The 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme 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 Beijing, China 9 September 1993 Olympic Record 31:01.63 Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal Atlanta, United States 2 August 1996

Medalists Gold: Silver: Bronze: Derartu Tulu, Gete Wami, Fernanda Ribeiro,

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 11 32:06.19 Q 2 2 Tegla Loroupe 22 32:06.41 Q 3 3 Fernanda Ribeiro 7 32:06.43 Q 4 4 Olivera Jevtic 12 32:06.54 Q 5 5 Harumi Hiroyama 16 32:07.68 Q 6 6 Li Ji 12 32:28.96 Q 7 7 Sonia O'Sullivan 9 32:29.93 Q 8 8 Jeļena Prokopčuka 18 32:32.87 Q 9 18 Lyudmila Biktasheva 5 32:52.00 q 10 19 Asmae Leghzaoui 17 32:56.63 q 11 21 Restituta Joseph 6 33:12.18 12 23 Anikó Kálovics 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 Jen 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 8 34:46.04 20 40 Nasria Baghdad 15 35:31.53 Hrisostomia Iakovou 14 DNS Marleen Renders 3 DNS

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 9 Sally Barsosio 19 32:34.07 Q 2 10 Alice Timbilil 21 32:34.15 Q 3 11 Berhane Adere 4 32:34.62 Q 4 12 Gete Wami 17 32:34.63 Q 5 13 Chiemi Takahashi 18 32:34.70 Q 6 14 Paula Radcliffe 6 32:34:73 Q 7 15 Elana Meyer 14 32:35.32 Q 8 16 Yuko Kawakami 10 32:36.60 Q 9 17 Lidiya Grigoryeva 20 32:44.43 q 10 20 Libbie Hickman 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 9 33:24.13 14 28 Fatima Yvelain 5 33:44.48 15 30 María Abel 3 34:05.44 16 31 Galina Bogomolova 15 34:06.21 17 34 Kylie Risk 1 34:30.91 18 36 Deena Drossin 16 34:40.86 19 38 Bouchra Chaabi 11 34:49.35 20 39 Maggie Chan Man Yee 7 35:21.20 Gunhild Haugen 12 DNF Carole Montgomery 2 DNS

Overall Results Semi-Finals Semi-Finals Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Derartu Tulu 1 11 1 32:06.19 Q 2 Tegla Loroupe 1 22 2 32:06.41 Q 3 Fernanda Ribeiro 1 7 3 32:06.43 Q 4 Olivera Jevtic 1 12 4 32:06.54 Q 5 Harumi Hiroyama 1 16 5 32:07.68 Q 6 Li Ji 1 13 6 32:28:96 Q 7 Sonia O'Sullivan 1 9 7 32:29.93 Q 8 Jeļena Prokopčuka 1 18 8 32:32.87 Q 9 Sally Barsosio 2 19 1 32:34.07 Q 10 Alice Timbilil 2 21 2 32:34.15 Q 11 Berhane Adere 2 4 3 32:34.62 Q 12 Gete Wami 2 17 4 32:34.64 Q 13 Chiemi Takahashi 2 18 5 32:34.70 Q 14 Paula Radcliffe 2 6 6 32:34.73 Q 15 Elana Meyer 2 14 7 32:34.73 Q 16 Yuko Kawakami 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 1 17 10 32:56.63 q 20 Libbie Hickman 2 22 10 32:59.28 q 21 Restituta Joseph 1 6 11 33:12.18 22 Breda Dennehy-Willis 2 8 11 33:17.45 23 Anikó Kálovics 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 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 María Abel 2 13 12 34:05.44 31 Galina Bogomolova 2 15 16 34:06.21 32 Jen 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 1 8 19 34:46.04 38 Bouchra Chaabi 2 11 19 34:49.35 39 Maggie Chan Man Yee 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 2 2 DNS Marleen Renders 1 3 DNS

Final Final Date: Saturday 30 September 2000 Place Athlete NationLane/OrderTimeRecord Derartu Tulu 14 30:17.49 OR Gete Wami 8 30:22.48 SB Fernanda Ribeiro 9 30:22.88 NR 4 Paula Radcliffe 11 30:26.97 NR 5 Tegla Loroupe 20 30:37.26 SB 6 Sonia O'Sullivan 10 30:53.37 NR 7 Li Ji 13 31:06.94 PB 8 Elana Meyer 2 31:14.70 SB 9 Lidiya Grigoryeva 8 31:21.27 PB 10 Yuko Kawakami 19 31:27.44 11 Olivera Jevtic 6 31:29.65 NR 12 Berhane Adere 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 7 31:56.94 SB 17 Sally Barsosio 12 31:57.41 SB 18 Asmae Leghzaoui 1 31:59.21 NR 19 Jeļena Prokopčuka 4 32:17.72 20 Harumi Hiroyama 5 32:24.17

References

External links Official Report Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics