Athletics at the 2010 South American Games – Women's 5,000 metres

Athletics at the 2010 South American Games
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	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Women's 5,000m event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 22 at 17:45.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tatiele de Carvalho  Brazil	Aura Rojas  Colombia	Charo Inga Perú

Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games
World record	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
World Leading	Mary Cullen	Ireland	15:27.75	Melbourne, Australia	4 March 2010
South American record	Carmem de Oliveira	Brazil	15:22.01	Hechtel, Belgium	31 July 1993
South American U23 record	Erika Alejandra Olivera	Chile	15:52.27	Mar del Plata, Argentina	6 April 1997

Results were published.^[1][2][3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Tatiele de Carvalho	Brazil	17:13.53
	Aura Rojas	Colombia	17:35.45	SB
	Charo Inga	Perú	17:49.41
4	Dina Cid	Chile	18:37.68
5	Drielle Severiano	Brazil	18:50.79
–	Karina Villazana	Perú	DSQ	†

^†: Karina Villazana from Perú was initially 2nd in 17:24.31, but was disqualified, because being tested positive for cocaine abuse.^[4]

Intermediate times:

1000m	3:17.41	Charo Inga	Perú
2000m	6:45.21	Charo Inga	Perú
3000m	10:18.66	Charo Inga	Perú
4000m	14:00.72	Karina Villazana	Perú

• 2010 South American Under-23 Championships in Athletics

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