2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the
2003 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
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
 

These are the official results of the Women's 5000 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003 at 18:35h.

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:51.72
 Marta Domínguez (ESP) 14:52.26
 Edith Masai (KEN) 14:52.30
4.  Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) 14:52.36
5.  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 14:53.56
6.  Isabella Ochichi (KEN) 14:54.08
7.  Gulnara Galkina (RUS) 14:54.38
8.  Courtney Babcock (CAN) 14:54.98
9.  Sun Yingjie (CHN) 14:57.01
10.  Berhane Adere (ETH) 14:58.07
11.  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) 14:59.36
12.  Émilie Mondor (CAN) 15:02.36
13.  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) 15:16.73
14.  Zhor El Kamch (MAR) 15:29.72
15.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 15:36.62

Heats

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Edith Masai (KEN) 14:45.35
2.  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:45.96
3.  Sun Yingjie (CHN) 14:46.73
4.  Marta Domínguez (ESP) 14:48.33
5.  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR) 14:52.66
6.  Gulnara Galkina (RUS) 14:58.88
7.  Émilie Mondor (CAN) 14:59.68
8.  Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi (KEN) 15:04.00
9.  Meseret Defar (ETH) 15:11.72
10.  Olga Yegorova (RUS) 15:12.41
11.  Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) 15:16.53
12.  Souad Aït Salem (ALG) 15:34.64
13.  Catherine Chikwakwa (MAW) 15:40.10
14.  Simret Sultan (ERI) 16:09.48
15.  Inés Melchor (PER) 17:17.90
 Lornah Kiplagat (NED) DNS
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 14:54.95
2.  Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 14:55.50
3.  Berhane Adere (ETH) 14:56.01
4.  Isabella Ochichi (KEN) 14:56.63
5.  Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) 14:56.70
6.  Gabriela Szabo (ROU) 14:56.70
7.  Zhor El Kamch (MAR) 15:00.61
8.  Courtney Babcock (CAN) 15:01.48
9.  Irina Mikitenko (GER) 15:06.97
10.  Restituta Joseph (TAN) 15:10.54
11.  Lauren Fleshman (USA) 15:12.71
12.  Xing Huina (CHN) 15:13.50
13.  Hrisostomia Iakovou (GRE) 15:44.90
14.  Susanne Pumper (AUT) 15:53.52
15.  Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA) 16:00.99
16.  Lilian Claber Argereta (HON) 20:17.90
 Anesie Kwizera (BDI) DNS

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