Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's 5000 metres

Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games
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 h				women
110 m h		men
400 m h		men		women
3000 m s		men
4×100 m		men		women
4×400 m		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 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		men		women
Hammer		men		women
Javelin		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's 5,000 metres event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Wednesday August 6, 2003. For the third time in a row the title went to Mexico's Adriana Fernández. She set a new Pan Am record in the final, beating her own record (15:46.32) established in 1995 (Mar del Plata).

Medalists

Gold	Adriana Fernández Mexico (MEX)
Silver	Nora Rocha Mexico (MEX)
Bronze	Nicole Jefferson United States (USA)

Records

World Record	Jiang Bo (CHN)	14:28.09	October 23, 1997	Shanghai, PR China
Pan Am Record	Adriana Fernández (MEX)	15:46.32	March 24, 1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina

Results

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Adriana Fernández (MEX)	15:30.65 [1]
2	Nora Rocha (MEX)	15:40.98
3	Nicole Jefferson (USA)	15:42.40
4	Yudelkis Martínez (CUB)	16:09.33
5	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	16:13.59
6	Ann Marie Brooks (USA)	16:31.51
7	Rosa Apaza (BOL)	17:01.41
8	Elsa Monterroso (GUA)	17:13.72
9	Silvia Paredes (ECU)	17:46.03

Notes

1. New Pan American Games record

See also

• 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

References

• Results