2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres

Events at the 2001 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
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with the final being held on 7 August 2001.

Medalists

Gold	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver	Berhane Adere Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Gete Wami Ethiopia (ETH)

Final

Rank	Name	Result
	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	31:48.81
	Berhane Adere (ETH)	31:48.85
	Gete Wami (ETH)	31:49.98
4.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	31:50.06
5.	Mihaela Botezan (ROM)	32:03.46
6.	Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)	32:04.94 (SB)
7.	Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR)	32:06.35
8.	Yamna Belkacem (FRA)	32:09.21
9.	Haruko Okamoto (JPN)	32:14.56
10.	Lyudmila Biktasheva (RUS)	32:18.64
11.	Deena Drossin (USA)	32:18.65
12.	Olivera Jevtić (YUG)	32:19.44
13.	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	32:19.94
14.	Aster Bacha (ETH)	32:25.81
15.	Teresa Recio (ESP)	32:30.56
16.	Hrisostomia Iakovou (GRE)	32:31.46 (NR)
17.	Natalya Berkut (UKR)	32:32.68
18.	Gunhild Haugen (NOR)	32:33.72
19.	Mari Ozaki (JPN)	32:39.17
20.	Tina Connelly (CAN)	33:00.37
21.	Ana Dias (POR)	33:03.78
22.	Jennifer Rhines (USA)	33:11.22
23.	Inga Juodeškiené (LTU)	33:11.60
24.	María Paredes (ECU)	35:44.52 (PB)

See also

• 2000 Olympics Women's 10,000 metres

References

• Official results from IAAF