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]

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)14:30.88Bergen, Norway11 June 2004
Championship Record  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)15:08.06Moncton, Canada21 July 2010
World Junior Leading  Buze Diriba (ETH)15:11.53Montreuil, France5 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 BritainDNS

Participation

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

References

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