# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11 August.
At the beginning it was Shalane Flanagan who took out the pace, with the African contenders content to let her. Following was Hitomi Niiya, who after a brief rainshower took over the lead as Flanagan faded after the first 8 laps. Niiya held the lead until the final 600 meters as the pack dwindled. That was when Tirunesh Dibaba began to race seriously. Followed by her teammate, Belaynesh Oljira, the two Ethiopians picked up the pace with Kenyans Gladys Cherono and Emily Chebet giving chase, Niiya couldn't handle the acceleration and disappeared from contention. Even Oljira couldn't keep up with Dibaba's smooth pace to gold, she was passed by Cherono who gave a game effort and picked up the silver.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Junxia Wang (CHN) | 29:31.78 | Beijing, China | 8 September 1993 |
| Championship record | Berhane Adere (ETH) | 30:04.18 | Paris, France | 23 August 2003 |
| World Leading | Meseret Defar (ETH) | 30:08.06 | Stockholm, Sweden | 27 June 2013 |
| African record | Meselech Melkamu (ETH) | 29:53.80 | Utrecht, Netherlands | 14 June 2009 |
| Asian record | Junxia Wang (CHN) | 29:31.78 | Beijing, People's Republic of China | 8 September 1993 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Shalane Flanagan (USA) | 30:22.22 | Beijing, People's Republic of China | 15 August 2008 |
| South American record | Simone da Silva (BRA) | 31:16.56 | São Paulo, Brazil | 3 August 2011 |
| European record | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 29:56.34 | Beijing, People's Republic of China | 15 August 2008 |
| Oceanian record | Kim Smith (NZL) | 30:35.54 | Palo Alto, CA, United States | 4 May 2008 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 31:45:00 | 32:05:00 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 11 August 2013 | 21:05 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Final

The final was started at 21:05.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia (ETH) | 30:43.35 | |
| | Gladys Cherono | Kenya (KEN) | 30:45.17 | |
| | Belaynesh Oljira | Ethiopia (ETH) | 30:46.98 | |
| 4 | Emily Chebet | Kenya (KEN) | 30:47.02 | PB |
| 5 | Hitomi Niiya | Japan (JPN) | 30:56.70 | PB |
| 6 | Shitaye Eshete | Bahrain (BHR) | 31:13.79 | SB |
| 7 | Selly Chepyego Kaptich | Kenya (KEN) | 31:22.11 | PB |
| 8 | Shalane Flanagan | United States (USA) | 31:34.83 | |
| 9 | Ababel Yeshaneh | Ethiopia (ETH) | 32:02.09 | |
| 10 | Christelle Daunay | France (FRA) | 32:04.44 | SB |
| 11 | Marisol Romero | Mexico (MEX) | 32:16.36 | |
| 12 | Jordan Hasay | United States (USA) | 32:17.93 | |
| 13 | Ana Dulce Félix | Portugal (POR) | 32:36.73 | |
| 14 | Amy Hastings | United States (USA) | 32:51.19 | |
| 15 | Karolina Jarzyńska | Poland (POL) | 32:54.15 | |
| 16 | Juliet Chekwel | Uganda (UGA) | 32:57.02 | NR |
| 17 | Gulshat Fazlitdinova | Russia (RUS) | 33:31.49 | |
| | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | Germany (GER) | DNF | |
| | Lara Tamsett | Australia (AUS) | DNF | |