The Women's 5000 metres

5000 metres

The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...

at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

as part of the athletics programme

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 was held at Stadium Australia on Friday 22 September, and Sunday September 25, 2000.

The top four runners in each of the initial three heats automatically qualified for the final. The next three fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 50 participating athletes.

Records

World Record	14:28.09	Jiang Bo Jiang Bo Jiang Bo is a female Chinese middle distance runner. On 1997-10-18 in Shanghai she ran the 1500 metres in 3:50.98 minutes. This ranks her second in the world of all time, only behind world record holder Qu Yunxia.-References:...	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	Shanhai, China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	23 October 1997
Olympic Record	14:59.88	Junxia Wang	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	28 July 1996

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively.... ,	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century... ,	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner.... ,

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Heat 1 of 3 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		12	15:07.91	Q	SB
2	4	Jo Pavey Jo Pavey Joanne Pavey is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Great Britain. She competes mainly in the 5000 metres distance but also on 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 10,000 metres events, and road racing. In 2006 she won silver in the 5000 m in the Commonwealth Games...		6	15:08.82	Q	PB
3	5T	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....		2	15:08.92	Q
4	7	Lydia Cheromei Lydia Cheromei Lydia Cheromei is a Kenyan athlete. She specializes in long distance running. She rose to fame at the age of thirteen with a win in the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships...		8	15:09.32	Q
5	9	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...		3	15:10.08	q	NR
6	17	Benita Willis		13	15:21:37		PB
7	19	Elva Dryer		9	15:23.99
8	23	Rosemary Ryan		17	15:33.05
9	24	Nora Leticia Rocha		5	15:38.72
10	33	Michiko Shimizu		16	15:48.20
11	36	Dulce Maria Rodriguez Dulce María Rodríguez Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz is a Mexican long-distance runner who competes in track and road running events, including the marathon...		15	15:54.17
12	39	Yamna Belkacem		11	16:08.49
13	40	Helena Javornik Helena Javornik Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....		7	16:09.60
14	42	Elisa Cobanea		14	16:16.58
15	44	Nebiat Habtemariam Nebiat Habtemariam Nebiat Habtemariam is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. She was born in Adi-Kinzinab....		4	16:30.41		NR
16	47	Maysa Hussein Matrood		1	17:17.58
		Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Kemi is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. She twice carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...		10	DNS

Heat 2 of 3 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	12	Rose Cheruiyot Rose Cheruiyot Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot is a runner from Kenya.She is married to Ismael Kirui. The couple completed an unusual double when they both won their senior races at the Belfast International Cross Country in 1995....		7	15:13.18	Q
2	13	Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres...		4	15:13.26	Q
3	14	Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova is a Russian middle distance runner.Her first international appearance came at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where she finished 9th in the 1500m won by future world record holder Qu Yunxia...		10	15:14.34	Q
4	15	Irina Mikitenko		5	15:14.76	Q
5	16	Susanne Pumper Susanne Pumper Susanne Pumper is an Austrian long-distance runner who holds the national records in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres track events as well as in the 10 km road racing distance. She has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions and represented Austria at the 2000 Sydney...		2	15:16.66
6	20	Roberta Brunet Roberta Brunet Roberta Brunet is a former middle distance runner from Italy who first won a bronze medal in the European Championships in 3,000 metres in 1990 and then won a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1997 World Championships and a...		16	15:27:32
7	21	Amy Rudolph		12	15:28.91
8	25	Sonja Stolic		13	15:38.96
9	26	Megumi Tanaka		15	15:39.83
10	27	Marta Dominguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...		3	15:45.07
11	30	Hrisostomia Iakovou		6	15:46.48
12	31	Samukeliso Moyo Samukeliso Moyo Samukeliso Moyo is a female long-distance runner from Zimbabwe. She represented her native African country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain....		14	15:47.76
13	37	Zhor El Kamch Zhor El Kamch Zhor El Kamch is a Moroccan long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:08.09 *3000 metres - 8:34.85 *5000 metres - 14:42.53 *10,000 metres - 33:01.29...		8	16:02.50
14	38	Anne Cross		1	16:07.18
15	41	Andrea Whitcombe		9	16:15.82
16	43	Man Yee Maggie Chan		11	16:20.43

