2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10000 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 August.

Women's 10,000 metres
at the European Athletics Championships

The event was run as a straight final. In a slow run, tactical race, 40-year-old British athlete Jo Pavey won the gold medal, timing her push with 400 metres to go, becoming the oldest European athletics champion in the history of the event. French contender Clémence Calvin, who had finally animated the race with three laps remaining, and compatriot Laila Traby completed the podium.[1][2]

Official Race Video

Medalists

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Gold Joanne Pavey
  Great Britain
Silver Clémence Calvin
  France
Bronze Laila Traby
  France

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record   Wang Junxia (CHN) 29:31.78 Beijing, China 8 September 1993
European record   Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 29:56.34 Beijing, China 15 August 2008
Championship record   Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 30:01.09 Munich, Germany 6 August 2002
World Leading   Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (KEN) 30:42.26 Palo Alto, United States 4 May 2014
European Leading   Julia Bleasdale (GBR) 31:42.02 Palo Alto, United States 4 May 2014

Schedule

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Date Time Round
12 August 2014 20:10 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Note
  Jo Pavey   Great Britain 32:22.29
  Clémence Calvin   France 32:23.58
  Laila Traby   France 32:26.03 PB
4 Jip Vastenburg   Netherlands 32:27.37 NUR
5 Sara Moreira   Portugal 32:30.12
6 Sabrina Mockenhaupt   Germany 32:30.49
7 Volha Mazuronak   Belarus 32:31.15 PB
8 Fionnuala Britton   Ireland 32:32.45
9 Krisztina Papp   Hungary 32:32.62
10 Yelena Nagovitsyna   Russia 32:33.64
11 Jelena Prokopcuka   Latvia 32:34.03
12 Dulce Félix   Portugal 32:35.90
13 Karolina Jarzyńska   Poland 32:40.98
14 Beth Potter   Great Britain 32:53.17
15 Almensch Belete   Belgium 33:03.87
16 Carla Salomé Rocha   Portugal 33:05.49
17 Lidia Rodríguez   Spain 33:17.39
18 Gema Barrachina   Spain 33:24.65
19 Katarína Berešová   Slovakia 33:28.60
20 Valentina Galimova   Russia 33:36.45
21 Zsófia Erdélyi   Hungary 33:41.72
22 Anastasía Karakatsáni   Greece 33:53.00 NUR
23 Lucie Sekanová   Czech Republic 33:57.29
24 Runa Skrove Falch   Norway 38:06.69
DNF Sophie Duarte   France
DNS Dolores Checa   Spain

References

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  1. ^ Results of 10000m for women
  2. ^ "Jo Pavey, 40, wins European Championship 10,000m". BBC Sport. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.