2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres explained

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

The women's 10000 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 August.

The event was run as a straight final. In a slow run, tactical race, 40-year-old British athlete Jo Pavey won the gold medal, timing her push with 400 metres to go, becoming the oldest European athletics champion in the history of the event. French contender Clémence Calvin, who had finally animated the race with three laps remaining, and compatriot Laila Traby completed the podium.^[1] ^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Joanne Pavey
Silver	Clémence Calvin
Bronze	Laila Traby

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 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	6 August 2002
World Leading	30:42.26	Palo Alto, United States	4 May 2014
European Leading	31:42.02	Palo Alto, United States	4 May 2014

Results

Rank	Name	Time	Note
		32:22.29
		32:23.58
		32:26.03	PB
4		32:27.37	NUR
5		32:30.12
6		32:30.49
7		32:31.15	PB
8		32:32.45
9		32:32.62
10		32:33.64
11		32:34.03
12		32:35.90
13		32:40.98
14		32:53.17
15		33:03.87
16		33:05.49
17		33:17.39
18		33:24.65
19		33:28.60
20		33:36.45
21		33:41.72
22	Anastasía Karakatsáni	33:53.00	NUR
23		33:57.29
24		38:06.69
DNF
DNS

References

Final Results

Notes and References

http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-championships/2014/athletics/event/womens-10km/phase=atw100100/index.html?v=20140812201150&intcmp=[#]-schline-result Results of 10000m for women
Web site: Jo Pavey, 40, wins European Championship 10,000m. 12 August 2014. BBC Sport. 25 November 2014.