2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
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| Events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 3000 m | women | |||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m walk | men | women | ||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 |  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.
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