Events at the 2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 10,000 metres event featured at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with the final being held on 7 August 2001.

The winning margin was 0.04 seconds which as of June 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin in any 10,000 metres held at the World Athletics Championships or at the Olympics.

Gold	Derartu Tulu Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver	Berhane Adere Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Gete Wami Ethiopia (ETH)

Rank	Name	Result
	Derartu Tulu (ETH)	31:48.81
	Berhane Adere (ETH)	31:48.85
	Gete Wami (ETH)	31:49.98
4.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	31:50.06
5.	Mihaela Botezan (ROM)	32:03.46
6.	Lyudmila Petrova (RUS)	32:04.94 (SB)
7.	Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR)	32:06.35
8.	Yamna Belkacem (FRA)	32:09.21
9.	Haruko Okamoto (JPN)	32:14.56
10.	Lyudmila Biktasheva (RUS)	32:18.64
11.	Deena Drossin (USA)	32:18.65
12.	Olivera Jevtić (YUG)	32:19.44
13.	Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)	32:19.94
14.	Aster Bacha (ETH)	32:25.81
15.	Teresa Recio (ESP)	32:30.56
16.	Hrisostomia Iakovou (GRE)	32:31.46 (NR)
17.	Natalya Berkut (UKR)	32:32.68
18.	Gunhild Haugen (NOR)	32:33.72
19.	Mari Ozaki (JPN)	32:39.17
20.	Tina Connelly (CAN)	33:00.37
21.	Ana Dias (POR)	33:03.78
22.	Jennifer Rhines (USA)	33:11.22
23.	Inga Juodeškiené (LTU)	33:11.60
24.	María Paredes (ECU)	35:44.52 (PB)

• 2000 Olympics Women's 10,000 metres

• Official results from IAAF