2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2004 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		women
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 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia
Silver	Catherine Chikwakwa  Malawi
Bronze	Chiaki Iwamoto  Japan

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	15:21.52
	Catherine Chikwakwa	Malawi	15:36.22
	Chiaki Iwamoto	Japan	15:39.59
4	Sun Weiwei	China	15:50.67
5	Caitlin Chock	United States	15:52.88
6	Rehima Kedir	Ethiopia	15:54.34
7	Yuko Nohara	Japan	15:57.51
8	Olga Minina	Belarus	15:58.93
9	Viktoriya Kharitonova	Russia	16:04.41
10	Viola Jemutai Kiplagat	Kenya	16:23.85
11	Edith Chelimo	Kenya	16:25.24
12	Hind Musa	Sudan	16:50.02
13	Adelina De Soccio	Italy	16:51.12
14	Paula Todorán	Romania	17:24.76
15	Thet Phyu War	Myanmar	18:07.91
16	Safa Aissaoui	Tunisia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (1)
•  China (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Malawi (1)
•  Myanmar (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  United States (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2004 Grosseto ITA Jul 12-18, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 2 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015