Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres

The 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Saturday 30 September 2000.

The top eight runners in each of the initial two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes.

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.

World Record	29:31.78	Junxia Wang	China	Beijing, China	9 September 1993
Olympic Record	31:01.63	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	Atlanta, USA	2 August 1996

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Derartu Tulu,  Äthiopien	Gete Wami,  Äthiopien	Fernanda Ribeiro,  Portugal

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Zeit	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Derartu Tulu	Äthiopien	11	32:06.41	Q
2	2	Tegla Loroupe	Kenia	22	32:06.41	Q
3	3	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	7	32:06.43	Q
4	4	Olivera Jevtic	FR Yugoslavia	12	32:06.54	Q
5	5	Harumi Hiroyama	Japan	16	32:07.68	Q
6	6	Li Ji	China	12	32:29.96	Q
7	7	Sonia O'Sullivan	Irland	9	32:29.93	Q
8	8	Jeļena Prokopčuka	Lettland	18	32:32.87	Q
9	18	Lyudmila Biktasheva	Russland	5	32:52.00	q
10	19	Asmae Leghzaoui	Marokko	17	32:56.63	q
11	21	Restituta Joseph	Tansania	6	33:12.18
12	23	Anikó Kálovics	Ungarn	2	33:20.40
13	25	Petra Wassiluk	Deutschland	19	33:23.03
14	27	Maria Teresa Recio	Spanien	1	33:36.44
15	29	Clair Fearnley	Australien	20	33:47.23
16	32	Jenn Rhines	Vereinigte Staaten	21	34:08.28
17	33	Natalie Harvey	Australien	4	34:12.90
18	35	Nora Leticia Rocha	Mexiko	10	34:37.84
19	37	Tina Connelly	Kanada	8	34:46.04
20	40	Nasria Baghdad	Algerien	15	35:31.53
		Hrisostomia Iakovou	Griechenland	14	DNS
		Marleen Renders	Belgien	3	DNS

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Zeit	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	9	Sally Barsosio	Kenia	19	32:34.07	Q
2	10	Alice Timbilil	Kenia	21	32:34.15	Q
3	11	Berhane Adere	Äthiopien	4	32:34.62	Q
4	12	Gete Wami	Äthiopien	17	32:34.63	Q
5	13	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	18	32:34.70	Q
6	14	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	6	32:34:73	Q
7	15	Elana Meyer	Südafrika	14	32:35.32	Q
8	16	Yuko Kawakami	Japan	10	32:36.60	Q
9	17	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russland	20	32:44.43	q
10	20	Libbie Hickman	Vereinigte Staaten	22	32:59.28	q
11	22	Breda Dennehy-Willis	Irland	8	33:17.45
12	24	Ana Dias	Portugal	13	33:21.69
13	26	Silvia Sommaggio	Italien	9	33:24.13
14	28	Fatima Yvelain	Frankreich	5	33:44.48
15	30	Maria Able	Spanien	3	34:05.44
16	31	Galina Bogomolova	Russland	15	34:06.21
17	34	Kylie Risk	Australien	1	34:30.91
18	36	Deena Drossin	Vereinigte Staaten	16	34:40.86
19	38	Bouchra Chaabi	Marokko	11	34:49.35
20	39	Man Yee Maggie Chan	Hongkong	7	35:21.20
		Gunhild Haugen	Norwegen	12	DNF
		Carole Montgomery	Kanada	2	DNS

