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

1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
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
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 5000 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 25 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Ayelech Worku  Ethiopia
Silver	Olivera Jevtić  Yugoslavia
Bronze	Cristina Iloc  Romania

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

23 August

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

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.