2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

Events at the 2005 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2005 World Championships in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. The final was held on 6 August.

Medalists

Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver	Berhane Adere Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)

Finishing times

Rank	Name	Result
	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	30:24.02
	Berhane Adere (ETH)	30:25.41 (SB)
	Ejegayehu Dibaba (ETH)	30:26.00
4	Xing Huina (CHN)	30:27.18 (SB)
5	Edith Masai (KEN)	30:30.26 (NR)
6	Werknesh Kidane (ETH)	30:32.47
7	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	30:33.53 (SB)
8	Galina Bogomolova (RUS)	30:33.75 (SB)
9	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	30:42.75 (SB)
10	Irene Kwambai Kipchumba (KEN)	30:55.80
11	Kayoko Fukushi (JPN)	31:03.75 (SB)
12	Jeļena Prokopčuka (LAT)	31:04.55 (SB)
13	Alla Zhilyaeva (RUS)	31:17.97
14	Katie McGregor (USA)	31:21.20 (PB)
15	Kimberley Smith (NZL)	31:24.29
16	Jennifer Rhines (USA)	31:26.66 (PB)
17	Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER)	31:28.21
18	Hitomi Miyai (JPN)	31:43.74
19	Benita Johnson (AUS)	31:55.15 (SB)
20	Alena Samokhvalova (RUS)	31:57.85
21	Hiromi Ominami (JPN)	32:02.38
22	Blake Russell (USA)	32:07.00
23	Mihaela Botezan (ROM)	32:28.29 (SB)
24	Dulce María Rodríguez (MEX)	33:04.73
—	Marie Davenport (IRE)	DNF
—	Kathy Butler (GBR)	DNF
—	Alice Timbilili (KEN)	DNS

References

• IAAF results