2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres


The women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Stadium on 5 August.

Summary

2015 champion Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya was absent, having retired from track races. Three-time world champion Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia ran, although she had planned initially to run the marathon instead. Almaz Ayana, also from Ethiopia and the world record holder from the 2016 Summer Olympics, ran her first race of the year.
The race began at a leisurely pace, with Ayana hovering near the front, just behind a succession of leaders. After 4000 metres in just over 13 minutes, Ayana led by 0.24 seconds. She then broke open the race with a 2:49.18 1000 metres, which was her quickest of the race, and extended her lead to 5.96 seconds at the halfway mark, with Yasemin Can from Turkey in second place. Her lead at 6000 metres grew to 16.84 seconds. Her 46:37 second margin of victory was the largest ever in a women's 10,000 metres at the World Championships. Her final 5000 meters was run in 14:24.94, which only seven women had bettered in a 5000 metres race.
The race for the silver medal was competitive among Dibaba, Alice Aprot Nawowuna, and Agnes Jebet Tirop. Dibaba, however, ran a fast 2:49.98 last 1000 metres, averaging 68 seconds per 400 metres, to clinch the silver.

Records

Before the competition, the records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World29:17.45Almaz Ayana12 Aug 2016Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
World Championships30:04.18Berhane Adere23 Aug 2003Paris, France
World leading in 201730:40.87Gelete Burka10 Jun 2017Hengelo, Netherlands
African29:17.45Almaz AyanaRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Asian29:31.78Junxia Wang8 Sep 1993Beijing, China
North, Central American and Caribbean30:13.17Molly Huddle12 Aug 2016Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
South American31:47.76Carmem de Oliveira21 Aug 1993Stuttgart, Germany
European29:56.34Elvan Abeylegesse15 Aug 2008Beijing, China
Oceanian30:35.54Kim Smith4 May 2008Palo Alto, United States

The following records were set in the race:
RecordTimeAthleteNationality
World leading in 201730:16.32Almaz Ayana
Uzbekistan31:57.42Sitora Hamidova
Paraguay33:18.22Carmen Martínez

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 32:15.00.

Results

The final took place on 5 August. The results were as follows:
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Almaz Ayana30:16.32
Tirunesh Dibaba31:02.69
Agnes Jebet Tirop31:03.50
Alice Aprot Nawowuna31:11.86
Susan Krumins31:20.24
Emily Infeld31:20.45
Irene Chepet Cheptai31:21.11
Molly Huddle31:24.78
Emily Sisson31:26.36
10Ayuko Suzuki31:27.30
11Yasemin Can31:35.48
12Shitaye Eshete31:38.66
13Mercyline Chelangat31:40.48
14Dera Dida31:51.75
15Desi Mokonin31:55.34
16Natasha Wodak31:55.47
17Darya Maslova31:57.23
18Sitora Hamidova31:57.42
19Mizuki Matsuda31:59.54
20Rachel Cliff32:00.03
21Beth Potter32:15.88
22Eloise Wellings32:26.31
23Failuna Abdi Matanga32:29.97
24Miyuki Uehara32:31.58
25Salome Nyirarukundo32:45.95
26Madeline Hills32:48.57
27Charlotte Taylor32:51.33
28Carla Salomé Rocha32:52.71
29Margarita Hernández33:06.53
30Camille Buscomb33:07.53
31Carmen Martínez33:18.22
Sarah Lahti
Jess Martin

Split times

The split times of the top four finishers were as follows: