2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 August. ^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

Gold	Xue Fei   China
Silver	Florence Kiplagat   Kenya
Bronze	Mary Ngugi   Kenya

Results

Final

15 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Xue Fei	China	15:31.61
	Florence Kiplagat	Kenya	15:32.34
	Mary Ngugi	Kenya	15:36.82
4	Bai Xue	China	15:37.12
5	Wude Ayalew	Ethiopia	15:41.63
6	Sian Edwards	United Kingdom	15:47.87
7	Workitu Ayanu	Ethiopia	15:50.89
8	Farida Makula	Tanzania	16:07.24
9	Nami Matsuda	Japan	16:09.63
10	Rina Yamazaki	Japan	16:33.02
11	Natalya Starkova	Russia	16:39.19
12	Svetlana Kudelich	Belarus	17:00.03
13	María Sánchez	Spain	17:41.78

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

•   Belarus (1)
•   China (2)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Japan (2)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Russia (1)
•   Spain (1)
•   Tanzania (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 12 March 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015