Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 10,000 metres
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Date:	27 September 2000 (heats) 30 September 2000 (final)
Competitors:	41
Nations:	27
Win Value:	30:17.49
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Derartu Tulu
Goldnoc:	ETH
Silver:	Gete Wami
Silvernoc:	ETH
Bronze:	Fernanda Ribeiro
Bronzenoc:	POR
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Saturday 30 September 2000. The top eight runners in each of the initial two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes.^[1]

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games
World Record	29:31.78	Junxia Wang	China	Beijing, China	9 September 1993
Olympic Record	31:01.63	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	Atlanta, United States	2 August 1996

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Derartu Tulu		11	32:06.19	Q
2	2	Tegla Loroupe		22	32:06.41	Q
3	3	Fernanda Ribeiro		7	32:06.43	Q
4	4	Olivera Jevtic		12	32:06.54	Q
5	5	Harumi Hiroyama		16	32:07.68	Q
6	6	Li Ji		12	32:28.96	Q
7	7	Sonia O'Sullivan		9	32:29.93	Q
8	8	Jeļena Prokopčuka		18	32:32.87	Q
9	18	Lyudmila Biktasheva		5	32:52.00	q
10	19	Asmae Leghzaoui		17	32:56.63	q
11	21	Restituta Joseph		6	33:12.18
12	23	Anikó Kálovics		2	33:20.40
13	25	Petra Wassiluk		19	33:23.03
14	27	Maria Teresa Recio		1	33:36.44
15	29			20	33:47.23
16	32	Jen Rhines		21	34:08.28
17	33	Natalie Harvey		4	34:12.90
18	35	Nora Leticia Rocha		10	34:37.84
19	37	Tina Connelly		8	34:46.04
20	40	Nasria Baghdad		15	35:31.53
				14	DNS
				3	DNS

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	9	Sally Barsosio		19	32:34.07	Q
2	10	Alice Timbilil		21	32:34.15	Q
3	11	Berhane Adere		4	32:34.62	Q
4	12	Gete Wami		17	32:34.63	Q
5	13			18	32:34.70	Q
6	14			6	32:34:73	Q
7	15	Elana Meyer		14	32:35.32	Q
8	16	Yuko Kawakami		10	32:36.60	Q
9	17	Lidiya Grigoryeva		20	32:44.43	q
10	20	Libbie Hickman		22	32:59.28	q
11	22			8	33:17.45
12	24			13	33:21.69
13	26	Silvia Sommaggio		9	33:24.13
14	28	Fatima Yvelain		5	33:44.48
15	30	María Abel		3	34:05.44
16	31			15	34:06.21
17	34	Kylie Risk		1	34:30.91
18	36	Deena Drossin		16	34:40.86
19	38	Bouchra Chaabi		11	34:49.35
20	39	Maggie Chan Man Yee		7	35:21.20
		Gunhild Haugen		12	DNF
		Carole Montgomery		2	DNS

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Derartu Tulu		1	11	1	32:06.19	Q
2	Tegla Loroupe		1	22	2	32:06.41	Q
3	Fernanda Ribeiro		1	7	3	32:06.43	Q
4	Olivera Jevtic		1	12	4	32:06.54	Q
5	Harumi Hiroyama		1	16	5	32:07.68	Q
6	Li Ji		1	13	6	32:28:96	Q
7	Sonia O'Sullivan		1	9	7	32:29.93	Q
8	Jeļena Prokopčuka		1	18	8	32:32.87	Q
9	Sally Barsosio		2	19	1	32:34.07	Q
10	Alice Timbilil		2	21	2	32:34.15	Q
11	Berhane Adere		2	4	3	32:34.62	Q
12	Gete Wami		2	17	4	32:34.64	Q
13			2	18	5	32:34.70	Q
14			2	6	6	32:34.73	Q
15	Elana Meyer		2	14	7	32:34.73	Q
16	Yuko Kawakami		2	10	8	32:36.60	Q
17	Lidiya Grigoryeva		2	20	9	32:44.43	q
18	Lyudmila Biktasheva		1	5	9	32:52.00	q
19	Asmae Leghzaoui		1	17	10	32:56.63	q
20	Libbie Hickman		2	22	10	32:59.28	q
21	Restituta Joseph		1	6	11	33:12.18
22			2	8	11	33:17.45
23	Anikó Kálovics		1	2	12	33:20.40
24	Ana Dias		2	13	12	33:21.69
25	Petra Wassiluk		1	19	13	33:23.03
26	Silvia Sommaggio		2	9	13	33:24.13
27	Maria Teresa Recio		1	1	14	33:36.44
28	Fatima Yvelain		2	5	14	33:44.48
29			1	20	15	33:47.23
30	María Abel		2	13	12	34:05.44
31			2	15	16	34:06.21
32	Jen Rhines		1	21	16	34:08.28
33	Natalie Harvey		1	4	17	34:12.90
34	Kylie Risk		2	1	17	34:30.19
35	Nora Leticia Rocha		1	10	18	34:37.84
36	Deena Drossin		2	16	18	34:40.86
37	Tina Connelly		1	8	19	34:46.04
38	Bouchra Chaabi		2	11	19	34:49.35
39	Maggie Chan Man Yee		2	7	20	35:21.20
40	Nasria Baghdad		1	15	20	35:31.53
	Gunhild Haugen		2	12		DNF
			1	14		DNS
	Carole Montgomery		2	2		DNS
			1	3		DNS

Final

Final Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane/Order	Time	Record
	Derartu Tulu		14	30:17.49	OR
	Gete Wami		8	30:22.48	SB
	Fernanda Ribeiro		9	30:22.88	NR
4			11	30:26.97	NR
5	Tegla Loroupe		20	30:37.26	SB
6	Sonia O'Sullivan		10	30:53.37	NR
7	Li Ji		13	31:06.94	PB
8	Elana Meyer		2	31:14.70	SB
9	Lidiya Grigoryeva		8	31:21.27	PB
10	Yuko Kawakami		19	31:27.44
11	Olivera Jevtic		6	31:29.65	NR
12	Berhane Adere		18	31:40.52
13	Lyudmila Biktasheva		16	31:47.10
14	Alice Timbilil		17	31:50.22	PB
15			5	31:52.59	SB
16	Libbie Hickman		7	31:56.94	SB
17	Sally Barsosio		12	31:57.41	SB
18	Asmae Leghzaoui		1	31:59.21	NR
19	Jeļena Prokopčuka		4	32:17.72
20	Harumi Hiroyama		5	32:24.17

External links

• Official Report
• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney: Women's 10,000 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-10000-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 November 2017 . sports-reference.com.