Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10,000 metres explained

Event:Women's 10,000 metres
Games:2022
Venue:Alexander Stadium
Dates:3 August
Competitors:14
Nations:9
Win Value:30:48.60
Gold:Eilish McColgan
Goldcga:SCO
Silver:Irene Chepet Cheptai
Silvercga:KEN
Bronze:Sheila Chepkirui
Bronzecga:KEN
Prev:2018
Next:2026

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 3 August 2022.

Eilish McColgan won the gold medal in a new Commonwealth games record time. Her mother Liz McColgan won the same event at the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record29:01.03Hengelo, Netherlands8 June 2021
Commonwealth record29:32.53 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil12 August 2016
Games record31:27.83Manchester, England30 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[2]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Final

The medals were determined in the final.[3]

Rank Name Result Notes
30:48.60 GR
30:49.52
31:09.46
4 31:14.14
5 31:18.47
6 31:21.53
7 31:25.18
8 32:04.52
9 32:04.74
10 32:30.95
11 32:48.60
12 33:27.35
13 36:50.62

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eilish McColgan's epic 10,000m triumph lights up Commonwealth Games. 3 August 2022. Guardian. 4 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Women's 10,000m. Birmingham 2022. 2 August 2022. 2 August 2022.
  3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-03/ATHW10000M------------FNL-000100--__C73G_1.0.pdf Results