2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July.[1][2]

2008 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
10,000 m walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
GoldSule Utura
 Ethiopia
SilverGenzebe Dibaba
 Ethiopia
BronzeNelly Ngeiywo
 Kenya

Results

Final

8 July

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Sule Utura Ethiopia16:15.59
Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia16:16.75
Nelly Ngeiywo Kenya16:17.96
4Lucia Kamene Muangi Kenya16:25.04
5Kasumi Nishihara Japan16:33.28
6Olga Skrypak Ukraine16:36.46
7Kendra Schaff Canada16:37.79
8Emily Pidgeon United Kingdom16:41.29
9Nanako Hayashi Japan16:41.67
10Kim Seong-Eun South Korea16:42.17
11Catherine White United States16:48.70
12Ashley Higginson United States17:19.54

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

References
  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, 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
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