2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the
2000 World Junior
Championships in Athletics

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
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
10,000 m walk men women
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 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17 October.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Dorcus Inzikuru
 Uganda
Silver Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
Bronze Sharon Cherop
 Kenya

Results

Final

17 October

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Dorcus Inzikuru  Uganda 16:21.32
2nd Meseret Defar  Ethiopia 16:23.69
3rd Sharon Cherop  Kenya 16:23.73
4 Kayoko Fukushi  Japan 16:25.01
5 Fridah Domongole  Kenya 16:28.35
6 Elvan Can  Turkey 16:33.77
7 Eyerusalem Kuma  Ethiopia 16:40.07
8 Wang Xiaoming  China 16:46.75
9 Carol Henry  Canada 17:23.96
10 Türkan Erişmiş  Turkey 17:24.66
11 Jane Makombe  Zimbabwe 17:28.82
12 Lucélia Peres  Brazil 18:01.84
13 Valquíria Santos  Brazil 18:57.61
14 Anna Markelova  Turkmenistan 20:35.19

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2000 Santiago CHI Oct 17-22, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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