2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
| Women's 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Winner Almaz Ayana | ||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 27 August (heats) 30 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 14 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:26.83 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 30 August.[1][2] The reigning champion from 2013 Meseret Defar was absent from the competition, having not yet returned from a career break to start a family.[3][4]
The winning margin was 17.24 seconds. As of 2024, this is the only time this race has been won by more than six seconds at these championships.
Summary
From the gun in the final, the two Japanese runner
Championship Record
. Well behind, Genzebe was content to just finish the race in silver medal position, but the battle for bronze was accelerating. Onto the home stretch, Teferi put her best move on Kibiwot and was sprinting home, but in the process she passed the slowing Dibaba. Dibaba finally noticed Teferi passing and turned into sprinting making for a close finish but Teferi had the edge and took the silver medal.
It was a sweep for Ethiopia but not from a tactical situation like many Kenyan team members try to run. These were three rivals who in the process of beating each other, beat the rest of the world. Behind them, the straightaway was empty, it took 15 more seconds for the next Kenyan runner to arrive.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]
| 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 | Almaz Ayana (ETH)
|
14:14.32 | Shanghai, China | 17 May 2015 |
| African record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
|
14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| Asian record |  Bo Jiang (CHN)
|
14:28.09 | Shanghai, China | 23 October 1997 |
| NACAC record |  Molly Huddle (USA)
|
14:42.64 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| 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 |
| The following records were established during the competition: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Championship record
|
Almaz Ayana (ETH)
|
14:26.83 | Beijing, China | 30 August 2015 |
Qualification standards
| Entry standards[6] |
|---|
| 15:20.00 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2015 | 09:40 | Heats |
| 30 August 2015 | 19:15 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[7]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Almaz Ayana |  Ethiopia (ETH) |
15:09.40 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Senbere Teferi | Ethiopia (ETH) |
15:14.57 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Viola Kibiwot |  Kenya (KEN) |
15:15.27 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia (ETH) |
15:20.82 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mercy Cherono | Kenya (KEN) |
15:20.94 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Mimi Belete |  Bahrain (BHR) |
15:20.94 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Irene Chepet Cheptai | Kenya (KEN) |
15:21.03 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Susan Kuijken |
 Netherlands (NED) |
15:25.67 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Janet Kisa | Kenya (KEN) |
15:26.49 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Eloise Wellings |  Australia (AUS) |
15:26.67 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 2 | Ayuko Suzuki |  Japan (JPN) |
15:28.18 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Misaki Onishi | Japan (JPN) |
15:33.84 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Stephanie Twell |  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
15:34.72 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Nicole Tully |  United States (USA) |
15:41.03 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Jennifer Wenth |  Austria (AUT) |
15:43.57 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Madeline Heiner | Australia (AUS) |
15:47.97 | |
| 17 | 1 | Gulshat Fazlitdinova |  Russia (RUS) |
15:48.44 | |
| 2 | Betlhem Desalegn |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
DQ[8] | ||
| 18 | 1 | Nicole Sifuentes |  Canada (CAN) |
15:50.99 | |
| 19 | 2 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal |  Norway (NOR) |
16:02.20 | |
| 20 | 2 | Marielle Hall | United States (USA) |
16:06.60 | |
| 21 | 2 | Azusa Sumi | Japan (JPN) |
16:13.65 | |
| 22 | 2 | Abbey D'Agostino |
United States (USA) |
16:16.47 | |
| 23 | 1 | Olivia Mugove Chitate |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) |
16:34.70 | PB |
| 2 | Yelena Korobkina | Russia (RUS) |
DNF | ||
| 2 | Maureen Koster | Netherlands (NED) |
DNF | ||
| 1 | Nikki Hamblin |  New Zealand (NZL) |
DNS |
Final
The final was started at 19:15[9]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia (ETH) |
14:26.83 | CR
|
 |
Senbere Teferi | Ethiopia (ETH) |
14:44.07 | |
 |
Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia (ETH) |
14:44.14 | |
| 4 | Viola Kibiwot | Kenya (KEN) |
14:46.16 | |
| 5 | Mercy Cherono | Kenya (KEN) |
15:01.36 | |
| 6 | Janet Kisa | Kenya (KEN) |
15:02.68 | SB |
| 7 | Irene Chepet Cheptai | Kenya (KEN) |
15:03.41 | |
| 8 | Susan Kuijken |
Netherlands (NED) |
15:08.00 | |
| 9 | Ayuko Suzuki | Japan (JPN) |
15:08.29 | PB |
| 10 | Eloise Wellings | Australia (AUS) |
15:09.62 | SB |
| 11 | Mimi Belete | Bahrain (BHR) |
15:17.01 | |
| 12 | Stephanie Twell | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
15:26.24 | |
| 13 | Nicole Tully | United States (USA) |
15:27.42 | |
| 14 | Misaki Onishi | Japan (JPN) |
15:29.63 | |
| 15 | Jennifer Wenth | Austria (AUT) |
15:35.46 |
References
- ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Start list
- ^ Eder, Larry (2014-03-06). Meseret Defar is pregnant, will miss 2014, back in 2015, by EME News Archived 10 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2015-08-16.
- ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S 5000M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Doping
- ^ Final results