Women 5000m Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - Monday 25th September

Women 5000m Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - Monday 25th September - Gold Medal: Gabriela Szabo, Romania

Final 20:55		time		SO
1. Gabriela Szabo	Romania	14:40.79	OR	10
2. Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	14:41.02	NR	7
3. Gete Wami	Ethiopia	14:42.23		11
4. Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	14:42.67	14
5. Irina Mikitenko	Germany	14:43.59	SB	1
6. Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	14:47.35	PB	15
7. Werknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	14:47.40	PB	2
8. Olga Yegorova	Russia	14:50.31		12
9. Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka	Latvia	14:55.46		6
10.Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	14:56.95	NR	5
11.Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	14:58.07		13
12.Jo Pavey	Great Britain	14:58.27	PB	3
13.Tatyana Tomashova	Russia	15:01.28		4
14.Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:25.67		8
-. Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	DNF		9

world Women 5000m History

Venue: Stadium Australia.

49 competitors from 32 nations.

_ Heats - 3 Friday 22th September

World Record: 14:28.09 Jiang Bo, China - Shanghai, China - 23 October 1997

Olympic Record: 14:59.88 Junxia Wang, China - Atlanta, Georgia, United States - 28 July 1996

After three heats which saw Sonia O’Sullivan run the fastest time (15:07.91), the final began at a sedate pace, with Szabo leading at the first kilometre in 3:03.84. Wami and Worku then took over, coursing through the next kilometre in 2:53.5 before slowing to 8:58.33 at 3000m. O’Sullivan, who had been 40m back at one point in the second kilometre latched back on to the leaders. The third Ethiopian, Kidane, was in the lead at 4000m (11:53.60) with Wami sharing the work. Szabo took over with 600m to go and O’Sullivan closed to second place with 300m to go. The two raced side by side until the last 20m when Szabo finally got clear to win by 1.5 metres. Szabo had run her last lap in 60.01 (O’Sullivan 60.0), and her last 200 in 28.6, one tenth quicker than the valiant O’Sullivan. In all, twelve broke the Olympic record.

Heats - Friday 22.09

First 4 from each Heat and 3 Best times advanced to Final.

Heat 1 18:00		time		L	Rk
1. Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	15:07.91	Q SB	12	1.
2. Jo Pavey	Great Britain	15:08.82	Q PB	6	4.
3. Gete Wami	Ethiopia	15:08.92	Q	2	5t.
4. Lydia Cheromei	Kenya	15:09.32	Q	8	7.
5. Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	15:10.08	q NR	3	9.
6. Benita Willis	Australia	15:21:37	PB	13	17.
7. Elva Dryer	United States	15:23.99		9	19.
8. Rosemary Ryan	Ireland	15:33.05		17	23.
9. Nora Leticia Rocha	Mexico	15:38.72		5	24.
10.Michiko Shimizu	Japan	15:48.20		16	33.
11.Dulce Maria Rodriguez	Mexico	15:54.17		15	36.
12.Yamna Belkacem	France	16:08.49		11	39.
13.Helena Javornik	Slovenia	16:09.60		7	40.
14.Elisa Cobañea	Argentina	16:16.58		14	42.
15.Nebiat Habtemariam	Eritrea	16:30.41	NR	4	44.
16.Maysa Hussain Matrood	Iraq	17:17.58		1	47.
-. Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	DNS		10

Heat 2 18:25		time		L	Rk
1. Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:13.18	Q	7	12.
2. Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	15:13.26	Q	4	13.
3. Olga Yegorova	Russia	15:14.34	Q	10	14.
4. Irina Mikitenko	Germany	15:14.76	Q	5	15.
5. Susanne Pumper	Austria	15:16.66		2	16.
6. Roberta Brunet	Italy	15:27:32		16	20.
7. Amy Rudolph	United States	15:28.91		12	21.
8. Sonja Stolic	Yugoslavia	15:38.96		13	25.
9. Megumi Tanaka	Japan	15:39.83		15	26.
10.Marta Dominguez	Spain	15:45.07		3	27.
11.Hrisostomia Iakovou	Greece	15:46.48		6	30.
12.Samukeliso Moyo	Zimbabwe	15:47.76		14	31.
13.Zhor El Kamch	Morocco	16:02.50		8	37.
14.Anne Cross	Australia	16:07.18		1	38.
15.Andrea Whitcombe	Great Britain	16:15.82		9	41.
16.Maggie Chan	Hong Kong	16:20.43		11	43.

Heat 3 18:50		time		SO	Rk
1. Gabriela Szabo	Romania	15:08.36	Q	14	2.
2. Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	15:08.62	Q	4	3.
3. Tatyana Tomashova	Russia	15:08.92	Q	15	5t.
4. Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka	Latvia	15:09.45	Q	11	8.
5. Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:11.11	q PB	9	10.
6. Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	15:11:25	q NR	17	11.
7. Yoshiko Ichikawa	Japan	15:23.41	SB	10	18.
8. Beatriz Santiago	Spain	15:31.94		3	22.
9. Kate Anderson-Richardson	Australia	15:45.34		1	28.
10.Inga Juodeškienė	Lithuania	15:46.37		12	29.
11.Anne Marie Letko	United States	15:47.78		6	32.
12.Ebru Kavaklioglu	Turkey	15:49.15		16	34.
13.Breda Dennehy-Willis	Ireland	15:49.58		8	35.
14.Diane Nukuri	Burundi	16:38.30	PB	2	45.
15.Catherine Chikwakwa	Malawi	16:39.82	PB	5	46.
16.Priscilla Mamba	Swaziland	17:30.04	NR	7	48.
17.Baatarkhüügiin Battsetseg	Mongolia	18:22.98	SB	13	49.

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