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

Women's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date6–10 August
Competitors36 from 22 nations
Winning time15:04.25
Medalists
 Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
 Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya
 Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
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The Women's 5000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 8–11 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 2012 10:55Round 1
Friday, 10 August 2012 20:05Finals

Results

Official Video of Round 1

Heats

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

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 14:58.48 Q
2 Meseret Defar Ethiopia 14:58.70 Q
3 Viola Jelagat Kibiwot Kenya 14:59.31 Q
4 Olga Golovkina Russia 15:05.26 Q, PB
5 Julie Culley United States 15:05.38 Q, PB
6 Tejitu Daba Bahrain 15:05.59 q, PB
7 Silvia Weissteiner Italy 15:06.81 SB
8 Kayoko Fukushi Japan 15:09.31 SB
9 Barbara Parker Great Britain 15:12.81 PB
10 Fionnuala Britton Ireland 15:12.97 PB
11 Lyudmyla Kovalenko Ukraine 15:18.60
12 Judith Plá Spain 15:20.39 PB
13 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Norway 15:24.86 PB
14 Dudu Karakaya Turkey 15:28.32
15 Eloise Wellings Australia 15:35.53
16 Sandra López Mexico 15:55.16
- Nadia Noujani Morocco DNF
- Sara Moreira Portugal DNS

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gelete Burka Ethiopia 15:01.44 Q
2 Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 15:01.54 Q
3 Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego Kenya 15:01.87 Q
4 Julia Bleasdale Great Britain 15:02.00 Q, PB
5 Molly Huddle United States 15:02.26 Q, SB
6 Yelena Nagovitsyna Russia 15:02.80 q, PB
7 Joanne Pavey Great Britain 15:02.84 q, SB
8 Shitaye Eshete Bahrain 15:05.48 q, PB
9 Elena Romagnolo Italy 15:06.38 q, PB
10 Hitomi Niiya Japan 15:10.20 PB
11 Almensh Belete Belgium 15:10.24 SB
12 Kim Conley United States 15:14.48 PB
13 Mika Yoshikawa Japan 15:16.77 PB
14 Nadia Ejjafini Italy 15:24.70
15 Sheila Reid Canada 15:27.41
16 Zakia Mrisho Tanzania 15:39.58
17 Layes Abdullayeva Azerbaijan 15:45.69
18 Roxana Elisabeta Birca Romania 16:01.04

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

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes[4]
1st Meseret Defar Ethiopia 15:04.25
2nd Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 15:04.73
3rd Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 15:05.15
4 Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego Kenya 15:05.79
5 Gelete Burka Ethiopia 15:10.66
6 Viola Kibiwot Kenya 15:11.59
7 Joanne Pavey Great Britain 15:12.72
8 Julia Bleasdale Great Britain 15:14.55
9 Olga Golovkina Russia 15:17.88
10 Shitaye Eshete Bahrain 15:19.13
11 Molly Huddle United States 15:20.29
12 Tejitu Daba Bahrain 15:21.34
13 Yelena Nagovitsyna Russia 15:21.38
14 Julie Culley United States 15:28.22
15 Elena Romagnolo Italy 15:35.69

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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