2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 13 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia
Silver	Catherine Chikwakwa  Malawi
Bronze	Chiaki Iwamoto  Japan

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	15:21.52
	Catherine Chikwakwa	Malawi	15:36.22
	Chiaki Iwamoto	Japan	15:39.59
4	Sun Weiwei	China	15:50.67
5	Caitlin Chock	United States	15:52.88
6	Rehima Kedir	Ethiopia	15:54.34
7	Yuko Nohara	Japan	15:57.51
8	Olga Minina	Belarus	15:58.93
9	Viktoriya Kharitonova	Russia	16:04.41
10	Viola Jemutai Kiplagat	Kenya	16:23.85
11	Edith Chelimo	Kenya	16:25.24
12	Hind Musa	Sudan	16:50.02
13	Adelina De Soccio	Italy	16:51.12
14	Paula Todoran	Romania	17:24.76
15	Thet Phyu War	Myanmar	18:07.91
	Safa Aissaoui	Tunisia	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (1)
•  China (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  Malawi (1)
•  Myanmar (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  Sudan (1)
•  Tunisia (1)
•  United States (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2004 Grosseto ITA Jul 12-18, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 2 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015