Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres

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Women's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Women's 10,000 metres victory ceremony
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date3 August
Competitors22 from 13 nations
Winning time30:20.75
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tirunesh Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg Sally Kipyego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Vivian Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
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The women's 10,000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at Olympic Stadium on 3 August. [1]

The race started off conservatively, led by the three Japanese runners, trailed by Britton who broke away to a 15-meter lead 800 metres into the race, though the peloton reeled that in. After the first 8 laps, the Kenyan and Ethiopian runners moved to the front as other runners dropped off the back, one by one. The field whittled itself down to just the three Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes, trailed by Eshete (Ethiopian born, running for Bahrain). Eshete would set the Bahrain national record in this race. With 7 laps to go, Chepkirui dropped out. In that same move Oljira and Eshete lost a step of contact and were separated from the field. Led by Kidane pushing the pace, it turned into a dual meet. With three laps to go, Kipyego edged into the lead with her move covered by the defending champion Dibaba. World champion Cheruiyot trailed but didn't look like she had the power to push ahead. In the turn with under 600 metres to go, Dibaba put the hammer down, passing Kipyego decisively and charging away. The last lap was a victory sprint for Dibaba with no challenger in sight.

Competition format

Only a final, without preliminary heats, was held. [2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 3 August 201221:25Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Junxia  (CHN)29:31.78 Beijing, China 8 September 1993
Olympic recordFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)29:54.66 Beijing, China 15 August 2008
2012 World leadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)30:24.39 Eugene, OR, United States 1 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 World leadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)30:20.75 London, United Kingdom 3 August 2012

Results

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RankNameNationalityTimeNotesLane
Gold medal icon.svg Tirunesh Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 30:20.75WL16
Silver medal icon.svg Sally Kipyego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 30:26.37PB8
Bronze medal icon.svg Vivian Cheruiyot Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 30:30.44PB11
4 Werknesh Kidane Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 30:39.38SB4
5 Beleynesh Oljira Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 30:45.567
6 Shitaye Eshete Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 30:47.25 NR 19
7 Joanne Pavey Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 30:53.20PB1
8 Julia Bleasdale Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 30:55.63PB21
9 Hitomi Niiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 30:59.19PB3
10 Kayoko Fukushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31:10.35SB20
11 Amy Hastings Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31:10.69PB10
12 Janet Cherobon-Bawcom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31:12.68PB22
13 Lisa Uhl Flag of the United States.svg  United States 31:12.80PB9
14 Sara Moreira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 31:16.44PB6
15 Fionnuala Britton Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 31:46.7118
16 Mika Yoshikawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31:47.6714
17 Sabrina Mockenhaupt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31:50.352
18 Nadia Ejjafini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31:57.0317
19 Olha Skrypak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 32:14.5913
20 Eloise Wellings Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 32:25.4315
DNF Joyce Chepkirui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya N/A12
DSQ Elizaveta Grechishnikova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 32:11.32Doping5

Elizaveta Grechishnikova of Russia originally finished 19th but was later disqualified for doping

References

  1. "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. "Women's 10,000m". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. Final Results Archived 17 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine . Track & Field: Results & Schedules. Retrieved on 2012-08-3.