2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics
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	women
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
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The women's 5000 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13 July.^[1][2]

Gold	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia
Silver	Catherine Chikwakwa  Malawi
Bronze	Chiaki Iwamoto  Japan

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	15:21.52
	Catherine Chikwakwa	Malawi	15:36.22
	Chiaki Iwamoto	Japan	15:39.59
4	Sun Weiwei	China	15:50.67
5	Caitlin Chock	United States	15:52.88
6	Rehima Kedir	Ethiopia	15:54.34
7	Yuko Nohara	Japan	15:57.51
8	Olga Minina	Belarus	15:58.93
9	Viktoriya Kharitonova	Russia	16:04.41
10	Viola Jemutai Kiplagat	Kenya	16:23.85
11	Edith Chelimo	Kenya	16:25.24
12	Hind Musa	Sudan	16:50.02
13	Adelina De Soccio	Italy	16:51.12
14	Paula Todoran	Romania	17:24.76
15	Thet Phyu War	Myanmar	18:07.91
	Safa Aissaoui	Tunisia	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.