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Official Video The Women's 5000 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30, and September 2.
Vivian Cheruiyot entered the competition as the reigning 2009 World Champion , the 2011 World Cross Country Champion , the Diamond League leader, and the fastest woman of the year (having become the fourth fastest ever with a run of 14:20.87 minutes). Ethiopians Meseret Defar and Sentayehu Ejigu had run the next quickest that season. The top twelve ranked runners prior to the championships were all either Kenyan or Ethiopian; Linet Masai , Sylvia Kibet , Mercy Cherono and Genzebe Dibaba were the other contenders from the two dominant countries.[1] Lauren Fleshman of the United States was the fastest non-African in the final.[2]
The final started with Hitomi Niiya taking a large early lead in an effort to steal the race. After several laps in the spotlight she was swallowed up by the pack, which slowly disintegrated. With a lap to go, it was three Ethiopian and four Kenyan runners to settle it. Cheruiyot led as the group stretched out, with Defar challenging into the final straight, where Cheruiyot pulled away. Kibet passed a fading Defar before the finish, for the silver. Exactly the same medals as two years before.
Medalists Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH )
14:11.15
Oslo , Norway
6 June 2008
Championship record Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH )
14:38.59
Helsinki , Finland
13 August 2005
World Leading
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN )
14:20.87
Stockholm , Sweden
29 July 2011
African Record Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH )
14:11.15
Oslo, Norway
6 June 2008
Asian Record Bo Jiang (CHN )
14:28.09
Shanghai , China
23 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record Molly Huddle (USA )
14:44.76
Brussels , Belgium
27 August 2010
South American record Simone da Silva (BRA )
15:18.85
São Paulo , Brazil
20 May 2011
European Record Liliya Shobukhova (RUS )
14:23.75
Kazan , Russia
19 July 2008
Oceanian record Kim Smith (NZL )
14:45.93
Rome , Italy
11 July 2008
Qualification standards
A time
B time
15:14.00
15:25.00
Schedule
Date
Time
Round
August 30, 2011
10:20 Heats
September 2, 2011
20:25 Final
Results
KEY:
q
Fastest non-qualifiers
Q
Qualified
NR
National record
PB
Personal best
SB
Seasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q ) and the next 5 fastest (q ) advance to the final .
Final References External links
Kenya (KEN)
Ethiopia (ETH)
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)
Bo Jiang (CHN)
Molly Huddle (USA)
Simone da Silva (BRA)
Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
Kim Smith (NZL)
Russia (RUS)
United States (USA)
Japan (JPN)
Bahrain (BHR)
Tanzania (TAN)
Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
Turkey (TUR)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
Burundi (BDI)
Switzerland (SUI)
