2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
| Women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 5 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 30:16.32 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Events at the 2017 World Championships 
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| 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 | women | ||
| 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 | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The women's 10,000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5 August.
2015 champion Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya was absent, having retired from track races. Three-time world champion Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia ran, although she had planned initially to run the marathon instead. Almaz Ayana, also from Ethiopia and the world record holder from the 2016 Summer Olympics, ran her first race of the year.
The race began at a leisurely pace, with Ayana content to hover near the front, just behind a succession of leaders. After 4000 metres in just over 13 minutes, where Ayana led by 0.24 seconds, she broke open the race with a 2:49.18 1000 metres (her quickest of the race) and extended her lead to 5.96 seconds at the halfway mark, with Yasemin Can from Turkey in second place. Her lead at 6000 metres grew to 16.84 seconds. By the last lap, she had a lead of almost 300 metres and had lapped all but three other runners. Her 46:37 seconds margin of victory was the largest ever in a women's 10,000 metres at the World Championships.
The race for the silver medal was competitive among Alice Aprot Nawowuna, Agnes Jebet Tirop, and Dibaba. Dibaba, however, ran a fast 2:49.98 last 1000 metres (averaging 68 seconds per 400 metres) to clinch the silver.
Before the competition, the records were as follows:
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 32:15.00.
The final took place on 5 August at 20:12. The results were as follows (photo finish):
The split times of the top four finishers were as follows:
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