2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's 10000m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 12 - Final | |||
ETHEthiopia | Almaz Ayana | 29:17.45 OR/WR | |
KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 29:32.53 | |
ETHEthiopia | Tirunesh Dibaba | 29:42.56 | |
| 4 | KENKenya | Alice Aprot Nawowuna | 29:53.51 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Betsy Saina | 30:07.78 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Molly Huddle | 30:13.17 |
| 7 | TURTürkiye | Yasemin Can | 30:26.41 |
| 8 | ETHEthiopia | Gelete Burka | 30:26.66 |
| 9 | NORNorway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 31:14.07 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Eloise Wellings | 31:14.94 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Emily Infeld | 31:26.94 |
| 12 | SWESweden | Sarah Lahti | 31:28.43 |
| 13 | BDIBurundi | Diane Nukuri-Johnson | 31:28.69 |
| 14 | NEDNetherlands | Susan Kuijken | 31:32.43 |
| 15 | GBRGreat Britain | Joanne Pavey | 31:33.44 |
| 16 | GBRGreat Britain | Jessica Andrews | 31:35.92 |
| 17 | GREGreece | Alexi Pappas | 31:36.16 |
| 18 | JPNJapan | Yuka Takashima | 31:36.44 |
| 19 | KGZKyrgyzstan | Daria Maslova | 31:36.90 |
| 20 | JPNJapan | Hanami Sekine | 31:44.44 |
| 21 | RSASouth Africa | Dominique Scott | 31:51.47 |
| 22 | CANCanada | Natasha Wodak | 31:53.14 |
| 23 | UAEUnited Arab Emirates | Alia Saeed Mohammed | 31:56.74 |
| 24 | UZBUzbekistan | Sitora Hamidova | 31:57.77 |
| 25 | CANCanada | Lanni Marchant | 32:04.21 |
| 26 | PORPortugal | Carla Salomé Rocha | 32:06.05 |
| 27 | RWARwanda | Salomé Nyirarukundo | 32:07.80 |
| 28 | NEDNetherlands | Jip Vastenburg | 32:08.92 |
| 29 | ESPSpain | Trihas Gebre | 32:09.67 |
| 30 | ITAItaly | Veronica Inglese | 32:11.67 |
| 31 | BRABrazil | Tatiele Roberta De Carvalho | 32:38.21 |
| 32 | MEXMexico | Brenda Flores | 32:39.08 |
| 33 | USAUnited States | Marielle Hall | 32:39.32 |
| 34 | GBRGreat Britain | Beth Potter | 33:04.34 |
| 35 | MEXMexico | Marisol Romero | 35:33.03 |
UGAUganda | Juliet Chekwel | DNF | |
UZBUzbekistan | Ekaterina Tunguskova | DNF | |
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