Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres
| Women's 5000 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | 19 August 2008 (heats) 22 August 2008 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:41.40 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The women's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–22 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
The qualifying standards were 15:09.00 (A standard) and 15:24.00 (B standard).[2]
While strategically this was different, the results were much the same as the 10000 final a week earlier. Elvan Abeylegesse kept took the lead earlier but field did not dissipate behind her, instead Ethiopians, Kenyans and newly crowned steeplechase world record holder Gulnara Samitova-Galkina engulfing each attempt to pull away. Going into the last lap, it was the three Ethiopians and former Ethiopian Abeylegesse at the front, with the Kenyan team and Russian Liliya Shobukhova already trying to catch back up. Tirunesh Dibaba jumped into the lead with the expected chase coming from Meseret Defar, in one of the few head to head battles between these two stars. But Abeylegesse hadn't read the script and refused to get out of the picture. Through the final turn she caught Defar and swung wide into lane 2 as if to speed past Dibaba. She was able to match Dibaba's speed down the final straight but couldn't make up the ground she had lost, Dibaba taking her second gold, Defar holding off the rest of the field to take bronze.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| Olympic record |  Gabriela Szabó (ROU) | 14:40.79 | Sydney, Australia | 25 September 2000 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 6 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the final.
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Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes[3][4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Elvan Abeylegesse |  Turkey | 15:42.74 | |
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Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 15:44.12 | |
| 4 | Sylvia Kibet |  Kenya | 15:44.96 | |
| 5 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:46.32 | |
| 6 | Liliya Shobukhova |  Russia | 15:46.62 | |
| 7 | Alemitu Bekele | Turkey | 15:48.48 | |
| 8 | Meselech Melkamu | Ethiopia | 15:49.03 | |
| 9 | Kara Goucher |  United States | 15:49.39 | |
| 10 | Shalane Flanagan | United States | 15:50.80 | |
| 11 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono | Kenya | 15:51.78 | |
| 12 | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina | Russia | 15:56.97 | |
| 13 | Xue Fei |  China | 16:09.84 | |
| 14 | Jennifer Rhines | United States | 16:34.63 | |
| 15 | Megan Metcalfe |  Canada | 17:06.82 |
Splits
| Intermediate | Athlete | Country | Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1000m | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina | Russia | 3:39.20 |
| 2000m | Elvan Abeylegesse | Turkey | 6:45.41 |
| 3000m | Gulnara Samitova-Galkina | Russia | 9:58.13 |
| 4000m | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 13:04.77 |
References
- ↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-24. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2008-08-23.