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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

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The women's 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 and 23.[1]

Women's 5000 metres
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
VenueAthens Olympic Stadium
Dates20–23 August
Competitors41 from 28 nations
Winning time14:45.65
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Isabella Ochichi  Kenya
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
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The final started out slowly and dismally, as none of the entrants wanted to take the lead. With the tightly packed field passing through the 400 metres, many runners started to fall behind and could not handle the pace set by early leaders Sun Yingjie and Xing Huina. Approaching to the halfway mark of the race, Turkey's world-record holder Elvan Abeylegesse surpassed the Chinese duo to charge into the lead and the pace began to accelerate quickly. Ethiopia's Meseret Defar and Kenya's Isabella Ochichi came immediately to the front of the pack, keeping an eye on the leader. With only three laps to go, Abeylegesse struggled to maintain her pace until she finally faded on the backstretch, leaving Defar and Ochichi to exchange the leading duties throughout the race and battle out for the gold. Moments after the bell, Ochichi continued to lead from the rest of the field, but Defar patiently passed her with only 200 metres to go, and then stormed away to her first Olympic title, finishing at 14:45.65. Ochichi had nothing left to respond with, but came through behind her to get the silver, while Defar's teammate Tirunesh Dibaba overhauled the weary Abeylegesse to hold on for the bronze.[2][3]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing World record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows.

World record   Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 14:24.68 Bergen, Norway 11 June 2004
Olympic record   Gabriela Szabó (ROM) 14:40.79 Sydney, Australia 25 September 2000
World Leading   Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 14:24.68 Bergen, Norway 11 June 2004

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

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The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 5000 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 15:08.70 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 15:20.45 or faster could be entered.

Schedule

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All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 2004 23:20 Round 1
Monday, 23 August 2004 22:00 Final

Results

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Round 1

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Qualification rule: The first five finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next five fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tirunesh Dibaba   Ethiopia 15:00.66 Q
2 Sentayehu Ejigu   Ethiopia 15:01.31 Q
3 Yelena Zadorozhnaya   Russia 15:01.77 Q
4 Liliya Shobukhova   Russia 15:01.86 Q
5 Edith Masai   Kenya 15:01.92 Q
6 Irina Mikitenko   Germany 15:02.16 q
7 Sun Yingjie   China 15:03.00 q, SB
8 Émilie Mondor   Canada 15:20.15
9 Marla Runyan   United States 15:24.88
10 Tezeta Sürekli   Turkey 15:26.64
11 Kim Smith   New Zealand 15:31.80
12 Dorcus Inzikuru   Uganda 15:38.59
13 Shayne Culpepper   United States 15:40.02
14 Ebru Kavaklıoğlu   Turkey 15:52.39
15 Maria McCambridge   Ireland 15:57.42
16 Souad Aït Salem   Algeria 16:02.10
17 Dulce María Rodríguez   Mexico 16:08.07
18 Zainab Bakkour   Syria 17:18.66
19 Francine Niyonizigiye   Burundi 17:21.27
Elizabeth Zaragoza   El Salvador DNF

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 14:52.39 Q
2 Elvan Abeylegesse   Turkey 14:54.80 Q
3 Joanne Pavey   Great Britain 14:55.45 Q
4 Isabella Ochichi   Kenya 14:55.69 Q
5 Xing Huina   China 14:56.01 Q, PB
6 Margaret Maury   France 14:56.79 q, PB
7 Sonia O'Sullivan   Ireland 14:59.61 q
8 Gulnara Samitova   Russia 15:05.78 q
9 Jane Wanjiku   Kenya 15:14.57
10 Kirsi Valasti   Finland 15:33.78
11 Shalane Flanagan   United States 15:34.63
12 Maria Protopappa   Greece 15:35.07
13 Volha Krautsova   Belarus 15:44.01
14 Restituta Joseph   Tanzania 15:45.11
15 Catherine Chikwakwa   Malawi 15:46.17
16 Courtney Babcock   Canada 15:47.35
17 Krisztina Papp   Hungary 15:58.44
18 Inês Monteiro   Portugal 16:03.75
19 Supriyati Sutono   Indonesia 16:34.14 SB
20 Nebiat Habtemariam   Eritrea 16:49.01
21 Inés Melchor   Peru 17:08.07

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Meseret Defar   Ethiopia 14:45.65
  Isabella Ochichi   Kenya 14:48.19
  Tirunesh Dibaba   Ethiopia 14:51.83
4 Yelena Zadorozhnaya   Russia 14:55.52
5 Joanne Pavey   Great Britain 14:57.87
6 Gulnara Samitova   Russia 15:02.30
7 Irina Mikitenko   Germany 15:03.36
8 Sun Yingjie   China 15:07.23
9 Xing Huina   China 15:07.41
10 Sentayehu Ejigu   Ethiopia 15:09.55
11 Margaret Maury   France 15:09.77
12 Elvan Abeylegesse   Turkey 15:12.64
13 Liliya Shobukhova   Russia 15:15.64
14 Sonia O'Sullivan   Ireland 16:20.90
Edith Masai   Kenya DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Games: Women's 5000 metres". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Defar stuns 5,000m field". BBC Sport. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Patient Defar grabs 5,000m gold". EuroSport. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  4. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 5000m Heats". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  5. ^ "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's 5000m Final". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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