1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk

Final

1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sabine Zimmer	Germany	21:14.39
	Jolanta Dukure	Latvia	21:17.89
	Xue Ailing	China	21:28.57
4	Lyudmila Dedekina	Russia	21:52.91
5	Daniela Cîrlan	Romania	22:04.60
6	Rita Turova	Belarus	22:06.06
7	Elisa Rigaudo	Italy	22:07.21
8	Larisa Safronova	Russia	22:12.75
9	Shi Na	China	22:28.15
10	Michelle French	Australia	22:37.96
11	Aura Morales	Mexico	22:53.55
12	Mária Gáliková	Slovakia	22:53.70
13	Zuzana Blazeková	Slovakia	22:53.84
14	Cinzia Artino	Italy	22:57.32
15	Renee McAskill	Australia	23:14.82
16	Anne Haaland Simonsen	Norway	23:17.68
17	Edina Füsti	Hungary	23:32.04
18	Vianey Pedraza	Mexico	23:32.81
19	Lyubov Zhivoglyadova	Kazakhstan	23:36.40
20	Lisa Kutzing	United States	23:38.48
21	Vanessa Espinosa	Spain	23:40.34
22	Luisa Paltin	Ecuador	23:49.98
23	Mónica Carrión	Ecuador	23:53.86
24	Inês Henriques	Portugal	23:54.51
25	Beatrice Klabuhn	Germany	23:57.11
26	Ayako Mori	Japan	24:01.19
27	Melissa Rodriguez	France	24:16.74
28	Ayumi Miyashita	Japan	24:27.98
29	Vera Santos	Portugal	24:33.63
30	Magdalena Jacobson	Sweden	24:38.20
31	Dímitra Koukuli	Greece	25:00.72
32	Carma Watson	New Zealand	25:19.61
33	Zeneida Obando	Nicaragua	26:25.59
	Elin Cecilie Løftesnes	Norway	DQ
	Virginie Janvier	France	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.