2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2006 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 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Xue Fei  China
Silver	Florence Kiplagat  Kenya
Bronze	Mary Ngugi  Kenya

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Xue Fei	China	15:31.61
	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	15:32.34
	Mary Ngugi	Kenya	15:36.82
4	Bai Xue	China	15:37.12
5	Wude Ayalew	Ethiopia	15:41.63
6	Sian Edwards	United Kingdom	15:47.87
7	Workitu Ayanu	Ethiopia	15:50.89
8	Farida Makula	Tanzania	16:07.24
9	Nami Matsuda	Japan	16:09.63
10	Rina Yamazaki	Japan	16:33.02
11	Natalya Starkova	Russia	16:39.19
12	Svetlana Kudelich	Belarus	17:00.03
13	María Sánchez	Spain	17:41.78

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (1)
•  China (2)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Russia (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Tanzania (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015