2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July.[1][2]
Medalists
[edit]| Gold | Sule Utura Ethiopia
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| Silver | Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia
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| Bronze | Nelly Ngeiywo Kenya
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Results
[edit]Final
[edit]8 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Sule Utura | Ethiopia |
16:15.59 | |
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Genzebe Dibaba | Ethiopia |
16:16.75 | |
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Nelly Ngeiywo | Kenya |
16:17.96 | |
| 4 | Lucia Kamene Muangi | Kenya |
16:25.04 | |
| 5 | Kasumi Nishihara |  Japan |
16:33.28 | |
| 6 | Olga Skrypak |  Ukraine |
16:36.46 | |
| 7 | Kendra Schaff |  Canada |
16:37.79 | |
| 8 | Emily Pidgeon |  United Kingdom |
16:41.29 | |
| 9 | Nanako Hayashi | Japan |
16:41.67 | |
| 10 | Kim Seong-Eun |  South Korea |
16:42.17 | |
| 11 | Catherine White |  United States |
16:48.70 | |
| 12 | Ashley Higginson | United States |
17:19.54 |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.
- Canada (1)
- Ethiopia (2)
- Japan (2)
- Kenya (2)
- South Korea (1)
- Ukraine (1)
- United Kingdom (1)
- United States (2)
References
[edit]- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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