Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Dates	26 July 1996 (heats) 28 July 1996 (final)
Competitors	46 from 35 nations
Winning time	14:59.88
Medalists
Wang Junxia  China Pauline Konga  Kenya Roberta Brunet  Italy

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Women's 5000 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. There were a total of 48 competitors, with two non-starters.^[1]

Final classification

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	FINAL	HEAT
	Wang Junxia (CHN)	14:59.88	15:24.28
	Pauline Konga (KEN)	15:03.49	15:07.01
	Roberta Brunet (ITA)	15:07.52	15:22.58
4.	Michiko Shimizu (JPN)	15:09.05	15:23.56
5.	Paula Radcliffe (GBR)	15:13.11	15:23.90
6.	Yelena Romanova (RUS)	15:14.09	15:23.37
7.	Elena Fidatov (ROU)	15:16.71	15:17.89
8.	Rose Cheruiyot (KEN)	15:17.33	15:26.87
9.	Lynn Jennings (USA)	15:17.50	15:19.66
10.	Amy Rudolph (USA)	15:19.77	15:21.90
11.	Sara Wedlund (SWE)	15:22.98	15:20.61
12.	Ayelech Worku (ETH)	15:28.81	15:21.59
13.	Anne Hare (NZL)	15:29.11	15:22.31
14.	Anita Weyermann (SUI)	15:44.40	15:19.91
—	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	DNF	15:15.80

Non-qualifiers

RANK	NAME ATHLETE	HEATS
—	Claudia Lokar (GER)	15:28.35
—	Wei Li (CHN)	15:33.49
—	Silvia Sommaggio (ITA)	15:33.63
—	Petra Wassiluk (GER)	15:37.73
—	Yang Siju (CHN)	15:40.41
—	Mary Slaney (USA)	15:41.30
—	Roseli Machado (BRA)	15:41.63
—	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	15:42.35
—	Kathy Butler (CAN)	15:47.50
—	Merima Denboba (ETH)	15:48.35
—	Cristina Petite (ESP)	15:48.63
—	Lydia Cheromei (KEN)	15:49.85
—	Harumi Hiroyama (JPN)	15:50.43
—	Zohra Ouaziz (MAR)	15:55.03
—	Katy McCandless (IRL)	15:55.66
—	Nina Christiansen (DEN)	15:56.38
—	Ana Dias (POR)	15:57.35
—	Irina Mikitenko (KAZ)	15:57.67
—	Stela Olteanu (ROU)	15:58.28
—	Yoshiko Ichikawa (JPN)	15:58.90
—	Jelena Celnova (LAT)	15:59.00
—	Marie Davenport (IRL)	15:59.12
—	Isabel Martínez (ESP)	15:59.42
—	Sonia McGeorge (GBR)	16:01.92
—	Luchia Yishak (ETH)	16:04.29
—	Natalie Harvey (AUS)	16:06.45
—	Kate Anderson (AUS)	16:17.83
—	Robyn Meagher (CAN)	16:24.49
—	Alison Wyeth (GBR)	16:24.74
—	Marta Portoblanco (NCA)	18:42.78
—	Rachida Mahamane (NIG)	19:17.87
—	Gwen Griffiths (RSA)	DNS
—	Carolyn Schuwalow (AUS)	DNS

See also

• 1992 Women's Olympic 3,000 metres (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 3,000 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 3,000 metres (Helsinki)
• 1995 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Athens)
• 1998 Women's European Championships 5,000 metres (Budapest)
• 1999 Women's World Championships 5,000 metres (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic 5,000 metres (Sydney)

References

External links

• Official Report
• Results