Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in two rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 2 and 5 August 2024. This was the eighth time that the women's 5000 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 43 athletes were to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Women's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 2 August 2024 (round 1)
  • 5 August 2024 (final)
Competitors41 from 25 nations
Winning time14:28.56
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Beatrice Chebet  Kenya
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Faith Kipyegon  Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands
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Summary

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At the previous Olympics, Sifan Hassan was virtually unbeatable at the end of races. She returns to defend her championship but since then her results have been more sketchy. Gudaf Tsegay, returning bronze medalist, won the 2022 World Championships, uncharacteristically out kicking Beatrice Chebet. Then in 2023, 1500 world record holder Faith Kipyegon joined the mix beating Hassan and Chebet while Tsegay applied her efforts to win the 10,000. Ethiopia didn't select the season's world leader Tsigie Gebreselama, but did select Ejgayehu Taye, 2023 10,000 bronze medalist, who finished .16 behind her at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic, by far the fastest race of the season.[2]

At the gun in the final, Kipyegon went to the front to control the pace. With her superior finishing speed, she didn't want to run fast. Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal wanted to make the race faster and moved to the front, Nadia Battocletti and Chebet dropped in behind her. Near the halfway point, Taye moved to the front, with Tsegay joining her to try to do some team tactics. After two faster laps, Kipyegon moved back to the front. With just under three laps to go, Tsegay moved to the front to challenge Kipyegon. Kipyegon didn't think Tsegay had enough space to pass, the two exchanged elbows. As the pace quickened, Hassan moved from the back of the field, to the back of the leading group as stragglers fell off. All three Kenyans hit the bell, Kipyegon followed closely by Chebet and Margaret Kipkemboi. A few steps behind, Hassan left the chasing group and set off after the departing Kenyans. Hassan got by Kipkemboi but couldn't make progress against Chebet and Kipyegon. Kipyegon's grinding speed didn't break Chebet, instead, waiting until the home stretch, Chebet found another gear and out-sprinted Kipyegon for the gold.[3]

Kipyegon was originally disqualified after the race for an earlier race incident with Tsegay. With a 59.5 final lap, Battocletti finished fourth and was advanced to the bronze behind Hassan. However, after a protest, Kipyegon was reinstated as the silver medallist and the original results were restored.[4][5]

Background

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The women's 5000 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1996, when the event replaced the women's 3000 metres to match the men's event.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record   Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21[6] Eugene, United States 17 September 2023
Olympic record   Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:26.72 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19 August 2016
World leading   Tsigie Gebreselama (ETH) 14:16.76[7] Eugene, United States 25 May 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[8]
Area record Athlete (nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)   Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21 WR
Asia (records)   Bo Jiang (CHN) 14:28.09
Europe (records)   Sifan Hassan (NED) 14:13.42
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
  Alicia Monson (USA) 14:19.45
Oceania (records)   Kimberley Smith (AUS) 14:39.89
South America (records)   Joselyn Brea (VEN) 14:36.59

Qualification

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For the women's 5000 metres event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[9] 45 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 14:52.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[9]

Results

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Round 1

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Round 1 was held on 2 August, starting at 18:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1] First 8 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.[10]

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Faith Kipyegon   Kenya 14:57.56 Q
2 Sifan Hassan   Netherlands 14:57.65 (.641) Q
3 Nadia Battocletti   Italy 14:57.65 (.647) Q
4 Margaret Kipkemboi   Kenya 14:57.70 Q
5 Gudaf Tsegay   Ethiopia 14:57.84 Q, SB
6 Ejgayehu Taye   Ethiopia 14:57.97 Q
7 Elise Cranny   United States 14:58.55 Q
8 Karissa Schweizer   United States 14:59.64 Q
9 Nozomi Tanaka   Japan 15:00.62
10 Marta García   Spain 15:08.87
11 Mariana Machado   Portugal 15:23.26
12 Belinda Chemutai   Uganda 15:23.90
13 Lauren Ryan   Australia 15:29.35
14 Hanna Klein   Germany 15:31.85
15 Lisa Rooms   Belgium 15:37.55
16 Agate Caune   Latvia 15:38.19
17 Yuma Yamamoto   Japan 15:43.67
18 Alma Delia Cortés   Mexico 15:45.33
19 Briana Scott   Canada 15:47.30
20 Ankita Dhyani   India 16:19.38
Joy Cheptoyek   Uganda DNS

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Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Beatrice Chebet   Kenya 15:00.73 Q
2 Medina Eisa   Ethiopia 15:00.82 Q
3 Rose Davies   Australia 15:00.86 Q
4 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway 15:01.14 Q
5 Francine Niyomukunzi   Burundi 15:01.42 Q
6 Whittni Morgan   United States 15:02.14 Q, SB
7 Nathalie Blomqvist   Finland 15:02.75 Q
8 Joselyn Brea   Venezuela 15:02.89 Q
9 Isobel Batt-Doyle   Australia 15:03.64
10 Maureen Koster   Netherlands 15:03.66
11 Laura Galván   Mexico 15:05.20 SB
12 Klara Lukan   Slovenia 15:09.61
13 Esther Chebet   Uganda 15:10.46
14 Parul Chaudhary   India 15:10.68 SB
15 Samiyah Hassan Nour   Djibouti 15:13.63
16 Federica Del Buono   Italy 15:15.54
17 Sarah Madeleine   France 15:18.62
18 Viktória Wagner-Gyürkés   Hungary 15:48.24
19 Wakana Kabasawa   Japan 15:50.86
20 Jodie McCann   Ireland 15:55.08

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Final

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The final was held on 5 August, starting at 21:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
  Beatrice Chebet   Kenya 14:28.56
  Faith Kipyegon   Kenya 14:29.60 SB
  Sifan Hassan   Netherlands 14:30.61 SB
4 Nadia Battocletti   Italy 14:31.64 NR
5 Margaret Kipkemboi   Kenya 14:32.23 SB
6 Ejgayehu Taye   Ethiopia 14:32.98
7 Medina Eisa   Ethiopia 14:35.43
8 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal   Norway 14:43.21
9 Gudaf Tsegay   Ethiopia 14:45.21 SB
10 Karissa Schweizer   United States 14:45.57
11 Elise Cranny   United States 14:48.06
12 Rose Davies   Australia 14:49.67
13 Nathalie Blomqvist   Finland 14:53.10
14 Whittni Morgan   United States 14:53.57 PB
15 Joselyn Brea   Venezuela 15:17.04
16 Francine Niyomukunzi   Burundi 15:22.40

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "5000 Metres - women - senior - all - 2024". World Athletics.
  3. ^ "Kenya's Chebet wins 5,000m gold as Kipyegon gets silver". BBC Sport. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's 5000m Final Official Communication - 4" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Women's 5000m Final Race Analysis" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 5000 Metres women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 5000 Metres women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Records – 5000 Metres women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  9. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's 5000m Round 1 Results". Olympics.com. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Women's 5000m - Round 1 - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Olympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's 5000m - Round 1 - Heat 2/2 race analysis" (PDF). Olympics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Women's 5000m - Final results" (PDF). Olympics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.