The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on 25 August 2007 at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan.
In August 2015, the Turkish Athletic Federation confirmed that an anti-doping test sample collected from Elvan Abeylegesse during these World Championships had been retested and found to be positive for a controlled substance and that the athlete had been temporarily suspended pending retesting of her "B-sample". On 29 March 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations confirmed the positive test and expunged her results from 25 August 2007 until 25 August 2009.
Medallists
| Gold | Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)
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| Silver | Kara Goucher United States (USA)
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| Bronze | Jo Pavey Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
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Records
| World record | 29:31.78 | Wang Junxia | Beijing, China | September 8, 1993 |
| Championship record | 30:04.18 | Berhane Adere | Paris, France | August 23, 2003 |
Results
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia (ETH) |
31:55.41 | SB |
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Kara Goucher | United States (USA) |
32:02.05 | SB |
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Joanne Pavey | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
32:03.81 | |
| 5 | Kimberley Smith |  New Zealand (NZL) |
32:06.89 | |
| 6 | Deena Kastor | United States (USA) |
32:24.58 | |
| 7 | Ejegayehu Dibaba | Ethiopia (ETH) |
32:30.44 | |
| 8 | Philes Ongori |  Kenya (KEN) |
32:30.74 | |
| 9 | Emily Chebet | Kenya (KEN) |
32:31.21 | SB |
| 10 | Kayoko Fukushi |  Japan (JPN) |
32:32.85 | |
| 11 | Nathalie De Vos |  Belgium (BEL) |
32:38.60 | |
| 12 | Inga Abitova |  Russia (RUS) |
32:40.39 | |
| 13 | Katie McGregor | United States (USA) |
32:44.76 | |
| 14 | Megumi Kinukawa | Japan (JPN) |
32:45.19 | |
| 15 | Akane Wakita | Japan (JPN) |
32:48.68 | |
| 16 | Asmae Leghzaoui |  Morocco (MAR) |
32:51.30 | |
| 17 | Benita Johnson |  Australia (AUS) |
32:55.94 | SB |
| 18 | Aheza Kiros | Ethiopia (ETH) |
33:06.60 | |
| 19 | Evelyne Nganga | Kenya (KEN) |
33:17.12 | |
| — | Volha Krautsova |  Belarus (BLR) |
DNF | |
| — | Mestawet Tufa | Ethiopia (ETH) |
DNF | |
| — | Nora Rocha |  Mexico (MEX) |
DNS | |
| — | Elvan Abeylegesse |  Turkey (TUR) |
31:59.40 | DQ |
References
- "Elvan Abeylegesse tests positive". Turkish Athletics. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- IAAF March 2017 Newsletter
- Full results - IAAF.org
| 10,000 metres at the World Athletics Championships | |
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| Complete event overview | |
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| World champions in women's 10,000 metres | |
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