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

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 28 July 2010 | 21:05 | Final |

## 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 |
