2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres
# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 10,000 metres

The women's 10,000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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 | 6 August 2002 |
| World Leading | Netsanet Gudeta (ETH) | 30:56.26 | Herzogenaurach, Germany | 13 May 2016 |
| European Leading | Yasemin Can (TUR) | 31:30.58 | Mersin, Turkey | 1 May 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 6 July 2016 | 18:55 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yasemin Can | Turkey | 31:12.86 | EL, EU23 |
| | Dulce Félix | Portugal | 31:19.03 | PB |
| | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway | 31:23.45 | PB |
| 4 | Fionnuala McCormack | Ireland | 31:30.74 | SB |
| 5 | Jo Pavey | Great Britain | 31:34.61 | SB |
| 6 | Veronica Inglese | Italy | 31:37.43 | PB |
| 7 | Jess Andrews | Great Britain | 31:38.02 | PB |
| 8 | Jip Vastenburg | Netherlands | 32:04.00 | |
| 9 | Sarah Lahti | Sweden | 32:14.17 | |
| 10 | Trihas Gebre | Spain | 32:20.45 | |
| 11 | Alexi Pappas | Greece | 32:27.80 | |
| 12 | Carla Salomé Rocha | Portugal | 32:57.44 | |
| 13 | Christelle Daunay | France | 33:03.36 | |
| 14 | Tara Jameson | Ireland | 33:19.85 | |
| 15 | Olha Skrypak | Ukraine | 33:36.79 | SB |
| 16 | Johanna Peiponen | Finland | 34:39.91 | |
| | Almensch Belete | Belgium | DNF | |
| | Sara Moreira | Portugal | DNF | |

Source: European-athletics.org

