1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

Events at the 1997 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 34 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats on 2 August and the final being held on 5 August 1997.

Results

Heats

First 8 of each Heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	32:05.29	Q, SB
2	2	Fernanda Ribeiro	Portugal	32:05.65	Q
3	2	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	32:05.68	Q, SB
4	2	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	32:05.73	Q
5	2	Masako Chiba	Japan	32:05.76	Q
6	2	Yang Siju	China	32:06.12	Q, SB
7	2	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	32:09.56	Q
8	2	Hiromi Masuda	Japan	32:11.63	Q
9	2	Julia Vaquero	Spain	32:12.25	q
10	2	Annette Peters	United States	32:14.08	q
11	2	Chantal Dallenbach	France	32:49.40	q
12	2	Marleen Renders	Belgium	33:02.37	q
13	1	Nora Leticia Rocha	Mexico	33:07.09	Q
14	1	Annemari Sandell	Finland	33:07.50	Q
15	1	Ren Xiujuan	China	33:08.12	Q, SB
16	1	Silvia Sommaggio	Italy	33:08.19	Q
17	1	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	33:08.20	Q
18	1	Chiemi Takahashi	Japan	33:08.26	Q
19	1	Zahia Dahmani	France	33:08.68	Q
20	1	Elana Meyer	South Africa	33:09.70	Q
21	2	Helena Sampaio	Portugal	33:14.85
22	1	Khrysostomia Iakovou	Greece	33:14.86
23	1	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	33:18.42
24	1	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	33:25.99
25	2	Adriana Fernández	Mexico	33:40.09
26	2	Kylie Risk	Australia	33:56.48	SB
27	1	Gwyn Coogan	United States	34:06.34
28	2	Maysa Matrood	Iraq	35:44.93	NR
29	1	Yvonne Danson	Singapore	37:19.51
30	1	Ela Esperanza Obono	Equatorial Guinea	45:13.69
	1	Marina Bastos	Portugal	DNF
	1	Nyla Carroll	New Zealand	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Result
	Sally Barsosio (KEN)	31:32.92
	Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)	31:39.15
	Masako Chiba (JPN)	31:41.93
4.	Berhane Adere (ETH)	31:48.95
5.	Ren Xiujuan (CHN)	31:50.63
6.	Tegla Loroupe (KEN)	32:00.93
7.	Yang Siju (CHN)	32:01.61
8.	Colleen De Reuck (RSA)	32:03.81
9.	Silvia Sommaggio (ITA)	32:16.92
10.	Chiemi Takahashi (JPN)	32:23.61
11.	Nora Rocha (MEX)	32:34.58
12.	Julia Vaquero (ESP)	32:36.91
13.	Annette Peters (USA)	32:43.38
14.	Chantal Dallenbach (FRA)	32:51.20
15.	Annemari Sandell (FIN)	33:00.11
16.	Hiromi Masuda (JPN)	33:03.14
17.	Elana Meyer (RSA)	33:05.82
—	Marleen Renders (BEL)	DNF
—	Zahia Dahmani (FRA)	DNF
—	Gete Wami (ETH)	DNF

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships 10.000 metres
• 1996 Women's Olympic 10.000 metres
• 1999 Women's World Championships 10.000 metres

References

• Results
• IAAF