2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 17 October.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Dorcus Inzikuru   Uganda
Silver	Meseret Defar   Ethiopia
Bronze	Sharon Cherop   Kenya

Results

Final

17 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dorcus Inzikuru	Uganda	16:21.32
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	16:23.69
	Sharon Cherop	Kenya	16:23.73
4	Kayoko Fukushi	Japan	16:25.01
5	Fridah Domongole	Kenya	16:28.35
6	Elvan Can	Turkey	16:33.77
7	Eyerusalem Kuma	Ethiopia	16:40.07
8	Wang Xiaoming	China	16:46.75
9	Carol Henry	Canada	17:23.96
10	Türkan Erişmiş	Turkey	17:24.66
11	Jane Makombe	Zimbabwe	17:28.82
12	Lucélia Peres	Brazil	18:01.84
13	Valquíria Santos	Brazil	18:57.61
14	Anna Markelova	Turkmenistan	20:35.19

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

•   Brazil (2)
•   Canada (1)
•   China (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Turkey (2)
•   Turkmenistan (1)
•   Uganda (1)
•   Zimbabwe (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, , WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015