2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 5000 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

Olga Yegorova had tested positive for EPO earlier in 2001 which drew protests from her fellow competitors after she was allowed to compete in the World Athletics Championships. Although her urine sample tested positive for EPO, the French authorities failed to take an accompanying blood test and she avoided a suspension on a technicality.

Medalists

Gold	Olga Yegorova Russia (RUS)
Silver	Marta Domínguez Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Ayelech Worku Ethiopia (ETH)

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 5 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
1	2	Yanmei Dong	China	15:09.44	Q, SB
2	2	Joanne Pavey	Great Britain	15:10.62	Q, SB
3	2	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russland	15:11.63	Q
4	2	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenia	15:12.04	Q
5	2	Irina Mikitenko	Deutschland	15:12.63	Q
6	2	Merima Denboba	Äthiopien	15:14.76	q
7	1	Marta Domínguez	Spanien	15:15.81	Q
8	1	Olga Yegorova	Russland	15:15.85	Q
9	1	Tatyana Tomashova	Russland	15:15.95	Q
10	1	Gabriela Szabo	Rumänien	15:16.02	Q
11	1	Edith Masai	Kenia	15:16.13	Q
12	1	Ayelech Worku	Äthiopien	15:16.18	q
13	2	Benita Willis	Australien	15:17.93	q
14	2	Teresa Recio	Spanien	15:19.81	q
15	2	Fatima Yvelain	Frankreich	15:20.16	q
16	1	Kathy Butler	Great Britain	15:20.78
17	1	Elvan Abeylegesse	Türkei	15:22.89
18	2	Haruko Okamoto	Japan	15:23.93	PB
19	1	Marla Runyan	Vereinigte Staaten	15:24.30
20	2	Elva Dryer	Vereinigte Staaten	15:26.04
21	2	Beatriz Santiago	Spanien	15:26.55
22	1	Breeda Dennehy-Willis	Irland	15:26.97
23	2	Dulce Maria Rodriguez	Mexiko	15:27.34
24	2	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	15:29.61
25	1	Werknesh Kidane	Äthiopien	15:29.96
26	1	Restituta Joseph	Tansania	15:33.93
27	1	Susanne Pumper	Österreich	15:41.25
28	1	Courtney Babcock	Kanada	15:46.72
29	1	Amy Rudolph	Vereinigte Staaten	15:46.77
30	2	Inga Juodeskiene	Litauen	15:48.13	SB
31	2	Gunhild Haugen	Norwegen	15:54.56
32	1	Hayley Yelling	Great Britain	15:59.39
33	2	Maria McCambridge	Irland	16:04.49
34	1	Mónica Rosa	Portugal	16:04.62
35	2	ManYee Chan-Ropper	Hongkong	16:16.06
36	1	Una English	Irland	16:26.15
37	2	Catherine Chikwakwa	Malawi	16:36.85	NR
38	1	Nebiat Habtemariam	Eritrea	16:37.57
	1	Nasria Baghdad-Azaïdj	Algerien	DQ
	1	Zhor El Kamch	Marokko	DNF
	1	Daniela Yordanova	Bulgarien	DNF
	2	Wisam Abu Bekheet	Palestine	DNF
	2	Hrisostomia Iakovou	Griechenland	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Zeit	Notes
	Olga Yegorova	Russland	15:03.39
	Marta Domínguez	Spanien	15:06.59
	Ayelech Worku	Äthiopien	15:10.17
4	Yanmei Dong	China	15:10.73
5	Irina Mikitenko	Deutschland	15:13.93
6	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	Russland	15:16.15
7	Edith Masai	Kenia	15:17.67
8	Gabriela Szabo	Rumänien	15:19.55
9	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenia	15:23.18
10	Tatyana Tomashova	Russland	15:23.83
11	Joanne Pavey	Great Britain	15:28.41
12	Benita Willis	Australien	15:36.75
13	Merima Denboba	Äthiopien	15:41.09
14	Fatima Yvelain	Frankreich	15:53.52
15	Teresa Recio	Spanien	15:57.32

References

• Finals Results
• Heats results