The women's 5000 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 30 August.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 . RunBlogRun. Retrieved on 2015-08-16.
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:
World record14:11.15Oslo, Norway6 June 2008Championship record14:38.59Helsinki, Finland13 August 2005World leading14:14.32Shanghai, China17 May 2015African record14:11.15Oslo, Norway6 June 2008Asian record14:28.09Shanghai, China23 October 1997NACAC record14:42.64Fontvieille, Monaco18 July 2014South American record15:18.85São Paulo, Brazil20 May 2011European record14:23.75Kazan, Russia19 July 2008Oceanian record14:45.93Rome, Italy11 July 2008The following records were established during the competition:Championship record14:26.83Beijing, China30 August 2015
Qualification standards Entry standards 15:20.00
Schedule Date Time Round27 August 2015 09:40 Heats30 August 2015 19:15 Final
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 15:09.40 2 2 Senbere Teferi 15:14.57 3 2 Viola Kibiwot 15:15.27 4 1 Genzebe Dibaba 15:20.82 5 1 Mercy Cherono 15:20.94 5 1 Mimi Belete 15:20.94 7 1 Irene Chepet Cheptai 15:21.03 8 1 Susan Kuijken 15:25.67 9 2 Janet Kisa 15:26.49 10 2 Eloise Wellings 15:26.67 , 11 2 Ayuko Suzuki 15:28.18 12 1 Misaki Onishi 15:33.84 13 1 Stephanie Twell 15:34.72 14 1 Nicole Tully 15:41.03 15 2 Jennifer Wenth 15:43.57 16 1 Madeline Heiner 15:47.97 17 1 Gulshat Fazlitdinova 15:48.44 18 2 Betlhem Desalegn 15:48.52 DQDoping 18 1 Nicole Sifuentes 15:50.99 19 2 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 16:02.20 20 2 Marielle Hall 16:06.60 21 2 Azusa Sumi 16:13.65 22 2 Abbey D'Agostino 16:16.47 23 1 Olivia Mugove Chitate 16:34.70 2 Yelena Korobkina 2 Maureen Koster 1 Nikki Hamblin
Final The final was started at 19:15Final results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Almaz Ayana 14:26.83 Senbere Teferi 14:44.07 Genzebe Dibaba 14:44.14 Viola Kibiwot 14:46.16 Mercy Cherono 15:01.36 Janet Kisa 15:02.68 Irene Chepet Cheptai 15:03.41 Susan Kuijken 15:08.00 Ayuko Suzuki 15:08.29 10 Eloise Wellings 15:09.62 11 Mimi Belete 15:17.01 12 Stephanie Twell 15:26.24 13 Nicole Tully 15:27.42 14 Misaki Onishi 15:29.63 15 Jennifer Wenth 15:35.46
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