The women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Stadium on 5 August.Start list The winning margin was a huge 46.37 seconds. As of 2024, this is the only time the women's 10,000 metres has been won by more than 30 seconds at these championships.

Summary 2015 champion Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya was absent, having retired from track races. Three-time world champion Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia ran, although she had planned initially to run the marathon instead. Almaz Ayana, also from Ethiopia and the world record holder from the 2016 Summer Olympics, ran her first race of the year.

The race began at a leisurely pace, with Ayana hovering near the front, just behind a succession of leaders. After 4000 metres in just over 13 minutes, Ayana led by 0.24 seconds. She then broke open the race with a 2:49.18 1000 metres, which was her quickest of the race, and extended her lead to 5.96 seconds at the halfway mark, with Yasemin Can from Turkey in second place. Her lead at 6000 metres grew to 16.84 seconds. Her 46:37 second margin of victory was the largest ever in a women's 10,000 metres at the World Championships. Her final 5000 meters was run in 14:24.94, which only seven women had bettered in a 5000 metres race.

The race for the silver medal was competitive among Dibaba, Alice Aprot Nawowuna, and Agnes Jebet Tirop. Dibaba, however, ran a fast 2:49.98 last 1000 metres, averaging 68 seconds per 400 metres, to clinch the silver.

Records Before the competition, the records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld29:17.45Almaz Ayana12 Aug 2016Rio de Janeiro, BrazilWorld Championships30:04.18Berhane Adere23 Aug 2003Paris, FranceWorld leading in 201730:40.87Gelete Burka10 Jun 2017Hengelo, NetherlandsAfrican29:17.45Almaz AyanaRio de Janeiro, BrazilAsian29:31.78Junxia Wang8 Sep 1993Beijing, ChinaNorth, Central American and Caribbean30:13.17Molly Huddle12 Aug 2016Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSouth American31:47.76Carmem de Oliveira21 Aug 1993Stuttgart, GermanyEuropean29:56.34Elvan Abeylegesse15 Aug 2008Beijing, ChinaOceanian30:35.54Kim Smith4 May 2008Palo Alto, United States

The following records were set in the race:

Record Time Athlete NationalityWorld leading in 201730:16.32Almaz AyanaUzbekistan31:57.42Sitora HamidovaParaguay33:18.22Carmen Martínez

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 32:15.00.

Results The final took place on 5 August. The results were as follows(photo finish):

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Almaz Ayana 30:16.32 Tirunesh Dibaba 31:02.69 Agnes Jebet Tirop 31:03.50 Alice Aprot Nawowuna 31:11.86 Susan Krumins 31:20.24 Emily Infeld 31:20.45 Irene Chepet Cheptai 31:21.11 Molly Huddle 31:24.78 Emily Sisson 31:26.36 10 Ayuko Suzuki 31:27.30 11 Yasemin Can 31:35.48 12 Shitaye Eshete 31:38.66 13 Mercyline Chelangat 31:40.48 14 Dera Dida 31:51.75 15 Desi Mokonin 31:55.34 16 Natasha Wodak 31:55.47 17 Darya Maslova 31:57.23 18 Sitora Hamidova 31:57.42 19 Mizuki Matsuda 31:59.54 20 Rachel Cliff 32:00.03 21 Beth Potter 32:15.88 22 Eloise Wellings 32:26.31 23 Failuna Abdi Matanga 32:29.97 24 Miyuki Uehara 32:31.58 25 Salome Nyirarukundo 32:45.95 26 Madeline Hills 32:48.57 27 Charlotte Taylor 32:51.33 28 Carla Salomé Rocha 32:52.71 29 Margarita Hernández 33:06.53 30 Camille Buscomb 33:07.53 31 Carmen Martínez 33:18.22 Sarah Lahti Jess Martin

Split times The split times of the top four finishers were as follows:

DistanceAlmaz AyanaTirunesh DibabaAgnes Jebet TiropAlice Aprot Nawowuna 1000 m 6 3:30.38 3:30.38 20 3:31.43 3:31.43 10 3:30.64 3:30.64 4 3:30.33 3:30.33 2000 m 2 3:18.49 6:48.87 17 3:18.88 6:50.31 9 3:19.09 6:49.73 4 3:18.87 6:49.19 3000 m 2 3:10.60 9:59.47 3 3:09.37 9:59.68 10 3:10.46 10:00.19 4 3:10.59 9:59.78 4000 m 1 3:02.73 13:02.20 6 3:04.66 13:04.34 3 3:03.02 13:03.21 4 3:03.67 13:03.45 5000 m 1 2:49.18 15:51.38 6 2:56.30 16:00.64 5 2:57.03 16:00.24 3 2:55.45 15:59.79 6000 m 1 2:51.59 18:42.97 6 2:59.86 19:00.50 4 2:59.82 19:00.06 2 3:00.02 18:59.81 7000 m 1 2:52.22 21:35.19 4 3:02.10 22:02.60 3 3:02.30 22:02.36 2 3:02.35 22:02.16 8000 m 1 2:54.84 24:30.03 5 3:05.70 25:08.30 3 3:05.62 25:07.98 2 3:05.57 25:07.73 9000 m 1 2:56.80 27:26.83 4 3:04.41 28:12.71 2 3:04.20 28:12.18 3 3:04.70 28:12.43 10,000 m 1 2:49.49 30:16.32 2 2:49.98 31:02.69 3 2:51.32 31:03.50 4 2:59.43 31:11.86

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