2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

2012 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
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3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
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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

Gold Buze Diriba
 Ethiopia
Silver Ruti Aga
 Ethiopia
Bronze Agnes Jebet Tirop
 Kenya

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:30.88 Bergen, Norway 11 June 2004
Championship Record  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 15:08.06 Moncton, Canada 21 July 2010
World Junior Leading  Buze Diriba (ETH) 15:11.53 Montreuil, France 5 June 2012

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Buze Diriba  Ethiopia 15:32.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ruti Aga  Ethiopia 15:32.95 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Agnes Jebet Tirop  Kenya 15:36.74 PB
4 Cayla Hatton  United States 15:50.32 PB
5 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui  Kenya 15:58.10
6 Alena Kudashkina  Russia 16:05.64
7 Monica Madalina Florea  Romania 16:08.07 PB
8 Allison Woodward  United States 16:08.29 PB
9 Nancy Cheptegei  Uganda 16:15.49 PB
10 Wu Xufeng  China 16:19.84
11 Shiori Yano  Japan 16:21.29
12 Moe Kyuma  Japan 16:21.36
13 Li Zhixuan  China 16:24.29 PB
14 Kim Do-yeon  South Korea 16:27.62
15 Irene van Lieshout  Netherlands 16:38.68
16 Jip Vastenburg  Netherlands 16:47.32
17 Anca Maria Bunea  Romania 16:51.53
18 Aminata Olowoora  Nigeria 17:59.79
– Emelia Gorecka  Great Britain – DNS

Participation

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

References

  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link‍]
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015