2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 8 August.

Meraf Bahta who finished 3rd was later disqualified and Alina Reh was promoted to bronze medal.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Almaz Ayana (ETH) | 29:17.45 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 30:01.09 | Munich, Germany | 6 August 2002 |
| Championship record | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) | 30:01.09 | Munich, Germany | 6 August 2002 |
| World Leading | Pauline Kaveke Kamulu (KEN) | 30:41.85 | Fukagawa, Japan | 11 July 2018 |
| European Leading | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR) | 31:33.03 | London, Great Britain | 19 May 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 8 August 2018 | 20:40 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter | Israel | 31:43.29 | |
| | Susan Krumins | Netherlands | 31:52.55 | |
| | Alina Reh | Germany | 32:28.48 | |
| 4 | Yasemin Can | Turkey | 32:34.34 | |
| 5 | Alice Wright | Great Britain | 32:36.45 | |
| 6 | Charlotta Fougberg | Sweden | 32:43.04 | PB |
| 7 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Belarus | 32:46.34 | |
| 8 | Maitane Melero | Spain | 32:52.59 | |
| 9 | Sara Catarina Ribeiro | Portugal | 32:53.71 | |
| 10 | Nuria Lugueros | Spain | 32:55.30 | |
| 11 | Roxana Bârcă | Romania | 33:17.61 | |
| 12 | Krisztina Papp | Hungary | 33:20.27 | |
| 13 | Natalie Tanner | Germany | 33:22.21 | |
| 14 | Jip Vastenburg | Netherlands | 33:41.79 | |
| 15 | Sophie Duarte | France | 33:56.57 | |
| 16 | Emma Mitchell | Ireland | 34:08.61 | |
| 17 | Yevheniya Prokofyeva | Ukraine | 34:15.81 | |
| | Yuliya Shmatenko | Ukraine | DNF | |
| | Katarzyna Rutkowska | Poland | DNF | |
| | Anna Gehring | Germany | DNF | |
| | Ancuța Bobocel | Romania | DNF | |
| | Sara Moreira | Portugal | DNF | |
| | Inês Monteiro | Portugal | DNF | |
| | Tania Carretero | Spain | DNF | |
| | Olena Serdyuk | Ukraine | DQ | |
| | Meraf Bahta | Sweden | DQ | 32:19.34 |
