2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
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The Women's 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
2011 World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....
was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27.
Kenya entered a strong team including the 2009 champion
2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 15 August. The Ethiopian team was particularly strong in the event, with two-time World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba, 5000 metres World Champion Meseret Defar, and African record holder Meselech...
Linet Masai
Linet Masai
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events...
, the reigning 5000 metres
5000 metres
The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...
world champion Vivian Cheruiyot
Vivian Cheruiyot
Vivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics...
, and Sally Kipyego
Sally Kipyego
Sally Kipyego is a runner who competed as part of the Texas Tech Red Raiders cross country and track and field teams...
– the fastest 10,000 m runner that year. The next strongest competitors were the Ethiopian women, which included the 2009 runner-up Meselech Melkamu
Meselech Melkamu
Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross-country events...
and Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Olympic and World Championship gold medals over 5000 metres...
. The United States was represented by 2007 World bronze medallist Kara Goucher
Kara Goucher
Kara Goucher is an American long-distance runner.-Personal life:Goucher was born in Queens, New York. When she was 4 years old her family moved to Duluth, Minnesota after her father was killed by a drunk driver on the Harlem River Drive...
and 2008 Olympic third placer Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m...
(who was the second fastest that year).
An American trio of Goucher, Flanagan and Jen Rhines set the pace in the initial stages of the competition. After around 3000 metres, the Kenyan and Ethiopian teams asserted themselves and it was only Flanagan and Shitaye Eshete
Shitaye Eshete
Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain.She first began competing for the oil-rich Gulf state in 2009, making her debut at the Asian Cross Country Championships in Manama. She won the women's junior title while team-mate Tejitu...
who maintained the positions with them. The leading pack reached the halfway point in 15:47.04 minutes and the pace became increasingly quicker at this point – a fact which saw Tigist Kiros fall away from the pack. Flanagan and Eshete were the next to trail away, then Meseret Defar dropped out entirely with stomach pains, reducing the leading pack to the four Kenyans (Masai, Cheruiyot, Kipyego and Priscah Jepleting Cherono) and Meselech Melkamu. In the final lap, it was Cheruiyot and Kipyego who surged away into the lead. Cheruiyot held off her compatriot near the finish line to win the gold with a personal best of 30:48.98 minutes in what was only her third ever race over the distance. Kipyego took second, while Masai had a late run to take the bronze for a Kenyan sweep of the medals. Cherono was the fourth woman across the line and Meselech took fifth. Eshete ran a Bahraini record
Bahraini records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Bahrain maintained by Bahrain Athletics Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified by federation-External links:* * *...
of 31:21.57 minutes for sixth.
Kenya became only the third country to have its athletes take positions one through four in an event (the other two being Ethiopia in the women's 5000 metres
5000 metres
The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...
and the United States in the men's 200 metres
200 metres
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, both at 2005 World Championships
2005 World Championships in Athletics
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). The podium sweep was also unique in that it was the first time any nation had won all the medals on one day of the championships, as Kenyan women had taken all three medals in the women's marathon
2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's Marathon
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(the only other final of the first day).
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics... ' |
Sally Kipyego Sally Kipyego Sally Kipyego is a runner who competed as part of the Texas Tech Red Raiders cross country and track and field teams... ' |
Linet Masai Linet Masai Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events... ' |
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:| World record | 29:31.78 | Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres... |
8 September 1993 | |
| Championship record | 30:04.18 | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... |
23 August 2003 | |
| World Leading | 30:38.35 | Palo Alto, CA, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
29 May 2011 | |
| African Record | 29:53.80 | Utrecht Utrecht Utrecht is a city in the Netherlands.The name may also refer to:* Utrecht , of which Utrecht is the capital* Utrecht , including the city of Utrecht* Bishopric of Utrecht* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders... |
14 June 2009 | |
| Asian Record | 29:31.78 | Beijing, China | 8 September 1993 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 30:22.22 | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 | |
| South American record | 31:16.56 | São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people... |
3 August 2011 | |
| European Record | 29:56.34 | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 | |
| Oceanian record | 30:35.54 | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 4 May 2008 |
Qualification standards
| A time | B time |
|---|---|
| 31:45.00 | 32:00.00 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 27, 2011 | 21:00 | Final |
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics... |
30:48.98 | PB | ||
| Sally Kipyego Sally Kipyego Sally Kipyego is a runner who competed as part of the Texas Tech Red Raiders cross country and track and field teams... |
30:50.04 | |||
| Linet Masai Linet Masai Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events... |
30:53.59 | SB | ||
| Priscah Jepleting Cherono | 30:56.43 | PB | ||
| Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross-country events... |
30:56.55 | SB | ||
| Shitaye Eshete Shitaye Eshete Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain.She first began competing for the oil-rich Gulf state in 2009, making her debut at the Asian Cross Country Championships in Manama. She won the women's junior title while team-mate Tejitu... |
31:21.57 | NR Bahraini records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Bahrain maintained by Bahrain Athletics Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified by federation-External links:* * *... |
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| Shalane Flanagan Shalane Flanagan Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m... |
31:25.57 | |||
| Ana Dulce Félix Ana Dulce Félix Ana Dulce Félix is a long distance runner who competes in track, cross country, and road running events.Born in Azurém, Guimarães Municipality, Portugal, Félix began her career as a junior at the 2000 and 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, although she did not break the top 60 runners on... |
31:37.03 | |||
| Jennifer Rhines Jennifer Rhines Jennifer Rhines is an American long-distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running events. She has competed in three different Summer Olympics.... |
31:47.59 | |||
| 10 | Jessica Augusto Jessica Augusto Jéssica Augusto is a Portuguese runner who competes in cross country, road running and in middle-distance and long-distance track events.... |
32:06.68 | SB | |
| 11 | Tigist Kiros | 32:11.37 | ||
| 12 | Christelle Daunay Christelle Daunay Christelle Daunay is a French long distance runner who specialises in road running. She is the current French marathon record holder. She represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics and has competed a number of times in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships... |
32:22.20 | ||
| 13 | Kara Goucher Kara Goucher Kara Goucher is an American long-distance runner.-Personal life:Goucher was born in Queens, New York. When she was 4 years old her family moved to Duluth, Minnesota after her father was killed by a drunk driver on the Harlem River Drive... |
32:29.58 | ||
| 14 | Hikari Yoshimoto | 32:32.22 | ||
| 15 | Kayo Sugihara | 32:53.89 | ||
| 16 | Krisztina Papp Krisztina Papp Krisztina Papp is a Hungarian long distance runner. She is the national indoor record holder over 5000 m.Papp began her international career as a junior with appearances at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships... |
32:56.02 | ||
| 17 | Megumi Kinukawa Megumi Kinukawa is a Japanese long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka and is the Japanese high school and junior record holder for the 10,000 metres.... |
34:08.37 | SB | |
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Olympic and World Championship gold medals over 5000 metres...
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Eloise Wellings
Eloise Wellings is an Australian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and at the 2010 edition in New Delhi. She was the gold medalist over 5000 metres at the 2003 Summer Universiade...
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External links
- 10,000 metres results at IAAF website