2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2009 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 5000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Olympic Stadium on 19 and 22 August

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet  Kenya	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia

Records

World record	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
Championship record	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:38.59	Helsinki, Finland	13 August 2005
World leading	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:33.65	London, Great Britain	25 July 2009
African record	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
Asian record	Jiang Bo (CHN)	14:28.09	Shanghai, China	23 October 1997
North American record	Shalane Flanagan (USA)	14:44.80	Walnut, United States	13 April 2007
South American record	Carmem de Oliveira (BRA)	15:22.01	Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium	31 July 1993
European record	Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)	14:23.75	Kazan, Russia	19 July 2008
Oceanian record	Kimberley Smith (NZL)	14:45.93	Rome, Italy	11 July 2008

Qualification standards

A time	B time
15:10.00	15:25.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 19, 2009	10:45	Heats
August 22, 2009	19:35	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat(Q) and the next 5 fastest(q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	15:16.46	Q
2	2	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:16.59	Q
3	1	Sentayehu Ejigu	Ethiopia	15:17.64	Q
4	1	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	Kenya	15:17.77	Q
5	1	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	15:18.39	Q
6	2	Iness Chepkesis Chenonge	Kenya	15:18.40	Q
7	2	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	15:19.66	Q
8	2	Alemitu Bekele	Turkey	15:19.88	Q, SB
9	1	Krisztina Papp	Hungary	15:19.90	Q, SB
10	1	Sara Moreira	Portugal	15:19.93	Q
11	2	Jennifer Rhines	United States	15:20.20	q
12	2	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	15:20.88	q
13	1	Yurika Nakamura	Japan	15:21.01	q, PB
14	2	Yuriko Kobayashi	Japan	15:23.96	q, SB
15	2	Zakia Mrisho Mohamed	Tanzania	15:25.09	q, SB
16	1	Julie Culley	United States	15:32.33
17	1	Natalya Popkova	Russia	15:32.62
18	2	Elizaveta Grechishnikova	Russia	15:53.41
19	2	Judith Plá	Spain	15:54.32
20	1	Inés Melchor	Peru	16:00.83
21	2	Pauline Niyongere	Burundi	16:33.77	PB
22	1	Marriam Thole	Malawi	17:12.21
	1	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey		DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	14:57.97
	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	Kenya	14:58.33
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	14:58.41
4	Sentayehu Ejigu	Ethiopia	15:03.38
5	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	15:03.72
6	Iness Chepkesis Chenonge	Kenya	15:06.06
7	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	15:09.74	SB
8	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	15:11.12
9	Jennifer Rhines	United States	15:11.63
10	Sara Moreira	Portugal	15:12.22
11	Yuriko Kobayashi	Japan	15:12.44	SB
12	Yurika Nakamura	Japan	15:13.01	PB
13	Alemitu Bekele	Turkey	15:18.18	SB
14	Krisztina Papp	Hungary	15:20.36
15	Zakia Mrisho Mohamed	Tanzania	15:31.73

Key: CR = Championship record, DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Splits

Intermediate	Athlete	Country	Mark
1000m	Yurika Nakamura	Japan	3:06.02
2000m	Sentayehu Ejigu	Ethiopia	6:11.04
3000m	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	9:15.05
4000m	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	12:15.79

References

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