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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 Hellen Obiri   Kenya
silver medal Almaz Ayana   Ethiopia
bronze medal Sifan Hassan   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]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
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]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.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 August18:30Heats
13 August19:35Final

Results

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Heats

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

Heat12
Start time 18:3018:56
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]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Hellen Obiri Kenya14:56.70Q
21Almaz Ayana Ethiopia14:57.06Q, SB
31Senbere Teferi Ethiopia14:57.23Q
41Susan Krumins Netherlands14:57.33Q
51Shannon Rowbury United States14:57.55Q, SB
61Sheila Chepkirui Kenya14:57.58q, PB
72Letesenbet Gidey Ethiopia14:59.34Q
81Laura Muir Great Britain & N.I.14:59.34q
92Sifan Hassan Netherlands14:59.85Q
102Shelby Houlihan United States15:00.37Q, PB
112Eilish McColgan Great Britain & N.I.15:00.38Q, PB
122Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi Kenya15:00.39Q
132Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway15:00.44q, SB
142Molly Huddle United States15:03.60q
152Kalkidan Gezahegne Bahrain15:07.19q, PB
161Yasemin Can Turkey15:08.20
171Alina Reh Germany15:10.01PB
182Rina Nabeshima Japan15:11.83PB
192Madeline Hills Australia15:13.77
201Ana Lozano Spain15:14.23PB
211Bontu Rebitu Bahrain15:16.70PB
221Mercyline Chelangat Uganda15:16.75
231Andrea Seccafien Canada15:19.39
242Stella Chesang Uganda15:23.02
252Jessica O'Connell Canada15:23.16
261Ayuko Suzuki Japan15:24.86
271Eloise Wellings Australia15:25.92
282Muriel Coneo Colombia15:26.18NR
292Heidi See Australia15:38.86
301Camille Buscomb New Zealand15:40.41
312Stephanie Twell Great Britain & N.I.15:41.29
322Yuliya Shmatenko Ukraine16:40.36
2Genzebe Dibaba EthiopiaDNS
1Sarah Lahti SwedenDNS

Final

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

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Hellen Obiri Kenya14:34.86
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Almaz Ayana Ethiopia14:40.35SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Sifan Hassan Netherlands14:42.73
4Senbere Teferi Ethiopia14:47.45
5Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi Kenya14:48.74
6Laura Muir Great Britain & N.I.14:52.07PB
7Sheila Chepkirui Kenya14:54.05PB
8Susan Krumins Netherlands14:58.33
9Shannon Rowbury United States14:59.92
10Eilish McColgan Great Britain & N.I.15:00.43
11Letesenbet Gidey Ethiopia15:04.99
12Molly Huddle United States15:05.28
13Shelby Houlihan United States15:06.40
14Kalkidan Gezahegne Bahrain15:28.21
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NorwayDNF

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.
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