1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk

The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 24 August.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Irina Stankina  Russia
Silver	Olga Panfyorova  Russia
Bronze	Claudia Iovan  Romania

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irina Stankina	Russia	21:31.85
	Olga Panfyorova	Russia	21:52.27
	Claudia Iovan	Romania	21:57.11
4	Melanie Seeger	Germany	22:11.29
5	Nie Yulin	China	22:23.41
6	Linda Coffee	Australia	22:34.77
7	Abigail Saenz	Mexico	22:37.68
8	Gabriele Herold	Germany	22:42.62
9	Laura Ferreiro	Spain	22:42.96
10	Aya Kamikawa	Japan	22:47.36
11	Krista Ranta-Pere	Finland	22:50.13
12	Takako Terui	Japan	22:52.13
13	Elke Ennemoser	Italy	23:22.92
14	Rosaleigh Commerford	Ireland	23:29.73
15	Barbara Tóth	Hungary	23:30.57
16	Annarita Fidanza	Italy	23:33.40
17	Park Mi-Ri	South Korea	23:34.68
18	Sandra Monteiro	Portugal	24:15.98
19	Andreia Pedro	Brazil	24:28.03
20	Tânia Spindler	Brazil	25:00.47
21	Nina Howley	United Kingdom	25:12.23
22	Inês Henriques	Portugal	25:17.22
23	Anya-Marie Ruoss	United States	25:43.48
24	Alison Zabrenski	United States	26:56.56
	Natalie Saville	Australia	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Brazil (2)
•  China (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Portugal (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015