Final 20:55 time SO 1. Gabriela Szabo 14:40.79 OR 10 2. Sonia O'Sullivan 14:41.02 NR 7 3. Gete Wami 14:42.23 11 4. Ayelech Worku 14:42.67 14 5. Irina Mikitenko 14:43.59 SB 1 6. Lydia Cheromei 14:47.35 PB 15 7. Werknesh Kidane 14:47.40 PB 2 8. Olga Yegorova 14:50.31 12 9. Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka 14:55.46 6 10.Daniela Yordanova 14:56.95 NR 5 11.Rose Cheruiyot 14:58.07 13 12.Jo Pavey 14:58.27 PB 3 13.Tatyana Tomashova 15:01.28 4 14.Vivian Cheruiyot 15:25.67 8 -. Olivera Jevtić DNF 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 15:07.91 Q SB 12 1. 2. Jo Pavey 15:08.82 Q PB 6 4. 3. Gete Wami 15:08.92 Q 2 5t. 4. Lydia Cheromei 15:09.32 Q 8 7. 5. Daniela Yordanova 15:10.08 q NR 3 9. 6. Benita Willis 15:21:37 PB 13 17. 7. Elva Dryer 15:23.99 9 19. 8. Rosemary Ryan 15:33.05 17 23. 9. Nora Leticia Rocha 15:38.72 5 24. 10.Michiko Shimizu 15:48.20 16 33. 11.Dulce Maria Rodriguez 15:54.17 15 36. 12.Yamna Belkacem 16:08.49 11 39. 13.Helena Javornik 16:09.60 7 40. 14.Elisa Cobañea 16:16.58 14 42. 15.Nebiat Habtemariam 16:30.41 NR 4 44. 16.Maysa Hussain Matrood 17:17.58 1 47. -. Restituta Joseph DNS 10
Heat 2 18:25 time L Rk 1. Rose Cheruiyot 15:13.18 Q 7 12. 2. Ayelech Worku 15:13.26 Q 4 13. 3. Olga Yegorova 15:14.34 Q 10 14. 4. Irina Mikitenko 15:14.76 Q 5 15. 5. Susanne Pumper 15:16.66 2 16. 6. Roberta Brunet 15:27:32 16 20. 7. Amy Rudolph 15:28.91 12 21. 8. Sonja Stolic 15:38.96 13 25. 9. Megumi Tanaka 15:39.83 15 26. 10.Marta Dominguez 15:45.07 3 27. 11.Hrisostomia Iakovou 15:46.48 6 30. 12.Samukeliso Moyo 15:47.76 14 31. 13.Zhor El Kamch 16:02.50 8 37. 14.Anne Cross 16:07.18 1 38. 15.Andrea Whitcombe 16:15.82 9 41. 16.Maggie Chan 16:20.43 11 43.
Heat 3 18:50 time SO Rk 1. Gabriela Szabo 15:08.36 Q 14 2. 2. Worknesh Kidane 15:08.62 Q 4 3. 3. Tatyana Tomashova 15:08.92 Q 15 5t. 4. Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka 15:09.45 Q 11 8. 5. Vivian Cheruiyot 15:11.11 q PB 9 10. 6. Olivera Jevtić 15:11:25 q NR 17 11. 7. Yoshiko Ichikawa 15:23.41 SB 10 18. 8. Beatriz Santiago 15:31.94 3 22. 9. Kate Anderson-Richardson 15:45.34 1 28. 10.Inga Juodeškienė 15:46.37 12 29. 11.Anne Marie Letko 15:47.78 6 32. 12.Ebru Kavaklioglu 15:49.15 16 34. 13.Breda Dennehy-Willis 15:49.58 8 35. 14.Diane Nukuri 16:38.30 PB 2 45. 15.Catherine Chikwakwa 16:39.82 PB 5 46. 16.Priscilla Mamba 17:30.04 NR 7 48. 17.Baatarkhüügiin Battsetseg 18:22.98 SB 13 49.
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