Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres
May 05, 2023
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1] The gold medal was won by Ethiopian Almaz Ayana—in only her second 10,000 m race on the track—in a world record time of 29 minutes, 17.45 seconds. London 2012 bronze medallist Vivian Cheruiyot won silver for Kenya, with reigning Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia taking bronze.[2]
Women's 10,000 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Interior view of the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, where the Women's 10,000m took place.
Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba entered as the defending 2012 Olympic champion and Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya was the reigning 10,000 m World Champion at that point. However, it was Almaz Ayana who had the season-leading time of 30:07.00, the fastest time recorded in seven years for the distance and also her debut.[3]
At the start of the race the 37-woman field was led by Alice Aprot Nawowuna of Kenya. Nawowuna quickly increased the pace, turning the group of runners into a single file, and after five laps the leading group was reduced to eight: three Kenyans (Nawowuna, Cheruiyot and Betsy Saina), three Ethiopians (Almaz Ayana, Tirunesh Dibaba and Gelete Burka), Kenyan ex-pat Yasemin Can of Turkey and Molly Huddle of the United States. The pace remained high from that point on, unusual for an international championship. Huddle was the first to fall away from the pack, followed by Gelete Burka. With twelve laps remaining, Almaz Ayana suddenly took the lead from Nawowuna, disrupting a leading group that had already begun to lap the race's slower runners.[4]
Almaz Ayana continued the fast pace and even increased it, regularly running under 71 seconds per lap. Cheruiyot was the only other athlete near, though she was still some 15–20 metres behind. Almaz lapped all the runners from tenth downwards and completed the distance in 29:17.45,[4] knocking 14 seconds off Wang Junxia's 22-year-old record (which itself had stood twenty-two seconds faster than any athlete before that point). Cheruiyot was runner-up and less than a second outside of the old world record. Defending champion Tirunesh Dibaba won the bronze with the fourth fastest time ever and Nawowuna was also under half an hour to record the fifth fastest time ever in fourth place.[5][6]
In addition to Almaz Ayana's world and Olympic record time, a total of eight national records were broken at the competition. Molly Huddle's run of 30:13.17 in sixth place was the area record for the North, Central American and Caribbean region and number 17 of all time. In fifteenth place, just 5 weeks short of 43 years old, Jo Pavey set the Masters World Record at 31:33.44. Further down the field, only four of the top twenty athletes did not set personal bests.
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May 05, 2023
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The women s 10 000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12 August at the Olympic Stadium 1 The gold medal was won by Ethiopian Almaz Ayana in only her second 10 000 m race on the track in a world record time of 29 minutes 17 45 seconds London 2012 bronze medallist Vivian Cheruiyot won silver for Kenya with reigning Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia taking bronze 2 Women s 10 000 metresat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadInterior view of the Estadio Olimpico Joao Havelange where the Women s 10 000m took place VenueOlympic StadiumDate12 AugustCompetitors37 from 24 nationsWinning time29 17 45 WRMedalistsAlmaz Ayana EthiopiaVivian Cheruiyot KenyaTirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 20122020 Contents 1 Summary 2 Schedule 3 Records 4 Results 4 1 Final 5 ReferencesSummary EditEthiopia s Tirunesh Dibaba entered as the defending 2012 Olympic champion and Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya was the reigning 10 000 m World Champion at that point However it was Almaz Ayana who had the season leading time of 30 07 00 the fastest time recorded in seven years for the distance and also her debut 3 At the start of the race the 37 woman field was led by Alice Aprot Nawowuna of Kenya Nawowuna quickly increased the pace turning the group of runners into a single file and after five laps the leading group was reduced to eight three Kenyans Nawowuna Cheruiyot and Betsy Saina three Ethiopians Almaz Ayana Tirunesh Dibaba and Gelete Burka Kenyan ex pat Yasemin Can of Turkey and Molly Huddle of the United States The pace remained high from that point on unusual for an international championship Huddle was the first to fall away from the pack followed by Gelete Burka With twelve laps remaining Almaz Ayana