2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 21 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia
Silver	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia
Bronze	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya

Results

Final

21 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	15:54.94
	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	15:55.99
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:56.04
4	Zhang Yuhong	China	15:58.20
5	Fujiko Takahashi	Japan	16:02.75
6	Tatyana Petrova	Russia	16:04.10
7	Fridah Domongole	Kenya	16:04.71
8	Elina Lindgren	Finland	16:08.54
9	Hind Musa	Sudan	16:09.47
10	Jang Jin-Suk	South Korea	16:17.56
11	Galina Ignatyeva	Russia	16:23.46
12	Yoko Miyauchi	Japan	16:38.84
13	Adrienne Herzog	Netherlands	16:46.53
14	Sónia Fernandes	Portugal	16:47.44
15	Agnes Chikwakwa	Malawi	16:56.75
16	Mira Preradovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17:02.48
17	Snežana Kostic	FR Yugoslavia	17:05.09
18	Lindsay Zinn	United States	17:05.99
19	Laura Zeigle	United States	17:11.37
20	Alba García	Spain	17:28.03
21	Daphrose Ndayikunda	Burundi	17:57.02
22	Chen Shu-Hua	Chinese Taipei	18:02.56

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•  Burundi (1)
•  China (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Malawi (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sudan (1)
•  United States (2)
•  FR Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015