Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10,000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 10,000 metres
Games:	2018
Venue:	Carrara Stadium
Dates:	9 April
Competitors:	19
Nations:	12
Win Value:	31:45.30
Gold:	Stella Chesang
Goldcga:	UGA
Silver:	Stacy Ndiwa
Silvercga:	KEN
Bronze:	Mercyline Chelangat
Bronzecga:	UGA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record		29:17.45	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Games record		31:27.83	Manchester, England	30 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With nineteen entrants, the event was held as a straight final.^[2]

Final

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes
	2		31:45.30
	12		31:46.36
	11		31:48.41
	16		31:49.81
	10		31:50.18
	19		31:50.75
	7		31:57.97
	14		32:01.04
	17		32:11.11
10	9		32:11.92
11	1		32:13.74
12	18		32:22.09
13	3		32:23.56
14	4		32:23.91
15	6		32:49.91
16	8		32:51.47
17	15		32:58.14
18	5		33:26.78
19	13		36:55.77

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's 10,000m . 29 March 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 . 15 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180415063825/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/event-schedule-women-s-10000m.htm . dead .
2. Book: Athletics Women's 10,000m - Final. Gold Coast 2018. 176. 21 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.