2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
Introduction The '''women's 5000 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics''' were held at the Olympic Stadium on 19 and 22 August
Medalists '''Gold''''''Silver''''''Bronze'''Vivian Cheruiyot'' ''Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet''''Meseret Defar''''
Records '''World record''''''14:11.15'''Oslo, Norway6 June 2008'''Championship record''''''14:38.59'''Helsinki, Finland13 August 2005'''World leading''''''14:33.65'''London, Great Britain25 July 2009'''African record''''''14:11.15'''Oslo, Norway6 June 2008'''Asian record''''''14:28.09'''Shanghai, China23 October 1997'''North American record''''''14:44.80'''Walnut, United States13 April 2007'''South American record''''''15:22.01'''Hechtel-Eksel, Belgium31 July 1993'''European record''''''14:23.75'''Kazan, Russia19 July 2008'''Oceanian record''''''14:45.93'''Rome, Italy11 July 2008
Qualification standards A timeB time 15:10.00 15:25.00
Schedule  Date Time RoundAugust 19, 2009  '''10:45'''   '''Heats'''August 22, 2009  '''19:35'''   '''Final'''
Results ===Heats===Qualification: First 5 in each heat('''Q''') and the next 5 fastest('''q''') advance to the final.Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Notes     2  Meseret Defar    15:16.46  Q     2  Vivian Cheruiyot    15:16.59  Q     1  Sentayehu Ejigu    15:17.64  Q     1  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet    15:17.77  Q     1  Meselech Melkamu    15:18.39   Q     2  Iness Chepkesis Chenonge    15:18.40   Q     2  Genzebe Dibaba    15:19.66   Q      2  Alemitu Bekele    15:19.88  Q, SB    1  Krisztina Papp    15:19.90   Q, SB 10   1  Sara Moreira    15:19.93  Q  11    2  Jennifer Rhines    15:20.20  q 12    2  Silvia Weissteiner    15:20.88   q 13    1  Yurika Nakamura    15:21.01  q, PB 14    2  Yuriko Kobayashi    15:23.96   q, SB 15    2  Zakia Mrisho Mohamed    15:25.09    q, SB 16    1  Julie Culley    15:32.33    17    1  Natalya Popkova    15:32.62    18    2  Elizaveta Grechishnikova    15:53.41   19    2  Judith Plá    15:54.32      20   1  Inés Melchor    16:00.83      21   2  Pauline Niyongere    16:33.77  PB 22    1  Marriam Thole    17:12.21        1  Elvan Abeylegesse       DNS'''Key''': PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
Final Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   Vivian Cheruiyot    14:57.97    Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet    14:58.33   Meseret Defar    14:58.41   Sentayehu Ejigu    15:03.38  Meselech Melkamu    15:03.72   Iness Chepkesis Chenonge    15:06.06   Silvia Weissteiner    15:09.74  SB  Genzebe Dibaba    15:11.12   Jennifer Rhines    15:11.63 10  Sara Moreira    15:12.22 11  Yuriko Kobayashi   15:12.44  SB12  Yurika Nakamura    15:13.01  PB13  Alemitu Bekele    15:18.18  SB14  Krisztina Papp    15:20.36 15  Zakia Mrisho Mohamed    15:31.73  '''Key''':  CR = Championship record, DNF = Did not finish, DNS = Did not start, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best===Splits=== Intermediate  Athlete  Country  Mark 1000m  Yurika Nakamura    3:06.02 2000m  Sentayehu Ejigu    6:11.04 3000m  Vivian Cheruiyot    9:15.05 4000m  Vivian Cheruiyot    12:15.79
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