Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Stadium
Dates 20–23 August
Competitors 41 from 28 nations
Winning time 14:45.65
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Isabella Ochichi  Kenya
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia

The women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 and 23.[1]

The final started out slowly and dismally, as none of the entrants wanted to take the lead. With the tightly packed field passing through the 400 metres, many runners started to fall behind and could not handle the pace set by early leaders Sun Yingjie and Xing Huina. Approaching to the halfway mark of the race, Turkey's world-record holder Elvan Abeylegesse surpassed the Chinese duo to charge into the lead and the pace began to accelerate quickly. Ethiopia's Meseret Defar and Kenya's Isabella Ochichi came immediately to the front of the pack, keeping an eye on the leader. With only three laps to go, Abeylegesse struggled to maintain her pace until she finally faded on the backstretch, leaving Defar and Ochichi to exchange the leading duties throughout the race and battle out for the gold. Moments after the bell, Ochichi continued to lead from the rest of the field, but Defar patiently passed her with only 200 metres to go, and then stormed away to her first Olympic title, finishing at 14:45.65. Ochichi had nothing left to respond with, but came through behind her to get the silver, while Defar's teammate Tirunesh Dibaba overhauled the weary Abeylegesse to hold on for the bronze.[2][3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)14:24.68Bergen, Norway11 June 2004
Olympic record Gabriela Szabó (ROM)14:40.79Sydney, Australia25 September 2000

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 5000 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 15:08.70 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 15:20.45 or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 200423:20Round 1
Monday, 23 August 200422:00Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first five finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next five fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Heat 1

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia15:00.66Q
2Sentayehu Ejigu Ethiopia15:01.31Q
3Yelena Zadorozhnaya Russia15:01.77Q
4Liliya Shobukhova Russia15:01.86Q
5Edith Masai Kenya15:01.92Q
6Irina Mikitenko Germany15:02.16q
7Sun Yingjie China15:03.00q, SB
8Émilie Mondor Canada15:20.15
9Marla Runyan United States15:24.88
10Tezeta Sürekli Turkey15:26.64
11Kim Smith New Zealand15:31.80
12Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda15:38.59
13Shayne Culpepper United States15:40.02
14Ebru Kavaklıoğlu Turkey15:52.39
15Maria McCambridge Ireland15:57.42
16Souad Aït Salem Algeria16:02.10
17Dulce María Rodríguez Mexico16:08.07
18Zainab Bakkour Syria17:18.66
19Francine Niyonizigiye Burundi17:21.27
Elizabeth Zaragoza El SalvadorDNF

Heat 2

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Meseret Defar Ethiopia14:52.39Q
2Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey14:54.80Q
3Joanne Pavey Great Britain14:55.45Q
4Isabella Ochichi Kenya14:55.69Q
5Xing Huina China14:56.01Q, PB
6Margaret Maury France14:56.79q, PB
7Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland14:59.61q
8Gulnara Samitova Russia15:05.78q
9Jane Wanjiku Kenya15:14.57
10Kirsi Valasti Finland15:33.78
11Shalane Flanagan United States15:34.63
12Maria Protopappa Greece15:35.07
13Volha Krautsova Belarus15:44.01
14Restituta Joseph Tanzania15:45.11
15Catherine Chikwakwa Malawi15:46.17
16Courtney Babcock Canada15:47.35
17Krisztina Papp Hungary15:58.44
18Inês Monteiro Portugal16:03.75
19Supriyati Sutono Indonesia16:34.14SB
20Nebiat Habtemariam Eritrea16:49.01
21Inés Melchor Peru17:08.07

Final

[5]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Meseret Defar Ethiopia14:45.65
2nd, silver medalist(s)Isabella Ochichi Kenya14:48.19
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia14:51.83
4Yelena Zadorozhnaya Russia14:55.52
5Joanne Pavey Great Britain14:57.87
6Gulnara Samitova Russia15:02.30
7Irina Mikitenko Germany15:03.36
8Sun Yingjie China15:07.23
9Xing Huina China15:07.41
10Sentayehu Ejigu Ethiopia15:09.55
11Margaret Maury France15:09.77
12Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey15:12.64
13Liliya Shobukhova Russia15:15.64
14Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland16:20.90
Edith Masai KenyaDNF

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Games: Women's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Defar stuns 5,000m field". BBC Sport. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Patient Defar grabs 5,000m gold". EuroSport. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 5000m Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 5000m Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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