Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
Venue	Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates	October 27
Competitors	12 from 7 nations
Medalists
Marisol Romero    Mexico   Cruz da Silva    Brazil   Inés Melchor    Peru
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The women's 5000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27th October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. ^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Megan Metcalfe of Canada.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record	Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)	14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	June 6, 2008
Pan American Games record	Adriana Fernandez  (MEX)	15:30.65	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	August 6, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (17:00.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011). ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
October 27, 2011	17:20	Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DQ

Disqualified

Final

Held on October 27.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time [3]	Notes
	Marisol Romero	Mexico	16:24.08
	Cruz da Silva	Brazil	16:29.75
	Inés Melchor	Peru	16:41.50
4	Sandra Lopez	Mexico	16:47.19
5	Yudileyvis Castillo	Cuba	16:49.63
6	Yolanda Caballero	Colombia	16:54.62
7	Kim Conley	United States	17:00.90
8	Neely Spence	United States	17:01.11
9	Wilma Arizapana	Peru	17:06.99
10	Nadia Rodriguez	Argentina	17:14.91
11	Yudisleidis Fuente	Cuba	17:23.76
12	Rosa Godoy	Argentina	17:33.77

References

1. "Guadalajara 2011 Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
2. "Athlete's Qualification Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
3. "Women's 5000 m Final". Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original on October 30, 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.