World Athletics Championships 1997 / 10,000 m women
6th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 10,000 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 32 athletes from 20 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 2nd (preliminary) August 5th (final) |
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The 10,000-meter run for women at the 1997 World Athletics Championships was held on August 2nd and 5th, 1997 in the Olympic Stadium in the Greek capital, Athens .
The Kenyan World Cup third in 1993 was Sally Barsosio . Second place went to the Portuguese defending champion and European champion from 1994 Fernanda Ribeiro , who was also vice world champion and world record holder in 1995 over 5000 meters . Here she was third over 5000 meters four days later. Bronze went to the Japanese Masako Chiba .
Existing records
World record | 29: 31.78 min |
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Beijing , People's Republic of China | September 8, 1993 |
World Cup record | 30: 49.30 min | World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany | August 21, 1993 |
The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships. The 31-minute mark was not undercut.
The Iraqi Maysa Matrood set a new national record in the second run on August 2 with 35: 44.93 minutes.
Preliminary round
The preliminary round was held in two runs. The first eight athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Forward 1
August 2, 1997, 8:50 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Nora Leticia Rocha |
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33: 07.09 |
2 | Annemari Sandell |
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33: 07.50 |
3 | Ren Xiujuan |
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33: 08.12 SB |
4th | Silvia Sommaggio |
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33: 08.19 |
5 | Tegla Loroupe |
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33: 08.20 |
6th | Chiemi Takahashi |
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33: 08.26 |
7th | Zahia Dahmani |
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33: 08.69 |
8th | Elana Meyer |
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33: 08.70 |
9 | Hrisostomía Iakóvou |
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33: 14.86 |
10 | Olivera Jevtić |
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33: 18.42 |
11 | Derartu Tulu |
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33: 25.99 |
12 | Gwyn Coogan |
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34: 06.34 |
13 | Yvonne Danson |
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37: 19.51 |
14th | Esperanza Obono Ela |
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45: 13.69 |
DNF | Marina Bastos |
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Nyla Carroll |
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Forward 2
August 2, 1997, 9:35 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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1 | Berhane Adere |
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32: 05.29 SB |
2 | Fernanda Ribeiro |
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32: 05.65 |
3 | Sally Barsosio |
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32: 05.68 SB |
4th | Gete Wami |
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32: 05.73 |
5 | Masako Chiba |
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32: 05.76 |
6th | Yang Siju |
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32: 06.12 SB |
7th | Hiromi Masuda |
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32: 09.63 |
8th | Colleen De Reuck |
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32: 11.56 |
9 | Julia Vaquero |
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32: 12.25 |
10 | Annette Peters |
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32: 14.08 |
11 | Chantal Dällenbach |
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33: 39.40 |
12 | Marleen Renders |
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33: 02.37 |
13 | Helena Sampaio |
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33: 14.85 |
14th | Adriana Fernández |
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33: 40.09 |
15th | Kylie Risk |
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33: 56.48 SB |
16 | Maysa Matrood |
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35: 44.93 NO |
final
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August 5, 1997, 7:55 pm
space | Surname | nation | Time (min) |
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Sally Barsosio |
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31: 32.92 WJR |
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Fernanda Ribeiro |
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31: 39.15 SB |
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Masako Chiba |
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31: 41.93 |
4th | Berhane Adere |
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31: 48.95 SB |
5 | Ren Xiujuan |
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31: 50.63 SB |
6th | Tegla Loroupe |
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32: 00.93 |
7th | Yang Siju |
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32: 01.61 SB |
8th | Colleen De Reuck |
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32: 03.81 SB |
9 | Silvia Sommaggio |
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32: 16.92 |
10 | Chiemi Takahashi |
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32: 23.61 |
11 | Nora Leticia Rocha |
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32: 34.58 |
12 | Julia Vaquero |
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32: 36.91 |
13 | Annette Peters |
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32: 43.38 |
14th | Chantal Dällenbach |
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32: 51.20 |
15th | Annemari Sandell |
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33: 00.11 |
16 | Hiromi Masuda |
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33: 03.14 |
17th | Elana Meyer |
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33: 05.82 SB |
DNF | Marleen Renders |
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Zahia Dahmani |
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Gete Wami |
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Gete Wami (here in fourth place in red in a marathon ) gave up the race prematurely, she too was very successful in the years to come
Web links
- 6th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed June 30, 2020
- Women 10000m Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens (GRE) on todor66.com, accessed June 30, 2020
- Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 10000 m, Athens 1997, p. 287 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on June 30, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. 10,000 m women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on June 30, 2020