Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at Olympic Stadium on 3 August.[1]

Women's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Women's 10,000 metres victory ceremony
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date3 August
Competitors22 from 13 nations
Winning time30:20.75
Medalists
Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
Sally Kipyego  Kenya
Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya

The race started off conservatively, led by the three Japanese runners, trailed by Britton who broke away to a 15-meter lead 800 metres into the race, though the peloton reeled that in. After the first 8 laps, the Kenyan and Ethiopian runners moved to the front as other runners dropped off the back, one by one. The field whittled itself down to just the three Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes, trailed by Eshete (Ethiopian born, running for Bahrain). Eshete would set the Bahrain national record in this race. With 7 laps to go, Chepkirui dropped out. In that same move Oljira and Eshete lost a step of contact and were separated from the field. Led by Kidane pushing the pace, it turned into a dual meet. With three laps to go, Kipyego edged into the lead with her move covered by the defending champion Dibaba. World champion Cheruiyot trailed but didn't look like she had the power to push ahead. In the turn with under 600 metres to go, Dibaba put the hammer down, passing Kipyego decisively and charging away. The last lap was a victory sprint for Dibaba with no challenger in sight.

Competition format

Only a final, without preliminary heats, was held.[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 3 August 201221:25Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Wang Junxia (CHN) 29:31.78 Beijing, China 8 September 1993
Olympic record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 29:54.66 Beijing, China 15 August 2008
2012 World leading  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 30:24.39 Eugene, OR, United States 1 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 World leading  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 30:20.75 London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012

Results

  • Official Photofinish 3 August 2012.[3]
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia30:20.75WL
Sally Kipyego Kenya30:26.37PB
Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya30:30.44PB
4Werknesh Kidane Ethiopia30:39.38SB
5Beleynesh Oljira Ethiopia30:45.56
6Shitaye Eshete Bahrain30:47.25NR
7Joanne Pavey Great Britain30:53.20PB
8Julia Bleasdale Great Britain30:55.63PB
9Hitomi Niiya Japan30:59.19PB
10Kayoko Fukushi Japan31:10.35SB
11Amy Hastings United States31:10.69PB
12Janet Cherobon-Bawcom United States31:12.68PB
13Lisa Uhl United States31:12.80PB
14Sara Moreira Portugal31:16.44PB
15Fionnuala Britton Ireland31:46.71
16Mika Yoshikawa Japan31:47.67
17Sabrina Mockenhaupt Germany31:50.35
18Nadia Ejjafini Italy31:57.03
19Elizaveta Grechishnikova Russia32:11.32
20Olha Skrypak Ukraine32:14.59
21Eloise Wellings Australia32:25.43
Joyce Chepkirui KenyaDNF

References

  1. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. "Women's 10,000m". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. Final Results. Track & Field: Results & Schedules. Retrieved on 2012-08-3.


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