These are the official results of the Women's 5,000 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was the first time at the World Championships that women competed over the 5000 metres distance instead of 3000 metres. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1995-08-12.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeSonia O'Sullivan Fernanda RibeiroZahra Ouaziz
Results Heats Held on Thursday 1995-08-10
First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Sonia O'Sullivan 15:13.88 Q 2 Gabriela Szabo 15:14.65 Q 2 Mariya Pantyukhova 15:14.70 Q 2 Paula Radcliffe 15:14.77 Q 2 Sara Wedlund 15:15.67 q 2 Sally Barsosio 15:18.41 q 2 Michiko Shimizu 15:18.97 q 2 Silvia Sommaggio 15:20.89 3 Rose Cheruiyot 15:21.36 Q 10 3 Zahra Ouaziz 15:22.02 Q 11 3 Fernanda Ribeiro 15:22.04 Q 12 2 Ana Dias 15:29.32 13 3 Gwen Griffiths 15:32.22 Q 14 2 Anne-Marie Danneels 15:33.70 15 2 Chiemi Takahashi 15:35.13 16 1 Elena Fidatov 15:36.39 Q 17 1 Olga Churbanova 15:37.23 Q 18 3 Carolyn Schuwalow 15:37.62 19 1 Gina Procaccio 15:37.66 Q 20 1 Florence Barsosio 15:38.22 Q 21 1 Paivi Tikkanen 15:38.25 22 3 Gitte Karlshoj 15:39.12 23 1 Atsumi Yashima 15:40.02 24 1 Rosario Murcia 15:41.73 25 3 Luchia Yishak 15:42.37 26 1 Nina Christiansen 15:44.66 27 1 Brynhild Synstnes 15:46.17 28 1 Adriana Fernández 15:46.89 29 3 Laura Mykytok 15:48.95 30 1 Milka Mikhaylova 15:49.31 31 1 Tamara Koba 15:53.67 32 2 Serap Aktaş 15:53.76 NR 33 2 Libbie Johnson-Hickman 15:54.97 34 3 Andrea Karhoff 16:02.26 35 1 Martha Ernstsdottir 16:05.33 36 2 Anne Cross 16:09.32 37 3 Ursula Jeitziner 16:12.57 38 1 Marina Bastos 16:16.78 39 3 Sinead Delahunty 16:18.81 40 3 Marie-Pierre Duros 16:48.66 41 3 Mirsada Buric-Adam 17:07.44 1 Alison Wyeth 2 Monika Schafer 2 Dong Zhaoxia 2 Hilde Stavik 3 Viktoriya Nenasheva 3 Gunhild Halle 1 Derartu Tulu 1 Elana Meyer 2 Gete Wami 2 Marleen Renders
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sonia O'Sullivan 14:46.47 CR Fernanda Ribeiro 14:48.54 Zahra Ouaziz 14:53.77 NR Gabriela Szabo 14:56.57 NR Paula Radcliffe 14:57.02 Mariya Pantyukhova 15:01.23 PB Rose Cheruiyot 15:02.45 WJR Gwen Griffiths 15:08.05 PB Sara Wedlund 15:08.36 10 Elena Fidatov 15:12.58 11 Sally Barsosio 15:39.57 12 Michiko Shimizu 15:45.30 13 Florence Barsosio 15:56.96 Gina Procaccio Olga Churbanova
See also 1992 Women's Olympic 3,000 metres (Barcelona) 1993 Women's World Championships 3,000 metres (Stuttgart) 1994 Women's European Championships 3,000 metres (Helsinki) 1996 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Atlanta) 1997 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Athens) 1998 Women's European Championships 5,000 metres (Budapest) 1999 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Seville) 2000 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Sydney)
References Results IAAF official result