2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres explained

The women's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 29 August and 1 September.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Meseret Defar Ethiopia	Vivian Cheruiyot	Priscah Jepleting Cherono

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 29, 2007	20:05	Heats
September 1, 2007	20:30	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			15:06.26	Q, SB
	1			15:06.54	Q
	1			15:06.54	Q
	1			15:07.21	Q
	1			15:07.47	Q
	2			15:10.13	Q
	2			15:10.32	Q
	2			15:11.22	Q
	2			15:11.83	Q, SB
10	2			15:14.30	Q
11	2			15:15.74	q
12	2			15:16.49	q
13	1			15:17.64	q, SB
14	1			15:19.67	q
15	2			15:21.23	q
16	1			15:25.29
17	2			15:31.44
18	2			15:33.81
19	2			15:40.53
20	2			15:53.23	NR
21	1			15:54.06
22	1			16:34.74
23	1			16:35.75	PB
24	1			17:25.22	SB
25	2			17:45.56	SB
	2			DNF
	1			DNS
	1			DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			14:57.91
			14:58.50
			14:59.21
			14:59.26	PB
			15:00.88	SB
			15:01.42
			15:03.09
			15:03.86
			15:04.77	SB
10			15:07.46
11			15:09.71
12			15:11.81	PB
13			15:11.82	SB
14			15:19.40
15			15:24.93

References

General

• Results
• Results–World Athletics

Specific