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The women's 10,000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at Olympic Stadium on 3 August. [1]The race started off conservatively, led by the three Japanese runners, trailed by Britton who broke away to a 15-meter lead 800 metres into the race, though the peloton reeled that in.
Six men have won the Olympic title twice: Paavo Nurmi became the first in 1928 and he was followed by Emil Zátopek, Lasse Virén, Haile Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and Mo Farah. Two women have achieved the feat: Derartu Tulu won her second title in 2004 and Tirunesh Dibaba had back-to-back wins in 2008 and 2012. Derartu Tulu is the only ...
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, were held in London, United Kingdom, from 25 July 2012 to 12 August 2012. Approximately 10,500 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports. [1] Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 46, and the most overall, with 103.
The results of the London Olympics are still changing more than 12 years later. ... in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. ... women's 1,500 final from ...
The Men's 10,000 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4 August. [ 1 ] The race was won by 0.48 seconds by Mo Farah , the reigning 5000 metres World Champion , in a time of 27:30.42.
The women's marathon swimming over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 9 August in the Serpentine at Hyde Park in London, United Kingdom. [ 1 ] Hungary's Éva Risztov ended her eight-year absence from Olympic action to capture the women's 10 km marathon title in open water swimming.
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12 August at the Olympic Stadium. [1] The gold medal was won by Ethiopian Almaz Ayana—in only her second 10,000 m race on the track—in a world record time of 29 minutes, 17.45 seconds.
Olympic record: 2012 World leading Jessica Ennis (GBR) 6906 pts: Götzis, Austria: 26–27 May 2012 Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 World leading Jessica Ennis (GBR) 6955 pts: London, United Kingdom: 3–4 August 2012 World Heptathlon Best 100m hurdles Jessica Ennis (GBR) 12.54 NR, WHB: London, United Kingdom: 3 August 2012