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

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Women's 5000 metres at the 2011 Pan American Games
Athletics pictogram.svg
Venue Telmex Athletics Stadium
DatesOctober 27
Competitors12 from 7 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Peru.svg  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.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)14:11.15 Oslo, Norway June 6, 2008
Pan American Games record Flag of Mexico.svg  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

DateTimeRound
October 27, 201117:20 Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

Held on October 27.

RankNameNationalityTime [3] Notes
Gold medal icon.svg Marisol Romero Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 16:24.08
Silver medal icon.svg Cruz da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16:29.75
Bronze medal icon.svg Inés Melchor Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 16:41.50
4 Sandra Lopez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 16:47.19
5 Yudileyvis Castillo Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 16:49.63
6 Yolanda Caballero Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 16:54.62
7 Kim Conley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17:00.90
8 Neely Spence Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17:01.11
9 Wilma Arizapana Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 17:06.99
10 Nadia Rodriguez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 17:14.91
11 Yudisleidis Fuente Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 17:23.76
12 Rosa Godoy Flag of Argentina.svg  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.