1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Yin Lili   China
Silver	Faith Jemutai   Kenya
Bronze	Merima Hashim   Ethiopia

Results

Final

2 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yin Lili	China	15:29.65
	Faith Jemutai	Kenya	15:34.48
	Merima Hashim	Ethiopia	15:39.57
4	Jessica Carlberg	Sweden	15:51.17
5	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	15:55.18
6	Prisca Ngetich	Kenya	16:07.12
7	Charlotte Audier	France	16:07.72
8	Siphuluwazi Sibindi	Zimbabwe	16:18.16
9	Louise Kelly	United Kingdom	16:20.51
10	Sunita Rani	India	16:28.50
11	Cathérine Lallemand	Belgium	16:32.39
12	Helena Volná	Czech Republic	16:33.11
13	Yuka Hata	Japan	16:38.66
	Song Liqing	China	DNS
	Nadia Ejjafini	Morocco	DQ	IAAF rule 141

Heats

31 July

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Faith Jemutai	Kenya	16:11.56	Q
2	Song Liqing	China	16:11.77	Q
3	Worknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	16:14.16	Q
4	Siphuluwazi Sibindi	Zimbabwe	16:21.99	Q
5	Sunita Rani	India	16:23.30	q
6	Jessica Carlberg	Sweden	16:24.83	q
7	Tuula Laitinen	Finland	16:30.38
8	Yelena Tolstygina	Belarus	16:41.88
9	Yelena Samokhvalova	Russia	16:45.72
10	Rosaria Console	Italy	16:51.21
	Rachel Nthulane	South Africa	DNF
	Nadia Ejjafini	Morocco	DQ	IAAF rule 141 Q

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yin Lili	China	16:04.47	Q
2	Helena Volná	Czech Republic	16:09.10	Q
3	Cathérine Lallemand	Belgium	16:09.24	Q
4	Merima Hashim	Ethiopia	16:09.61	Q
5	Charlotte Audier	France	16:11.64	Q
6	Prisca Ngetich	Kenya	16:14.70	q
7	Louise Kelly	United Kingdom	16:15.36	q
8	Yuka Hata	Japan	16:18.54	q
9	Sharlyn Maughan	United States	16:55.68
10	Nicole Chapple	Australia	16:57.02
11	Luvsanikhundeg Otgonbayar	Mongolia	19:24.41
	Azwindini Lukhwareni	South Africa	DNF
	Mirjana Glišovic	Yugoslavia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

•   Australia (1)
•   Belarus (1)
•   Belgium (1)
•   China (2)
•   Czech Republic (1)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Finland (1)
•   France (1)
•   India (1)
•   Italy (1)
•   Japan (1)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Mongolia (1)
•   Morocco (1)
•   Russia (1)
•   South Africa (2)
•   Sweden (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (1)
•   Yugoslavia (1)
•   Zimbabwe (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015