2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 30 August.[1][2] The reigning champion from 2013 Meseret Defar was absent from the competition, having not yet returned from a career break to start a family.[3][4]

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2015 World Championships
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates27 August (heats)
30 August (final)
Competitors26 from 14 nations
Winning time14:26.83
Medalists
gold medal    Ethiopia
silver medal    Ethiopia
bronze medal    Ethiopia
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The winning margin was 17.24 seconds. As of 2024, this is the only time this race has been won by more than six seconds at these championships.

Summary

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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

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]

World record   Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Championship record   Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:38.59 Helsinki, Finland 13 August 2005
World leading   Almaz Ayana (ETH) 14:14.32 Shanghai, China 17 May 2015
African record   Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
Asian record   Bo Jiang (CHN) 14:28.09 Shanghai, China 23 October 1997
NACAC record   Molly Huddle (USA) 14:42.64 Fontvieille, Monaco 18 July 2014
South American record   Simone da Silva (BRA) 15:18.85 São Paulo, Brazil 20 May 2011
European record   Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 14:23.75 Kazan, Russia 19 July 2008
Oceanian record   Kim Smith (NZL) 14:45.93 Rome, Italy 11 July 2008
The following records were established during the competition:
Championship record   Almaz Ayana (ETH) 14:26.83 Beijing, China 30 August 2015

Qualification standards

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Entry standards[6]
15:20.00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
27 August 2015 09:40 Heats
30 August 2015 19:15 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[7]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Almaz Ayana   Ethiopia (ETH) 15:09.40 Q
2 2 Senbere Teferi   Ethiopia (ETH) 15:14.57 Q
3 2 Viola Kibiwot   Kenya (KEN) 15:15.27 Q
4 1 Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia (ETH) 15:20.82 Q
5 1 Mercy Cherono   Kenya (KEN) 15:20.94 Q
5 1 Mimi Belete   Bahrain (BHR) 15:20.94 Q
7 1 Irene Chepet Cheptai   Kenya (KEN) 15:21.03 Q
8 1 Susan Kuijken   Netherlands (NED) 15:25.67 Q
9 2 Janet Kisa   Kenya (KEN) 15:26.49 Q
10 2 Eloise Wellings   Australia (AUS) 15:26.67 Q, SB
11 2 Ayuko Suzuki   Japan (JPN) 15:28.18 q
12 1 Misaki Onishi   Japan (JPN) 15:33.84 q
13 1 Stephanie Twell   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 15:34.72 q
14 1 Nicole Tully   United States (USA) 15:41.03 q
15 2 Jennifer Wenth   Austria (AUT) 15:43.57 q
16 1 Madeline Heiner   Australia (AUS) 15:47.97
17 1 Gulshat Fazlitdinova   Russia (RUS) 15:48.44
18 2 Betlhem Desalegn   United Arab Emirates (UAE) 15:48.52 DQ[8]
18 1 Nicole Sifuentes   Canada (CAN) 15:50.99
19 2 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway (NOR) 16:02.20
20 2 Marielle Hall   United States (USA) 16:06.60
21 2 Azusa Sumi   Japan (JPN) 16:13.65
22 2 Abbey D'Agostino   United States (USA) 16:16.47
23 1 Olivia Mugove Chitate   Zimbabwe (ZIM) 16:34.70 PB
2 Yelena Korobkina   Russia (RUS) DNF
2 Maureen Koster   Netherlands (NED) DNF
1 Nikki Hamblin   New Zealand (NZL) DNS

Final

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The final was started at 19:15[9]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Almaz Ayana   Ethiopia (ETH) 14:26.83 CR
  Senbere Teferi   Ethiopia (ETH) 14:44.07
  Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia (ETH) 14:44.14
4 Viola Kibiwot   Kenya (KEN) 14:46.16
5 Mercy Cherono   Kenya (KEN) 15:01.36
6 Janet Kisa   Kenya (KEN) 15:02.68 SB
7 Irene Chepet Cheptai   Kenya (KEN) 15:03.41
8 Susan Kuijken   Netherlands (NED) 15:08.00
9 Ayuko Suzuki   Japan (JPN) 15:08.29 PB
10 Eloise Wellings   Australia (AUS) 15:09.62 SB
11 Mimi Belete   Bahrain (BHR) 15:17.01
12 Stephanie Twell   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 15:26.24
13 Nicole Tully   United States (USA) 15:27.42
14 Misaki Onishi   Japan (JPN) 15:29.63
15 Jennifer Wenth   Austria (AUT) 15:35.46

References

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  1. ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Eder, Larry (2014-03-06). Meseret Defar is pregnant, will miss 2014, back in 2015, by EME News Archived 10 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2015-08-16.
  4. ^ "REPORT: WOMEN'S 5000M FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Records & Lists – 5000 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  6. ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  7. ^ Heats results
  8. ^ Doping
  9. ^ Final results