2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2003 World Championships
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
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
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women's 5000 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 33 participating athletes, with two qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003 at 18:35h.

Tirunesh Dibaba, at 17 years 333 days, is the youngest individual World Champion ever.^[1]

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:51.72
	Marta Domínguez (ESP)	14:52.26
	Edith Masai (KEN)	14:52.30
4.	Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS)	14:52.36
5.	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	14:53.56
6.	Isabella Ochichi (KEN)	14:54.08
7.	Gulnara Galkina (RUS)	14:54.38
8.	Courtney Babcock (CAN)	14:54.98
9.	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	14:57.01
10.	Berhane Adere (ETH)	14:58.07
11.	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	14:59.36
12.	Émilie Mondor (CAN)	15:02.36
13.	Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)	15:16.73
14.	Zhor El Kamch (MAR)	15:29.72
15.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	15:36.62

• Held on Tuesday 26 August 2003

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Edith Masai (KEN)	14:45.35
2.	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:45.96
3.	Sun Yingjie (CHN)	14:46.73
4.	Marta Domínguez (ESP)	14:48.33
5.	Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)	14:52.66
6.	Gulnara Galkina (RUS)	14:58.88
7.	Émilie Mondor (CAN)	14:59.68
8.	Jane Wanjiku Gakunyi (KEN)	15:04.00
9.	Meseret Defar (ETH)	15:11.72
10.	Olga Yegorova (RUS)	15:12.41
11.	Kayoko Fukushi (JPN)	15:16.53
12.	Souad Aït Salem (ALG)	15:34.64
13.	Catherine Chikwakwa (MAW)	15:40.10
14.	Simret Sultan (ERI)	16:09.48
15.	Inés Melchor (PER)	17:17.90
—	Lornah Kiplagat (NED)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR)	14:54.95
2.	Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)	14:55.50
3.	Berhane Adere (ETH)	14:56.01
4.	Isabella Ochichi (KEN)	14:56.63
5.	Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS)	14:56.70
6.	Gabriela Szabo (ROU)	14:56.70
7.	Zhor El Kamch (MAR)	15:00.61
8.	Courtney Babcock (CAN)	15:01.48
9.	Irina Mikitenko (GER)	15:06.97
10.	Restituta Joseph (TAN)	15:10.54
11.	Lauren Fleshman (USA)	15:12.71
12.	Xing Huina (CHN)	15:13.50
13.	Hrisostomia Iakovou (GRE)	15:44.90
14.	Susanne Pumper (AUT)	15:53.52
15.	Dorcus Inzikuru (UGA)	16:00.99
16.	Lilian Claber Argereta (HON)	20:17.90
—	Anesie Kwizera (BDI)	DNS

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