10000M women

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2008 Olympic Trials

American record-holder, Shalane Flanagan, and 2007 world championship bronze medalist, Kara Goucher, made the team as expected by most observers. The surprise was that Amy Begley won the third spot with a time 16 seconds better than her prior PR. The results of the finals were:

  1 Shalane Flanagan             Nike                  31:34.81S
  2 Kara Goucher                 Nike                  31:37.72
  3 Amy Begley                   Nike                  31:43.60
  4 Katie McGregor               Reebok                32:29.82
  5 Blake Russell                Reebok                32:31.07
  6 Magdalena Lewy Boulet        Saucony               32:45.06
  7 Sara Slattery                adidas                32:46.60
  8 Lisa Koll                    Iowa State            33:09.87
  9 Molly Huddle                 Saucony               33:17.73
 10 Melissa Cook                 New Balance           33:18.12
 11 Desiree Davila               Hansons-Brooks        33:18.56
 12 Stephanie Rothstein          unattached            33:22.86
 13 Amy Rudolph                  adidas                33:33.34
 14 Amy Hastings                 adidas                33:37.52
 15 Elva Dryer                   Nike                  33:38.60
 16 Serena Burla                 RIADHA                33:40.40
 17 Allison Grace                ZAP Fitness           33:40.84
 18 Jill Steffens                New Balance           33:51.88
 19 Melissa White                Hansons-Brooks        33:54.35
 20 Sharon Thompson              unattached            34:10.46
 21 Tara Storage                 Run Ohio - S S R      34:24.84
 22 Heather Gibson               Asics Aggie           34:28.00
 23 Katherine Newberry           New York A C          34:34.20

2008 Olympic Games

On August 15, 2008, Tirunesh Dibaba set a new Olympic record of 29:54.66.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	29:54.66	OR
2	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	29:56.34	AR
3	Shalane Flanagan	United States	30:22.22	AR
4	Linet Chepkwemoi Masai	Kenya	30:26.50	WJ
5	Mariya Konovalova	Russia	30:35.84	PB
6	Inga Abitova	Russia	30:37.33	SB
7	Lucy Kabuu Wangui	Kenya	30:39.96	PB
8	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	30:40.27	SB
9	Kimberley Smith	New Zealand	30:51.00
10	Kara Goucher	United States	30:55.16	PB
11	Kayoko Fukushi	Japan	31:01.14	SB
12	Joanne Pavey	Great Britain	31:12.30	PB
13	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	Germany	31:14.21	PB
14	Ejegayehu Dibaba	Ethiopia	31:22.18
15	Hilda Kibet	United States	31:29.69
16	Yingying Zhang	China	31:31.12	SB
17	Yoko Shibui	Japan	31:31:13
18	Penninah Arusei	Kenya	31:39.87
19	Tatyana Khmeleva-Aryasova	Russia	31:45.57
20	Yukiko Akaba	Japan	32:00.37
21	Xue Bai	China	32:20.27
22	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	32:24.83
23	Kate Reed	Great Britain	32:26.69
24	Nathalie De Vos	Belgium	32:33.45	SB
25	Preeja Sreedharan	India	32:34.64
26	Amy Begley-Yoder	United States	32:38.28
27	Dulce María Rodríguez	Mexico	32:58.04
28	Xiaoqin Dong	China	33:03.14
29	Isabel Checa	Spain	33:17.88
—	Mestawet Tufa	Ethiopia		DNF
—	Asmae Leghzaoui	Morocco		DNF
—	Nataliya Berkut	Ukraine		DNS