2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 21 July.[1][2]
Medalists[edit]
| Gold | Meseret Defar Ethiopia |
| Silver | Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia |
| Bronze | Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya |
Results[edit]
Final[edit]
21 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Meseret Defar | Ethiopia | 15:54.94 | |
 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 15:55.99 | |
 | Vivian Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:56.04 | |
| 4 | Zhang Yuhong |  China | 15:58.20 | |
| 5 | Fujiko Takahashi |  Japan | 16:02.75 | |
| 6 | Tatyana Petrova |  Russia | 16:04.10 | |
| 7 | Fridah Domongole | Kenya | 16:04.71 | |
| 8 | Elina Lindgren |  Finland | 16:08.54 | |
| 9 | Hind Musa |  Sudan | 16:09.47 | |
| 10 | Jang Jin-Suk |  South Korea | 16:17.56 | |
| 11 | Galina Ignatyeva | Russia | 16:23.46 | |
| 12 | Yoko Miyauchi | Japan | 16:38.84 | |
| 13 | Adrienne Herzog |  Netherlands | 16:46.53 | |
| 14 | Sónia Fernandes |  Portugal | 16:47.44 | |
| 15 | Agnes Chikwakwa |  Malawi | 16:56.75 | |
| 16 | Mira Preradovic |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17:02.48 | |
| 17 | Snežana Kostic |  Yugoslavia | 17:05.09 | |
| 18 | Lindsay Zinn |  United States | 17:05.99 | |
| 19 | Laura Zeigle | United States | 17:11.37 | |
| 20 | Alba García |  Spain | 17:28.03 | |
| 21 | Daphrose Ndayikunda |  Burundi | 17:57.02 | |
| 22 | Chen Shu-Hua |  Chinese Taipei | 18:02.56 |
Participation[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Burundi (1)
China (1)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Ethiopia (2)
Finland (1)
Japan (2)
Kenya (2)
Malawi (1)
Netherlands (1)
Portugal (1)
Russia (2)
South Korea (1)
Spain (1)
Sudan (1)
United States (2)
Yugoslavia (1)
References[edit]
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, 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