2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2005 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
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
v t e

The Women's 5,000 metres event at the 2005 World Championships was held on August 10 and August 13 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)
Silver	Meseret Defar Ethiopia (ETH)
Bronze	Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)

Heats[edit]

Heat 1[edit]

1. Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:50.98 Q
2. Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia 14:51.49 Q
3. Joanne Pavey, Great Britain 14:53.82 Q
4. Prisca Jepleting Ngetich, Kenya 14:54.50 Q (SB)
5. Marta Domínguez, Spain 14:56.02 q
6. Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:56.16 q (NR)
7. Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania 14:57.22 q (NR)
8. Sun Yingjie, China 14:58.34 q (SB)
9. Kayoko Fukushi, Japan 15:05.77 q
10. Lauren Fleshman, United States 15:32.05
11. Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgium 15:47.01
12. Maryna Dubrova, Ukraine 16:01.88
13. Anesie Kwizera, Burundi 16:06.66 (NR)
14. Catherine Chikwakwa, Malawi 16:11.63 (SB)
15. Jessica Augusto, Portugal 16:23.66

Heat 2[edit]

1. Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 15:13.52 Q
2. Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopia 15:14.33 Q
3. Xing Huina, China 15:14.48 Q (SB)
4. Liliya Shobukhova, Russia 15:14.63 Q
5. Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 15:16.51 q
6. Susanne Wigene, Norway 15:18.38 q
7. Shalane Flanagan, United States 15:20.59
8. Maria Protopappa, Greece 15:32.04
9. Amy Rudolph, United States 15:32.73
10. Margaret Maury, France 15:35.65
11. Dulce Maria Rodriguez, Mexico 15:44.65 (SB)
12. Anikó Kálovics, Hungary 15:46.36
13. Simret Sultan, Eritrea 15:47.46
14. Maria McCambridge, Ireland 16:05.44
15. Miriam Kaumba, Zambia 16:10.70

Final[edit]

1. Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:38.59 (CR)
2. Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 14:39.54
3. Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:42.47
4. Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia 14:43.47
5. Xing Huina, China 14:43.64 (PB)
6. Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania 14:43.87 (NR)
7. Prisca Jepleting Ngetich, Kenya 14:44.00 (PB)
8. Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 14:45.14 (PB)
9. Liliya Shobukhova, Russia 14:47.07 (PB)
10. Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:47.75 (NR)
11. Sun Yingjie, China 14:51.19 (SB)
12. Kayoko Fukushi, Japan 14:59.92
13. Susanne Wigene, Norway 15:00.23
14. Marta Domínguez, Spain 15:02.30
15. Joanne Pavey, Great Britain 15:14.37

External links[edit]

• IAAF results (heats)
• IAAF results (final)
• Results–World Athletics