2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 5000 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey (TUR)
Silver	Sara Moreira Portugal (POR)
Bronze	Jéssica Augusto Portugal (POR)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
European record		14:23.75	Kazan, Russia	19 July 2008
Championship record		14:56.18	Gothenburg, Sweden	12 August 2006
World Leading		14:27.41	Saint-Denis, France	16 July 2010
European Leading		14:31.52	Saint-Denis, France	16 July 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record		14:54.44	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			14:52.20	Doping
			14:54.44	CR
			14:54.71	PB
			14:58.47
			15:08.84	Doping
			15:14.40	SB
			15:14.92	Doping
			15:16.19	Doping
			15:19.80	PB
			15:29.44	SB
			15:31.11
			15:35.01
			15:41.42
10			15:52.83
11			15:59.80
12			16:00.51
13			16:06.10

References

• Final Results
• Full results