing, China 30 August 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards[6]
15:20.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
27 August 201509:40Heats
30 August 201519:15Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[7]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH)15:09.40Q
22Senbere Teferi Ethiopia (ETH)15:14.57Q
32Viola Kibiwot Kenya (KEN)15:15.27Q
41Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)15:20.82Q
51Mercy Cherono Kenya (KEN)15:20.94Q
51Mimi Belete Bahrain (BHR)15:20.94Q
71Irene Chepet Cheptai Kenya (KEN)15:21.03Q
81Susan Kuijken Netherlands (NED)15:25.67Q
92Janet Kisa Kenya (KEN)15:26.49Q
102Eloise Wellings Australia (AUS)15:26.67Q, SB
112Ayuko Suzuki Japan (JPN)15:28.18q
121Misaki Onishi Japan (JPN)15:33.84q
131Stephanie Twell Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)15:34.72q
141Nicole Tully United States (USA)15:41.03q
152Jennifer Wenth Austria (AUT)15:43.57q
161Madeline Heiner Australia (AUS)15:47.97
171Gulshat Fazlitdinova Russia (RUS)15:48.44
18 2Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates (UAE)15:48.52 DQ[8]
181Nicole Sifuentes Canada (CAN)15:50.99
192Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway (NOR)16:02.20
202Marielle Hall United States (USA)16:06.60
212Azusa Sumi Japan (JPN)16:13.65
222Abbey D'Agostino United States (USA)16:16.47
231Olivia Mugove Chitate Zimbabwe (ZIM)16:34.70PB
2Yelena Korobkina Russia (RUS)DNF
2Maureen Koster Netherlands (NED)DNF
1Nikki Hamblin New Zealand (NZL)DNS

Final

The final was started at 19:15[9]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH)14:26.83CR
Senbere Teferi Ethiopia (ETH)14:44.07
Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)14:44.14
4Viola Kibiwot Kenya (KEN)14:46.16
5Mercy Cherono Kenya (KEN)15:01.36
6Janet Kisa Kenya (KEN)15:02.68SB
7Irene Chepet Cheptai Kenya (KEN)15:03.41
8Susan Kuijken Netherlands (NED)15:08.00
9Ayuko Suzuki Japan (JPN)15:08.29PB
10Eloise Wellings Australia (AUS)15:09.62SB
11Mimi Belete Bahrain (BHR)15:17.01
12Stephanie Twell Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)15:26.24
13Nicole Tully United States (USA)15:27.42
14Misaki Onishi Japan (JPN)15:29.63
15Jennifer Wenth Austria (AUT)15:35.46

References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Start list
  3. Eder, Larry (2014-03-06). Meseret Defar is pregnant, will miss 2014, back in 2015, by EME News Archived 10 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2015-08-16.
  4. "REPORT: WOMEN'S 5000M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. Heats results
  8. Doping
  9. Final results
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