2000 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (women)

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Olympic rings
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sport athletics
discipline 5000 meter run
gender Women
Attendees 49 athletes from 31 countries
Competition location Stadium Australia
Competition phase September 22, 2000 (preliminary round)
September 25, 2000 (final)
Medalists
gold medal Gabriela Szabo ( ROM ) RomaniaRomania 
Silver medal Sonia O'Sullivan ( IRL ) IrelandIreland 
Bronze medal Gete Wami ( ETH ) Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia 

The women's 5,000-meter run at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held on September 22nd and 25th, 2000 at Stadium Australia . 49 athletes took part.

The Romanian Gabriela Szabo became Olympic champion . She won in front of the Irish Sonia O'Sullivan and the Ethiopian Gete Wami .

The German Irina Mikitenko reached the final and was fifth. The Austrian Susanne Pumper was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Athletes from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Title holder

Olympic champion 1996 Wang Junxia ( People's Republic of China ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  14: 59.88 min Atlanta 1996
World Champion 1999 Gabriela Szabo ( Romania ) RomaniaRomania  14: 41.82 min Seville 1999
European Champion 1998 Sonia O'Sullivan ( Ireland ) IrelandIreland  15: 06.50 min Budapest 1998
Pan American Champion 1999 Adriana Fernández ( Mexico ) MexicoMexico  15: 56.57 min Winnipeg 1999
Central America and Caribbean champion 1999 5000 m run not in the championship program
South America Champion 1999 Stella Castro ( Colombia ) ColombiaColombia  16: 45.63 min Bogotá 1999
Asian Champion 2000 Wu Qingdong ( People's Republic of China ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  15: 58.83 min Jakarta 2000
African champion 2000 Asmae Leghzaoui ( Morocco ) MoroccoMorocco  15: 43.46 min Algiers 2000
Oceania Champion 2000 Vasa Tulahe ( Tonga ) TongaTonga  19: 58.34 min Adelaide 2000

Existing records

World record 14: 28.09 min Jiang Bo ( People's Republic of China ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Shanghai , People's Republic of China October 23, 1997
Olympic record 14: 59.88 min Wang Junxia ( People's Republic of China ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  Atlanta Final , USA July 28, 1996

Note: All times are based on Sydney local time ( UTC + 10 ).

Preliminary round

A total of three preliminary runs were completed. The first four athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the three fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

September 22, 2000, 6 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min) annotation
1 Sonia O'Sullivan IrelandIreland Ireland 15: 07.91
2 Joanne Pavey United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 15: 08.82
3 Gete Wami Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia 15: 08.92
4th Lydia Cheromei KenyaKenya Kenya 15: 09.32
5 Daniela Jordanova BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 15: 10.08 NO
6th Benita Willis AustraliaAustralia Australia 15: 21.37
7th Elva Dryer United StatesUnited States United States 15: 23.99
8th Rosemary Ryan IrelandIreland Ireland 15: 33.05
9 Nora Leticia Rocha MexicoMexico Mexico 15: 38.72
10 Michiko Shimizu JapanJapan Japan 15: 48.20
11 Dulce María Rodríguez MexicoMexico Mexico 15: 54.17
12 Yamna Belkacem FranceFrance France 16: 08.49
13 Helena Javornik SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 16: 09.60
14th Elisa Cobañea ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 16: 16.58
15th Nebiat Habtemariam EritreaEritrea Eritrea 16: 30.41 NO
16 Maysa Hussein Matrood Iraq 1991Iraq Iraq 17: 17.58
DNS Restituta Joseph TanzaniaTanzania Tanzania

Forward 2

September 22, 2000, 6:25 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min) annotation
1 Rose Cheruiyot KenyaKenya Kenya 15: 13.18
2 Ayelech Worku Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia 15: 13.26
3 Olga Yegorova RussiaRussia Russia 15: 14.34
4th Irina Mikitenko GermanyGermany Germany 15: 14.76
5 Susanne Pumper AustriaAustria Austria 15: 16.66
6th Roberta Brunet ItalyItaly Italy 15: 27.32
7th Amy Rudolph United StatesUnited States United States 15: 28.91
8th Sonja Stolić Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 15: 38.96
9 Megumi Tanaka JapanJapan Japan 15: 39.83
10 Marta Domínguez SpainSpain Spain 15: 45.07
11 Khrysostomia Iakovou GreeceGreece Greece 15:46:48
12 Samukeliso Moyo ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe 15: 47.76
13 Zhor El Kamch MoroccoMorocco Morocco 16: 02.50
14th Anne Cross AustraliaAustralia Australia 16: 07.18
15th Andrea Whitcombe United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 16: 15.82
16 Man Yee Maggie Chan Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong 16: 20.43

Forward 3

September 22, 2000, 6:50 p.m.

