European Athletics Championships 2018 / 10,000 m women

discipline	Women's 10,000-meter run
city	Berlin
place	Olympiastadion Berlin
Participants	26 athletes from 15 countries
Competition phase	August 8, 2018
Medalists
gold	Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter ( ISR )
silver	Susan Krumins ( NED )
bronze	Meraf Bahta ( SWE )

The medalists over 10,000 meters ( from left to right ): Susan Krumins, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Meraf Bahta

The women's 10,000 meter run at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place on August 8 in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .

Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter from Israel became European Champion. The Dutchwoman Susan Krumins won the silver medal. Bronze went to Meraf Bahta from Sweden .

Records

WR	Almaz Ayana	29: 17.45 min	Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil	August 12, 2016
HE	Elvan Abeylegesse	29: 56.34 min	Summer Olympic Games in Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 15, 2008
CR	Paula Radcliffe	30: 01.09 min	EM in Munich , Germany	August 6, 2002

Race course

The best European in the strong field of African women at the last World Championships was the Dutchwoman Susan Krumins, who finished fifth. The Turkish girl Yasemin Can from Turkey came seventh as the best European at the 2016 Olympic Games . These two runners were among the favorites here. Can was also double European champion in 2016 over both long-distance railways. Another medal candidate was the Swedish European champion of 2016 over 5000 meters Meraf Bahta.

The first kilometer with Romanian Ancuța Bobocel in the lead was not particularly fast at just under 3:15 minutes. Here the field was still completely together. But soon the Israeli Lonah Chemtai Salpeter took the lead and with a slight increase in speed the field fell apart into smaller groups. Salpeter was able to leave with Can and Bobocel. However, a six-man chasing group was only seconds behind. From this group, Krumins and Bahta caught up with the top three women. They were followed by the Portuguese Sara Moreira, the German Alina Reh and the Dutch Jip Vastenburg, each separated by a few meters. The group of five at the front stayed together while Reh caught up with Moreira. A few seconds back followed a group of three with Vastenburg, the Polish Katarzyna Rutkowska and the British Alice Wright. Halfway through the course, Bobocel, who later gave up completely, lost touch with the leaders.

The gap between the now four top runners on Reh and Moreira or Wright and Rutkowska widened more and more. Vastenburg had meanwhile fallen back. As the next runner, Bahta lost contact with the very front. Salpeter, Can and Krumins now formed a group of three. Moreira and Reh continued to run together in positions five and six - Bahta was fourth, Bobocel was still in the race. Wright followed in seventh. Shortly before the 7000 meter mark, Salpeter had easily set itself apart from its competitors. Krumins was only a few meters behind, while Can now got into trouble and had to let it tear down completely. Bahta was still fourth. Reh now followed Wright alone in fifth place, Moreira had fallen behind.

The race was now entering the decisive phase. The distance between saltpeter and krumins remained fairly constant for a long time. Can lost more and more ground. She had to let Bahta pass first and then also deer. In the end, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter increased her lead to almost ten seconds and became European champion ahead of Susan Krumins. Meraf Bahta won the bronze medal ahead of Alina Reh and Yasemin Can. Alice Wright was sixth ahead of the Swedes Charlotta Fougberg and the Belarusian Swjatlana Kudselitsch.

