5000M women

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The Women's 5,000M is an Olympic event. The event is conducted by running 12 and a half laps around a 400M track. Prior to 1984, women were not allowed to run long distance on the track for fear that it would result in "dropped uteruses." From 1984 through 1992, women competed at 3,000M. In 1996, the Olympic distance was increased to 5,000M to match that of the men.

Contents 1 2008 Olympic Trials 2 2008 Olympics 2.1 Heats 2.2 Finals 3 References

2008 Olympic Trials

Photo of 5000M finals at Hayward Field

Women 5000 Meter Run
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       World: W 14:11.15  6/6/2008    Tirunesh Dibaba, ETH
    American: A 14:44.80  4/14/2007   Shalane Flanagan, Nike
          OT: T 14:45.35  7/21/2000   Regina Jacobs, Nike
     Hayward: S 14:38.73  2008        Mesaret Defar, Ethiopia
    Name                    Year Team                    Finals
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Finals
  1 Kara Goucher                 Nike                  15:01.02
  2 Jennifer Rhines              adidas                15:02.02
  3 Shalane Flanagan             Nike                  15:02.81
  4 Sara Slattery                adidas                15:18.88
  5 Lauren Fleshman              Oregon TC Elite       15:23.18
  6 Arianna Lambie               Nike                  15:29.99
  7 Julie Culley                 New York A C          15:34.43
  8 Rebecca Donaghue             New Balance Boston    15:35.48
  9 Tasmin Fanning               Virginia Tech         15:41.05
 10 Molly Huddle                 Saucony               15:42.19
 11 Melissa Cook                 New Balance           15:48.44
 12 Maureen McCandless           New Balance           15:54.50
 13 Angela Bizzarri              Illinois              16:03.99
 14 Amy Hastings                 adidas                16:07.03
 15 Teresa McWalters             Stanford              16:09.44
 -- Renee Metivier Baille        Nike                       DNF

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2008 Olympics

Heats

Heat 1 19 August 2008 - 19:35^[2]

Position	Athlete/Country	Mark	Remarks
1	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	15:09.89 Q	.
2	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)	15:10.37 Q	.
3	Alemitu Bekele (TUR)	15:10.92 Q	.
4	Meselech Melkamu (ETH)	15:11.21 Q	.
5	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS)	15:11.46 Q	.
6	Jennifer Rhines (USA)	15:15.12 Q	.
7	Yuriko Kobayashi (JPN)	15:15.87	.
8	Simret Sultan (ERI)	15:16.25	(NR)
9	Volha Krautsova (BLR)	15:21.85	(SB)
10	Silvia Weissteiner (ITA)	15:23.45	.
11	Yingying Zhang (CHN)	15:23.81	(SB)
12	Zakia Mrisho Mohamed (TAN)	15:24.28	.
13	Dolores Checa (ESP)	15:31.22	.
14	Jessica Augusto (POR)	16:05.71	.
15	Lucia Chandamale (MAW)	16:44.09	.
16	Celma Bonfim da Graça (STP)	17:25.99	(NR)

Heat 2 -19 August 2008 - 20:05

Position	Athlete/Country	Mark	Remarks
1	Meseret Defar (ETH)	14:56.32 Q	.
2	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	14:57.27 Q	(SB)
3	Image:Flag RUS.png Liliya Shobukhova ( RUS)	14:57.77 Q	.
4	Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)	14:58.07 Q	.
5	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	14:58.79 Q	(SB)
6	Shalane Flanagan (USA)	14:59.69 Q	(SB)
7	Kara Goucher (USA)	15:00.98 q	.
8	Megan Metcalfe (CAN)	15:11.23 q	(PB)
9	Fei Xue (CHN)	15:13.25 q	(SB)
10	Kayoko Fukushi (JPN)	15:20.46	.
11	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR)	15:21.47	.
12	Yukiko Akaba (JPN)	15:38.30	.
13	Krisztina Papp (HUN)	16:08.86	.
14	Francine Niyonizigiye (BDI)	17:08.44	.
.	Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS)	DNF	.
.	Joanne Pavey (GBR)	DNS

Finals

Place	Athlete/Country	Mark	Remarks[3][4]
1	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	15:41.40
2	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	15:42.74
3	Meseret Defar (ETH)	15:44.12
4	Sylvia Kibet (KEN)	15:44.96
5	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	15:46.32
6	Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)	15:46.62
7	Alemitu Bekele (TUR)	15:48.48
8	Meselech Melkamu (ETH)	15:49.03
9	Kara Goucher (USA)	15:49.39
10	Shalane Flanagan (USA)	15:50.80
11	Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)	15:51.78
12	Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (RUS)	15:56.97
13	Fei Xue (CHN)	16:09.84
14	Jennifer Rhines (USA)	16:34.63
15	Megan Metcalfe (CAN)	17:06.82

References

1. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-TF/results/F12.asp
2. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-19-2008/sex=W/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-19.
3. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-22-2008/sex=W/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det
4. ↑ http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/AT/C73G/ATW050101.shtml#ATW050101

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 3000 m and 5000 m 3000 m 1984: Maricica Puică • 1988: Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh • 1992: Yelena Romanova 5000 m 1996: Wang Junxia • 2000: Gabriela Szabo • 2004: Meseret Defar • 2008: Tirunesh Dibaba Note: In 1996, the 3000 m was replaced by the 5000 m.