The women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10 and 13 August.Start list
Summary In the first turn of the final, Kalkidan Gezahegne (BHR) started quickly to take a two-metre lead, covered quickly by 10,000 metre champ Almaz Ayana, revealing her intent to cover moves. Hellen Obiri (KEN) moved to Ayana's shoulder. Then Sifan Hassan ran around the crowd to take the lead. In control of the front, Hassan didn't speed up, she slowed the pace to a virtual walk. Everyone obliged until the last few metres when Ayana broke free off the front. They passed the first lap in 1:21.77. Ayana's second lap of 1:18.98 didn't improve the pace much, but it separated all three Ethiopians and all three Kenyans to the front. Gezahegne rushed forward to take another temporary lead before fading back through the pack for good. From there it was Ayana setting the pace, but a pack of others, led by Hellen Obiri (KEN) were determined not to let her get away. Ayana accelerated but Obiri stuck to her, creating a ten-second breakaway on the pack led by Hassan. With 300 metres to go, Obiri took off at a pace Ayana could not match, taking the pace from 68 second laps to the last 200 metres in under 30 seconds. Running even faster, Hasan separated from the pack and set off in chase of catching Ayana for silver but arriving two seconds too late.
Records Before the competition, the records were as follows:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld14:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba6 Jun 2008Oslo, NorwayChampionship14:38.59Tirunesh DibabaHelsinki, FinlandWorld leading14:18.37Hellen Onsando Obiri8 Jun 2017Rome, ItalyAfrican14:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba6 Jun 2008Oslo, NorwayAsian14:28.09Bo Jiang23 Oct 1997Shanghai, ChinaNACAC14:38.92Shannon Rowbury9 Sep 2016Brussels, BelgiumSouth American15:18.85Simone da Silva20 May 2011São Paulo, BrazilEuropean14:22.34Sifan Hassan13 Jul 2018Rabat, MarruecosOceanian14:45.93Kim Smith11 Jul 2008Rome, Italy
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date Colombian15:26.18Muriel Coneo10 Aug 2017
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 15:22.00.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), is as follows: Date Time Round10 August 18:30 Heats13 August 19:35 Final
Results
Heats The first round took place on 10 August in two heats as follows:
Heat 1 2 Start time 18:30 18:56 Photo finishlinklink
The first five in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Hellen Obiri 14:56.70 2 1 Almaz Ayana 14:57.06 , 3 1 Senbere Teferi 14:57.23 4 1 Susan Krumins 14:57.33 5 1 Shannon Rowbury 14:57.55 , 6 1 Sheila Chepkirui 14:57.58 , 7 2 Letesenbet Gidey 14:59.34 8 1 Laura Muir 14:59.34 9 2 Sifan Hassan 14:59.85 10 2 Shelby Houlihan 15:00.37 , 11 2 Eilish McColgan 15:00.38 , 12 2 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi 15:00.39 13 2 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 15:00.44 , 14 2 Molly Huddle 15:03.60 15 2 Kalkidan Gezahegne 15:07.19 , 16 1 Yasemin Can 15:08.20 17 1 Alina Reh 15:10.01 18 2 Rina Nabeshima 15:11.83 19 2 Madeline Hills 15:13.77 20 1 Ana Lozano 15:14.23 21 1 Bontu Rebitu 15:16.70 22 1 Mercyline Chelangat 15:16.75 23 1 Andrea Seccafien 15:19.39 24 2 Stella Chesang 15:23.02 25 2 Jessica O'Connell 15:23.16 26 1 Ayuko Suzuki 15:24.86 27 1 Eloise Wellings 15:25.92 28 2 Muriel Coneo 15:26.18 29 2 Heidi See 15:38.86 30 1 Camille Buscomb 15:40.41 31 2 Stephanie Twell 15:41.29 32 2 Yuliya Shmatenko 16:40.36 2 Genzebe Dibaba 1 Sarah Lahti
Final The final took place on 13 August at 19:35. The results were as follows: (photo finish)
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hellen Obiri 14:34.86 Almaz Ayana 14:40.35 Sifan Hassan 14:42.73 Senbere Teferi 14:47.45 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi 14:48.74 Laura Muir 14:52.07 Sheila Chepkirui 14:54.05 Susan Krumins 14:58.33 Shannon Rowbury 14:59.92 10Eilish McColgan 15:00.43 11Letesenbet Gidey 15:04.99 12Molly Huddle 15:05.28 13 Shelby Houlihan 15:06.40 14 Kalkidan Gezahegne 15:28.21 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal
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