Split times
Intermediate mark	Meanwhile	Leading	1000 m time
1000 m	3: 14.29 min	Ancuța Bobocel with the complete field	3: 14.29 min
2000 m	6: 23.94 min	Salpeter, Can, Bobocel / group of 6 pursuers 2 s back	3: 09.65 min
3000 m	9: 32.37 min	Saltpeter, Can, Bobocel, Bahta, Krumins / Moreira back approx. 3 s / Reh approx. 5 s back / Vastenburg approx. 8 s back	3: 08.43 min
4000 m	12: 47.58 min	Saltpeter, Can, Bobocel, Bahta, Krumins / Moreira, Reh approx. 3 s back / Wright, Rutkowska, Vastenburg approx. 8 s back	3: 15.21 min
5000 m	15: 51.76 min	Can, Salpeter, Bahta, Krumins / Bobocel back approx. 7 s / Reh, Moreira approx. 18 s / Wright, Rutkowska approx. 21 s back	3: 04.18 min
6000 m	19: 02.86 min	Salpeter, Can, Krumins / Bahta approx. 2 s to. / Bobocel approx. 16 s for. / Moreira, deer for approx. 24 s. / Wright approx. 25 s to.	3: 11.10 min
7000 m	22: 10.77 min	Saltpeter / Krumins for approx. 2 s. / Can approx. 4 s to. / Bahta approx. 13 s to. / Deer approx. 33 s to. / Wright for about 36 s.	3: 07.91 min
8000 m	25: 21.58 min	Saltpeter / Krumins for approx. 3 s. / Can approx. 14 s for. / Bahta approx. 23 s to. / Deer approx. 38 s to. / Wright for about 44 s.	3: 10.81 min
9000 m	28: 34.67 min	Saltpeter / Krumins for approx. 3 s. / Bahta approx. 29 s to. / Can approx. 33 s for. / Deer approx. 43 s to. / Wright for about 49 s.	3: 13.09 min
10,000 m	31: 43.29 min	Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter	3: 08.62 min

Result

European champion Lona Chemtai Salpeter, Israel

Vice European Champion Susan Krumins, Netherlands

Alina Reh, Germany - fourth place

August 8, 2018, 8:40 p.m. CEST

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
	Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter	Israel	31: 43.29
	Susan Krumins	Netherlands	31: 52.55
	Meraf Bahta	Sweden	32: 19.34
4th	Alina deer	Germany	32: 28.48
5	Yasemin Can	Turkey	32: 34.34
6th	Alice Wright	Great Britain	32: 36.45
7th	Charlotta Fougberg	Sweden	32: 43.04 PB
8th	Svyatlana Kudselitsch	Belarus	32: 46.34
9	Maitane Melero Lacasia	Spain	32: 52.59
10	Sara Catarina Ribeiro	Portugal	32: 53.71
11	Nuria Lugueros	Spain	32: 55.30
12	Roxana Bârcă	Romania	33: 17.61
13	Krisztina Papp	Hungary	33: 20.27
14th	Natalie Tanner	Germany	33: 22.21
15th	Jip Vastenburg	Netherlands	33: 41.79
16	Sophie Duarte	France	33: 56.57
17th	Emma Mitchell	Ireland	34: 08.61
18th	Yevhenia Prokofiev	Ukraine	34: 15.81
DNF	Olena Serdyuk	Ukraine
	Julia Schmatenko	Ukraine
	Katarzyna Rutkowska	Poland
	Anna Gehring	Germany
	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania
	Sara Moreira	Portugal
	Inês Monteiro	Portugal
	Tania Carretero	Spain

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  Yasemin Can, Turkey - fifth place

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  Charlotta Fougberg, Sweden - seventh place

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  Sara Catarina Ribeiro, Portugal - tenth place

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  Nuria Lugueros, Spain ( here in a cross-country race ) - eleventh place

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  Roxana Bârcă, Romania - twelfth place

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  Krisztina Papp, Hungary - thirteenth place

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  Natalie Tanner, Germany - fourth place

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  Jip Vatsenburg, Netherlands - 15th place

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  Sophie Duarte, France - sixteenth place

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  Anna Gehring, Germany - race not finished

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  Ancuța Bobocel, Romania - race not finished

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  Sara Moreira, Portugal - Race not finished

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  Inês Monteiro, Portugal - race not finished

Web links and sources

• Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 15, 2019
• Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 15, 2019
• Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 15, 2019

Video

• 10,000 m: Alina Reh's race in full length, European Championships 2018, sports show on youtube.com, published on August 10, 2018, accessed on January 15, 2019