The women's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 29 August and 1 September.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMeseret DefarVivian CheruiyotPriscah Jepleting Cherono
Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 29, 2007 20:05 HeatsSeptember 1, 2007 20:30 Final
Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedWRWorld recordARArea recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Elvan Abeylegesse 15:06.26 Q, SB 1 Vivian Cheruiyot 15:06.54 Q 1 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 15:06.54 Q 1 Gelete Burka 15:07.21 Q 1 Shalane Flanagan 15:07.47 Q 2 Meseret Defar 15:10.13 Q 2 Meselech Melkamu 15:10.32 Q 2 Priscah Jepleting Cherono 15:11.22 Q 2 Joanne Pavey 15:11.83 Q, SB 10 2 Jennifer Rhines 15:14.30 Q 11 2 Silvia Weissteiner 15:15.74 q 12 2 Mariya Konovalova 15:16.49 q 13 1 Volha Krautsova 15:17.64 q, SB 14 1 Kayoko Fukushi 15:19.67 q 15 2 Jessica Augusto 15:21.23 q 16 1 Simret Sultan 15:25.29 17 2 Kayo Sugihara 15:31.44 18 2 Zakia Mrisho Mohamed 15:33.81 19 2 Mary Teresa Cullen 15:40.53 20 2 Angeline Nyiransabimana 15:53.23 NR 21 1 Michelle Sikes 15:54.06 22 1 Nora Leticia Rocha 16:34.74 23 1 Lucia Chandamale 16:35.75 PB 24 1 Francine Niyonizigiye 17:25.22 SB 25 2 Gabriela Traña 17:45.56 SB 2 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli DNF 1 Tirunesh Dibaba DNS 1 Yekaterina Volkova DNS
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Meseret Defar 14:57.91 Vivian Cheruiyot 14:58.50 Priscah Jepleting Cherono 14:59.21 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 14:59.26 PB Elvan Abeylegesse 15:00.88 SB Meselech Melkamu 15:01.42 Jennifer Rhines 15:03.09 Shalane Flanagan 15:03.86 Joanne Pavey 15:04.77 SB 10 Gelete Burka 15:07.46 11 Mariya Konovalova 15:09.71 12 Silvia Weissteiner 15:11.81 PB 13 Volha Krautsova 15:11.82 SB 14 Kayoko Fukushi 15:19.40 15 Jessica Augusto 15:24.93
References General Results Results–World Athletics Specific