2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

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The women's 5,000 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 21 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Genzebe Dibaba
 Ethiopia
Mercy Cherono
 Kenya
Alice Aprot Nawowuna
 Kenya

Records

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World junior record Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia Ethiopia 14:30.88 Bergen June 11, 2004
Championship record Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia Ethiopia 15:21.52 Grosseto July 13, 2004

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time WJR CR
July 21 Final Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia Ethiopia 15:08.06 CR

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia 15:08.06 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mercy Cherono  Kenya 15:09.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alice Aprot Nawowuna  Kenya 15:17.39 PB
4 Tejitu Daba  Bahrain 15:29.78 NJR
5 Ayuko Suzuki  Japan 15:47.36 PB
6 Emily Sisson  United States 15:48.91 PB
7 Karla Díaz  Mexico 15:56.12 NJR
8 Nanaka Izawa  Japan 15:59.29 SB
9 Afera Godfay  Ethiopia 16:14.28 PB
10 Federica Bevilacqua  Italy 16:19.60 PB
11 Kate Avery  United Kingdom 16:23.97 SB
12 Gulshat Fazlitdinova  Russia 16:27.69
13 Goeun Yeum  South Korea 16:49.18
14 Victoria Hanna  Canada 17:28.99

Key: CR = championship record, NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2010 Moncton CAN Jul 19-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 9 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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