suddenly took the lead from Nawowuna disrupting a leading group that had already begun to lap the race s slower runners 4 Almaz Ayana continued the fast pace and even increased it regularly running under 71 seconds per lap Cheruiyot was the only other athlete near though she was still some 15 20 metres behind Almaz lapped all the runners from tenth downwards and completed the distance in 29 17 45 4 knocking 14 seconds off Wang Junxia s 22 year old record which itself had stood twenty two seconds faster than any athlete before that point Cheruiyot was runner up and less than a second outside of the old world record Defending champion Tirunesh Dibaba won the bronze with the fourth fastest time ever and Nawowuna was also under half an hour to record the fifth fastest time ever in fourth place 5 6 In addition to Almaz Ayana s world and Olympic record time a total of eight national records were broken at the competition Molly Huddle s run of 30 13 17 in sixth place was the area record for the North Central American and Caribbean region and number 17 of all time In fifteenth place just 5 weeks short of 43 years old Jo Pavey set the Masters World Record at 31 33 44 Further down the field only four of the top twenty athletes did not set personal bests The medals for the competition were presented by Mrs Dagmawit Girmay Berhane IOC member and the gifts were presented by Lord Sebastian Coe President of the International Association of Athletics Federations Schedule EditAll times are Brasilia Time UTC 3 Date Time RoundFriday 12 August 2016 11 10 FinalsRecords EditPrior to the competition update the existing World and Olympic records were as follows World record Wang Junxia CHN 29 31 78 Beijing China 8 September 1993Olympic record Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 29 54 66 Beijing China 15 August 20082016 World leading Almaz Ayana ETH 30 07 00 Hengelo Netherlands 29 June 2016The following records were established during the competition Date Event Name Nationality Time Record12 August Final Almaz Ayana Ethiopia 29 17 45 WRThe following national records were established during the competition Country Athlete Round Time NotesEthiopia Almaz Ayana ETH Final 29 17 45 WR OR ARKenya Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Final 29 32 53United States Molly Huddle USA Final 30 13 17 ARSweden Sarah Lahti SWE Final 31 28 43Burundi Diane Nukuri BDI Final 31 28 69Greece Alexi Pappas GRE Final 31 36 16Kyrgyzstan Darya Maslova KGZ Final 31 36 90Uzbekistan Sitora Hamidova UZB Final 31 57 77Results EditFinal Edit Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Almaz Ayana Ethiopia 29 17 45 WR OR AR Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 29 32 53 NR Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 29 42 56 PB4 Alice Aprot Nawowuna Kenya 29 53 51 PB5 Betsy Saina Kenya 30 07 78 PB6 Molly Huddle United States 30 13 17 AR7 Yasemin Can Turkey 30 26 41 PB8 Gelete Burka Ethiopia 30 26 66 PB9 Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal Norway 31 14 07 PB10 Eloise Wellings Australia 31 14 94 PB11 Emily Infeld United States 31 26 94 PB12 Sarah Lahti Sweden 31 28 43 NR13 Diane Nukuri Burundi 31 28 69 NR14 Susan Kuijken Netherlands 31 32 4315 Jo Pavey Great Britain 31 33 44 SB WMR16 Jess Andrews Great Britain 31 35 92 PB17 Alexi Pappas Greece 31 36 16 NR18 Yuka Takashima Japan 31 36 4419 Darya Maslova Kyrgyzstan 31 36 90 NR20 Hanami Sekine Japan 31 44 4421 Dominique Scott South Africa 31 51 47 PB22 Natasha Wodak Canada 31 53 14 SB23 Alia Saeed Mohammed United Arab Emirates 31 56 7424 Sitora Hamidova Uzbekistan 31 57 77 NR25 Lanni Marchant Canada 32 04 21 SB26 Carla Salome Rocha Portugal 32 06 0527 Salome Nyirarukundo Rwanda 32 07 8028 Jip Vastenburg Netherlands 32 08 9229 Trihas Gebre Spain 32 09 67 SB30 Veronica Inglese Italy 32 11 6731 Tatiele de Carvalho Brazil 32 38 2132 Brenda Flores Mexico 32 39 08 SB33 Marielle Hall United States 32 39 3234 Beth Potter Great Britain 33 04 3435 Marisol Romero Mexico 35 33 03 Ekaterina Tunguskova Uzbekistan DNF Juliet Chekwel Uganda DNFReferences Edit Women s 10 000m Rio 2016 Archived from the original on 13 August 2016 Retrieved 12 August 2016 Women s 10 000m Final PDF Rio 2016 12 August 2016 Archived from the original PDF on 13 August 2016 Retrieved 12 August 2016 Morse Parker 2016 08 09 Preview women s 10 000m Rio 2016 Olympic Games IAAF Retrieved on 2016 08 12 a b Report women s 10 000m Rio 2016 Olympic Games IAAF 2016 08 12 Retrieved on 2016 08 13 senior outdoor 10 000 Metres women IAAF Retrieved on 2016 08 12 Ethiopia s Almaz Ayana smashes 10 000m world record on way to gold Guardian 12 August 2016 Retrieved 22 August 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics Women 27s 10 000 metres amp oldid 1083872274, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
