Women's 5,000 Updates - 2012 London Olympic Games

Jul 22, 2012 by FloTrack Staff

Women's 5k Live Updates:

1k - The first k was not terribly quick for this stacked field. Pavey of Great Britain led the group into the beginning with a time of 3:07 to start. Dibaba and Cheriuyiut are behind her. Everyone looks like they are cruising at the moment.

The pack is sticking together, no one has really made a huge move. The pace has stayed pretty slow. 3k mark is coming up and it's looking like it will come down to a really hard kick. Pavey has taken the lead again with the Americans in the mix and running together. Bleasedale of Great Britain has moved up as well along with the Kenyans.

With 4 laps to go, Dibaba, the 10k Champion took the lead and the Kenyans and Ethiopians follow her to the lead group. With two laps to go Dibaba and her Ethiopian teammate Defar have picked up the pace to 68 second quarters.

1 lap to go!! It's an East African race with the three fastest women of all time up front!! The final homestretch was one of the most exciting 5k finishes ever as Defar, Dibaba, and Cheriuyot battled for the medal positions. Dibaba, the reigning Olympic Champion just didn't have the kick today as her Ethiopian teammate Defar, the former Olympic Champion came back and blew past her for the gold medal in 15:04.25 to end a very tactical final. Cheriuyot of Kenya also had a strong kick as she passed Dibaba as well and won the silver. Dibaba came through the line with the bronze after leading the final third of the race.

Tirunesh Dibaba - reigning Olympic Champion

Huddle Shows No Fear, Leads Field Until the End

1	1702	Gelete Burka	ETH	15:01.44 Q	.
2	2327	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	KEN	15:01.54 Q	.
3	2336	Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego	KEN	15:01.87 Q	.
4	1849	Julia Bleasdale	GBR	15:02.00 Q	(PB)
5	3297	Molly Huddle	USA	15:02.26 Q	(SB)
6	2881	Yelena Nagovitsyna	RUS	15:02.80	(PB)
7	1871	Joanne Pavey	GBR	15:02.84	(SB)
8	1258	Shitaye Eshete	BRN	15:05.48	(PB)
9	2159	Elena Romagnolo	ITA	15:06.38	(PB)
10	2257	Hitomi Niiya	JPN	15:10.20	(PB)
11	1142	Almensh Belete	BEL	15:10.24	(SB)
12	3279	Kim Conley	USA	15:14.48	(PB)
13	2263	Mika Yoshikawa	JPN	15:16.77	(PB)
14	2151	Nadia Ejjafini	ITA	15:24.70	.
15	1315	Sheila Reid	CAN	15:27.41	.
16	3017	Zakia Mrisho	TAN	15:39.58	.
17	1097	Layes Abdullayeva	AZE	15:45.69	.
18	2761	Roxana Elisabeta Birca	ROU	16:01.04

Culley Runs PR and Autos For next round

Position	Bib	Athlete	Country	Mark	.
1	1706	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	14:58.48 Q	.
2	1703	Meseret Defar	ETH	14:58.70 Q	.
3	2333	Viola Jelagat Kibiwot	KEN	14:59.31 Q	.
4	2859	Olga Golovkina	RUS	15:05.26 Q	(PB)
5	3281	Julie Culley	USA	15:05.38 Q	(PB)
6	1256	Tejitu Daba	BRN	15:05.59	(PB)
7	2164	Silvia Weissteiner	ITA	15:06.81	(SB)
8	2250	Kayoko Fukushi	JPN	15:09.31	(SB)
9	1870	Barbara Parker	GBR	15:12.81	(PB)
10	2100	Fionnuala Britton	IRL	15:12.97	(PB)
11	3168	Lyudmyla Kovalenko	UKR	15:18.60	.
12	1654	Judith Plá	ESP	15:20.39	(PB)
13	2602	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	NOR	15:24.86	(PB)
14	3089	Dudu Karakaya	TUR	15:28.32	.
15	1084	Eloise Wellings	AUS	15:35.53	.
16	2510	Sandra López	MEX	15:55.16	.
.	2475	Nadia Noujani	MAR	DNF	.
.	2729	Sara Moreira	POR

Round 1 Start Lists:

