2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

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 (KEN)	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet  Kenya (KEN)	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia (ETH)

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

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Final

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