Via greatrun.org
September 11, 2016
Top 10 men’s and women’s results from the 2016 Great North Run can be found below. Full results are here.
Athletics Weekly: Mo Farah Gets Third Consecutive Victory At Great North Run, Winning In 60:04 To Beat Dathan Ritzenhein By Eight Seconds Ritz pushed the pace to make it a two man race and try to “break Mo”, but Farah surged away from him in the final mile.
*MB: Ritz 2nd, Mo first at GNR
AW: Vivian Cheruiyot Runs 67:54 To Win GNR In Her Half-Marathon Debut It was a close race as Cheruiyot outkicked former London Marathon winner Priscah Jeptoo by just 1-second as Tirunesh Dibaba was 3rd (68:04).
Men’s Top 10:
| Name | Overall Position | Finish Time | 5k time | 10k time | 15k time |
| MO FARAH | 1 | 1:00:04 | 0:14:17 | 0:28:32 | 0:42:36 |
| DATHAN RITZENHEIN | 2 | 1:00:12 | 0:14:15 | 0:28:32 | 0:42:35 |
| EMMANUEL BETT | 3 | 1:01:22 | 0:14:16 | 0:28:31 | 0:42:36 |
| BASHIR ABDI | 4 | 1:02:03 | 0:14:16 | 0:29:05 | 0:43:44 |
| DUNCAN MAIYO | 5 | 1:02:06 | 0:14:17 | 0:29:05 | 0:43:44 |
| ABDI ABDIRAHMAN | 6 | 1:02:46 | 0:14:16 | 0:29:05 | 0:43:49 |
| CHRIS THOMPSON | 7 | 1:03:35 | 0:14:15 | 0:29:23 | 0:44:22 |
| BEN CONNOR | 8 | 1:04:13 | 0:14:59 | 0:30:12 | 0:45:14 |
| SCOTT OVERALL | 9 | 1:04:39 | 0:14:36 | 0:30:05 | 0:45:23 |
| MIKAEL EKVALL | 10 | 1:04:52 | 0:15:00 | 0:30:39 | 0:45:48 |
Women’s Top 10:
| Name | Overall Position | Finish Time | 5k time | 10k time | 15k time |
| VIVIAN CHERUIYOT | 1 | 1:07:54 | 0:17:01 | 0:33:20 | 0:48:54 |
| PRISCAH JEPTOO | 2 | 1:07:55 | 0:17:02 | 0:33:20 | 0:48:54 |
| TIRUNESH DIBABA | 3 | 1:08:04 | 0:17:02 | 0:33:21 | 0:48:56 |
| JOYCE CHEPKIRUI | 4 | 1:09:57 | 0:17:01 | 0:33:20 | 0:49:10 |
| ELOISE WELLINGS | 5 | 1:11:27 | 0:17:02 | 0:33:29 | 0:50:16 |
| CHARLOTTE PURDUE | 6 | 1:12:13 | 0:17:03 | 0:34:09 | 0:51:06 |
| CASSIE FIEN | 7 | 1:13:05 | 0:17:06 | 0:34:28 | 0:51:40 |
| GEMMA STEEL | 8 | 1:13:23 | 0:17:02 | 0:34:13 | 0:51:31 |
| LILY PARTRIDGE | 9 | 1:13:45 | 0:17:02 | 0:34:08 | 0:51:24 |
| FREYA ROSS | 10 | 1:15:22 | 0:17:14 | 0:35:20 | 0:53:07 |
