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Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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
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
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
Para-athletics
100 m blind	men
800 m wheelchair		women
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The women's 5000 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 July.

The winning margin was 22.34 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's 5,000 metres was won by more than five seconds at these games.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Paula Radcliffe	England	14:31.42	GR
	Edith Masai	Kenya	14:53.76
	Iness Chepkesis Chenonge	Kenya	15:06.06	PB
4	Dorcus Inzikuru	Uganda	15:18.01	PB
5	Joanne Pavey	England	15:19.91
6	Benita Johnson	Australia	15:26.55
7	Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	15:33.07	SB
8	Courtney Babcock	Canada	15:42.83
9	Anna Thompson	Australia	15:43.92	PB
10	Catherine Berry	England	15:44.87	PB
11	Haley McGregor	Australia	15:47.10
12	Hawa Hussein	Tanzania	15:48.42
13	Catherine Chikwakwa	Malawi	15:56.71	NR
14	Gillian Palmer	Scotland	16:29.63
15	Catherine Dugdale	Wales	16:43.49
	Christiana Augustine	Nigeria	DNF

• Official results
• Results at BBC