Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics were held as part of the athletics program at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 27.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> No preliminary rounds were held at this distance, since the number of competitors allowed a direct final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Like Fernanda Ribeiro at the 2000 Summer Olympics, defending champion Derartu Tulu was not able to maintain her title, finishing in the third place behind compatriot (and cousin) Ejegayehu Dibaba and the winner Xing Huina.<ref name=agony-for-radcliffe>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In Athens, Ribeiro did not finish the race due to fatigue, along with British marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe.<ref name=agony-for-radcliffe/> Throughout the race, Xing marked the Ethiopian favorites, not taking the lead until the home stretch with a final kick Dibabba could not match. Xing's final lap was just under 63 seconds.

Records

Template:As of, the existing World record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows.

No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 5000 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 31:45.00 or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 32:17.00 or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 27 August 2004	21:50	Final

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
Template:Gold01	Xing Huina	Template:FlagIOC	30:24.36	PB
Template:Silver02	Ejegayehu Dibaba	Template:FlagIOC	30:24.98	PB
Template:Bronze03	Derartu Tulu	Template:FlagIOC	30:26.42	SB
4	Werknesh Kidane	Template:FlagIOC	30:28.30
5	Lornah Kiplagat	Template:FlagIOC	30:31.92
6	Sun Yingjie	Template:FlagIOC	30:54.37	SB
7	Jeļena Prokopčuka	Template:FlagIOC	31:04.10	NR
8	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Template:FlagIOC	31:04.62
9	Lucy Wangui	Template:FlagIOC	31:05.90	PB
10	Helena Javornik	Template:FlagIOC	31:06.63	NR
11	Mihaela Botezan	Template:FlagIOC	31:11.24	NR
12	Kathy Butler	Template:FlagIOC	31:41.13
13	Megumi Oshima	Template:FlagIOC	31:42.18
14	Marie Davenport	Template:FlagIOC	31:50.49
15	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	Template:FlagIOC	32:00.85
16	Alice Timbilil	Template:FlagIOC	32:12.57
17	Sally Barsosio	Template:FlagIOC	32:14.00
18	Harumi Hiroyama	Template:FlagIOC	32:15.12
19	Elva Dryer	Template:FlagIOC	32:18.16
20	Anikó Kálovics	Template:FlagIOC	32:21.47
21	Kate O'Neill	Template:FlagIOC	32:24.04
22	Galina Bogomolova	Template:FlagIOC	32:25.10
23	Adriana Fernández	Template:FlagIOC	32:29.57
24	Benita Johnson	Template:FlagIOC	32:32.01
25	Haley McGregor	Template:FlagIOC	33:35.27
26	Kayoko Fukushi	Template:FlagIOC	33:48.66
27	Natalia Cercheș	Template:FlagIOC	34:04.97
Template:Hs	Souad Aït Salem	Template:FlagIOC	Template:Abbr
Template:Hs	Natalya Berkut	Template:FlagIOC	Template:Abbr
Template:Hs	Paula Radcliffe	Template:FlagIOC	Template:Abbr
Template:Hs	Fernanda Ribeiro	Template:FlagIOC	Template:Abbr

External links

• IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage

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