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Zeit	Qual.	Record
1	Derartu Tulu	Äthiopien	1	11	1	32:06.19	Q
2	Tegla Loroupe	Kenia	1	22	2	32:06.41	Q
3	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	1	7	3	32:06.43	Q
4	Olivera Jevtic	FR Yugoslavia	1	12	4	32:06.54	Q
5	Harumi Hiroyama	Japan	1	16	5	32:07.68	Q
6	Li Ji	China	1	13	6	32:28:96	Q
7	Sonia O'Sullivan	Irland	1	9	7	32:29.93	Q
8	Jeļena Prokopčuka	Lettland	1	18	8	32:32.87	Q
9	Sally Barsosio	Kenia	2	19	1	32:34.07	Q
10	Alice Timbilil	Kenia	2	21	2	32:34.15	Q
11	Berhane Adere	Äthiopien	2	4	3	32:34.62	Q
12	Gete Wami	Äthiopien	2	17	4	32:34.64	Q
13	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	2	18	5	32:34.70	Q
14	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	2	6	6	32:34.73	Q
15	Elana Meyer	Südafrika	2	14	7	32:34.73	Q
16	Yuko Kawakami	Japan	2	10	8	32:36.60	Q
17	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russland	2	20	9	32:44.43	q
18	Lyudmila Biktasheva	Russland	1	5	9	32:52.00	q
19	Asmae Leghzaoui	Marokko	1	17	10	32:56.63	q
20	Libbie Hickman	Vereinigte Staaten	2	22	10	32:59.28	q
21	Restituta Joseph	Tansania	1	6	11	33:12.18
22	Breda Dennehy-Willis	Irland	2	8	11	33:17.45
23	Anikó Kálovics	Ungarn	1	2	12	33:20.40
24	Ana Dias	Portugal	2	13	12	33:21.69
25	Petra Wassiluk	Deutschland	1	19	13	33:23.03
26	Silvia Sommaggio	Italien	2	9	13	33:24.13
27	Maria Teresa Recio	Spanien	1	1	14	33:36.44
28	Fatima Yvelain	Frankreich	2	5	14	33:44.48
29	Clair Fearnley	Australien	1	20	15	33:47.23
30	Maria Able	Portugal	2	13	12	34:05.44
31	Galina Bogomolova	Russland	2	15	16	34:06.21
32	Jenn Rhines	Vereinigte Staaten	1	21	16	34:08.28
33	Natalie Harvey	Australien	1	4	17	34:12.90
34	Kylie Risk	Australien	2	1	17	34:30.19
35	Nora Leticia Rocha	Mexiko	1	10	18	34:37.84
36	Deena Drossin	Vereinigte Staaten	2	16	18	34:40.86
37	Tina Connelly	Kanada	1	8	19	34:46.04
38	Bouchra Chaabi	Marokko	2	11	19	34:49.35
39	Man Yee Maggie Chan	Hongkong	2	7	20	35:21.20
40	Nasria Baghdad	Algerien	1	15	20	35:31.53
	Gunhild Haugen	Norwegen	2	12		DNF
	Hrisostomia Iakovou	Griechenland	1	14		DNS
	Carole Montgomery	Kanada	2	2		DNS
	Marleen Renders	Belgien	1	3		DNS

Final

Final Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane/Order	Zeit	Record
1	Derartu Tulu	Äthiopien	14	30:17.49	OR
2	Gete Wami	Äthiopien	8	30:22.48	SB
3	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	9	30:22.88	NR
4	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	11	30:26.97	NR
5	Tegla Loroupe	Kenia	20	30:37.26	SB
6	Sonia O'Sullivan	Irland	10	30:53.37	NR
7	Li Ji	China	13	31:06.94	PB
8	Elana Meyer	Südafrika	2	31:14.70	SB
9	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russland	8	31:21.27	PB
10	Yuko Kawakami	Japan	19	31:27.44
11	Olivera Jevtic	FR Yugoslavia	6	31:29.65	NR
12	Berhane Adere	Äthiopien	18	31:40.52
13	Lyudmila Biktasheva	Russland	16	31:47.10
14	Alice Timbilil	Kenia	17	31:50.22	PB
15	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	5	31:52.59	SB
16	Libbie Hickman	Vereinigte Staaten	7	31:56.94	SB
17	Sally Barsosio	Kenia	12	31:57.41	SB
18	Asmae Leghzaoui	Marokko	1	31:59.21	NR
19	Jeļena Prokopčuka	Lettland	4	32:17.72
20	Harumi Hiroyama	Japan	5	32:24.17

References

• Official Report

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics