2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships
The finish of the final.
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	10 August (heats) 13 August (final)
Competitors	32 from 17 nations
Winning time	14:34.86
Medalists
Hellen Obiri    Kenya   Almaz Ayana    Ethiopia   Sifan Hassan    Netherlands
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10 and 13 August. ^[1]

Summary

In the first turn of the final, Kalkidan Gezahegne (BHR) started quickly to take a two-metre lead, covered quickly by 10,000 metre champ Almaz Ayana, revealing her intent to cover moves. Hellen Obiri (KEN) moved to Ayana's shoulder. Then Sifan Hassan ran around the crowd to take the lead. In control of the front, Hassan didn't speed up, she slowed the pace to a virtual walk. Everyone obliged until the last few metres when Ayana broke free off the front. They passed the first lap in 1:21.77. Ayana's second lap of 1:18.98 didn't improve the pace much, but it separated all three Ethiopians and all three Kenyans to the front. Gezahegne rushed forward to take another temporary lead before fading back through the pack for good. From there it was Ayana setting the pace, but a pack of others, led by Hellen Obiri (KEN) were determined not to let her get away. Ayana accelerated but Obiri stuck to her, creating a ten-second breakaway on the pack led by Hassan. With 300 metres to go, Obiri took off at a pace Ayana could not match, taking the pace from 68 second laps to the last 200 metres in under 30 seconds. Running even faster, Hasan separated from the pack and set off in chase of catching Ayana for silver but arriving two seconds too late.

Records

Before the competition, the records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	14:11.15	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	6 Jun 2008	Oslo, Norway
Championship	14:38.59	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	13 Aug 2005	Helsinki, Finland
World leading	14:18.37	Hellen Onsando Obiri	KEN	8 Jun 2017	Rome, Italy
African	14:11.15	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	6 Jun 2008	Oslo, Norway
Asian	14:28.09	Bo Jiang	CHN	23 Oct 1997	Shanghai, China
NACAC	14:38.92	Shannon Rowbury	USA	9 Sep 2016	Brussels, Belgium
South American	15:18.85	Simone da Silva	BRA	20 May 2011	São Paulo, Brazil
European	14:22.34	Sifan Hassan	NED	13 Jul 2018	Rabat, Marruecos
Oceanian	14:45.93	Kim Smith	NZL	11 Jul 2008	Rome, Italy

The following records were set at the competition: ^[3]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Colombian	15:26.18	Muriel Coneo	COL	10 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 15:22.00. ^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: ^[5]

Date	Time	Round
10 August	18:30	Heats
13 August	19:35	Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 10 August in two heats as follows: ^[6]

Heat	1	2
Start time	18:30	18:56
Photo finish	link	link

The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: ^[7]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Hellen Obiri	Kenya  (KEN)	14:56.70	Q
2	1	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia  (ETH)	14:57.06	Q, SB
3	1	Senbere Teferi	Ethiopia  (ETH)	14:57.23	Q
4	1	Susan Krumins	Netherlands  (NED)	14:57.33	Q
5	1	Shannon Rowbury	United States  (USA)	14:57.55	Q, SB
6	1	Sheila Chepkirui	Kenya  (KEN)	14:57.58	q, PB
7	2	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia  (ETH)	14:59.34	Q
8	1	Laura Muir	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	14:59.34	q
9	2	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands  (NED)	14:59.85	Q
10	2	Shelby Houlihan	United States  (USA)	15:00.37	Q, PB
11	2	Eilish McColgan	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	15:00.38	Q, PB
12	2	Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi	Kenya  (KEN)	15:00.39	Q
13	2	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway  (NOR)	15:00.44	q, SB
14	2	Molly Huddle	United States  (USA)	15:03.60	q
15	2	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Bahrain  (BHR)	15:07.19	q, PB
16	1	Yasemin Can	Turkey  (TUR)	15:08.20
17	1	Alina Reh	Germany  (GER)	15:10.01	PB
18	2	Rina Nabeshima	Japan  (JPN)	15:11.83	PB
19	2	Madeline Hills	Australia  (AUS)	15:13.77
20	1	Ana Lozano	Spain  (ESP)	15:14.23	PB
21	1	Bontu Rebitu	Bahrain  (BHR)	15:16.70	PB
22	1	Mercyline Chelangat	Uganda  (UGA)	15:16.75
23	1	Andrea Seccafien	Canada  (CAN)	15:19.39
24	2	Stella Chesang	Uganda  (UGA)	15:23.02
25	2	Jessica O'Connell	Canada  (CAN)	15:23.16
26	1	Ayuko Suzuki	Japan  (JPN)	15:24.86
27	1	Eloise Wellings	Australia  (AUS)	15:25.92
28	2	Muriel Coneo	Colombia  (COL)	15:26.18	NR
29	2	Heidi See	Australia  (AUS)	15:38.86
30	1	Camille Buscomb	New Zealand  (NZL)	15:40.41
31	2	Stephanie Twell	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	15:41.29
32	2	Yuliya Shmatenko	Ukraine  (UKR)	16:40.36
	2	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia  (ETH)	DNS
	1	Sarah Lahti	Sweden  (SWE)	DNS

Final

The final took place on 13 August at 19:35. The results were as follows: (photo finish) ^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Hellen Obiri	Kenya  (KEN)	14:34.86
	Almaz Ayana	Ethiopia  (ETH)	14:40.35	SB
	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands  (NED)	14:42.73
4	Senbere Teferi	Ethiopia  (ETH)	14:47.45
5	Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi	Kenya  (KEN)	14:48.74
6	Laura Muir	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	14:52.07	PB
7	Sheila Chepkirui	Kenya  (KEN)	14:54.05	PB
8	Susan Krumins	Netherlands  (NED)	14:58.33
9	Shannon Rowbury	United States  (USA)	14:59.92
10	Eilish McColgan	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	15:00.43
11	Letesenbet Gidey	Ethiopia  (ETH)	15:04.99
12	Molly Huddle	United States  (USA)	15:05.28
13	Shelby Houlihan	United States  (USA)	15:06.40
14	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Bahrain  (BHR)	15:28.21
	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway  (NOR)	DNF

References

1. Start list
2. "5000 Metres Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
5. "5000 Metres Women − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
6. "5000 Metres Women − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "5000 Metres Women − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
8. "5000 Metres Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 15 August 2017.