2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on 29 August and 1 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Meseret Defar Ethiopia	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	Priscah Jepleting Cherono  Kenya

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 29, 2007	20:05	Heats
September 1, 2007	20:30	Final

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

WR

World record

AR

Area record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	15:06.26	Q, SB
2	1	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	15:06.54	Q
3	1	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	Kenya	15:06.54	Q
4	1	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	15:07.21	Q
5	1	Shalane Flanagan	United States	15:07.47	Q
6	2	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	15:10.13	Q
7	2	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	15:10.32	Q
8	2	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	Kenya	15:11.22	Q
9	2	Joanne Pavey	United Kingdom	15:11.83	Q, SB
10	2	Jennifer Rhines	United States	15:14.30	Q
11	2	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	15:15.74	q
12	2	Mariya Konovalova	Russia	15:16.49	q
13	1	Volha Krautsova	Belarus	15:17.64	q, SB
14	1	Kayoko Fukushi	Japan	15:19.67	q
15	2	Jessica Augusto	Portugal	15:21.23	q
16	1	Simret Sultan	Eritrea	15:25.29
17	2	Kayo Sugihara	Japan	15:31.44
18	2	Zakia Mrisho Mohamed	Tanzania	15:33.81
19	2	Mary Teresa Cullen	Ireland	15:40.53
20	2	Angeline Nyiransabimana	Rwanda	15:53.23	NR
21	1	Michelle Sikes	United States	15:54.06
22	1	Nora Leticia Rocha	Mexico	16:34.74
23	1	Lucia Chandamale	Malawi	16:35.75	PB
24	1	Francine Niyonizigiye	Burundi	17:25.22	SB
25	2	Gabriela Traña	Costa Rica	17:45.56	SB
-	2	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	Morocco	DNF
-	1	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	DNS
-	1	Yekaterina Volkova	Russia	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	14:57.91
	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	14:58.50
	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	Kenya	14:59.21
4	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	Kenya	14:59.26	PB
5	Elvan Abeylegesse	Turkey	15:00.88	SB
6	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	15:01.42
7	Jennifer Rhines	United States	15:03.09
8	Shalane Flanagan	United States	15:03.86
9	Joanne Pavey	United Kingdom	15:04.77	SB
10	Gelete Burka	Ethiopia	15:07.46
11	Mariya Konovalova	Russia	15:09.71
12	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	15:11.81	PB
13	Volha Krautsova	Belarus	15:11.82	SB
14	Kayoko Fukushi	Japan	15:19.40
15	Jessica Augusto	Portugal	15:24.93