1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 10000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1997 World Championships
1997 World Championships in Athletics
The 6th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997. In this event participated 1882 athletes from 198 participant nations...

in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats on 2 August and the final being held on 5 August 1997.

Heats

First 8 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold...		32:05.29	Q, SB
	2	Fernanda Ribeiro Fernanda Ribeiro Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...		32:05.65	Q
	2	Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics...		32:05.68	Q, SB
	2	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....		32:05.73	Q
	2	Masako Chiba Masako Chiba is a Japanese long-distance runner, who won the bronze medal in 10,000 metres at the 1997 World Championships in Athens and in the marathon race at the 2003 World Championships in Paris.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*5000 metres - 15:20.58 min...		32:05.76	Q
	2	Yang Siju Yang Siju Yang Siju is a Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres.She finished seventh at the 1997 World Championships in Athens in a time of 32:01.61 minutes....		32:06.12	Q, SB
	2	Colleen De Reuck Colleen De Reuck Colleen S. De Reuck is a long-distance runner from South Africa, who became an American citizen on December 11, 2000...		32:09.56	Q
	2	Hiromi Masuda		32:11.63	Q
	2	Julia Vaquero		32:12.25	q
10	2	Annette Peters		32:14.08	q
11	2	Chantal Dallenbach		32:49.40	q
12	2	Marleen Renders Marleen Renders Marleen Renders is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000...		33:02.37	q
13	1	Nora Leticia Rocha		33:07.09	Q
14	1	Annemari Sandell		33:07.50	Q
15	1	Ren Xiujuan Ren Xiujuan Ren Xiujuan is a female Chinese athlete who specialized in the marathon races.-Achievements:-Personal bests:5000 metres - 15:49.90 min 10,000 metres - 31:13.21 min Marathon - 2:24:22 hrs -External links:...		33:08.12	Q, SB
16	1	Silvia Sommaggio Silvia Sommaggio Silvia Sommaggio is a retired Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as cross-country and road running....		33:08.19	Q
17	1	Tegla Loroupe Tegla Loroupe Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a long-distance track and road runner, and a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights, and education....		33:08.20	Q
18	1	Chiemi Takahashi		33:08.26	Q
19	1	Zahia Dahmani		33:08.68	Q
20	1	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....		33:09.70	Q
21	2	Helena Sampaio Helena Sampaio Helena Sampaio is a Portuguese runner, who specialized in cross-country running.-Achievements:-Personal bests:10,000 metres - 31:43.22 min Half marathon - 1:10:15 hrs *Marathon - 2:28:06 hrs...		33:14.85
22	1	Khrysostomia Iakovou		33:14.86
23	1	Olivera Jevtić Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...		33:18.42
24	1	Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province...		33:25.99
25	2	Adriana Fernández Adriana Fernández Adriana Fernández Miranda is a long-distance runner from México.Fernández was 2nd in 1998, and in 1999, she became the first Mexican woman to win the New York City Marathon in a time of 2:25:06 in a dominant performance by taking charge on a windy day and kept building her lead.In 2003, Fernández...		33:40.09
26	2	Kylie Risk		33:56.48	SB
27	1	Gwyn Coogan		34:06.34
28	2	Maysa Matrood	Iraq	35:44.93	NR Iraqi records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Iraq maintained by Iraqi Amateur Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified by IAAF-External links:...
29	1	Yvonne Danson Yvonne Danson Yvonne Margaret Danson is a former long distance track and road running athlete. She represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, winning the bronze medal in the women's marathon....		37:19.51
30	1	Ela Esperanza Obono		45:13.69

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Nyla Carroll

Nyla Jane Carroll is a retired long-distance runner from New Zealand, who represented her native country in the women's 10.000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...

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Final

Rank	Name	Result
		31:32.92
		31:39.15
		31:41.93
4.		31:48.95
5.		31:50.63
6.		32:00.93
7.		32:01.61
8.		32:03.81
9.		32:16.92
10.		32:23.61
11.		32:34.58
12.		32:36.91
13.		32:43.38
14.		32:51.20
15.		33:00.11
16.		33:03.14
17.		33:05.82
—		DNF
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Heats

Final

See also