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 | %253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
- 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
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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