Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's 5000 metres

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...

event took place at October 12, 2010 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	5	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...	15:55.12
	11	Sylvia Kibet Sylvia Kibet Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet is an Kenyan long-distance runner. She was the silver medallist at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in the 5000 metres...	15:55.61
	8	Ines Chenonge Ines Chenonge Iness Chepkesis Chenonge is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. She was the bronze medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and repeated the feat eight years later at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, forming a Kenyan sweep of the medals with Vivian Cheruiyot and Sylvia Kibet.Chenonge...	16:02.47
4	9	Stephanie Twell Stephanie Twell Stephanie April "Steph" Twell is a Scottish middle distance runner. She was the winner of the 1500 metres at the World Junior Championships in 2008, and is a three time winner of the European Cross Country Championships junior women's race as well as being part of four winning Great Britain...	16:03.91
5	1	Eloise Welling	16:11.97
6	4	Charlotte Purdue Charlotte Purdue Charlotte Purdue is a British long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, as well as cross country running. After winning a number of youth titles at national level, she had her first international success at the European Cross Country Championships, winning medals in...	16:16.13
7	6	Freya Murray Freya Murray Freya Murray is a Scottish long-distance runner who competes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, as well as cross country running. Murray represented Scotland in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. in Delhi in October 2010...	16:26.22
8	2	Megan Wright	16:55.86
9	3	Jacqueline Murekatete	17:15.44
–	7	Lalita Babar		DNS
–	10	Jhuma Khatun		DNS

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