1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

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The women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final being held on 21 August 1993.

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The race was conducted in almost 30 °C temperatures, but the Chinese team took the race out at a pace only seen once before, during Ingrid Kristiansen's world record race 5 years earlier. Zhong Huandi took the pace for her 20 year old country mate Wang Junxia, while the others struggled to keep up. 15 year old Sally Barsosio stayed close to the pace, but her inexperience and erratic movements disrupted the flow for several runners near her. At one point during the race she was shown a yellow card by an umpire to essentially tell her to get out of the way. After getting spiked too many times from Barsosio's back kick, Elana Meyer walked off the track. The fast pace eventually slowed mid-race, then in frustration, Wang took off, separating from the chase pack of Zhong, Barsosio and Tegla Loroupe. Wang began dropping her lap times progressively 72, 71, 70, 69, 68. She capped it off with a 61 final lap for a championship record 30:49.30. Half a lap back, Barsosio had edged ahead of with Loroupe unable to maintain the pace and fading, then Zhong launched into a sprint the loping Barsosio could not match, pulling away to a three second gap for silver. After the race, Barsosio was disqualified, only to be reinstated on appeal. A little over two weeks later, Wang demolished the world record, running 29:31.78, part of a record smashing National Games of China when three major women's distance records were set. Wang's 10,000 record lasted until the 2016 Olympics when it was smashed by Ethiopian Almaz Ayana. Her 3000 metres record from 1993 has never been beaten. 4th place in that 1993 Chinese race was still the #4 time in history until 2019. In 2016, a letter written by Wang in 1995 was published where she is said to have admitted to herself and her Liaoning teammates doping. Zhong trained with a different group in Yunnan. Four years later Barsosio won this race as a 19 year old.

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Junxia  (CHN)30:49.30CR
Med 2.png Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhong Huandi  (CHN)31:12.55
Med 3.png Flag of Kenya.svg  Sally Barsosio  (KEN)31:15.38
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Tegla Loroupe  (KEN)31:29.91
5.Flag of the United States.svg  Lynn Jennings  (USA)31:30.53
6.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Conceição Ferreira  (POR)31:30.60
7.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Albertina Dias  (POR)31:33.03
8.Flag of the United States.svg  Anne Marie Letko  (USA)31:37.36
9.Flag of Germany.svg  Uta Pippig  (GER)31:39.97
10.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Fernanda Ribeiro  (POR)31:40.51
11.Flag of Brazil.svg  Carmem de Oliveira  (BRA)31:47.76
12.Flag of Italy.svg  Maria Guida  (ITA)32:15.34
13.Flag of Germany.svg  Kathrin Ullrich-Weßel  (GER)32:27.38
14.Flag of Mexico.svg  Olga Appell  (MEX)32:32.51
15.Flag of Japan.svg  Naomi Yoshida  (JPN)32:35.44
16.Flag of Romania.svg  Iulia Negura-Olteanu  (ROM)32:40.61
17.Flag of Japan.svg  Izumi Maki  (JPN)32:53.41
18.Flag of France.svg  Rosario Murcia  (FRA)32:54.65
19. Suzana Ćirić (IPU)33:36.72
20.Flag of Mexico.svg  Isabel Juarez  (MEX)33:28.47
21.Flag of the United States.svg  Elaine Van Blunk  (USA)33:42.85
22.Flag of Denmark.svg  Gitte Karlshoj  (DEN)33:58.58
Flag of Ireland.svg  Catherina McKiernan  (IRL)DNF
Flag of Finland.svg  Päivi Tikkanen  (FIN)DNF
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Elana Meyer  (RSA)DNF

Qualifying heats

RANKHEAT 1TIME
1.Flag of Kenya.svg  Sally Barsosio  (KEN)32:27.99
2.Flag of the United States.svg  Lynn Jennings  (USA)32:28.30
3.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Junxia  (CHN)32:28.35
4.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Albertina Dias  (POR)32:28.39
5.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Conceição Ferreira  (POR)32:28.42
6.Flag of Japan.svg  Naomi Yoshida  (JPN)32:28.66
7.Flag of Brazil.svg  Carmem de Oliveira  (BRA)32:29.48
8.Flag of Germany.svg  Uta Pippig  (GER)32:31.90
9.Flag of Romania.svg  Iulia Negura-Olteanu  (ROM)32:32.51
10.Flag of Mexico.svg  Olga Appell  (MEX)32:34.43
11.Flag of France.svg  Rosario Murcia  (FRA)32:56.24
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Elaine Van Blunk  (USA)33:06.44
13.Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Julia Sakara  (ZIM)33:20.16 (NR)
14.Flag of Japan.svg  Junko Kataoka  (JPN)33:21.31
15.Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg  Viktoriya Nenasheva  (RUS)33:23.19
16.Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lisa Harvey  (CAN)33:24.66
17.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Vikki McPherson  (GBR)33:49.51
18.Flag of Malaysia.svg  Jayanthi Palaniappan  (MAS)33:56.72
19.Flag of New Zealand.svg  Barbara Moore  (NZL)34:38.27
20.Flag of Guatemala.svg  Aura Morales  (GUA)36:06.02
Flag of Iceland.svg  Martha Ernstsdottir  (ISL)DNS


RANKHEAT 2TIME
1.Flag of the United States.svg  Anne Marie Letko  (USA)32:26.22
2.Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhong Huandi  (CHN)32:26.40
3.Flag of Italy.svg  Maria Guida  (ITA)32:26.60
4.Flag of Kenya.svg  Tegla Loroupe  (KEN)32:26.67
5.Flag of Japan.svg  Izumi Maki  (JPN)32:26.89
6.Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Elana Meyer  (RSA)32:28.02
7.Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Fernanda Ribeiro  (POR)32:29.21
8.Flag of Finland.svg  Päivi Tikkanen  (FIN)32:51.72
9.Flag of Germany.svg  Kathrin Ullrich-Weßel  (GER)32:52.06
10. Suzana Ćirić (IPU)32:58.38
11.Flag of Ireland.svg  Catherina McKiernan  (IRL)33:00.38
12.Flag of Denmark.svg  Gitte Karlshoj  (DEN)33:05.13
13.Flag of Mexico.svg  Isabel Juarez  (MEX)33:17.94
14.Flag of Ethiopia (1975-1987).svg  Berhane Adere  (ETH)33:20.62
15.Flag of Ecuador.svg  Martha Tenorio  (ECU)33:50.68
16.Flag of New Zealand.svg  Lesley Morton  (NZL)33:54.39
17.Flag of Peru.svg  Marilu Salazar  (PER)34:58.62
18.Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Gulsara Dadabayeva  (TJK)39:30.28
19.Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tevdenshigmed Enh-Od  (MGL)40:32.86
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma Ningning  (CHN)DNS
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Tamara Koba  (UKR)DNS

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