2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
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
| Gold | Buze Diriba Ethiopia
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| Silver | Ruti Aga Ethiopia
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| Bronze | Agnes Jebet Tirop Kenya
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Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
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14:30.88 | Bergen, Norway | 11 June 2004 |
| Championship Record | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
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15:08.06 | Moncton, Canada | 21 July 2010 |
| World Junior Leading | Buze Diriba (ETH)
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15:11.53 | Montreuil, France | 5 June 2012 |
Results
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Buze Diriba | Ethiopia |
15:32.94 | |
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Ruti Aga | Ethiopia |
15:32.95 | PB |
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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
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
- ^ 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