Heat 1

Tuesday 07 August 2012 - 10:55

Order	Bib	Athlete	Country	SB 2012	PB
1	2510	Sandra López	MEX	15:37.00	15:28.71
2	2250	Kayoko Fukushi	JPN	15:18.46	14:53.22
3	2333	Viola Jelagat Kibiwot	KEN	14:39.53	14:34.86
4	2602	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	NOR	15:28.32	15:25.40
5	2100	Fionnuala Britton	IRL	15:15.69	15:15.69
6	2859	Olga Golovkina	RUS	15:11.20	15:11.20
7	1870	Barbara Parker	GBR	15:14.26	15:14.26
8	1256	Tejitu Daba	BRN	15:48.37	15:14.62
9	2475	Nadia Noujani	MAR	15:16.50	15:16.50
10	1703	Meseret Defar	ETH	14:35.65	14:12.88
11	1084	Eloise Wellings	AUS	15:20.28	14:54.11
12	3281	Julie Culley	USA	15:13.77	15:13.77
13	2729	Sara Moreira	POR	15:08.33	14:54.71
14	1706	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	14:50.80	14:11.15
15	1654	Judith Plá	ESP	15:27.62	15:20.87
16	3168	Lyudmyla Kovalenko	UKR	15:10.28	15:10.28
17	2164	Silvia Weissteiner	ITA	15:18.04	15:02.65
18	3089	Dudu Karakaya	TUR	15:20.00	15:20.00

Heat 2

Tuesday 07 August 2012 - 11:19

Order	Bib	Athlete	Country	SB 2012	PB
1	1702	Gelete Burka	ETH	14:41.43	14:31.20
2	1849	Julia Bleasdale	GBR	15:10.06	15:10.06
3	2257	Hitomi Niiya	JPN	15:17.92	15:13.12
4	3297	Molly Huddle	USA	15:14.40	14:44.76
5	3279	Kim Conley	USA	15:19.79	15:19.79
6	2327	Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot	KEN	14:35.62	14:20.87
7	2881	Yelena Nagovitsyna	RUS	15:13.77	15:13.77
8	1871	Joanne Pavey	GBR	15:09.53	14:39.96
9	2159	Elena Romagnolo	ITA	15:19.78	15:13.19
10	2761	Roxana Elisabeta Birca	ROU	15:13.40	15:13.40
11	2151	Nadia Ejjafini	ITA	15:16.54	15:16.54
12	1258	Shitaye Eshete	BRN	15:14.49	15:14.49
13	1097	Layes Abdullayeva	AZE	15:33.88	15:29.47
14	3017	Zakia Mrisho	TAN		14:43.87
15	2263	Mika Yoshikawa	JPN	15:33.48	15:28.44
16	1142	Almensh Belete	BEL	15:22.15	15:03.63
17	2336	Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego	KEN	14:43.11	14:30.42
18	1315	Sheila Reid	CAN	15:23.64	15:23.64

last updated: July 21st at 6:05pm CT

Women's 5000 Quick Hits
2012 London Olympic Games

5,000 Meter Schedule:
Day 5, Aug 7th - Round 1 (4:55pm CT) - qualifying procedure TBA
Day 8, Aug 10th - Finals (2:05pm CT)

5,000 Meter Records:
World Record - 14:11.15 - Tirunesh Dibaba 6/6/2008
Olympic Record - 14:40.79 - Gabriela Szabo (Romania) 9/25/2000
American Record - 14:44.76 - Molly Huddle 8/27/2010

The Favorites: (personal best/season best)
1. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, Kenya (14:20.87/14:35.62) - 2011 World Champion, fifth place finish at the 2008 Olympic Games
2. Meseret Defar, Ethiopia (14:12.88/14:35.65) - Bronze medalist at the 2011 World Championships, bronze medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games & 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist
3.Tirunesh Dibaba, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist

The Americans:
1. Julie Culley (15:13.77/15:13.77) - Semi-finalist at 2009 World Championships
2. Molly Huddle (14:44.76/15:14.40) - Semi-finalist at 2011 World Championships
3. Kim Conley (15:19.79/15:19.79) - First Olympic Games

Past 5,000m Olympic Results: (from wiki)