2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres
at the 2013 World Championships
Meseret Defar Moscow 2013.jpg
Gold medalist Meseret Defar
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates14 August (heats)
17 August (final)
Competitors22 from 16 nations
Winning time14:50.19
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Meseret Defar
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)
Silver medal icon.svg   Mercy Cherono
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)
Bronze medal icon.svg   Almaz Ayana
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–17 August. [1]

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With Margaret Wangari Muriuki dropping out injured in the first round, [2] the finals had three Ethiopians (four if you count Tejitu Daba) and three Americans and only two Kenyans. Also missing by design is world record holder Tirunesh Dibaba who won the 10000 earlier, leaving Meseret Defar the 5000.

The final started slow with the Ethiopians watching the front (the reigning Olympic champion Defar watching her teammates from the back), letting Dominika Nowakowska then Dolores Checa jog through 75-second laps at the front. With 2000 to go, the racing began, Almaz Ayana took over the lead and the crowd disappeared. Within a lap, not surprisingly, the three Ethiopians and two Kenyans were running alone. Lap times were dropping, 71, 69, 68. In the next lap Buze Diriba fell back to the trailing American duo of Molly Huddle and Shannon Rowbury. The two Ethiopians were leading, the two Kenyans trying to keep up. Shortly after the bell, Viola Kibiwot lost touch with her teammate Mercy Cherono and then there were three. Defar stayed tucked into second place waiting until the time was right. The time was 200 meters to go, that was when Defar accelerated past Ayana and into the lead. Cherono made no effort to go after Defar, she was gone sprinting to gold. Cherono waited through the turn and executed her best move to outsprint Ayana for the silver. [3] So prepared for victory, Defar and Ayana had already received their flags and were displaying them while the early leaders were still finishing.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [4]

World record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)14:11.15 Oslo, Norway6 June 2008
Championship record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)14:38.59 Helsinki, Finland13 August 2005
World LeadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)14:23.68Paris, France6 June 2013
African Record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)14:11.15Oslo, Norway6 June 2008
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bo Jiang  (CHN)14:28.09Shanghai, People's Republic of China 23 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Molly Huddle  (USA)14:44.76 Brussels, Belgium27 August 2010
South American record Flag of Brazil.svg  Simone da Silva  (BRA)15:18.85 São Paulo, Brazil20 May 2011
European Record Flag of Russia.svg  Liliya Shobukhova  (RUS)14:23.75 Kazan, Russia19 July 2008
Oceanian record Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kim Smith  (NZL)14:45.93Rome, Italy11 July 2008

Qualification standards

A time [5] B time
15:18.0015:24.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
14 August 20139:40 Heats
17 August 201318:55 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final. [6]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Meseret Defar Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)15:22.94Q
22 Buze Diriba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)15:23.41Q
32 Viola Kibiwot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)15:24.47Q
42 Yelena Nagovitsyna Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)15:26.95Q
52 Kim Conley Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15:27.35Q
62 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)15:29.41q
72 Susan Kuijken Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)15:34.31q
81 Mercy Cherono Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)15:34.70Q
91 Almaz Ayana Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)15:34.93Q
102 Jackie Areson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)15:40.21q
111 Molly Huddle Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15:40.91Q
122 Dolores Checa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)15:43.73q
132 Dominika Nowakowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)15:45.10q
141 Shannon Rowbury Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15:50.41Q
151 Tejitu Daba Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)15:56.74Q
161 Almensh Belete Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)16:03.03
171 Sophie Duarte Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)16:05.14
181 Betlhem Desalegn Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE)16:13.27
191 Misaki Onishi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)16:16.52
201 Carolina Tabares Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)16:22.81
212 Giuli Dekanadze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia  (GEO)17:57.39SB
1 Margaret Wangari Muriuki Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)DNF

Final

The final was started at 18:55. [7]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Meseret Defar Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)14:50.19
Silver medal icon.svg Mercy Cherono Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)14:51.22
Bronze medal icon.svg Almaz Ayana Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)14:51.33
4 Viola Kibiwot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)15:01.67
5 Buze Diriba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)15:05.38
6 Molly Huddle Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15:05.73
7 Shannon Rowbury Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15:06.10SB
8 Susan Kuijken Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)15:14.70
9 Elena Nagovitsyna Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)15:24.83
10 Dolores Checa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)15:30.42
11 Tejitu Daba Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain  (BHR)15:33.89
12 Kim Conley Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15:36.58
13 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)15:48.87
14 Dominika Nowakowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)15:58.26
15 Jackie Areson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)16:08.32

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References

  1. ↑ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ↑ http://allafrica.com/stories/201308141811.html [ bare URL ]
  3. ↑ "Defar Wins Gold In 'Tactical' 5,000m Race".
  4. ↑ "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF . Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  5. ↑ IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  6. ↑ "Heats Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Final Results (Archived version)
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