1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	15:40.03
	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	15:40.59
	Cristina Iloc	Romania	15:41.44
4	Etaferahu Tarekegn	Ethiopia	15:46.68
5	Jepkorir Ayabei	Kenya	15:58.15
6	Rie Matsuoka	Japan	15:58.96
7	Sun Guanghong	China	16:13.40
8	Prisca Ngetich	Kenya	16:20.39
9	Charlotte Audier	France	16:20.60
10	Sara Ferrari	Italy	16:23.70
11	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	16:28.33
12	Galina Bogomolova	Russia	16:32.51
13	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	Hungary	16:35.50
14	Ulrike Maisch	Germany	17:18.17
	Tri Asih Handayani	Indonesia	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Etaferahu Tarekegn	Ethiopia	16:26.53	Q
2	Prisca Ngetich	Kenya	16:29.53	Q
3	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	16:32.12	Q
4	Charlotte Audier	France	16:33.69	Q
5	Sun Guanghong	China	16:34.40	Q
6	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	16:43.19	q
7	Monica Martel	Mexico	16:56.29
8	Ari Ichihashi	Japan	17:02.92
9	Sudragni Rumini	Indonesia	17:25.74
10	Ekateríni Fotopoúlou	Greece	17:34.74
11	Casi Florida	United States	17:37.55
12	Fabiane Cristine da Silva	Brazil	17:52.10

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ayelech Worku	Ethiopia	16:02.43	Q
2	Jepkorir Ayabei	Kenya	16:02.65	Q
3	Rie Matsuoka	Japan	16:14.07	Q
4	Cristina Iloc	Romania	16:16.82	Q
5	Sara Ferrari	Italy	16:25.73	Q
6	Galina Bogomolova	Russia	16:34.02	q
7	Ulrike Maisch	Germany	16:41.32	q
8	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	Hungary	16:46.70	q
9	Tri Asih Handayani	Indonesia	16:54.51	q
10	Amy Yoder	United States	16:57.31
11	Justine Nahimana	Burundi	17:13.92
12	Veronique Bingouma	Gabon	19:08.75

Medalists