Heat 3 of 3 Date: Friday 22 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	2	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....		14	15:08.36	Q
2	3	Worknesh Kidane		4	15:08.92	Q
3	5T	Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres...		15	15:08.92	Q
4	8	Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka Jelena Prokopcuka Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...		11	15:09.45	Q
5	10	Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics...		9	15:11.11	q	PB
6	11	Olivera Jevtić Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...		17	15:11:25	q	NR
7	18	Yoshiko Ichikawa		10	15:23.41		SB
8	22	Beatriz Santiago Beatriz Santiago Beatriz Santiago is a Spanish long-distance runner.She finished sixth in the 3000 metres at the 2002 IAAF World Cup and eighteenth in the long race at the 2003 World Cross Country Championships.-Personal bests:...		3	15:31.94
9	28	Kate Richardson Kate Richardson (athlete) Kate Richardson is an Australian athlete, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's 5.000 metres....		1	15:45.34
10	29	Inga Juodeškienė		12	15:46.37
11	32	Anne Marie Letko Anne Marie Lauck Anne Marie Letko is an American long-distance runner who competed in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000 ....		6	15:47.78
12	34	Ebru Kavaklioglu Ebru Kavaklioglu Ebru Kavaklıoğlu is a retired long-distance runner who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres....		16	15:49.15
13	35	Breda Dennehy-Willis		8	15:49.58
14	45	Diane Nukuri		2	16:38.30		PB
15	46	Catherine Chikwakwa Catherine Chikwakwa Catherine Chikwakwa is a Malawian middle/long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 9:11.89 *5000 metres - 15:36.22 *10,000 metres - 35:03.6 -External links:...		5	16:39.82		PB
16	48	Priscilla Mamba Priscilla Mamba Priscilla Mamba is a Swaziland athlete. She competed for Swaziland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Women's 5000 metres event. She finished 16th of 17 competitors in her heat and did not advance to the final. She also competed at the 1991, 1999 and the 2003 World Championships.-External links:...		7	17:30.04		NR
17	49	Baatarkhuu Battsetseg		13	18:22.98		SB

Overall Results Semi-Finals

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		1	12	1	15:07.91	Q	SB
2	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....		3	14	1	15:08.36	Q
3	Worknesh Kidane		3	4	2	15:08.62	Q
4	Jo Pavey Jo Pavey Joanne Pavey is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Great Britain. She competes mainly in the 5000 metres distance but also on 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 10,000 metres events, and road racing. In 2006 she won silver in the 5000 m in the Commonwealth Games...		1	6	2	15:08.82	Q	PB
5	Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres...		3	15	3	15:08.92	Q
	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....		1	2	3	15:08.92	Q
7	Lydia Cheromei Lydia Cheromei Lydia Cheromei is a Kenyan athlete. She specializes in long distance running. She rose to fame at the age of thirteen with a win in the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships...		1	8	4	15:09.32	Q
8	Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka Jelena Prokopcuka Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...		3	11	4	15:09.45	Q
9	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...		1	3	5	15:10.08	q	NR
10	Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics...		3	9	5	15:11.11	q	PB
11	Olivera Jevtić Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...		3	17	6	15:11.25	q	NR
12	Rose Cheruiyot Rose Cheruiyot Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot is a runner from Kenya.She is married to Ismael Kirui. The couple completed an unusual double when they both won their senior races at the Belfast International Cross Country in 1995....		2	7	1	15:13.18	Q
13	Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres...		2	4	2	15:13.26	Q
14	Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova is a Russian middle distance runner.Her first international appearance came at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where she finished 9th in the 1500m won by future world record holder Qu Yunxia...		2	10	3	15:14.34	Q
15	Irina Mikitenko		2	5	4	15:14.76	Q
16	Susanne Pumper Susanne Pumper Susanne Pumper is an Austrian long-distance runner who holds the national records in the 3000, 5000 and 10,000 metres track events as well as in the 10 km road racing distance. She has competed at the World Championships in Athletics on three occasions and represented Austria at the 2000 Sydney...		2	2	5	15:16.66
17	Benita Willis		1	13	6	15:21.37		PB
18	Yoshiko Ichikawa		3	10	7	15:23.31		SB
19	Elva Dryer		1	9	7	15:23.99
20	Roberta Brunet Roberta Brunet Roberta Brunet is a former middle distance runner from Italy who first won a bronze medal in the European Championships in 3,000 metres in 1990 and then won a bronze medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics, a silver medal in the same discipline at the 1997 World Championships and a...		2	1	6	15:27.32
21	Amy Rudolph		2	12	7	15:28.91
22	Beatriz Santiago Beatriz Santiago Beatriz Santiago is a Spanish long-distance runner.She finished sixth in the 3000 metres at the 2002 IAAF World Cup and eighteenth in the long race at the 2003 World Cross Country Championships.-Personal bests:...		3	3	8	15:31.94
23	Rosemary Ryan		1	17	8	15:33.05
24	Nora Leticia Rocha		1	5	9	15:38.72
25	Sonja Stolic		2	13	8	15:38.96
26	Megumi Tanaka		2	15	9	15:39.83
27	Marta Dominguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...		2	3	10	15:45.07
28	Kate Richardson Kate Richardson (athlete) Kate Richardson is an Australian athlete, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's 5.000 metres....		3	1	9	15:45.34
29	Inga Juodeškienė		3	12	10	15:46.37
30	Hrisostomia Iakovou		2	6	11	15:46.48
31	Samukeliso Moyo Samukeliso Moyo Samukeliso Moyo is a female long-distance runner from Zimbabwe. She represented her native African country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain....		2	14	12	15:47.76
32	Anne Marie Letko Anne Marie Lauck Anne Marie Letko is an American long-distance runner who competed in the Summer Olympics in 1996 and 2000 ....		3	6	11	15:47.78
33	Michiko Shimizu		1	16	10	15:48.20
34	Ebru Kavaklioglu Ebru Kavaklioglu Ebru Kavaklıoğlu is a retired long-distance runner who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres....		3	16	12	15:49.15
35	Breda Dennehy-Willis		3	8	13	15:49.58
36	Dulce Maria Rodriguez Dulce María Rodríguez Dulce María Rodríguez de la Cruz is a Mexican long-distance runner who competes in track and road running events, including the marathon...		1	15	11	15:54.17
37	Zhor El Kamch Zhor El Kamch Zhor El Kamch is a Moroccan long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 4:08.09 *3000 metres - 8:34.85 *5000 metres - 14:42.53 *10,000 metres - 33:01.29...		2	8	13	16:02.50
38	Anne Cross		2	1	14	16:07.18
39	Yamna Belkacem		1	11	12	16:08.49
40	Helena Javornik Helena Javornik Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....		1	7	13	16:09.60
41	Andrea Whitcombe		2	9	15	16:15.82
42	Elisa Cobanea		1	4	14	16:16.58
43	Man Yee Maggie Chan		2	1	16	16:20.43
44	Nebiat Habtemariam Nebiat Habtemariam Nebiat Habtemariam is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. She was born in Adi-Kinzinab....		1	4	15	16:30.41		NR
45	Diane Nukuri		3	2	14	16:38.30		PB
46	Catherine Chikwakwa Catherine Chikwakwa Catherine Chikwakwa is a Malawian middle/long-distance runner.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 9:11.89 *5000 metres - 15:36.22 *10,000 metres - 35:03.6 -External links:...		3	5	15	16:39.82		PB
47	Maysa Hussein Matrood		1	1	16	17:17.58
48	Priscilla Mamba Priscilla Mamba Priscilla Mamba is a Swaziland athlete. She competed for Swaziland at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Women's 5000 metres event. She finished 16th of 17 competitors in her heat and did not advance to the final. She also competed at the 1991, 1999 and the 2003 World Championships.-External links:...		3	7	16	17:30.04		NR
49	Baatarkhuu Battsetseg		3	13	17	18:22.98		SB
	Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Kemi is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. She twice carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...		1	10		DNS

