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Host City: Sydney, Australia

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

Date Started: September 27, 2000

Date Finished: September 30, 2000

(Competitors: 41; Countries: 32; Finalists: 20)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales

Overview by IAAF

For almost 20 of the 25 laps of the final, Paula Radcliffe led. She was ahead at every kilometre point except two – 8Km and 10Km, and yet came away without a medal. Radcliffe passed halfway in 15:05.70, with only her fifth kilometre slower than 3:02. At this point five were in the pack, and Loroupe was dropped only in the last kilometre. From 7800m on the lead frequently changed hands, the athletes ensuring that no-one made a break. Finally Tulu took over shortly after the bell, cruising smoothly away from Wami to regain the title she won eight years earlier by a good 30m. Her final lap was covered in a sensational 60.26. Wami just held off the ’96 champion Ribeiro for the silver medal. The top three all ran lifetime bests filling places 4-6 on the all-time list, while Radcliffe just beat her own personal best with her brave effort.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

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.

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, USA	2 August 1996

			Results

*10000 m*	Women		Final	30 September

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	30.17.49		Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	ETH	21 Mar 72
2	30.22.48		Gete Wami	Ethiopia	ETH	11 Dec 74
3	30.22.88		Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	POR	23 Jun 69	NR
4	30.26.97		Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	GBR	17 Dec 73
5	30.37.26		Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	KEN	9 May 73
6	30.53.37		Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	IRL	28 Nov 69
7	31.06.94		Li Ji	China	CHN	19 Sep 79
8	31.14.70		Elana Meyer	South Africa	RSA	10 Oct 66
9	31.21.27		Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	RUS	21 Jan 74
10	31.27.44		Yuko Kawakami	Japan	JPN	1 Aug 75
11	31.29.65		Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	YUG	24 Jul 77	NR
12	31.40.52		Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	ETH	21 Jul 73
13	31.47.10		Lyudmila Biktasheva	Russia	RUS	25 Jul 74
14	31.50.22		Alice Timbilili	Kenya	KEN	1 Feb 83
15	31.52.59		Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	JPN	16 Feb 76
16	31.56.94		Libbie Hickman	United States	USA	17 Feb 65
17	31.57.41		Sally Barsosio	Kenya	KEN	21 Mar 78
18	31.59.21		Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	MAR	30 Aug 76
19	32.17.72		Jeļena Prokopčuka	Latvia	LAT	21 Sep 76
20	32.24.17		Harumi Hiroyama	Japan	JPN	2 Sep 68
*10000 m*	Women		Heat 1	27 September

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	32.06.19	Q	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	ETH	21 Mar 72
2	32.06.41	Q	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	KEN	9 May 73
3	32.06.43	Q	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	POR	23 Jun 69
4	32.06.54	Q	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	YUG	24 Jul 77
5	32.07.68	Q	Harumi Hiroyama	Japan	JPN	2 Sep 68
6	32.28.96	Q	Li Ji	China	CHN	19 Sep 79
7	32.29.93	Q	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	IRL	28 Nov 69
8	32.32.87	Q	Jeļena Prokopčuka	Latvia	LAT	21 Sep 76
9	32.52.00	Q	Lyudmila Biktasheva	Russia	RUS	25 Jul 74
10	32.56.63	Q	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco	MAR	30 Aug 76
11	33.12.18		Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	TAN	30 Jul 71
12	33.20.40		Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	HUN	13 May 77
13	33.23.03		Petra Wassiluk	Germany	GER	27 Oct 69
14	33.36.44		Teresa Recio	Spain	ESP	7 Jul 63
15	33.47.23		Clair Fearnley	Australia	AUS	7 Mar 75
16	34.08.28		Jen Rhines	United States	USA	1 Jul 74
17	34.12.90		Natalie Harvey	Australia	AUS	19 Jan 75
18	34.37.84		Nora Rocha	Mexico	MEX	18 Dec 67
19	34.46.04		Tina Connelly	Canada	CAN	16 Aug 70
20	35.31.53		Nesria Azaïdj	Algeria	ALG	29 Sep 71
	DNS		Marleen Renders	Belgium	BEL	24 Dec 68
	DNF		Hrisostomía Iakóvou	Greece	GRE	9 Apr 71
*10000 m*	Women		Heat 2	27 September

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	32.34.07	Q	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	KEN	21 Mar 78
2	32.34.15	Q	Alice Timbilili	Kenya	KEN	1 Feb 83
3	32.34.62	Q	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	ETH	21 Jul 73
4	32.34.63	Q	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	ETH	11 Dec 74
5	32.34.70	Q	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	JPN	16 Feb 76
6	32.34.73	Q	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	GBR	17 Dec 73
7	32.35.32	Q	Elana Meyer	South Africa	RSA	10 Oct 66
8	32.36.60	Q	Yuko Kawakami	Japan	JPN	1 Aug 75
9	32.44.43	Q	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	RUS	21 Jan 74
10	32.59.28	Q	Libbie Hickman	United States	USA	17 Feb 65
11	33.17.45		Breeda Willis	Ireland	IRL	2 Mar 70
12	33.21.69		Ana Dias	Portugal	POR	15 Jan 74
13	33.24.13		Silvia Sommaggio	Italy	ITA	20 Nov 69
14	33.44.48		Fatima Yvelain	France	FRA	31 Dec 69
15	34.05.44		María Abel	Spain	ESP	23 Oct 74
16	34.06.21		Galina Bogomolova	Russia	RUS	15 Oct 77
17	34.30.91		Kylie Risk	Australia	AUS	28 Nov 73
18	34.40.86		Deena Kastor	United States	USA	14 Feb 73
19	34.49.35		Bouchra Chaabi	Morocco	MAR	22 Sep 80
20	35.21.20		Chan-Ropper Man Yee	Hong Kong	HKG	28 Oct 75
	DNS		Carol Montgomery	Canada	CAN	24 Aug 66
	DNF		Gunhild Haugen	Norway	NOR	1 Jun 72