LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Women's athletics 5000m first round
results.
The top qualifiers were Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba with
14:58.48, Ethiopia's Meseret Defar with 14:58.70 and Kenya's
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot with 14:59.31.
Results Table
Heat 2
1. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 15 minutes 1.44 seconds
Q
2. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (Kenya) 15:01.54 Q
3. Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (Kenya) 15:01.87 Q
4. Julia Bleasdale (Britain) 15:02.00 Q
5. Molly Huddle (U.S.) 15:02.26 Q
6. Yelena Nagovitsyna (Russia) 15:02.80
7. Joanne Pavey (Britain) 15:02.84
8. Shitaye Eshete (Bahrain) 15:05.48
9. Elena Romagnolo (Italy) 15:06.38
10. Hitomi Niiya (Japan) 15:10.20
11. Almensh Belete (Belgium) 15:10.24
12. Kim Conley (U.S.) 15:14.48
13. Mika Yoshikawa (Japan) 15:16.77
14. Nadia Ejjafini (Italy) 15:24.70
15. Sheila Reid (Canada) 15:27.41
16. Zakia Mrisho (Tanzania) 15:39.58
17. Layes Abdullayeva (Azerbaijan) 15:45.69
18. Roxana Elisabeta Birca (Romania) 16:01.04
Heat 1
1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14:58.48 Q
2. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 14:58.70 Q
3. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (Kenya) 14:59.31 Q
4. Olga Golovkina (Russia) 15:05.26 Q
5. Julie Culley (U.S.) 15:05.38 Q
6. Tejitu Daba (Bahrain) 15:05.59
7. Silvia Weissteiner (Italy) 15:06.81
8. Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) 15:09.31
9. Barbara Parker (Britain) 15:12.81
10. Fionnuala Britton (Ireland) 15:12.97
11. Lyudmyla Kovalenko (Ukraine) 15:18.60
12. Judith Pla (Spain) 15:20.39
13. Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal (Norway) 15:24.86
14. Dudu Karakaya (Turkey) 15:28.32
15. Eloise Wellings (Australia) 15:35.53
16. Sandra Lopez (Mexico) 15:55.16
. Nadia Noujani (Morocco) DNF
. Sara Moreira (Portugal) DNS
Qualified for Next Round
1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14 minutes 58.48 seconds
2. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 14:58.70
3. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot (Kenya) 14:59.31
4. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 15:01.44
5. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (Kenya) 15:01.54
6. Sally Jepkosgei Kipyego (Kenya) 15:01.87
7. Julia Bleasdale (Britain) 15:02.00
8. Molly Huddle (U.S.) 15:02.26
9. Yelena Nagovitsyna (Russia) 15:02.80
10. Joanne Pavey (Britain) 15:02.84
11. Olga Golovkina (Russia) 15:05.26
12. Julie Culley (U.S.) 15:05.38
13. Shitaye Eshete (Bahrain) 15:05.48
14. Tejitu Daba (Bahrain) 15:05.59
15. Elena Romagnolo (Italy) 15:06.38