Final

Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Time	Record
1	Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo is a Romanian track and field athlete, winner of the gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in 5000 m and winner of bronze and silver medals in 1996 Summer Olympics and 2000 Summer Olympics in 1500 m, respectively....		10	14:40.79	OR
2	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		7	14:41.02	NR
3	Gete Wami Gete Wami Getenesh Wami is a female Ethiopian cross country and track runner....		11	14:42.23
4	Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres...		14	14:42.67
5	Irina Mikitenko		1	14:43.59	SB
6	Lydia Cheromei Lydia Cheromei Lydia Cheromei is a Kenyan athlete. She specializes in long distance running. She rose to fame at the age of thirteen with a win in the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships...		15	14:47.35	PB
7	Worknesh Kidane		2	14:47.40	PB
8	Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova is a Russian middle distance runner.Her first international appearance came at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where she finished 9th in the 1500m won by future world record holder Qu Yunxia...		12	14:50.31
9	Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka Jelena Prokopcuka Jeļena Prokopčuka is a Latvian long-distance runner, perhaps best known for winning the New York City Marathon in 2005 and 2006...		6	14:55.46
10	Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova Daniela Yordanova is a Bulgarian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition doping test in Sofia on 13 June 2008, which eventually got her kicked out of the 2008 Summer Olympics...		5	14:56.95	NR
11	Rose Cheruiyot Rose Cheruiyot Rose Jelagat Cheruiyot is a runner from Kenya.She is married to Ismael Kirui. The couple completed an unusual double when they both won their senior races at the Belfast International Cross Country in 1995....		13	14:58.07
12	Jo Pavey Jo Pavey Joanne Pavey is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Great Britain. She competes mainly in the 5000 metres distance but also on 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 10,000 metres events, and road racing. In 2006 she won silver in the 5000 m in the Commonwealth Games...		3	14:58.27	PB
13	Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Tomashova Tatyana Ivanovna Tomashova is a Russian middle distance runner. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she competed in 5000 metres, but she has participated in shorter races since, now competing mainly in the 1500 metres...		4	15:01.28
14	Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics...		8	15:33.66
	Olivera Jevtić Olivera Jevtic Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...		9	DNF