Final 20:55 time SO 1. Gabriela Szabo Romania14:40.79 OR 10 2. Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland14:41.02 NR 7 3. Gete Wami Ethiopia14:42.23 11 4. Ayelech Worku Ethiopia14:42.67 14 5. Irina Mikitenko Germany14:43.59 SB 1 6. Lydia Cheromei Kenya14:47.35 PB 15 7. Werknesh Kidane Ethiopia14:47.40 PB 2 8. Olga Yegorova Russia14:50.31 12 9. Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka Latvia14:55.46 6 10.Daniela Yordanova Bulgaria14:56.95 NR 5 11.Rose Cheruiyot Kenya14:58.07 13 12.Jo Pavey Great Britain14:58.27 PB 3 13.Tatyana Tomashova Russia15:01.28 4 14.Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya15:25.67 8 -. Olivera Jevtić YugoslaviaDNF 9
Qualifiying A Standard: 15:35.00 Qualifiying B Standard: 15:55.00
Venue: Stadium Australia. 49 competitors from 32 nations. _ Heats - 3 Friday 22th September World Record: 14:28.09 Jiang Bo, China - Shanghai, China - 23 October 1997 Olympic Record: 14:59.88 Junxia Wang, China - Atlanta, Georgia, United States - 28 July 1996
After three heats which saw Sonia O’Sullivan run the fastest time (15:07.91), the final began at a sedate pace, with Szabo leading at the
first kilometre in 3:03.84. Wami and Worku then took over, coursing through the next kilometre in 2:53.5 before slowing to 8:58.33 at 3000m. O’Sullivan, who had been 40m back at one point in the second
kilometre latched back on to the leaders. The third Ethiopian, Kidane, was in the lead at 4000m (11:53.60) with Wami sharing the work. Szabo took over with 600m to go and O’Sullivan closed to second
place with 300m to go. The two raced side by side until the last 20m when Szabo finally got clear to win by 1.5 metres. Szabo had run her last lap in 60.01 (O’Sullivan 60.0), and her last 200 in 28.6, one tenth quicker than the valiant O’Sullivan. In all, twelve broke the Olympic record.
Heats - Friday 22.09 First 4 from each Heat and 3 Best times advanced to Final.
Heat 1 18:00 time L Rk 1. Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland15:07.91 Q SB 12 1. 2. Jo Pavey Great Britain15:08.82 Q PB 6 4. 3. Gete Wami Ethiopia15:08.92 Q 2 5t. 4. Lydia Cheromei Kenya15:09.32 Q 8 7. 5. Daniela Yordanova Bulgaria15:10.08 q NR 3 9. 6. Benita Willis Australia15:21:37 PB 13 17. 7. Elva Dryer United States15:23.99 9 19. 8. Rosemary Ryan Ireland15:33.05 17 23. 9. Nora Leticia Rocha Mexico15:38.72 5 24. 10.Michiko Shimizu Japan15:48.20 16 33. 11.Dulce Maria Rodriguez Mexico15:54.17 15 36. 12.Yamna Belkacem France16:08.49 11 39. 13.Helena Javornik Slovenia16:09.60 7 40. 14.Elisa Cobañea Argentina16:16.58 14 42. 15.Nebiat Habtemariam Eritrea16:30.41 NR 4 44. 16.Maysa Hussain Matrood Iraq17:17.58 1 47. -. Restituta Joseph TanzaniaDNS 10
Heat 2 18:25 time L Rk 1. Rose Cheruiyot Kenya15:13.18 Q 7 12. 2. Ayelech Worku Ethiopia15:13.26 Q 4 13. 3. Olga Yegorova Russia15:14.34 Q 10 14. 4. Irina Mikitenko Germany15:14.76 Q 5 15. 5. Susanne Pumper Austria15:16.66 2 16. 6. Roberta Brunet Italy15:27:32 16 20. 7. Amy Rudolph United States15:28.91 12 21. 8. Sonja Stolic Yugoslavia15:38.96 13 25. 9. Megumi Tanaka Japan15:39.83 15 26. 10.Marta Dominguez Spain15:45.07 3 27. 11.Hrisostomia Iakovou Greece15:46.48 6 30. 12.Samukeliso Moyo Zimbabwe15:47.76 14 31. 13.Zhor El Kamch Morocco16:02.50 8 37. 14.Anne Cross Australia16:07.18 1 38. 15.Andrea Whitcombe Great Britain16:15.82 9 41. 16.Maggie Chan Hong Kong16:20.43 11 43.
Heat 3 18:50 time SO Rk 1. Gabriela Szabo Romania15:08.36 Q 14 2. 2. Worknesh Kidane Ethiopia15:08.62 Q 4 3. 3. Tatyana Tomashova Russia15:08.92 Q 15 5t. 4. Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka Latvia15:09.45 Q 11 8. 5. Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya15:11.11 q PB 9 10. 6. Olivera Jevtić Yugoslavia15:11:25 q NR 17 11. 7. Yoshiko Ichikawa Japan15:23.41 SB 10 18. 8. Beatriz Santiago Spain15:31.94 3 22. 9. Kate Anderson-Richardson Australia15:45.34 1 28. 10.Inga Juodeškienė Lithuania15:46.37 12 29. 11.Anne Marie Letko United States15:47.78 6 32. 12.Ebru Kavaklioglu Turkey15:49.15 16 34. 13.Breda Dennehy-Willis Ireland15:49.58 8 35. 14.Diane Nukuri Burundi16:38.30 PB 2 45. 15.Catherine Chikwakwa Malawi16:39.82 PB 5 46. 16.Priscilla Mamba Swaziland17:30.04 NR 7 48. 17.Baatarkhüügiin Battsetseg Mongolia18:22.98 SB 13 49.
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