The women's 5000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 14–17 August.
With Margaret Wangari Muriuki dropping out injured in the first round, (subscription required) the finals had three Ethiopians (four if you count Tejitu Daba) and three Americans and only two Kenyans. Also missing by design is world record holder Tirunesh Dibaba who won the 10000 earlier, leaving Meseret Defar the 5000.
The final started slow with the Ethiopians watching the front (the reigning Olympic champion Defar watching her teammates from the back), letting Dominika Nowakowska then Dolores Checa jog through 75-second laps at the front. With 2000 to go, the racing began, Almaz Ayana took over the lead and the crowd disappeared. Within a lap, not surprisingly, the three Ethiopians and two Kenyans were running alone. Lap times were dropping, 71, 69, 68. In the next lap Buze Diriba fell back to the trailing American duo of Molly Huddle and Shannon Rowbury. The two Ethiopians were leading, the two Kenyans trying to keep up. Shortly after the bell, Viola Kibiwot lost touch with her teammate Mercy Cherono and then there were three. Defar stayed tucked into second place waiting until the time was right. The time was 200 meters to go, that was when Defar accelerated past Ayana and into the lead. Cherono made no effort to go after Defar, she was gone sprinting to gold. Cherono waited through the turn and executed her best move to outsprint Ayana for the silver. So prepared for victory, Defar and Ayana had already received their flags and were displaying them while the early leaders were still finishing.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record14:11.15Oslo, Norway6 June 2008Championship record14:38.59Helsinki, Finland13 August 2005World Leading14:23.68Paris, France6 June 2013African Record14:11.15Oslo, Norway6 June 2008Asian Record14:28.09Shanghai, People's Republic of China23 October 1997North, Central American and Caribbean record14:44.76Brussels, Belgium27 August 2010South American record15:18.85São Paulo, Brazil20 May 2011European Record14:23.75Kazan, Russia19 July 2008Oceanian record14:45.93Rome, Italy11 July 2008
Qualification standards A timeB time 15:18.00 15:24.00
Schedule Date Time Round14 August 2013 9:40 Heats17 August 2013 18:55 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Meseret Defar 15:22.94 Q 2 2 Buze Diriba 15:23.41 Q 3 2 Viola Kibiwot 15:24.47 Q 4 2 Yelena Nagovitsyna 15:26.95 Q 5 2 Kim Conley 15:27.35 Q 6 2 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 15:29.41 q 7 2 Susan Kuijken 15:34.31 q 8 1 Mercy Cherono 15:34.70 Q 9 1 Almaz Ayana 15:34.93 Q 10 2 Jackie Areson 15:40.21 q 11 1 Molly Huddle 15:40.91 Q 12 2 Dolores Checa 15:43.73 q 13 2 Dominika Nowakowska 15:45.10 q 14 1 Shannon Rowbury 15:50.41 Q 15 1 Tejitu Daba 15:56.74 Q 16 1 Almensh Belete 16:03.03 17 1 Sophie Duarte 16:05.14 18 1 Betlhem Desalegn 16:13.27 19 1 Misaki Onishi 16:16.52 20 1 Carolina Tabares 16:22.81 21 2 Giuli Dekanadze 17:57.39 SB 1 Margaret Wangari Muriuki
Final The final was started at 18:55.Final Results (Archived version)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Meseret Defar 14:50.19 Mercy Cherono 14:51.22 Almaz Ayana 14:51.33 Viola Kibiwot 15:01.67 Buze Diriba 15:05.38 Molly Huddle 15:05.73 Shannon Rowbury 15:06.10 SB Susan Kuijken 15:14.70 Elena Nagovitsyna 15:24.83 10 Dolores Checa 15:30.42 11 Tejitu Daba 15:33.89 12 Kim Conley 15:36.58 13 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 15:48.87 14 Dominika Nowakowska 15:58.26 15 Jackie Areson 16:08.32
References
External links 5000 metres results at IAAF website