2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 28 July.

Medalists

Gold	Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey (TUR)
Silver	Jéssica Augusto Portugal (POR)
Bronze	Hilda Kibet Netherlands (NED)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	Wang Junxia (CHN)	29:31.78	Beijing, China	8 September 1993
European record	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	29:56.34	Beijing, China	15 August 2008
Championship record	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	30:01.09	Munich, Germany	8 August 2002
World Leading	Meselech Melkamu (ETH)	31:04.52	Ostrava, Czech Republic	27 May 2010
European Leading	Inês Monteiro (POR)	31:13.58	Marseille, France	5 June 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
European Leading	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	31:10.23	Barcelona, Spain	28 July 2010

Schedule

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey (TUR)	31:10.23	EL
DQ	Inga Abitova	Russia (RUS)	31:22.83	Doping
	Jéssica Augusto	Portugal (POR)	31:25.77
	Hilda Kibet	Netherlands (NED)	31:36.90	SB
DQ	Meryem Erdoğan	Turkey (TUR)	31:44.86	Doping
4	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	Germany (GER)	32:06.02
5	Yelena Sokolova	Russia (RUS)	32:36.71
6	Krisztina Papp	Hungary (HUN)	32:49.05
7	Dulce Félix	Portugal (POR)	33:12.93
8	Sviatlana Kudzelich	Belarus (BLR)	33:31.33
9	Martina Strähl	Switzerland (SUI)	33:37.89
10	Jacqueline Martín	Spain (ESP)	34:11.49
11	Zsófia Erdélyi	Hungary (HUN)	34:57.77
	Federica Dal Ri	Italy (ITA)	DNF
	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	Norway (NOR)	DNF
	Maria Sig Møller	Denmark (DEN)	DNF
	Sara Moreira	Portugal (POR)	DNF
	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia (RUS)	DNF	Doping

References

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