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10,000 metres, Women

Date	27 – 30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	41 from 25 countries

Britain’s Paula Radcliffe had finished second at the 1999 World Championships, trailing Gete Wami of Ethiopia. In that race Radcliffe had set a fast pace, trying to run the kick out of her rivals but was still outkicked. Her strategy for Sydney was more of same – she set an even faster pace, leading thru most of the first 20 laps. This strung out the field and only five runners remained in medal contention at that point. The pack was Radcliffe, Wami, 1996 champion Fernanda Ribeiro, 1992 champion Derartu Tulu, and Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe, bronze medalist at the 1999 Worlds. For the last five laps, the lead changed hands frequently. At the bell, Tulu took off and won by five seconds. Radcliffe had been run out and could not get a medal, with Wami outsprinting Ribeiro for the silver.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	Final
1	1675	Derartu Tulu	ETH	32:06.19 (1 h1)	30:17.49 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1676	Gete Wami	ETH	32:34.63 (4 h2)	30:22.48 (2)	Silver
3	2776	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	32:06.43 (3 h1)	30:22.88 (3)	Bronze
4	1842	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	32:34.73 (6 h2)	30:26.97 (4)
5	2402	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	32:06.41 (2 h1)	30:37.26 (5)
6	2155	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	32:29.93 (7 h1)	30:53.37 (6)
7	1380	Li Ji	CHN	32:28.96 (6 h1)	31:06.94 (7)
8	2858	Elana Meyer	RSA	32:35.32 (7 h2)	31:14.70 (8)
9	2936	Lidiya Grigoryeva	RUS	32:44.43 (9 h2)	31:21.27 (9)
10	2334	Yuko Kawakami	JPN	32:36.60 (8 h2)	31:27.44 (10)
11	3441	Olivera Jevtić	SCG	32:06.54 (4 h1)	31:29.65 (11)
12	1666	Berhane Adere	ETH	32:34.62 (3 h2)	31:40.52 (12)
13	2924	Lyudmila Biktasheva	RUS	32:52.00 (9 h1)	31:47.10 (13)
14	2404	Alice Timbilil	KEN	32:34.15 (2 h2)	31:50.22 (14)
15	2337	Chiemi Takahashi	JPN	32:34.70 (5 h2)	31:52.59 (15)
16	3354	Libbie Hickman	USA	32:59.28 (10 h2)	31:56.94 (16)
17	2396	Sally Barsosio	KEN	32:34.07 (1 h2)	31:57.41 (17)
18	2535	Asmae Leghzaoui	MAR	32:56.63 (10 h1)	31:59.21 (18)
19	2459	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	32:32.87 (8 h1)	32:17.72 (19)
20	2329	Harumi Hiroyama	JPN	32:07.68 (5 h1)	32:24.17 (20)
11 h1 r1/2	3122	Restituta Joseph	TAN	33:12.18 (11 h1)	–
11 h2 r1/2	2148	Breda Dennehy-Willis	IRL	33:17.45 (11 h2)	–
12 h1 r1/2	2073	Anikó Kálovics	HUN	33:20.40 (12 h1)	–
12 h2 r1/2	2772	Ana Dias	POR	33:21.69 (12 h2)	–
13 h1 r1/2	1931	Petra Wassiluk	GER	33:23.03 (13 h1)	–
13 h2 r1/2	2246	Silvia Sommaggio	ITA	33:24.13 (13 h2)	–
14 h1 r1/2	1638	María Teresa Recio	ESP	33:36.44 (14 h1)	–
14 h2 r1/2	1767	Fatima Yvelain	FRA	33:44.48 (14 h2)	–
15 h1 r1/2	1109	Clair Fearnley	AUS	33:47.23 (15 h1)	–
15 h2 r1/2	1614	María Abel	ESP	34:05.44 (15 h2)	–
16 h1 r1/2	3371	Jen Rhines	USA	34:08.28 (16 h1)	–
16 h2 r1/2	2926	Galina Bogomolova	RUS	34:06.21 (16 h2)	–
17 h1 r1/2	1114	Natalie Harvey	AUS	34:12.90 (17 h1)	–
17 h2 r1/2	1132	Kylie Risk	AUS	34:30.91 (17 h2)	–
18 h1 r1/2	2576	Nora Rocha	MEX	34:37.84 (18 h1)	–
18 h2 r1/2	3344	Deena Drossin	USA	34:40.86 (18 h2)	–
19 h1 r1/2	1337	Tina Connelly	CAN	34:46.04 (19 h1)	–
19 h2 r1/2	2533	Bouchra Chaabi	MAR	34:49.35 (19 h2)	–
20 h1 r1/2	1023	Nasria Baghdad	ALG	35:31.53 (20 h1)	–
20 h2 r1/2	2037	Maggie Chan	HKG	35:21.20 (20 h2)	–
AC h2 r1/2	2671	Gunhild Halle-Haugen	NOR	– (DNF h2)	–
DNS	1210	Marleen Renders	BEL	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	1993	Chrysostomia Iakovou	GRE	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	1346	Carol Montgomery	CAN	– (DNS h2)	–

