2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

None August 2015 Women's 5000 metres 2015 World Championships Almaz Ayana Beijing 2015.jpg Winner Almaz Ayana Beijing National Stadium 27 August (heats)30 August (final) 26 14 14:26.83 Almaz Ayana ETH Senbere Teferi ETH Genzebe Dibaba ETH 2013 2017 The women's 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 30 August.http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ dead 1 December 2014 Beijing 2015: Timetable 10 August 2015 10 August 2015 Beijing 2015 Start list The reigning champion from 2013 Meseret Defar was absent from the competition, having not yet returned from a career break to start a family.Eder, Larry (2014-03-06). Meseret Defar is pregnant, will miss 2014, back in 2015, by EME News https://web.archive.org/web/20150910132539/http://www.runblogrun.com/2014/03/meseret-defar-is-pregnant-will-miss-2014-back-in-2015-by-eme-news.html 10 September 2015 . RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2015-08-16. http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/beijing-2015-women-5000m-final REPORT: WOMEN'S 5000M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015 30 August 2015 iaaf.org 2 September 2015 The race was won by a margin of 17.24 seconds. As of 2024, this remains the only time the event has been won by more than six seconds at these championships. Summary From the gun in the final, the two Japanese runner Misaki Onishi then Ayuko Suzuki took the pace out at a serious level, the women running the same pace as the pedestrian men's race through the first 2,000. After her 1500 metres win and world record, all eyes were clearly on Genzebe Dibaba. On the first lap Dibaba went to the back of the pack. After a lap she decided to move in behind the Japanese runners. Instantly she was marked by world leader Almaz Ayana. Three laps into the race, it was a string of African runners behind the Japanese, with a gap back to all the other non-Africans. From the pace of just under 74 seconds a lap, Ayana then upped the pace, followed immediately by Dibaba and the Kenyan team running as a group led by returning silver medalist Mercy Cherono. Laps started getting quicker, 68, 67, the field stringing out 65, 64 first only Dibaba was able to follow Ayana, then she was broken, Ayana out into an insurmountable lead with three laps to go and still accelerating. More than a hundred metres behind, Senbere Teferi was battling the last of the Kenyans, Viola Kibiwot for the bronze medal position. Ayana slowed a little over the last two laps, the pace falling back to 67 seconds but the damage was done and the race was decided. Ayana pushed home in 14:26.83 to break Genzebe's sister Tirunesh Dibaba's Championship Record. Well behind, Genzebe was content to just finish the race in silver medal position, but the battle for bronze was accelerating. Onto the home stretch, Teferi put her best move on Kibiwot and was sprinting home, but in the process she passed the slowing Dibaba. Dibaba finally noticed Teferi passing and turned into sprinting making for a close finish but Teferi had the edge and took the silver medal. It was a sweep for Ethiopia but not from a tactical situation like many Kenyan team members try to run. These were three rivals who in the process of beating each other, beat the rest of the world. Behind them, the straightaway was empty, it took 15 more seconds for the next Kenyan runner to arrive. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/middlelong/5000-metres/outdoor/women Records & Lists – 5000 meters IAAF 14 August 2015 World recordTirunesh Dibaba ETH14:11.15Oslo, Norway6 June 2008Championship recordTirunesh Dibaba ETH14:38.59Helsinki, Finland13 August 2005World leadingAlmaz Ayana ETH14:14.32Shanghai, China17 May 2015African recordTirunesh Dibaba ETH14:11.15Oslo, Norway6 June 2008Asian recordBo Jiang CHN14:28.09Shanghai, China23 October 1997NACAC recordMolly Huddle USA14:42.64Fontvieille, Monaco18 July 2014South American recordSimone da Silva BRA15:18.85São Paulo, Brazil20 May 2011European recordLiliya Shobukhova RUS14:23.75Kazan, Russia19 July 2008Oceanian recordKim Smith NZL14:45.93Rome, Italy11 July 2008The following records were established during the competition:Championship recordAlmaz Ayana ETH14:26.83Beijing, China30 August 2015 Qualification standards Entry standards 2014 IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/544c7d0a-0807-4226-a85b-79928c58a097.pdf IAAF 18 August 2015 15:20.00 Schedule Date Time Round27 August 2015 09:40 Heats30 August 2015 19:15 Final All times are local times (UTC+8) Results Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Heats results Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Almaz Ayana ETH 2015 World 15:09.40 Q 2 2 Senbere Teferi ETH 2015 World 15:14.57 Q3 2 Viola Kibiwot KEN 2015 World 15:15.27 Q 4 1 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 2015 World 15:20.82 Q 5 1 Mercy Cherono KEN 2015 World 15:20.94 Q 5 1 Mimi Belete BHR 2015 World 15:20.94 Q 7 1 Irene Chepet Cheptai KEN 2015 World 15:21.03 Q 8 1 Susan Kuijken NED 2015 World 15:25.67 Q 9 2 Janet Kisa KEN 2015 World 15:26.49 Q 10 2 Eloise Wellings AUS 2015 World 15:26.67 Q, SB 11 2 Ayuko Suzuki JPN 2015 World 15:28.18 q 12 1 Misaki Onishi JPN 2015 World 15:33.84 q 13 1 Stephanie Twell GBR 2015 World 15:34.72 q 14 1 Nicole Tully USA 2015 World 15:41.03 q15 2 Jennifer Wenth AUT 2015 World 15:43.57 q 16 1 Madeline Heiner AUS 2015 World 15:47.97 17 1 Gulshat Fazlitdinova RUS 2015 World 15:48.44 18 2 Betlhem Desalegn UAE 2015 World 15:48.52 DQDoping 18 1 Nicole Sifuentes CAN 2015 World 15:50.99 19 2 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NOR 2015 World 16:02.20 20 2 Marielle Hall USA 2015 World 16:06.60 21 2 Azusa Sumi JPN 2015 World 16:13.65 22 2 Abbey D'Agostino USA 2015 World 16:16.47 23 1 Olivia Mugove Chitate ZIM 2015 World 16:34.70 PB 24 2 Yelena Korobkina RUS 2015 World 99:99.99 DNF 24 2 Maureen Koster NED 2015 World 99:99.99 DNF 24 1 Nikki Hamblin NZL 2015 World 99:99.99 DNS Final The final was started at 19:15Final results Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Almaz Ayana ETH 2015 World 14:26.83 CR World Championships in Athletics Senbere Teferi ETH 2015 World 14:44.07 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 2015 World 14:44.14 04 4 Viola Kibiwot KEN 2015 World 14:46.16 05 5 Mercy Cherono KEN 2015 World 15:01.36 06 6 Janet Kisa KEN 2015 World 15:02.68 SB 07 7 Irene Chepet Cheptai KEN 2015 World 15:03.41 08 8 Susan Kuijken NED 2015 World 15:08.00 09 9 Ayuko Suzuki JPN 2015 World 15:08.29 PB 10 Eloise Wellings AUS 2015 World 15:09.62 SB 11 Mimi Belete BHR 2015 World 15:17.01 12 Stephanie Twell GBR 2015 World 15:26.24 13 Nicole Tully USA 2015 World 15:27.42 14 Misaki Onishi JPN 2015 World 15:29.63 15 Jennifer Wenth AUT 2015 World 15:35.46 References 5000 Category:5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships