1997 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 1997 European Athletics U23 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
10 km walk				women
20 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

The women's 5000 metres event at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Turku, Finland, on 10 July 1997.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Oksana Zheleznyak  Russia
Silver	Cristina Iloc  Romania
Bronze	Marta Domínguez  Spain

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Oksana Zheleznyak	Russia	15:45.22
	Cristina Iloc	Romania	15:46.59
	Marta Domínguez	Spain	15:49.96
4	Annemari Sandell	Finland	15:50.94
5	Jeļena Čelnova	Latvia	15:55.74
6	Stine Larsen	Norway	15:56.92
7	Galina Bogomolova	Russia	15:58.60
8	Jenny Framme	Sweden	16:10.95
9	Inna Masjunas	Latvia	16:12.87
10	Denisa Costescu	Romania	16:14.86
11	Maria Stella Di Santo	Italy	16:39.41
12	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

Finland (1)  Italy (1)  Latvia (2)

Norway (1)  Romania (2)

Russia (2)  Spain (1)

Sweden (1)  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. European Athletics U23 Championships Ostrava 2011 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK - 1st European Athletics U23 Championships - Turku, Finland 10.7. - 13.7.1997 (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 5–16, retrieved 24 October 2014
2. Gordon, Ed, European Championships for Under 23 (Turku, Finland), athletix.org, retrieved 24 October 2014