2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 10,000 metres
Competition:	2022 World Championships
Venue:	Hayward Field
Dates:	16 July (final)
Competitors:	25
Nations:	12
Win Value:	30:09.94
Gold:	Letesenbet Gidey
Goldnoc:	ETH
Silver:	Hellen Obiri
Silvernoc:	KEN
Bronze:	Margaret Kipkemboi
Bronzenoc:	KEN
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 16 July 2022.^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		29:01.03	Hengelo, Netherlands	8 June 2021
Championship record		30:04.18	Saint-Denis, France	23 August 2003
World Leading		30:14.66	San Juan Capistrano, United States	6 March 2022
African Record		29:01.03	Hengelo, Netherlands	8 June 2021
Asian Record		29:31.78	Beijing, China	8 September 1993
North, Central American and Caribbean record		30:13.17	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
South American Record		31:47.76	Stuttgart, Germany	21 August 1993
European Record		29:06.82	Hengelo, Netherlands	6 June 2021
Oceanian record		30:35.54	Palo Alto, United States	4 May 2008

The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 31:25.00.^[3]

Schedule

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

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			30:09.94
	Hellen Obiri		30:10.02
			30:10.07
4	Sifan Hassan		30:10.56
5	Rahel Daniel		30:12.15
6	Ejgayehu Taye		30:12.45
7			30:17.64
8	Bosena Mulatie		30:17.77
9	Karissa Schweizer		30:18.05
10	Eilish McColgan		30:34.60
11	Jessica Judd		30:35.93
12	Ririka Hironaka		30:39.71
13	Alicia Monson		30:59.85
14	Stella Chesang		31:01.04
15	Natosha Rogers		31:10.57
16	Mercyline Chelangat		31:28.26
17	Dominique Scott		31:40.73
18	Dolshi Tesfu		31:49.29
19	Rino Goshima		32:08.68
-			DNS

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/women/10000-metres Timetable
2. Web site: 10,000 Metres Women − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.