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.

Summary

In the first turn of the final, Kalkidan Gezahegne 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 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 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

Before the competition, the records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World14:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba6 Jun 2008Oslo, Norway
Championship14:38.59Tirunesh DibabaHelsinki, Finland
World leading14:18.37Hellen Onsando Obiri8 Jun 2017Rome, Italy
African14:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba6 Jun 2008Oslo, Norway
Asian14:28.09Bo Jiang23 Oct 1997Shanghai, China
NACAC14:38.92Shannon Rowbury9 Sep 2016Brussels, Belgium
South American15:18.85Simone da Silva20 May 2011São Paulo, Brazil
European14:22.34Sifan Hassan13 Jul 2018Rabat, Marruecos
Oceanian14:45.93Kim Smith11 Jul 2008Rome, Italy

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Colombian15:26.18Muriel Coneo10 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 15:22.00.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, is as follows:
DateTimeRound
10 August18:30Heats
13 August19:35Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 10 August in two heats as follows:
Heat12
Start time18:3018:56
Photo finish

The first five in each heat and the next five fastest qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Hellen Obiri14:56.70
21Almaz Ayana14:57.06,
31Senbere Teferi14:57.23
41Susan Krumins14:57.33
51Shannon Rowbury14:57.55,
61Sheila Chepkirui14:57.58,
72Letesenbet Gidey14:59.34
81Laura Muir14:59.34
92Sifan Hassan14:59.85
102Shelby Houlihan15:00.37,
112Eilish McColgan15:00.38,
122Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi15:00.39
132Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal15:00.44,
142Molly Huddle15:03.60
152Kalkidan Gezahegne15:07.19,
161Yasemin Can15:08.20
171Alina Reh15:10.01
182Rina Nabeshima15:11.83
192Madeline Hills15:13.77
201Ana Lozano15:14.23
211Bontu Rebitu15:16.70
221Mercyline Chelangat15:16.75
231Andrea Seccafien15:19.39
242Stella Chesang15:23.02
252Jessica O'Connell15:23.16
261Ayuko Suzuki15:24.86
271Eloise Wellings15:25.92
282Muriel Coneo15:26.18
292Heidi See15:38.86
301Camille Buscomb15:40.41
312Stephanie Twell15:41.29
322Yuliya Shmatenko16:40.36
2Genzebe Dibaba
1Sarah Lahti

Final

The final took place on 13 August at 19:35. The results were as follows:
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Hellen Obiri14:34.86
Almaz Ayana14:40.35
Sifan Hassan14:42.73
Senbere Teferi14:47.45
Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi14:48.74
Laura Muir14:52.07
Sheila Chepkirui14:54.05
Susan Krumins14:58.33
Shannon Rowbury14:59.92
10Eilish McColgan15:00.43
11Letesenbet Gidey15:04.99
12Molly Huddle15:05.28
13Shelby Houlihan15:06.40
14Kalkidan Gezahegne15:28.21
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal