1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

None 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 HeatRankNameResultNotes11Gabriela Szabo ROU15:26.62 Q12Paula Radcliffe GBR15:27.25 Q23Fernanda Ribeiro POR15:27.30 Q 14Harumi Hiroyama JPN15:27.75 Q15Roberta Brunet ITA15:29.03 Q 26Liu Jianying CHN15:29.28 QPB17Ayelech Worku ETH15:29.37 Q 18Wei Li CHN15:29.62 Q 19Libbie Hickman USA15:30.56 q SB210Lydia Cheromei KEN15:32.00 Q 211Merima Denboba ETH15:32.01 Q 112Gunhild Hall NOR15:32.13 q213Naoko Takahashi JPN15:32.25 Q 214Yuko Kawakami JPN15:32.71 Q 115Kate Anderson AUS15:36.16 q116Yelena Kopytova RUS15:37.19PB217Sonia O'Sullivan IRL15:40.82218Stela Olteanu ROU15:40.86119Adriana Fernandez MEX15:41.55 220Olivera Jevtić FR Yugoslavia YUG15:43.76121Melody Fairchild USA15:47.66 222Chrystosomia Iakovou GRE15:51.14123Marina Bastos POR15:54.01 224Restituta Joseph TAN15:55.22NR125Valerie Vaughan IRL15:57.58 126Zohra Ouaziz MAR15:58.84 227Amy Rudolph USA16:00.87128Genet Gebregiorgis ETH16:04.40SB 129Laurence Duquenoy FRA16:06.02230Una English IRL16:07.09231Jelena Chelnova LAT16:27.63 232Helena Javornik SLO16:28.38133Justine Nahimana BDI17:21.77 134Nebiat Habtemariam ERI18:26.50 135Zalia Aliou TOG18:34.45 NR 136Martha Portobanco NCA19:08.44 2—Anne Hare NZLDNF 2—Kristina da Fonseca-Wollheim GERDNF 1—Maysa Matrood IRQ 1991DNS 1—Elana Meyer RSADNS 2—Carol Howe CANDNS2—Annemari Sandell FINDNS Final 9 August 1997 RankNameResultNotesImage:Gold medal icon.svgGabriela Szabo ROM14:57.68Image:Silver medal icon.svgRoberta Brunet ITA14:58.29SBImage:Bronze medal icon.svgFernanda Ribeiro POR14:58.854Paula Radcliffe GBR15:01.745Lydia Cheromei KEN15:07.886Liu Jianying CHN15:10.64PB7Libbie Hickman USA15:11.15PB8Harumi Hiroyama JPN15:21.199Wei Li CHN15:24.0410Merima Denboba ETH15:27.7611Kate Anderson AUS15:27.7812Ayelech Worku ETH15:28.0713Naoko Takahashi JPN15:32.8315Gunhild Halle Haugen NOR15:37.8516Yuko Kawakami JPN15:45.48 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 Category:5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships