2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The Women's 10,000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27.
Kenya entered a strong team including the 2009 champion Linet Masai, the reigning 5000 metres world champion Vivian Cheruiyot, and Sally Kipyego – the fastest 10,000 m runner that year. The next strongest competitors were the Ethiopian women, which included the 2009 runner-up Meselech Melkamu and Meseret Defar. The United States was represented by 2007 World bronze medallist Kara Goucher and 2008 Olympic third placer Shalane Flanagan (who was the second fastest that year).[1]
An American trio of Goucher, Flanagan and
Kenya became only the third country to have its athletes take positions one through four in an event (the other two being Ethiopia in the women's
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya (KEN) |
Sally Kipyego Kenya (KEN) |
Linet Masai Kenya (KEN) |
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record | Junxia Wang (CHN)
|
29:31.78 | China
|
8 September 1993 |
Championship record
|
Berhane Adere (ETH) | 30:04.18 | Paris, France | 23 August 2003 |
World Leading | Sally Kipyego (KEN) | 30:38.35 | Palo Alto, CA, United States
|
29 May 2011 |
African record | Meselech Melkamu (ETH) | 29:53.80 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 14 June 2009 |
Asian record | Junxia Wang (CHN)
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29:31.78 | Beijing, China | 8 September 1993 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | Shalane Flanagan (USA) | 30:22.22 | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 |
South American record | Simone da Silva (BRA)
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31:16.56 | São Paulo, Brazil | 3 August 2011 |
European record | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 29:56.34 | Beijing, China | 15 August 2008 |
Oceanian record | Kim Smith (NZL) | 30:35.54 | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 4 May 2008 |
Qualification standards
A time | B time |
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31:45.00 | 32:00.00 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
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August 27, 2011 | 21:00 | Final |
Results
KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya (KEN) | 30:48.98 | PB | |
Sally Kipyego | Kenya (KEN) | 30:50.04 | ||
Linet Masai | Kenya (KEN) | 30:53.59 | SB | |
4 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono | Kenya (KEN) | 30:56.43 | PB |
5 | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 30:56.55 | SB |
6 | Shitaye Eshete | Bahrain (BHR) | 31:21.57 | NR |
7 | Shalane Flanagan | United States (USA) | 31:25.57 | |
8 | Ana Dulce Félix | Portugal (POR) | 31:37.03 | |
9 | Jennifer Rhines | United States (USA) | 31:47.59 | |
10 | Jessica Augusto |
Portugal (POR) | 32:06.68 | SB |
11 | Tigist Kiros | Ethiopia (ETH) | 32:11.37 | |
12 | Christelle Daunay | France (FRA) | 32:22.20 | |
13 | Kara Goucher | United States (USA) | 32:29.58 | |
14 | Hikari Yoshimoto | Japan (JPN) | 32:32.22 | |
15 | Kayo Sugihara | Japan (JPN) | 32:53.89 | |
16 | Krisztina Papp | Hungary (HUN) | 32:56.02 | |
17 | Megumi Kinukawa | Japan (JPN) | 34:08.37 | SB |
Meseret Defar | Ethiopia (ETH) | DNF | ||
Eloise Wellings | Australia (AUS) | DNS |
References
- ^ Johnson, Len (2011-08-22). Women's 10,000m - PREVIEW Archived 2012-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-24.
- ^ IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
- ^ a b Mulkeen, Jon (2011-08-27). Cheruiyot wins 10,000m as Kenya dominate once more Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
External links
- 10,000 metres results at IAAF website