2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2015 World Championships

Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates 27 August (heats)
30 August (final)
Competitors 26 from 14 nations
Winning time 14:26.83
Medalists
 Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia
 Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia
 Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia
Events at the
2015 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
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
Demonstration events
Masters 400 m women
Masters 800 m men

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]

From the gun in the final, the two Japanese runner Misaki Onishi then Ayuko Suzuki took the pace out at a serious level, the women running the same pace as the pedestrian men's race through the first 2,000. After her 1500 metres win and world record, all eyes were clearly on Genzebe Dibaba. On the first lap Dibaba went to the back of the pack. After a lap she decided to move in behind the Japanese runners. Instantly she was marked by world leader Almaz Ayana. Three laps into the race, it was a string of African runners behind the Japanese, with a gap back to all the other non-Africans. From the pace of just under 74 seconds a lap, Ayana then upped the pace, followed immediately by Dibaba and the Kenyan team running as a group led by returning silver medalist Mercy Cherono. Laps started getting quicker, 68, 67, the field stringing out 65, 64 first only Dibaba was able to follow Ayana, then she was broken, Ayana out into an insurmountable lead with three laps to go and still accelerating. More than a hundred metres behind, Senbere Teferi was battling the last of the Kenyans, Viola Kibiwot for the bronze medal position. Ayana slowed a little over the last two laps, the pace falling back to 67 seconds but the damage was done and the race was decided. Ayana pushed home in 14:26.83 to break Genzebe's sister Tirunesh Dibaba's 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  Kimberley 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 (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
18 2 Betlhem Desalegn  United Arab Emirates (UAE) 15:48.52
19 1 Nicole Sifuentes  Canada (CAN) 15:50.99
20 2 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway (NOR) 16:02.20
21 2 Marielle Hall  United States (USA) 16:06.60
22 2 Azusa Sumi  Japan (JPN) 16:13.65
23 2 Abbey D'Agostino  United States (USA) 16:16.47
24 1 Olivia Mugove Chitate  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 16:34.70 PB
25 2 Yelena Korobkina  Russia (RUS) DNF
25 2 Maureen Koster  Netherlands (NED) DNF
25 1 Nikki Hamblin  New Zealand (NZL) DNS

Final

The final was started at 19:15[8]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia (ETH) 14:26.83 CR
2nd Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia (ETH) 14:44.07
3rd 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 (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

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ Eder, Larry (2014-03-06). Meseret Defar is pregnant, will miss 2014, back in 2015, by EME News. RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2015-08-16.
  4. ↑ "REPORT: WOMEN’S 5000M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. ↑ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ↑ Heats results
  8. ↑ Final results
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