2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene from 20 to 23 July 2022.Timetable

Summary

Prior to this race, several competitors had previously raced Olympic Champion Sifan Hassan, who was known for her strong finishing kick. However, Hassan had been beaten days earlier in the 10,000 metres by Letesenbet Gidey, the world record holder in both the 5,000 metre and the 10,000 metre events.

The final took off at a pedestrian pace, Gidey's Ethiopian teammate Dawit Seyaum took the field through a couple of 80 second laps. The third Ethiopian was 1500 silver medalist Gudaf Tsegay. She knew that was not going to take the sting out of Hassan and moved things up with a couple of 69 second laps. Gidey joined the party, the two pushing 70 and 71 second laps until there was a lap and a half to go. Athletes continued to drop off the back of the lead pack. By this point, the lead pack consisted of the three Ethiopians, two Kenyans; Beatrice Chebet and returning silver medalist, Margaret Kipkemboi, and Kenyan ex-pat Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, newly allowed to run for Kazakhstan. Lurking on the back of the pack was Hassan, but now was go time. Around the turn, Hassan stepped to the outside and gently moved forward. After tangling elbows with Kipkirui, she floated up to Tsegay's shoulder at the bell. Around the turn, Chebet sensed the move and ran around the outside to take Tsegay's shoulder, effectively blocking Hassan. Tsegay drifted out to increase Chebet's running distance, Hassan looking for somewhere to run, darted to the rail and accelerated taking the lead with a little over 200m to go. Tsegay and Chebet would not let her go, three abreast across the track in the final turn, at one point Tsegay slapping Chebet's elbow out of her way, with Seyaum and Gidey just a step behind. As they hit the home stretch, Tsegay took the lead. Hassan looked back over her shoulder, a clear indication she was not going to challenge forward. Tsegay and Chebet sprinted for home, Tsegay opening up almost a 3-metre lead by the finish for gold, her final lap just under 60 seconds. Seyaum went into her kick to pass Hassan, following Chebet home for bronze.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record14:06.62Valencia, Spain7 October 2020Championship record14:26.72Doha, Qatar5 October 2019World Leading14:12.98Eugene, United States27 May 2022African Record14:06.62Valencia, Spain7 October 2020Asian Record14:28.09Shanghai, China23 October 1997North, Central American and Caribbean record14:23.92Portland, United States10 July 2020South American Record15:18.85São Paulo, Brazil20 May 2011European Record14:22.12London, Great Britain21 July 2019Oceanian record14:39.89New York, United States27 February 2009

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 15:10.00.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round20 July 16:25 Heats23 July 18:25 Final

Results

Heats The first 5 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) qualify for the final.Heats Summary

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Letesenbet Gidey 14:52.27 Q 2 2 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui 14:52.54 Q, 3 1 Gudaf Tsegay 14:52.64 Q 4 2 Sifan Hassan 14:52.89 Q, 5 1 Dawit Seyaum 14:53.06 Q 6 2 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 14:53.07 Q 7 2 Elise Cranny 14:53.20 Q 8 1 Beatrice Chebet 14:53.34 Q, 9 1 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi 14:53.45 Q, 10 2 Gloria Kite 14:53.62 q, 11 1 Karissa Schweizer 14:53.69 Q, 12 2 Eilish McColgan 14:56.47 q, 13 2 Jessica Judd 14:57.64 q 14 2 Nozomi Tanaka 15:00.21 q, 15 1 Emily Infeld 15:00.98 q, 16 1 Ririka Hironaka 15:02.03 17 2 Alina Reh 15:13.92 18 2 Laura Galván 15:15.92 19 1 Konstanze Klosterhalfen 15:17.78 20 2 Mariana Machado 15:18.09 21 1 Maureen Koster 15:18.17 22 1 Sarah Lahti 15:26.05 23 2 Esther Chebet 15:26.40 24 1 Rahel Daniel 15:31.03 25 1 Amy-Eloise Markovc 15:31.62 26 2 Selamawit Teferi 15:44.30 27 2 Rose Davies 15:45.95 28 1 Caster Semenya 15:46.12 29 2 Joselyn Daniely Brea 15:46.75 30 1 Kaede Hagitani 15:53.39 31 2 Parul Chaudhary 15:54.03 32 1 Florencia Borelli 16:06.36 33 2 Sara Benfares 16:34.23 34 1 Edymar Brea 16:41.32 35 2 Gracelyn Larkin 16:48.78 1 Camilla Richardsson 1 Natalie Rule

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Gudaf Tsegay 14:46.29 Beatrice Chebet 14:46.75 Dawit Seyaum 14:47.36 4 Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi 14:47.71 5 Letesenbet Gidey 14:47.98 6 Sifan Hassan 14:48.12 7 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui 14:54.80 8 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 14:57.62 9 Elise Cranny 14:59.99 10 Gloria Kite 15:01.22 11 Eilish McColgan 15:03.03 12 Nozomi Tanaka 15:19.35 13 Jessica Judd 15:19.88 14 Emily Infeld 15:29.03 - Karissa Schweizer DNF

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