The Women's 5000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event final was held at the Olympic Stadium on 10 of August.[1]
Women's 5000 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | Aug 7 (prelim), Aug 10 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 15:04.25 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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From the start of the final Joanne Pavey took the lead, with Dibaba moving into the fourth position in the procession, ready to cover any moves. After about four laps Elena Romagnolo took up the front position for a few laps, to be replaced again with Pavey. At the 3K mark, Julia Bleasdale moved in behind her teammate, but in the next 200 metres, Dibaba decided it was time to take up the lead. The pace accelerated markedly, with the Ethiopian and Kenyan teams coming to the front and the others falling off the back. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot was the last to pay attention, sprinting along the outside to catch the group of leaders. Bleasdale was the last to stay with that group of six, who had achieved separation with 600 to go, Dibaba and Meseret Defar, led Kibiwot and Vivian Cheruiyot with the pace steadily increasing. With 200 to go, Cheruiyot moved into third, Kibiwot losing ground. Coming off the turn Defar moved onto Dibaba's shoulder, followed by Cheruiyot. Coming around the outside, Defar passed Dibaba, with Dibaba unable to change pace. 3 metres behind, Cheruiyot followed Defar to the line.
Competition format
editThe Women's 5000m competition consisted of heats (Round 1) and a Final.[2] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Final along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the eight spaces in the Final.[3]
Records
editPrior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 | |
Olympic record | 14:40.79 | Sydney, Australia | 25 September 2000 | |
2012 World leading | 14:35.62 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |
Schedule
editAll times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012 | 10:55 | Round 1 |
Friday, 10 August 2012 | 20:05 | Finals |
Results
editHeats
editQual. rule: first 5 of each heat (Q) plus the 5 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Tirunesh Dibaba | 14:58.48 | Q | |
2 | Meseret Defar | 14:58.70 | Q | |
3 | Viola Kibiwot | 14:59.31 | Q | |
4 | Olga Golovkina | 15:05.26 | Q, PB | |
5 | Julie Culley | 15:05.38 | Q, PB | |
6 | Tejitu Daba | 15:05.59 | q, PB | |
7 | Silvia Weissteiner | 15:06.81 | SB | |
8 | Kayoko Fukushi | 15:09.31 | SB | |
9 | Barbara Parker | 15:12.81 | PB | |
10 | Fionnuala Britton | 15:12.97 | PB | |
11 | Lyudmyla Kovalenko | 15:18.60 | ||
12 | Judith Plá | 15:20.39 | PB | |
13 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 15:24.86 | PB | |
14 | Dudu Karakaya | 15:28.32 | ||
15 | Eloise Wellings | 15:35.53 | ||
16 | Sandra López | 15:55.16 | ||
- | Nadia Noujani | DNF | ||
- | Sara Moreira | DNS |
Heat 2
editRank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Gelete Burka | 15:01.44 | Q | |
2 | Vivian Cheruiyot | 15:01.54 | Q | |
3 | Sally Kipyego | 15:01.87 | Q | |
4 | Julia Bleasdale | 15:02.00 | Q, PB | |
5 | Molly Huddle | 15:02.26 | Q, SB | |
6 | Yelena Nagovitsyna | 15:02.80 | q, PB | |
7 | Joanne Pavey | 15:02.84 | q, SB | |
8 | Shitaye Eshete | 15:05.48 | q, PB | |
9 | Elena Romagnolo | 15:06.38 | q, PB | |
10 | Hitomi Niiya | 15:10.20 | PB | |
11 | Almensh Belete | 15:10.24 | SB | |
12 | Kim Conley | 15:14.48 | PB | |
13 | Mika Yoshikawa | 15:16.77 | PB | |
14 | Nadia Ejjafini | 15:24.70 | ||
15 | Sheila Reid | 15:27.41 | ||
16 | Zakia Mrisho | 15:39.58 | ||
17 | Layes Abdullayeva | 15:45.69 | ||
18 | Roxana Bârcă | 16:01.04 |
Notes: Q- Qualified by place
q - Qualified by performance (time)
PB - Personal best
NR - National record
SB - Seasonal best
DQ - Disqualified
DNS - Did not start
DNF - Did not finish
Final
editRank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes[4] |
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Meseret Defar | 15:04.25 | |||
Vivian Cheruiyot | 15:04.73 | |||
Tirunesh Dibaba | 15:05.15 | |||
4 | Sally Kipyego | 15:05.79 | ||
5 | Gelete Burka | 15:10.66 | ||
6 | Viola Kibiwot | 15:11.59 | ||
7 | Joanne Pavey | 15:12.72 | ||
8 | Julia Bleasdale | 15:14.55 | ||
9 | Olga Golovkina | 15:17.88 | ||
10 | Shitaye Eshete | 15:19.13 | ||
11 | Molly Huddle | 15:20.29 | ||
12 | Tejitu Daba | 15:21.34 | ||
13 | Yelena Nagovitsyna | 15:21.38 | ||
14 | Julie Culley | 15:28.22 | ||
15 | Elena Romagnolo | 15:35.69 |
References
edit- ^ "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- ^ "Women's 5000m". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "5000m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "5000 Metres - W. Final". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.