European Athletics Championships 2018/5000 m women

discipline	5000-meter run for women
city	Berlin
place	Olympiastadion Berlin
Participants	19 athletes from 11 countries
Competition phase	August 12, 2018
Medalists
gold	Sifan Hassan ( NED )
silver	Eilish McColgan ( GBR )
bronze	Yasemin Can ( TUR )

On the route: the field of
5000-meter runners

The women's 5000-meter run at the European Athletics Championships 2018 took place on August 12 in the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin .

Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands won the European Championship . The British Eilish McColgan came second. Bronze went to Yasemin Can from Turkey .

Records

Existing records

World record	Tirunesh Dibaba	14: 11.15 min	Oslo , Norway	June 6, 2008
European record	Sifan Hassan	14: 22.34 min	Rabat , Morocco	13th July 2018
Championship record	Alemitu Bekele	14: 52.20 min	EM in Barcelona , Spain	August 1, 2010

Record improvements

Sifan Hassan improved the championship record to 14: 46.12 min.

Race course

As with the men, there were hardly any European long distance athletes who could compete with the African women on a world level. One of these exceptions was the Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan, who won bronze at the 2017 World Championships . She was also vice European champion in 2014 and had other successes over 1500 meters . The main competitors for her were the Turkish double European champion over 5000 and 10,000 meters from 2016 Yasemin Can and the Israeli Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, here in Berlin the winner over 10,000 meters .

The race was scheduled without preliminary heats, which was possible without any problems given that there were only nineteen participants. With Britain's Eilish McColgan in the lead, the pace wasn't particularly fast. The 1000 meter sections were covered in just over or just under three minutes. In the sixth lap, Can took the lead, the pace was not particularly increased. Little by little the field shrank and after three kilometers a seven-man leadership group had formed with Can, Salpeter, the German Konstanze Klosterhalfen, McColgan, Hassan, the Dutchwoman Susan Krumins and the British Melissa Courtney, which was about five seconds from a four-person Had dropped the chase group. Later, Krumins and Courtney also lost touch. At 4000 meters, Salpeter led the top group of five.

On the last kilometer, Hassan accelerated the pace considerably. She took the lead and started a long spurt. Shortly before the start of the last round, the Dutch woman pulled away from her rivals. McColgan was second, followed by Salpeter, Can and Klosterhalfen. The German was the next to tear off in the first corner of the final lap, then Can could no longer keep the pace of the small chasing group. Right at the front, Sifan Hassan ran towards a sure win and became the new European champion. Her fast final section was enough to set a new European championship record with 14: 46.12 minutes. Eilish McColgan also confidently defended her second place. Salpeter and Can fought for the remaining bronze medal. Yasemin Can finally prevailed, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter was even disqualified in the end for leaving the track. Konstanze Klosterhalfen came fourth ahead of Melissa Courtney and Susan Krumins.

The first two winners Sifan Hassan ( left ) and Eilish McColgan

European champion Sifan Hassan at the finish of the 5000 m race

Vice European Champion Eilish McColgan, Great Britain

Split times
Intermediate mark	Meanwhile	Leading	1000 m time
1000 m	3: 03.01 min	Eilish McColgan with a 17-strong leadership group	3: 03.01 min
2000 m	6: 01.62 min	Eilish McColgan with a 12-person leadership group	2: 58.61 min
3000 m	8: 59.58 min	Can, Salpeter, Klosterhalfen, McColgan, Hassan, Krumins, Courtney / 5 s in front of a group of 4 chasing people	2: 56.96 min
4000 m	12: 03.30 min	Saltpeter, Klosterhalfen, Can, McColgan, Hassan / 2 s before Krumins, Courtney	3: 03.33 min
5000 m	14: 46.12 min	Sifan Hassan	2: 42.82 min

Result

August 12, 2018, 8:15 p.m. CEST

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	14: 46.12 CR
	Eilish McColgan	Great Britain	14: 53.05
	Yasemin Can	Turkey	14: 57.63 SB
4th	Konstanze Klosterhalfen	Germany	15: 03.73 SB
5	Melissa Courtney	Great Britain	15: 04.75 PB
6th	Susan Krumins	Netherlands	15: 09.65 SB
7th	Ancuța Bobocel	Romania	15: 16.13 PB
8th	Maureen Koster	Netherlands	15: 21.64
9	Charlotta Fougberg	Sweden	15: 24.36
10	Stephanie Twell	Great Britain	15: 41.10
11	Katarzyna Rutkowska	Poland	15: 41.52
12	Paulina Kaczyńska	Poland	15: 49.21
13	Louise Carton	Belgium	15: 53.27
14th	Denise Krebs	Germany	16: 07.98
15th	Julia Schmatenko	Ukraine	16: 41.37
DNF	Linn Nilsson	Sweden
	Hanna Klein	Germany
DSQ	Nada Ina Pauer	Austria	IAAF Rule 163.5c - lane violation
	Lonah Chemtai Saltpeter	Israel

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  Bronze medalist Yasemin Can, Turkey

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  Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Germany - fourth place

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  Melissa Courtney, Great Britain ( second from left ) - fourth place

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  The two Dutch women Susan Krumins ( right ) - sixth place - and Maureen Koster - eighth place

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  Bobocel Ancuţa, Romania - seventh place

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  Charlotta Fougberg, Sweden - ninth place

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  Stephanie Twell, Great Britain ( far left ) - tenth place

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  Katarzyna Rutkowska, Poland ( far left ) - eleventh place

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  Louise Carton, Belgium - ( right ) thirteenth place - and Nada Ina Pauer, Austria - disqualified

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  Denise Krebs, Germany - place fourteen

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  Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, Israel - disqualified

Web links and sources

• Official Results European Athletics Championships 2018 on the EAA website , English (PDF, 49.183 KB), accessed on January 14, 2019
• Results of the European Athletics Championships 2018 at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 14, 2019
• Reports on the European Championships 2018 on Leichtathletik.de, accessed on January 14, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 74 (PDF), accessed on January 14, 2019