5000 Metres Summary | 14th IAAF World Championships

First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q)

POS	Rank	Heat	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	2	329	Meseret Defar	ETH	15:22.94 Q
2	2	2	332	Buze Diriba	ETH	15:23.41 Q
3	3	2	562	Viola Jelagat Kibiwot	KEN	15:24.47 Q
4	4	2	742	Elena Nagovitsyna	RUS	15:26.95 Q
5	5	2	898	Kim Conley	USA	15:27.35 Q
6	6	2	639	Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal	NOR	15:29.41 q
7	7	2	621	Susan Krumins	NED	15:34.31 q
8	1	1	558	Mercy Cherono	KEN	15:34.70 Q
9	2	1	327	Almaz Ayana	ETH	15:34.93 Q
10	8	2	110	Jackie Areson	AUS	15:40.21 q
11	3	1	919	Molly Huddle	USA	15:40.91 Q
12	9	2	311	Dolores Checa	ESP	15:43.73 q
13	10	2	658	Dominika Nowakowska	POL	15:45.10 q
14	4	1	943	Shannon Rowbury	USA	15:50.41 Q
15	5	1	188	Tejitu Daba	BRN	15:56.74 Q
16	6	1	145	Almensh Belete	BEL	16:03.03
17	7	1	358	Sophie Duarte	FRA	16:05.14
18	8	1	843	Betlhem Desalegn	UAE	16:13.27
19	9	1	539	Misaki Onishi	JPN	16:16.52
20	10	1	269	Carolina Tabares	COL	16:22.81
21	11	2	405	Giuli Dekanadze	GEO	17:57.39 SB
		1	569	Margaret Wangari Muriuki	KEN	DNF

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