Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date Aug 7 (prelim), Aug 10 (final)
Competitors 36 from 22 nations
Winning time 15:04.25
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
Official Video

The Women's 5000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event final was held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 of August.[1]

From the start of the final Joanne Pavey took the lead, with Dibaba moving into the fourth position in the procession, ready to cover any moves. After about four laps Elena Romagnolo took up the front position for a few laps, to be replaced again with Pavey. At the 3K mark, Julia Bleasdale moved in behind her teammate, but in the next 200 metres, Dibaba decided it was time to take up the lead. The pace accelerated markedly, with the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams coming to the front and the others falling off the back. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot was the last to pay attention, sprinting along the outside to catch the group of leaders. Bleasdale was the last to stay with that group of six, who had achieved separation with 600 to go, Dibaba and Meseret Defar, led Kibiwot and Vivian Cheruiyot with the pace steadily increasing. With 200 to go, Cheruiyot moved into third, Kibiwot losing ground. Coming off the turn Defar moved onto Dibaba's shoulder, followed by Cheruiyot. Coming around the outside, Defar passed Dibaba, with Dibaba unable to change pace. 3 metres behind, Cheruiyot followed Defar to the line.

Competition format

The Women's 5000m competition consisted of heats (Round 1) and a Final.[2] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Final along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the eight spaces in the Final.[3]

Records

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

World record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Olympic record  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) 14:40.79 Sydney, Australia 25 September 2000
2012 World leading  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:35.62 Rome, Italy 31 May 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 7 August 201210:55Round 1
Friday, 10 August 201220:05Finals

Results

Official Video of Round 1

Heats

Qual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the 5 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia14:58.48Q
2Meseret Defar Ethiopia14:58.70Q
3Viola Kibiwot Kenya14:59.31Q
4Olga Golovkina Russia15:05.26Q, PB
5Julie Culley United States15:05.38Q, PB
6Tejitu Daba Bahrain15:05.59q, PB
7Silvia Weissteiner Italy15:06.81SB
8Kayoko Fukushi Japan15:09.31SB
9Barbara Parker Great Britain15:12.81PB
10Fionnuala Britton Ireland15:12.97PB
11Lyudmyla Kovalenko Ukraine15:18.60
12Judith Plá Spain15:20.39PB
13Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway15:24.86PB
14Dudu Karakaya Turkey15:28.32
15Eloise Wellings Australia15:35.53
16Sandra López Mexico15:55.16
-Nadia Noujani MoroccoDNF
-Sara Moreira PortugalDNS

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Gelete Burka Ethiopia15:01.44Q
2Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya15:01.54Q
3Sally Kipyego Kenya15:01.87Q
4Julia Bleasdale Great Britain15:02.00Q, PB
5Molly Huddle United States15:02.26Q, SB
6Yelena Nagovitsyna Russia15:02.80q, PB
7Joanne Pavey Great Britain15:02.84q, SB
8Shitaye Eshete Bahrain15:05.48q, PB
9Elena Romagnolo Italy15:06.38q, PB
10Hitomi Niiya Japan15:10.20PB
11Almensh Belete Belgium15:10.24SB
12Kim Conley United States15:14.48PB
13Mika Yoshikawa Japan15:16.77PB
14Nadia Ejjafini Italy15:24.70
15Sheila Reid Canada15:27.41
16Zakia Mrisho Tanzania15:39.58
17Layes Abdullayeva Azerbaijan15:45.69
18Roxana Bârcă Romania16:01.04

Notes: Q- Qualified by place
q - Qualified by performance (time)
PB - Personal Best
NR - National Record
SB - Seasonal Best
DQ - DisQualified
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish

Final

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes[4]
1st, gold medalist(s)Meseret Defar Ethiopia15:04.25
2nd, silver medalist(s)Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya15:04.73
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia15:05.15
4Sally Kipyego Kenya15:05.79
5Gelete Burka Ethiopia15:10.66
6Viola Kibiwot Kenya15:11.59
7Joanne Pavey Great Britain15:12.72
8Julia Bleasdale Great Britain15:14.55
9Olga Golovkina Russia15:17.88
10Shitaye Eshete Bahrain15:19.13
11Molly Huddle United States15:20.29
12Tejitu Daba Bahrain15:21.34
13Yelena Nagovitsyna Russia15:21.38
14Julie Culley United States15:28.22
15Elena Romagnolo Italy15:35.69

References

  1. ↑ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. ↑ "Women's 5000m". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "5000m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "5000 Metres - W. Final". london2012.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
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