2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres
at the 2022 World Championships
Venue Hayward Field
Dates20 July (heats)
23 July (final)
Competitors41 from 23 nations
Winning time14:46.29
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
  2019
2023  
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 20 to 23 July 2022. [1]

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Summary

Everyone in this race had the opportunity to see what Olympic Champion Sifan Hassan does at the end of a race. Some of them had seen it close up. But Hassan could be beaten, she was beaten in the 10,000 metres a few days earlier and world record holder in both events, Letesenbet Gidey was the prime beneficiary.

The final took off at a pedestrian pace, Gidey's Ethiopian teammate Dawit Seyaum took the field through a couple of 80 second laps. The third Ethiopian was 1500 silver medalist Gudaf Tsegay. She knew that was not going to take the sting out of Hassan and moved things up with a couple of 69 second laps. Gidey joined the party, the two pushing 70 and 71 second laps until there was a lap and a half to go. Athletes continued to drop off the back of the lead pack. By this point, the lead pack consisted of the three Ethiopians, two Kenyans; Beatrice Chebet and returning silver medalist, Margaret Kipkemboi, and Kenyan ex-pat Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, newly allowed to run for Kazakhstan. Lurking on the back of the pack was Hassan, but now was go time. Around the turn, Hassan stepped to the outside and gently moved forward. After tangling elbows with Kipkirui, she floated up to Tsegay's shoulder at the bell. Around the turn, Chebet sensed the move and ran around the outside to take Tsegay's shoulder, effectively blocking Hassan. Tsegay drifted out to increase Chebet's running distance, Hassan looking for somewhere to run, darted to the rail and accelerated taking the lead with a little over 200m to go. Tsegay and Chebet would not let her go, three abreast across the track in the final turn, at one point Tsegay slapping Chebet's elbow out of her way, with Seyaum and Gidey just a step behind. As they hit the home stretch, Tsegay took the lead. Hassan looked back over her shoulder, a clear indication she was not going to challenge forward. Tsegay and Chebet sprinted for home, Tsegay opening up almost a 3-metre lead by the finish for gold, her final lap just under 60 seconds. Seyaum went into her kick to pass Hassan, following Chebet home for bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Letesenbet Gidey  (ETH)14:06.62 Valencia, Spain 7 October 2020
Championship record Flag of Kenya.svg  Hellen Obiri  (KEN)14:26.72 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019
World Leading Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ejgayehu Taye  (ETH)14:12.98 Eugene, United States 27 May 2022
African Record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Letesenbet Gidey  (ETH)14:06.62 Valencia, Spain 7 October 2020
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Bo Jiang  (CHN)14:28.09 Shanghai, China 23 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Shelby Houlihan  (USA)14:23.92 Portland, United States 10 July 2020
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Simone Alves da Silva  (BRA)15:18.85 São Paulo, Brazil 20 May 2011
European Record Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Sifan Hassan  (NED)14:22.12 London, Great Britain 21 July 2019
Oceanian record Flag of New Zealand.svg  Kimberley Smith  (NZL)14:39.89 New York, United States 27 February 2009

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 15:10.00. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
20 July16:25 Heats
23 July18:25 Final

Results

Heats

The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualify for the final. [4]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Letesenbet Gidey Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)14:52.27Q
22 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)14:52.54Q, SB
31 Gudaf Tsegay Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)14:52.64Q
42 Sifan Hassan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)14:52.89Q, SB
51 Dawit Seyaum Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)14:53.06Q
62 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)14:53.07Q
72 Elise Cranny Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)14:53.20Q
81 Beatrice Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)14:53.34Q, SB
91 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)14:53.45Q, SB
102 Gloria Kite Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)14:53.62q, SB
111 Karissa Schweizer Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)14:53.69Q, SB
122 Eilish McColgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)14:56.47q, SB
132 Jessica Judd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)14:57.64q
142 Nozomi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)15:00.21q, SB
151 Emily Infeld Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15:00.98q, SB
161 Ririka Hironaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)15:02.03 SB
172 Alina Reh Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)15:13.92
182 Laura Galván Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)15:15.92
191 Konstanze Klosterhalfen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)15:17.78
202 Mariana Machado Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)15:18.09 PB
211 Maureen Koster Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)15:18.17
221 Sarah Lahti Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)15:26.05
232 Esther Chebet Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda  (UGA)15:26.40
241 Rahel Daniel Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea  (ERI)15:31.03
251 Amy-Eloise Markovc Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)15:31.62 SB
262 Selamawit Teferi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)15:44.30 SB
272 Rose Davies Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)15:45.95
281 Caster Semenya Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)15:46.12
292 Joselyn Daniely Brea Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)15:46.75 SB
301 Kaede Hagitani Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)15:53.39
312 Parul Chaudhary Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)15:54.03
321 Florencia Borelli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)16:06.36
332 Sara Benfares Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)16:34.23
341 Edymar Brea Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)16:41.32
352 Gracelyn Larkin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)16:48.78
1 Camilla Richardsson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN) DNF
1 Natalie Rule Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) DNF

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Gudaf Tsegay Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)14:46.29
Silver medal icon.svg Beatrice Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)14:46.75 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Dawit Seyaum Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)14:47.36
4 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)14:47.71 SB
5 Letesenbet Gidey Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)14:47.98
6 Sifan Hassan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)14:48.12 SB
7 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)14:54.80
8 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)14:57.62
9 Elise Cranny Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)14:59.99
10 Gloria Kite Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)15:01.22
11 Eilish McColgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)15:03.03
12 Nozomi Tanaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)15:19.35
13 Jessica Judd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)15:19.88
14 Emily Infeld Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)15:29.03
- Karissa Schweizer Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)DNF

References

  1. Timetable
  2. "5000 Metres Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. Heats Summary