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2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

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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

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Gold Buze Diriba
 Ethiopia
Silver Ruti Aga
 Ethiopia
Bronze Agnes Jebet Tirop
 Kenya

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:30.88 Bergen, Norway 11 June 2004
Championship Record  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 15:08.06 Moncton, Canada 21 July 2010
World Junior Leading  Buze Diriba (ETH) 15:11.53 Montreuil, France 5 June 2012

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Buze Diriba  Ethiopia 15:32.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ruti Aga  Ethiopia 15:32.95 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=5000/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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