Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres

  • 9 August 2024
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The women's 10,000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 9 August 2024. This will be the tenth time that the women's 10,000 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 27 athletes were able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Background

The women's 10,000 m has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1988.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 28:54.14[2] Eugene, United States 25 May 2024
Olympic record  Almaz Ayana (ETH) 29:17.45 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
World leading  Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 28:54.14[3] Eugene, United States 25 May 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[4]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Beatrice Chebet (KEN) 28:54.14 WR
Asia (records)  Wang Junxia (CHN) 29:31.78
Europe (records)  Sifan Hassan (NED) 29:06.82
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Alicia Monson (USA) 30:03.82
Oceania (records)  Kimberley Smith (AUS) 30:35.54
South America (records)  Florencia Borelli (ARG) 31:47.76

Qualification

For the women's 10,000 metres event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[5] 27 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 30:45.00 seconds or faster, or by their World Athletics Ranking for either this event or the Cross Country event.[5]

Results

Final

The final is scheduled to be held on 9 August, starting at 20:55 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
Beatrice Chebet  Kenya
Gudaf Tsegay  Ethiopia
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya
Margaret Kipkemboi  Kenya
Fotyen Tesfay  Ethiopia
Tsigie Gebreselama  Ethiopia
Sarah Chelangat  Uganda
Weini Kelati  United States
Lauren Ryan  Australia
Megan Keith  Great Britain
Parker Valby  United States
Nadia Battocletti  Italy
Daisy Jepkemei  Kazakhstan
Rino Goshima  Japan
Diane van Es  Netherlands
Yuka Takashima  Japan
Haruka Kokai  Japan
Karissa Schweizer  United States
Klara Lukan  Slovenia
Francine Niyomukunzi  Burundi
Federica Del Buono  Italy
Sifan Hassan  Netherlands
Eilish McColgan  Great Britain
Rahel Daniel  Eritrea
Alessia Zarbo  France
Joy Cheptoyek  Uganda
Annet Chemengich Chelangat  Uganda

References

  1. ^ a b "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 10,000 Metres women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 10,000 Metres women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Records – 10,000 Metres women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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