Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	3 August
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning time	30:48.60
Medalists
Eilish McColgan    Scotland   Irene Chepet Cheptai    Kenya   Sheila Chepkirui    Kenya
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The women's 10,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 3 August 2022.

Eilish McColgan won the gold medal in a new Commonwealth games record time. ^[1] Her mother Liz McColgan won the same event at the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games. ^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Letesenbet Gidey  (ETH)	29:01.03	Hengelo, Netherlands	8 June 2021
Commonwealth record	Vivian Cheruiyot  (KEN)	29:32.53	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Games record	Salina Kosgei  (KEN)	31:27.83	Manchester, England	30 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: ^[2]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 3 August 2022	20:00	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Final

The medals were determined in the final. ^[3]

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
	Eilish McColgan  (SCO)	30:48.60	GR
	Irene Chepet Cheptai  (KEN)	30:49.52	SB
	Sheila Chepkirui  (KEN)	31:09.46	SB
4	Stella Chesang  (UGA)	31:14.14
5	Jessica Judd  (ENG)	31:18.47
6	Samantha Harrison  (ENG)	31:21.53	PB
7	Dominique Scott  (RSA)	31:25.18
8	Isobel Batt-Doyle  (AUS)	32:04.52
9	Sara Inglis  (SCO)	32:04.74
10	Rachael Zena Chebet  (UGA)	32:30.95
11	Celine Iranzi  (RWA)	32:48.60	PB
12	Neheng Khatala  (LES)	33:27.35	PB
13	Mathakane Letsie  (LES)	36:50.62	PB
	Hannah Irwin  (NIR)	DNF

References

1. "Eilish McColgan's epic 10,000m triumph lights up Commonwealth Games". Guardian. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
2. "Women's 10,000m". Birmingham 2022. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
3. Results