1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres explained

These are the official results of the Women's 5,000 metres event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 42 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1997-08-09.

Results

First round

7 August 1997

Heat	Rank	Name	Result	Notes
1	1		15:26.62 Q
1	2		15:27.25 Q
2	3		15:27.30 Q
1	4		15:27.75 Q
1	5		15:29.03 Q
2	6		15:29.28 Q	PB
1	7		15:29.37 Q
1	8		15:29.62 Q
1	9		15:30.56 q	SB
2	10		15:32.00 Q
2	11		15:32.01 Q
1	12		15:32.13 q
2	13		15:32.25 Q
2	14		15:32.71 Q
1	15		15:36.16 q
1	16		15:37.19	PB
2	17		15:40.82
2	18		15:40.86
1	19		15:41.55
2	20		15:43.76
1	21		15:47.66
2	22		15:51.14
1	23		15:54.01
2	24		15:55.22	NR
1	25		15:57.58
1	26		15:58.84
2	27		16:00.87
1	28		16:04.40	SB
1	29		16:06.02
2	30		16:07.09
2	31		16:27.63
2	32		16:28.38
1	33		17:21.77
1	34		18:26.50
1	35		18:34.45	NR
1	36		19:08.44
2	—		DNF
2	—		DNF
1	—		DNS
1	—		DNS
2	—		DNS
2	—		DNS

Final

9 August 1997

Rank	Name	Result	Notes
		14:57.68
		14:58.29	SB
		14:58.85
4		15:01.74
5		15:07.88
6		15:10.64	PB
7		15:11.15	PB
8		15:21.19
9		15:24.04
10		15:27.76
11		15:27.78
12		15:28.07
13		15:32.83
15		15:37.85
16		15:45.48

See also

• 1992 Women's Olympic 3,000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 3,000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3,000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Atlanta)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 5,000 metres (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Sydney)

References

• Results