2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
Appearance
The women's 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Buze Diriba Ethiopia |
Silver | Ruti Aga Ethiopia |
Bronze | Agnes Jebet Tirop Kenya |
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
World Junior Record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:30.88 | Bergen, Norway | 11 June 2004 |
Championship Record | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) | 15:08.06 | Moncton, Canada | 21 July 2010 |
World Junior Leading | Buze Diriba (ETH) | 15:11.53 | Montreuil, France | 5 June 2012 |
Results
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Buze Diriba | Ethiopia | 15:32.94 | ||
Ruti Aga | Ethiopia | 15:32.95 | PB | |
Agnes Jebet Tirop | Kenya | 15:36.74 | PB | |
4 | Cayla Hatton | United States | 15:50.32 | PB |
5 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | Kenya | 15:58.10 | |
6 | Alena Kudashkina | Russia | 16:05.64 | |
7 | Monica Madalina Florea | Romania | 16:08.07 | PB |
8 | Allison Woodward | United States | 16:08.29 | PB |
9 | Nancy Cheptegei | Uganda | 16:15.49 | PB |
10 | Wu Xufeng | China | 16:19.84 | |
11 | Shiori Yano | Japan | 16:21.29 | |
12 | Moe Kyuma | Japan | 16:21.36 | |
13 | Li Zhixuan | China | 16:24.29 | PB |
14 | Kim Do-yeon | South Korea | 16:27.62 | |
15 | Irene van Lieshout | Netherlands | 16:38.68 | |
16 | Jip Vastenburg | Netherlands | 16:47.32 | |
17 | Anca Maria Bunea | Romania | 16:51.53 | |
18 | Aminata Olowoora | Nigeria | 17:59.79 | |
– | Emelia Gorecka | Great Britain | – | DNS |
Participation
[edit]According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.
- China (2)
- Ethiopia (2)
- Japan (2)
- Kenya (2)
- Netherlands (2)
- Nigeria (1)
- Romania (2)
- Russia (1)
- South Korea (1)
- Uganda (1)
- United States (2)
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link ]
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015