2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2013 World Championships
Gold medalist Meseret Defar
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates 14 August (heats)
17 August (final)
Competitors 22 from 16 nations
Winning time 14:50.19
Medalists
 Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia (ETH)
 Mercy Cherono
 Kenya (KEN)
 Almaz Ayana
 Ethiopia (ETH)
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–17 August.[1]

With Margaret Wangari Muriuki dropping out injured in the first round,[2] the finals had three Ethiopians (four if you count Tejitu Daba) and three Americans and only two Kenyans. Also missing by design is world record holder Tirunesh Dibaba who won the 10000 earlier, leaving Meseret Defar the 5000.

The final started slow with the Ethiopians watching the front (the reigning Olympic champion Defar watching her teammates from the back), letting Dominika Nowakowska then Dolores Checa jog through 75-second laps at the front. With 2000 to go, the racing began, Almaz Ayana took over the lead and the crowd disappeared. Within a lap, not surprisingly, the three Ethiopians and two Kenyans were running alone. Lap times were dropping, 71, 69, 68. In the next lap Buze Diriba fell back to the trailing American duo of Molly Huddle and Shannon Rowbury. The two Ethiopians were leading, the two Kenyans trying to keep up. Shortly after the bell, Viola Kibiwot lost touch with her teammate Mercy Cherono and then there were three. Defar stayed tucked into second place waiting until the time was right. The time was 200 meters to go, that was when Defar accelerated past Ayana and into the lead. Cherono made no effort to go after Defar, she was gone sprinting to gold. Cherono waited through the turn and executed her best move to outsprint Ayana for the silver.[3] So prepared for victory, Defar and Ayana had already received their flags and were displaying them while the early leaders were still finishing.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]

World record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Championship record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:38.59 Helsinki, Finland 13 August 2005
World Leading  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:23.68 Paris, France 6 June 2013
African Record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Asian Record  Bo Jiang (CHN) 14:28.09 Shanghai, People's Republic of China 23 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Molly Huddle (USA) 14:44.76 Brussels, Belgium 27 August 2010
South American record  Simone da Silva (BRA) 15:18.85 São Paulo, Brazil 20 May 2011
European Record  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 14:23.75 Kazan, Russia 19 July 2008
Oceanian record  Kim Smith (NZL) 14:45.93 Rome, Italy 11 July 2008

Qualification standards

A time[5] B time
15:18.00 15:24.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
14 August 20139:40Heats
17 August 201318:55Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY: QQualified qFastest non-qualifiers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[6]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Meseret Defar Ethiopia (ETH)15:22.94Q
22Buze Diriba Ethiopia (ETH)15:23.41Q
32Viola Kibiwot Kenya (KEN)15:24.47Q
42Yelena Nagovitsyna Russia (RUS)15:26.95Q
52Kim Conley United States (USA)15:27.35Q
62Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway (NOR)15:29.41q
72Susan Kuijken Netherlands (NED)15:34.31q
81Mercy Cherono Kenya (KEN)15:34.70Q
91Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH)15:34.93Q
102Jackie Areson Australia (AUS)15:40.21q
111Molly Huddle United States (USA)15:40.91Q
122Dolores Checa Spain (ESP)15:43.73q
132Dominika Nowakowska Poland (POL)15:45.10q
141Shannon Rowbury United States (USA)15:50.41Q
151Tejitu Daba Bahrain (BHR)15:56.74Q
161Almensh Belete Belgium (BEL)16:03.03
171Sophie Duarte France (FRA)16:05.14
181Betlhem Desalegn United Arab Emirates (UAE)16:13.27
191Misaki Onishi Japan (JPN)16:16.52
201Carolina Tabares Colombia (COL)16:22.81
212Giuli Dekanadze Georgia (GEO)17:57.39SB
1Margaret Wangari Muriuki Kenya (KEN)DNF

Final

The final was started at 18:55.[7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Meseret Defar Ethiopia (ETH)14:50.19
2nd, silver medalist(s)Mercy Cherono Kenya (KEN)14:51.22
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH)14:51.33
4Viola Kibiwot Kenya (KEN)15:01.67
5Buze Diriba Ethiopia (ETH)15:05.38
6Molly Huddle United States (USA)15:05.73
7Shannon Rowbury United States (USA)15:06.10SB
8Susan Kuijken Netherlands (NED)15:14.70
9Elena Nagovitsyna Russia (RUS)15:24.83
10Dolores Checa Spain (ESP)15:30.42
11Tejitu Daba Bahrain (BHR)15:33.89
12Kim Conley United States (USA)15:36.58
13Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway (NOR)15:48.87
14Dominika Nowakowska Poland (POL)15:58.26
15Jackie Areson Australia (AUS)16:08.32

References

  1. ↑ Start list
  2. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201308141811.html
  3. ↑ http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/08/17/defar-wins-gold-in-tactical-5000m-race/
  4. ↑ "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  5. ↑ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  6. ↑ Heats Results
  7. ↑ Final Results
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