Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10,000 metres

Women's 10,000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	9 April
Competitors	19 from 12 nations
Winning time	31:45.30
Medalists
Stella Chesang    Uganda   Stacy Ndiwa    Kenya   Mercyline Chelangat    Uganda

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Almaz Ayana (ETH)	29:17.45	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Games record	Salina Kosgei (KEN)	31:27.83	Manchester, England	30 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 9 April 2018	20:35	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With nineteen entrants, the event was held as a straight final.^[2]

Final

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes
	2	Stella Chesang (UGA)	31:45.30
	12	Stacey Chepkemboi Ndiwa (KEN)	31:46.36	PB
	11	Mercyline Chelangat (UGA)	31:48.41
4	16	Beatrice Mutai (KEN)	31:49.81	PB
5	10	Natasha Wodak (CAN)	31:50.18	SB
6	19	Celia Sullohern (AUS)	31:50.75	PB
7	7	Juliet Chekwel (UGA)	31:57.97
8	14	Madeline Hills (AUS)	32:01.04
9	17	Rachel Cliff (CAN)	32:11.11
10	9	Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei (KEN)	32:11.92	PB
11	1	Salome Nyirarukundo (RWA)	32:13.74	SB
12	18	Failuna Abdi Matanga (TAN)	32:22.09
13	3	Loganathan Suriya (IND)	32:23.56	PB
14	4	Camille Buscomb (NZL)	32:23.91
15	6	Emma Mitchell (NIR)	32:49.91	NR
16	8	Eloise Wellings (AUS)	32:51.47
17	15	Jennifer-Louise Nesbitt (WAL)	32:58.14	PB
18	5	Beth Potter (SCO)	33:26.78
19	13	Lineo Chaka (LES)	36:55.77

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's 10,000m". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
2. Athletics | Women's 10,000m - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 176. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.