2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11 July.[1][2][3]

2012 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
GoldBuze Diriba
 Ethiopia
SilverRuti Aga
 Ethiopia
BronzeAgnes Jebet Tirop
 Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:30.88 Bergen, Norway 11 June 2004
Championship Record  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 15:08.06 Moncton, Canada 21 July 2010
World Junior Leading  Buze Diriba (ETH) 15:11.53 Montreuil, France 5 June 2012

Results
RankNameNationalityTimeNote
Buze Diriba Ethiopia15:32.94
Ruti Aga Ethiopia15:32.95PB
Agnes Jebet Tirop Kenya15:36.74PB
4Cayla Hatton United States15:50.32PB
5Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui Kenya15:58.10
6Alena Kudashkina Russia16:05.64
7Monica Madalina Florea Romania16:08.07PB
8Allison Woodward United States16:08.29PB
9Nancy Cheptegei Uganda16:15.49PB
10Wu Xufeng China16:19.84
11Shiori Yano Japan16:21.29
12Moe Kyuma Japan16:21.36
13Li Zhixuan China16:24.29PB
14Kim Do-yeon South Korea16:27.62
15Irene van Lieshout Netherlands16:38.68
16Jip Vastenburg Netherlands16:47.32
17Anca Maria Bunea Romania16:51.53
18Aminata Olowoora Nigeria17:59.79
–Emelia Gorecka Great Britain–DNS

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References
  1. http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/timetable.html
  2. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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