The 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 as part of the athletics programme

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 were held at Stadium Australia on Wednesday 27 September, and Saturday 30 September 2000.

The top eight runners in each of the initial two heats automatically qualified for the final. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified.
There were a total number of 41 participating athletes.

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games.>

World Record	29:31.78	Junxia Wang	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	09 September 1993
Olympic Record	31:01.63	Fernanda Ribeiro Fernanda Ribeiro Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...	Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... , USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	02 August 1996

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province... ,	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner.... ,	Fernanda Ribeiro Fernanda Ribeiro Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-... ,

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province...		11	32:06.41	Q
2	2	Tegla Loroupe Tegla Loroupe Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a long-distance track and road runner, and a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights, and education....		22	32:06.41	Q
3	3	Fernanda Ribeiro Fernanda Ribeiro Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...		7	32:06.43	Q
4	4	Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...		12	32:06.54	Q
5	5	Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race....		16	32:07.68	Q
6	6	Li Ji Li Ji (athlete) Li Ji is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres.She finished seventh at the 2000 Olympic Games, in a personal best time of 31:06.94 minutes, and won the silver medal at the 2001 East Asian Games...		12	32:29.96	Q
7	7	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		9	32:29.93	Q
8	8	Jeļena Prokopčuka Jelena Prokopcuka Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...		18	32:32.87	Q
9	18	Lyudmila Biktasheva		5	32:52.00	q
10	19	Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui is a Moroccan athletics middle distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian for Morocco.In 1999, Leghzaoui made a running breakthrough by improving her 3000 metres personal best by a minute and breaking the World record for the 10K road race...		17	32:56.63	q
11	21	Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Kemi is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. She twice carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...		6	33:12.18
12	23	Anikó Kálovics Anikó Kálovics Anikó Kálovics is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. She is a three-time Olympian and has won both the Venice Marathon and Italian Marathon.-Career:...		2	33:20.40
13	25	Petra Wassiluk		19	33:23.03
14	27	Maria Teresa Recio		1	33:36.44
15	29	Clair Fearnley		20	33:47.23
16	32	Jenn Rhines		21	34:08.28
17	33	Natalie Harvey		4	34:12.90
18	35	Nora Leticia Rocha		10	34:37.84
19	37	Tina Connelly Tina Connelly Tina Connelly is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the long-distance events. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 37th place in the women's 10.000 metres...		8	34:46.04
20	40	Nasria Baghdad		15	35:31.53
		Hrisostomia Iakovou		14	DNS
		Marleen Renders Marleen Renders Marleen Renders is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000...		3	DNS

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	9	Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics...		19	32:34.07	Q
2	10	Alice Timbilil		21	32:34.15	Q
3	11	Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold...		4	32:34.62	Q
4	12	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....		17	32:34.63	Q
5	13	Chiemi Takahashi		18	32:34.70	Q
6	14	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...		6	32:34:73	Q
7	15	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....		14	32:35.32	Q
8	16	Yuko Kawakami Yuko Kawakami is a Japanese long-distance runner.In 10,000 metres she finished seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, won the 1998 Asian Games and finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics...		10	32:36.60	Q
9	17	Lidiya Grigoryeva		20	32:44.43	q
10	20	Libbie Hickman Libbie Hickman Libbie Hickman is an American former athlete who competed in long distance track events. Hickman represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 m....		22	32:59.28	q
11	22	Breda Dennehy-Willis		8	33:17.45
12	24	Ana Dias		13	33:21.69
13	26	Silvia Sommaggio Silvia Sommaggio Silvia Sommaggio is a retired Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as cross-country and road running....		9	33:24.13
14	28	Fatima Yvelain		5	33:44.48
15	30	Maria Able		3	34:05.44
16	31	Galina Bogomolova Galina Bogomolova Galina Yevgeniyevna Bogomolova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon....		15	34:06.21
17	34	Kylie Risk		1	34:30.91
18	36	Deena Drossin		16	34:40.86
19	38	Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, running in the 10,000 metres. That year she had been the bronze medallist in the event at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics...		11	34:49.35
20	39	Man Yee Maggie Chan		7	35:21.20
		Gunhild Haugen		12	DNF
		Carole Montgomery Carole Montgomery Carole Montgomery is an American standup comedian, writer, and actress. She was born April 19, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, where she lived until she moved into New York City in the early 1980s....		2	DNS