Round One (27 September 2000)

Top eight in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (12:40)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1675	Derartu Tulu	ETH	32:06.19	Q
2	2402	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	32:06.41	Q
3	2776	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	32:06.43	Q
4	3441	Olivera Jevtić	SCG	32:06.54	Q
5	2329	Harumi Hiroyama	JPN	32:07.68	Q
6	1380	Li Ji	CHN	32:28.96	Q
7	2155	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	32:29.93	Q
8	2459	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	32:32.87	Q
9	2924	Lyudmila Biktasheva	RUS	32:52.00	q
10	2535	Asmae Leghzaoui	MAR	32:56.63	q
11	3122	Restituta Joseph	TAN	33:12.18
12	2073	Anikó Kálovics	HUN	33:20.40
13	1931	Petra Wassiluk	GER	33:23.03
14	1638	María Teresa Recio	ESP	33:36.44
15	1109	Clair Fearnley	AUS	33:47.23
16	3371	Jen Rhines	USA	34:08.28
17	1114	Natalie Harvey	AUS	34:12.90
18	2576	Nora Rocha	MEX	34:37.84
19	1337	Tina Connelly	CAN	34:46.04
20	1023	Nasria Baghdad	ALG	35:31.53
DNS	1210	Marleen Renders	BEL	–
DNS	1993	Chrysostomia Iakovou	GRE	–

Heat Two (13:20)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	2396	Sally Barsosio	KEN	32:34.07	Q
2	2404	Alice Timbilil	KEN	32:34.15	Q
3	1666	Berhane Adere	ETH	32:34.62	Q
4	1676	Gete Wami	ETH	32:34.63	Q
5	2337	Chiemi Takahashi	JPN	32:34.70	Q
6	1842	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	32:34.73	Q
7	2858	Elana Meyer	RSA	32:35.32	Q
8	2334	Yuko Kawakami	JPN	32:36.60	Q
9	2936	Lidiya Grigoryeva	RUS	32:44.43	q
10	3354	Libbie Hickman	USA	32:59.28	q
11	2148	Breda Dennehy-Willis	IRL	33:17.45
12	2772	Ana Dias	POR	33:21.69
13	2246	Silvia Sommaggio	ITA	33:24.13
14	1767	Fatima Yvelain	FRA	33:44.48
15	1614	María Abel	ESP	34:05.44
16	2926	Galina Bogomolova	RUS	34:06.21
17	1132	Kylie Risk	AUS	34:30.91
18	3344	Deena Drossin	USA	34:40.86
19	2533	Bouchra Chaabi	MAR	34:49.35
20	2037	Maggie Chan	HKG	35:21.20
DNF	2671	Gunhild Halle-Haugen	NOR	–
DNS	1346	Carol Montgomery	CAN	–

Final (30 September 2000 — 19:00)

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1675	Derartu Tulu	ETH	30:17.49	OR
2	1676	Gete Wami	ETH	30:22.48
3	2776	Fernanda Ribeiro	POR	30:22.88
4	1842	Paula Radcliffe	GBR	30:26.97
5	2402	Tegla Loroupe	KEN	30:37.26
6	2155	Sonia O'Sullivan	IRL	30:53.37
7	1380	Li Ji	CHN	31:06.94
8	2858	Elana Meyer	RSA	31:14.70
9	2936	Lidiya Grigoryeva	RUS	31:21.27
10	2334	Yuko Kawakami	JPN	31:27.44
11	3441	Olivera Jevtić	SCG	31:29.65
12	1666	Berhane Adere	ETH	31:40.52
13	2924	Lyudmila Biktasheva	RUS	31:47.10
14	2404	Alice Timbilil	KEN	31:50.22
15	2337	Chiemi Takahashi	JPN	31:52.59
16	3354	Libbie Hickman	USA	31:56.94
17	2396	Sally Barsosio	KEN	31:57.41
18	2535	Asmae Leghzaoui	MAR	31:59.21
19	2459	Jeļena Prokopčuka	LAT	32:17.72
20	2329	Harumi Hiroyama	JPN	32:24.17

Splits

1000 m	3:01.66	Paula Radcliffe
2000 m	6:02.01	Paula Radcliffe
3000 m	9:01.99	Paula Radcliffe
4000 m	12:03.01	Paula Radcliffe
5000 m	15:05.70	Paula Radcliffe
6000 m	18:11.39	Paula Radcliffe
7000 m	21:17.05	Paula Radcliffe
8000 m	24:21.27	Gete Wami
9000 m	27:29.34	Paula Radcliffe