Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's 5000 metres

Athletics at the
2003 Pan American Games


in Santo Domingo
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 h women
110 m h men
400 m h men women
3000 m s men
4×100 m men women
4×400 m 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 men women
Javelin men women
Hammer men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The Women's 5,000 metres event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Wednesday August 6, 2003. For the third time in a row the title went to Mexico's Adriana Fernández. She set a new Pan Am record in the final, beating her own record (15:46.32) established in 1995 (Mar del Plata).

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Adriana Fernández
Mexico (MEX)
Silver  Nora Rocha
Mexico (MEX)
Bronze  Nicole Jefferson
United States (USA)

Records

World Record  Jiang Bo (CHN) 14:28.09 October 23, 1997 Shanghai, PR China
Pan Am Record  Adriana Fernández (MEX) 15:46.32 March 24, 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina

Results

Rank Athlete Time
1  Adriana Fernández (MEX) 15:30.65 [1]
2  Nora Rocha (MEX) 15:40.98
3  Nicole Jefferson (USA) 15:42.40
4  Yudelkis Martínez (CUB) 16:09.33
5  Bertha Sánchez (COL) 16:13.59
6  Ann Marie Brooks (USA) 16:31.51
7  Rosa Apaza (BOL) 17:01.41
8  Elsa Monterroso (GUA) 17:13.72
9  Silvia Paredes (ECU) 17:46.03

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