2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's 5000 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

Medalists[]

Gold	Olga Yegorova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Marta Domínguez Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Ayelech Worku Ethiopia (ETH)

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Yanmei Dong	China	15:09.44	Q, SB
2	2	Joanne Pavey	Great Britain	15:10.62	Q, SB
3	2	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	15:11.63	Q
4	2	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:12.04	Q
5	2	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	15:12.63	Q
6	2	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	15:14.76	q
7	1	Marta Domínguez	Spain	15:15.81	Q
8	1	Olga Yegorova	Russia	15:15.85	Q
9	1	Tatyana Tomashova	Russia	15:15.95	Q
10	1	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	15:16.02	Q
11	1	Edith Masai	Kenya	15:16.13	Q
12	1	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	15:16.18	q
13	2	Benita Willis	Australia	15:17.93	q
14	2	Teresa Recio	Spain	15:19.81	q
15	2	Fatima Yvelain	France	15:20.16	q
16	1	Kathy Butler	Great Britain	15:20.78
17	1	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	15:22.89
18	2		Japan	15:23.93	PB
19	1	Marla Runyan	United States	15:24.30
20	2	Elva Dryer	United States	15:26.04
21	2	Beatriz Santiago	Spain	15:26.55
22	1	Breeda Dennehy-Willis	Ireland	15:26.97
23	2	Dulce Maria Rodriguez	Mexico	15:27.34
24	2	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	15:29.61
25	1	Werknesh Kidane	Ethiopia	15:29.96
26	1	Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	15:33.93
27	1	Susanne Pumper	Austria	15:41.25
28	1	Courtney Babcock	Canada	15:46.72
29	1	Amy Rudolph	United States	15:46.77
30	2	Inga Juodeskiene	Lithuania	15:48.13	SB
31	2	Gunhild Haugen	Norway	15:54.56
32	1	Hayley Yelling	Great Britain	15:59.39
33	2	Maria McCambridge	Ireland	16:04.49
34	1	Mónica Rosa	Portugal	16:04.62
35	2		Hong Kong	16:16.06
36	1		Ireland	16:26.15
37	2	Catherine Chikwakwa	Malawi	16:36.85	NR
38	1	Nebiat Habtemariam	Eritrea	16:37.57
	1	Nasria Baghdad-Azaïdj	Algeria	DQ
	1	Zhor El Kamch	Morocco	DNF
	1	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgaria	DNF
	2		Palestine	DNF
	2	Hrisostomia Iakovou	Greece	DNS

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Olga Yegorova	Russia	15:03.39
	Marta Domínguez	Spain	15:06.59
	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	15:10.17
4	Yanmei Dong	China	15:10.73
5	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	15:13.93
6	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russia	15:16.15
7	Edith Masai	Kenya	15:17.67
8	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	15:19.55
9	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:23.18
10	Tatyana Tomashova	Russia	15:23.83
11	Joanne Pavey	Great Britain	15:28.41
12	Benita Willis	Australia	15:36.75
13	Merima Denboba	Ethiopia	15:41.09
14	Fatima Yvelain	France	15:53.52
15	Teresa Recio	Spain	15:57.32

References[]

• Finals Results
• Heats results