space Surname nation Time (min) annotation
1 Gabriela Szabo RomaniaRomania Romania 15: 08.36
2 Werknesh Kidane Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia 15: 08.62
3 Tatiana Tomaschowa RussiaRussia Russia 15: 08.92
4th Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka LatviaLatvia Latvia 15: 09.45
5 Vivian Cheruiyot KenyaKenya Kenya 15: 11.11
6th Olivera Jevtić Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 15: 11.25 NO
7th Yoshiko Ichikawa JapanJapan Japan 15: 23.41
8th Beatrice Santiago SpainSpain Spain 15: 31.94
9 Kate Anderson AustraliaAustralia Australia 15: 45.34
10 Inga Juodeškienė Lithuania 1989Lithuania Lithuania 15: 46.37
11 Anne Marie Lauck United StatesUnited States United States 15: 47.78
12 Ebru Kavaklıoğlu TurkeyTurkey Turkey 15: 49.15
13 Breda Dennehy-Willis IrelandIreland Ireland 15: 49.58
14th Diane Nukuri BurundiBurundi Burundi 16: 38.30
15th Catherine Chikwakwa MalawiMalawi Malawi 16: 39.82
16 Priscilla Mamba SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland 17:30:04 NO
17th Baatarchüügiin Battsetseg MongoliaMongolia Mongolia 18: 22.98

  • The Australian Benita Willis was eliminated in sixth of her preliminary run

  • The French Yamna Belkacem - here on a photo under her maiden name Oubouhou - was eliminated as twelfth of her preliminary run

  • Helena Javornik from Slovenia did not reach the final as thirteenth of her preliminary run

  • The Austrian Susanne Pumper missed the final as fifth of her preliminary run by one place

  • The Japanese Megumi Tanaka finished ninth in her preliminary run and was eliminated

  • The Spaniard Marta Domínguez was eliminated as tenth of her preliminary run

  • Diane Nukuri from Burundi was eliminated from the group in fourteenth

final

September 25, 2000, 8:55 pm

Three Ethiopians, three Kenyans, two Russians and one participant each from Bulgaria, Germany, Ireland, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Romania and Great Britain qualified for the final.

The favorite was the Romanian Gabriela Szabo, who competed as the reigning world champion . Her fiercest competitors were the Ethiopian vice world champion Ayelech Worku and her compatriot Gete Wami. The Irish European Champion from 1998 Sonia O'Sullivan and also the German World Cup fourth Irina Mikitenko belonged to the extended circle of favorites .

After the pace of the final race with changing guides was not high for the first thousand meters, the three Ethiopians Wami, Worku and Werknesh Kidane took the initiative and it got considerably faster, the field gradually fell apart. On the third 1000-meter section, the pace temporarily slowed down again, but then the Ethiopians stepped up again. After 4000 meters, Kidane took over the leadership of a leading group that now still consists of seven runners. Szabo, O'Sullivan, Mikitenko and the Kenyan Lydia Cheromei were next to the three Ethiopians in the race for the medals. On the penultimate lap, Szabo took the lead and stepped up the pace again. When it came to the final round, Mikitenko and O'Sullivan were right behind her. The other four runners from the top group also initially kept up. Before the finish curve, Szabo accelerated and blew up the group. Only O'Sullivan could still follow her. There was now an increasing gap to the third-placed Wami. Worku and Mikitenko were some way behind. The Irish woman tried everything to get past Szabo, but she did not succeed. With 23 hundredths of a second and a new Olympic record time , Gabriela Szabo was Olympic champion ahead of Sonia O'Sullivan. The bronze medal went to Gete Wami. Ayelech Worku took fourth place ahead of Irina Mikitenko, Lydia Cheromei and Werknesh Kidane. A total of twelve of the fourteen finalists who had crossed the finish line remained below the Olympic record that had been in effect until then.

Split times
Intermediate
mark 		Meanwhile Leading 1000 m time
1000 m 3: 03.84 min Gabriela Szabo 3: 03.84 min
2000 m 5: 57.33 min Gete Wami 2: 55.49 min
3000 m 8: 58.33 min Gete Wami 3: 01.00 min
4000 m 11: 53.60 min Werknesh Kidane 2: 55.27 min
5000 m 14: 40.79 min Gabriela Szabo 2: 47.19 min
space Surname nation Time (min) annotation
1 Gabriela Szabo RomaniaRomania Romania 14: 40.79 OR
2 Sonia O'Sullivan IrelandIreland Ireland 14: 41.02 NO
3 Gete Wami Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia 14: 42.23
4th Ayelech Worku Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia 14: 42.67
5 Irina Mikitenko GermanyGermany Germany 14: 43.59
6th Lydia Cheromei KenyaKenya Kenya 14: 47.35
7th Werknesh Kidane Ethiopia 1996Ethiopia Ethiopia 14: 47.40
8th Olga Yegorova RussiaRussia Russia 14: 50.31
9 Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka LatviaLatvia Latvia 14: 55.46
10 Daniela Jordanova BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria 14: 56.95 NO
11 Rose Cheruiyot KenyaKenya Kenya 14: 58.07
12 Joanne Pavey United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 14: 58.27
13 Tatiana Tomaschowa RussiaRussia Russia 15: 01.28
14th Vivian Cheruiyot KenyaKenya Kenya 15: 33.66
DNF Olivera Jevtić Yugoslavia Federal Republic 1992Yugoslavia Yugoslavia

  • Olympic champion Gabriela Szabo, Romania, on a Romanian postage stamp

  • Silver medalist Sonia O'Sullivan from Ireland

  • The German Irina Mikitenko finished fifth in the Olympics

  • The Kenyan Lydia Cheromei finished sixth in the final

  • The Olympic contestant Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka from Latvia

  • The British Joanne Pavey was twelfth in the final

  • Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya took thirteenth place in the final

  • The Yugoslavian Olivera Jevtić gave up the final race

Web links

Video

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 796 , accessed on April 9, 2018