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

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

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

Records

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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 14:30.88 Bergen June 11, 2004
Championship record Meselech Melkamu   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 15:08.06 CR

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia 15:08.06 CR
  Mercy Cherono   Kenya 15:09.19
  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

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

References

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  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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