2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2017 World Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates 10 August (heats)
13 August (final)
Competitors 32 from 17 nations
Winning time 14:34.86
Medalists
 Hellen Obiri   Kenya
 Almaz Ayana   Ethiopia
 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands

The women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10 and 13 August.[1]

Summary

In the first turn of the final, Kalkidan Gezahegne (BHR) 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 (KEN) 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 (KEN) 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:[2]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba  ETH 6 Jun 2008 Oslo, Norway
Championship 14:38.59 Tirunesh Dibaba  ETH 13 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading 14:18.37 Hellen Onsando Obiri  KEN 8 Jun 2017 Rome, Italy
African 14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba  ETH 6 Jun 2008 Oslo, Norway
Asian 14:28.09 Bo Jiang  CHN 23 Oct 1997 Shanghai, China
NACAC 14:38.92 Shannon Rowbury  USA 9 Sep 2016 Brussels, Belgium
South American 15:18.85 Simone da Silva  BRA 20 May 2011 São Paulo, Brazil
European 14:22.34 Sifan Hassan  NED 13 Jul 2018 Rabat, Marruecos
Oceanian 14:45.93 Kim Smith  NZL 11 Jul 2008 Rome, Italy

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Colombian 15:26.18 Muriel Coneo  COL 10 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 15:22.00.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
10 August18:30Heats
13 August19:35Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 10 August in two heats as follows:[6]

Heat12
Start time 18:3018:56
Photo finish ​ ​

The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:[7]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Hellen Obiri Kenya (KEN)14:56.70Q
21Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH)14:57.06Q, SB
31Senbere Teferi Ethiopia (ETH)14:57.23Q
41Susan Krumins Netherlands (NED)14:57.33Q
51Shannon Rowbury United States (USA)14:57.55Q, SB
61Sheila Chepkirui Kenya (KEN)14:57.58q, PB
72Letesenbet Gidey Ethiopia (ETH)14:59.34Q
81Laura Muir Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)14:59.34q
92Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED)14:59.85Q
102Shelby Houlihan United States (USA)15:00.37Q, PB
112Eilish McColgan Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)15:00.38Q, PB
122Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi Kenya (KEN)15:00.39Q
132Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway (NOR)15:00.44q, SB
142Molly Huddle United States (USA)15:03.60q
152Kalkidan Gezahegne Bahrain (BHR)15:07.19q, PB
161Yasemin Can Turkey (TUR)15:08.20
171Alina Reh Germany (GER)15:10.01PB
182Rina Nabeshima Japan (JPN)15:11.83PB
192Madeline Hills Australia (AUS)15:13.77
201Ana Lozano Spain (ESP)15:14.23PB
211Bontu Rebitu Bahrain (BHR)15:16.70PB
221Mercyline Chelangat Uganda (UGA)15:16.75
231Andrea Seccafien Canada (CAN)15:19.39
242Stella Chesang Uganda (UGA)15:23.02
252Jessica O'Connell Canada (CAN)15:23.16
261Ayuko Suzuki Japan (JPN)15:24.86
271Eloise Wellings Australia (AUS)15:25.92
282Muriel Coneo Colombia (COL)15:26.18NR
292Heidi See Australia (AUS)15:38.86
301Camille Buscomb New Zealand (NZL)15:40.41
312Stephanie Twell Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)15:41.29
322Yuliya Shmatenko Ukraine (UKR)16:40.36
2Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)DNS
1Sarah Lahti Sweden (SWE)DNS

Final

The final took place on 13 August at 19:35. The results were as follows: (photo finish)[8]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Hellen Obiri Kenya (KEN)14:34.86
2nd, silver medalist(s)Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH)14:40.35SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED)14:42.73
4Senbere Teferi Ethiopia (ETH)14:47.45
5Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi Kenya (KEN)14:48.74
6Laura Muir Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)14:52.07PB
7Sheila Chepkirui Kenya (KEN)14:54.05PB
8Susan Krumins Netherlands (NED)14:58.33
9Shannon Rowbury United States (USA)14:59.92
10Eilish McColgan Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)15:00.43
11Letesenbet Gidey Ethiopia (ETH)15:04.99
12Molly Huddle United States (USA)15:05.28
13Shelby Houlihan United States (USA)15:06.40
14Kalkidan Gezahegne Bahrain (BHR)15:28.21
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway (NOR)DNF

References

  1. ↑ Start list
  2. ↑ "5000 Metres Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "5000 Metres Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "5000 Metres Women − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 Aug 2017.
  7. ↑ "5000 Metres Women − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 Aug 2017.
  8. ↑ "5000 Metres Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 15 Aug 2017.
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