2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 28 September 2019.[1]

Women's 10,000 metres
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates28 September 2019
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Winning time30:17.62
Medalists
 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands
 Letesenbet Gidey   Ethiopia
 Agnes Jebet Tirop   Kenya
Video on YouTube
Official Video
Events at the
2019 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
mixed
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Summary

At the beginning, none of the favorites wanted to lead the race, so leading duties fell on Alina Reh to keep the pace honest, 9:29.69 for the 3000 metres. A lap later, #3 Kenyan Rosemary Wanjiru accelerated. The field strung out. Her teammates Hellen Obiri and Agnes Tirop followed. If it was a sacrificial tactic, the Ethiopian team took the bait. Letesenbet Gidey, Netsanet Gudeta and Senbere Teferi came forward in chase of the breakaway. The only other athlete to join the lead group was Sifan Hassan, who took a little more than a lap to bridge the gap from the back of the pack. The Kenyan team shared the leading duties, pushing the pace down to 15:32:70. Gudeta couldn't keep up with the fast pace, eventually dropping out. The Kenyan efforts kept driving the train until 4 laps to go when World leader Gidey quickly accelerated to the lead. The Kenyans struggled to keep up, again late to bridge the gap, Hassan went around the Kenyan team to catch Gidey just before the bell. Running around lapped runners, Hassan extended the gap to win by 3.5 seconds in 30:17.62. Tirop held on for bronze.[2]

Hassan was running only her second 10,000 ever; her first being her qualifying run at Stanford. Her only other experience at the distance was a 34:28 road 10K from 2012. The first 5 were the fastest 5 times of the season. Excepting Teferi, it was personal bests for the first 8 and 11 total in the race. 42 year old Sinead Diver's personal best turned out to be the W40 Masters World Record.

After setting the world record in the Mile, the 1500 was the primary target for Hassan. A week later, she completed the double a week later. Hassan had previously attempted doubles at the Olympics and previous two World Championships, even picking up a bronze medal in the 5000 in 2017. With a lack of success at 800 metres and the 5000 scheduled on same nights as the 1500, the odd 10,000/1500 double has never previously been accomplished at this level. Only Paavo Nurmi has gold medals in both events and his were in different Olympiads.

Records

Before the competition, the records were as follows:[3]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 29:17.45 Almaz Ayana  ETH 12 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
World Championships 30:04.18 Berhane Adere  ETH 23 Aug 2003 Paris, France
World leading 30:37.89 Letesenbet Gidey  ETH 17 Jul 2017 Hengelo, Netherlands
African 29:17.45 Almaz Ayana  ETH 12 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Asian 29:31.78 Junxia Wang  CHN 8 Sep 1993 Beijing, China
North, Central American and Caribbean 30:13.17 Molly Huddle  USA 12 Aug 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
South American 31:47.76 Carmem de Oliveira  BRA 21 Aug 1993 Stuttgart, Germany
European 30:01.09 Paula Radcliffe  GBR 6 Aug 2002 Munich, Germany
Oceanian 30:35.54 Kim Smith  NZL 4 May 2008 Palo Alto, United States

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

Date Time Round
28 September21:10Final

Results

Final

The final was started at 21:10.[5]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Sifan Hassan Netherlands (NED)30:17.62WL PB
Letesenbet Gidey Ethiopia (ETH)30:21.23PB
Agnes Jebet Tirop Kenya (KEN)30:25.20PB
4Rosemary Wanjiru Kenya (KEN)30:35.75PB
5Hellen Obiri Kenya (KEN)30:35.82PB
6Senbere Teferi Ethiopia (ETH)30:44.23SB
7Susan Krumins Netherlands (NED)31:05.40PB
8Marielle Hall United States (USA)31:05.71PB
9Molly Huddle United States (USA)31:07.24
10Emily Sisson United States (USA)31:12.56
11Hitomi Niiya Japan (JPN)31:12.99SB
12Camille Buscomb New Zealand (NZL)31:13.21PB
13Ellie Pashley Australia (AUS)31:18.89PB
14Sinead Diver Australia (AUS)31:25.49MWR PB
15Stephanie Twell Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)31:44.79
16Stella Chesang Uganda (UGA)32:15.20
17Natasha Wodak Canada (CAN)32:31.19
18Rachael Zena Chebet Uganda (UGA)32:41.93PB
19Minami Yamanouchi Japan (JPN)32:53.46
20Juliet Chekwel Uganda (UGA)33:28.18
Netsanet Gudeta Ethiopia (ETH)DNF
Alina Reh Germany (GER)

References
  1. Start list
  2. https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/womens-10000m-iaaf-world-athletics-championsh
  3. "10,000 Metres Women − Records". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. "Womem's 10,000 Metres − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  5. Final results
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