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province...		1	11	1	32:06.19	Q
2	Tegla Loroupe Tegla Loroupe Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a long-distance track and road runner, and a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights, and education....		1	22	2	32:06.41	Q
3	Fernanda Ribeiro Fernanda Ribeiro Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...		1	7	3	32:06.43	Q
4	Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...		1	12	4	32:06.54	Q
5	Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race....		1	16	5	32:07.68	Q
6	Li Ji Li Ji (athlete) Li Ji is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres.She finished seventh at the 2000 Olympic Games, in a personal best time of 31:06.94 minutes, and won the silver medal at the 2001 East Asian Games...		1	13	6	32:28:96	Q
7	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		1	9	7	32:29.93	Q
8	Jeļena Prokopčuka Jelena Prokopcuka Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...		1	18	8	32:32.87	Q
9	Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics...		2	19	1	32:34.07	Q
10	Alice Timbilil		2	21	2	32:34.15	Q
11	Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold...		2	4	3	32:34.62	Q
12	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....		2	17	4	32:34.64	Q
13	Chiemi Takahashi		2	18	5	32:34.70	Q
14	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...		2	6	6	32:34.73	Q
15	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....		2	14	7	32:34.73	Q
16	Yuko Kawakami Yuko Kawakami is a Japanese long-distance runner.In 10,000 metres she finished seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, won the 1998 Asian Games and finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics...		2	10	8	32:36.60	Q
17	Lidiya Grigoryeva		2	20	9	32:44.43	q
18	Lyudmila Biktasheva		1	5	9	32:52.00	q
19	Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui is a Moroccan athletics middle distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian for Morocco.In 1999, Leghzaoui made a running breakthrough by improving her 3000 metres personal best by a minute and breaking the World record for the 10K road race...		1	17	10	32:56.63	q
20	Libbie Hickman Libbie Hickman Libbie Hickman is an American former athlete who competed in long distance track events. Hickman represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 m....		2	22	10	32:59.28	q
21	Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Kemi is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. She twice carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...		1	6	11	33:12.18
22	Breda Dennehy-Willis		2	8	11	33:17.45
23	Anikó Kálovics Anikó Kálovics Anikó Kálovics is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. She is a three-time Olympian and has won both the Venice Marathon and Italian Marathon.-Career:...		1	2	12	33:20.40
24	Ana Dias		2	13	12	33:21.69
25	Petra Wassiluk		1	19	13	33:23.03
26	Silvia Sommaggio Silvia Sommaggio Silvia Sommaggio is a retired Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres as well as cross-country and road running....		2	9	13	33:24.13
27	Maria Teresa Recio		1	1	14	33:36.44
28	Fatima Yvelain		2	5	14	33:44.48
29	Clair Fearnley		1	20	15	33:47.23
30	Maria Able		2	13	12	34:05.44
31	Galina Bogomolova Galina Bogomolova Galina Yevgeniyevna Bogomolova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon....		2	15	16	34:06.21
32	Jenn Rhines		1	21	16	34:08.28
33	Natalie Harvey		1	4	17	34:12.90
34	Kylie Risk		2	1	17	34:30.19
35	Nora Leticia Rocha		1	10	18	34:37.84
36	Deena Drossin		2	16	18	34:40.86
37	Tina Connelly Tina Connelly Tina Connelly is a retired female track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the long-distance events. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in 37th place in the women's 10.000 metres...		1	8	19	34:46.04
38	Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, running in the 10,000 metres. That year she had been the bronze medallist in the event at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics...		2	11	19	34:49.35
39	Man Yee Maggie Chan		2	7	20	35:21.20
40	Nasria Baghdad		1	15	20	35:31.53
	Gunhild Haugen		2	12		DNF
	Hrisostomia Iakovou		1	14		DNS
	Carole Montgomery Carole Montgomery Carole Montgomery is an American standup comedian, writer, and actress. She was born April 19, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, where she lived until she moved into New York City in the early 1980s....		2	2		DNS
	Marleen Renders Marleen Renders Marleen Renders is a retired female long-distance runner from Belgium, who represented her native country thrice at the Summer Olympics: in 1988, 1996 and 2000...		1	3		DNS

Final

Final Date: Saturday 30 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane/Order	Time	Record
1	Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu Derartu Tulu is an Ethiopian long distance track, road and marathon athlete.Derartu , a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province...		14	30:17.49	OR
2	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....		8	30:22.48	SB
3	Fernanda Ribeiro Fernanda Ribeiro Maria Fernanda Moreira Ribeiro, GCIH , is a long-distance runner, born in Penafiel, Portugal. She achieved the top of her career in the 1996 Summer Olympics where she won the women's 10,000 m gold medal, giving Portugal their 3rd Olympic gold , and establishing a new Olympic record - 31:01.63.-...		9	30:22.88	NR
4	Paula Radcliffe Paula Radcliffe Paula Jane Radcliffe, MBE is an English long-distance runner. She is the current women's world record holder in the marathon with her time of 2:15:25 hours...		11	30:26.97	NR
5	Tegla Loroupe Tegla Loroupe Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a long-distance track and road runner, and a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights, and education....		20	30:37.26	SB
6	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		10	30:53.37	NR
7	Li Ji Li Ji (athlete) Li Ji is a retired Chinese long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10,000 metres.She finished seventh at the 2000 Olympic Games, in a personal best time of 31:06.94 minutes, and won the silver medal at the 2001 East Asian Games...		13	31:06.94	PB
8	Elana Meyer Elana Meyer Elana Meyer is a former long-distance runner from South Africa, who won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 metre event....		2	31:14.70	SB
9	Lidiya Grigoryeva		8	31:21.27	PB
10	Yuko Kawakami Yuko Kawakami is a Japanese long-distance runner.In 10,000 metres she finished seventh at the 1996 Summer Olympics, won the 1998 Asian Games and finished tenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics...		19	31:27.44
11	Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...		6	31:29.65	NR
12	Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold...		18	31:40.52
13	Lyudmila Biktasheva		16	31:47.10
14	Alice Timbilil		17	31:50.22	PB
15	Chiemi Takahashi		5	31:52.59	SB
16	Libbie Hickman Libbie Hickman Libbie Hickman is an American former athlete who competed in long distance track events. Hickman represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 m....		7	31:56.94	SB
17	Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics...		12	31:57.41	SB
18	Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui is a Moroccan athletics middle distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian for Morocco.In 1999, Leghzaoui made a running breakthrough by improving her 3000 metres personal best by a minute and breaking the World record for the 10K road race...		1	31:59.21	NR
19	Jeļena Prokopčuka Jelena Prokopcuka Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...		4	32:17.72
20	Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama Harumi Hiroyama is a Japanese long-distance runner. In her early career she specialized in the 1500 and 3000 metres, but gradually she shifted to the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon race....		5	32:24.17