Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates	July 21
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	15:45.97
Medalists
Juliana Paula dos Santos    Brazil   Brenda Flores    Mexico   Kellyn Taylor    United States
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The women's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. ^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Marisol Romero of Mexico.

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

Main article: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (16.43.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015). ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
July 21, 2015	10:10	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

Wind:

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Juliana Paula dos Santos	Brazil	15:45.97	PB
	Brenda Flores	Mexico	15:47.19
	Kellyn Taylor	United States	15:52.78
4	Yudileyvis Castillo	Cuba	15:59.44	PB
5	Alisha Williams	United States	16:01.59
6	María Pastuña	Ecuador	16:06.63
7	Jessica O'Connell	Canada	16:08.41
8	Natasha Labeaud	Canada	16:17.40
9	Carolina Tabares	Colombia	16:17.62
10	Tatiele de Carvalho	Brazil	16:27.09
11	Jovana de la Cruz	Peru	16:31.94
12	Jessica Paguay	Ecuador	17:07.41
13	Soledad Torre	Peru	17:11.83

References

1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. "Athletics Technical Manual" (PDF). americasathletics.org. TO2015. 11 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.