2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 10,000 metres
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 1 July.

Medalists

Gold	Ana Dulce Félix
Silver	Joanne Pavey
Bronze	Olha Skrypak

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record		29:31.78	Beijing, China	8 September 1993
European record		29:56.34	Beijing, China	15 August 2008
Championship record		30:01.09	Munich, Germany	8 August 2002
World Leading		30:24.39		1 June 2012
European Leading		31:07.88	Moscow, Russia	11 June 2012

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
			31:44.75
			31:49.03
			31:51.32	NUR
			32:05.54
			32:16.55
			32:28.46
			32:35.82
			32:42.31
			32:46.32
10			33:05.92	PB
11			33:09.53
12			33:18.15
13			34:21.24
14			34:24.82

References

• Final Results