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

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 Archived 2021-02-12 at the Wayback Machine