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

Events at the 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		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 24 August.

Medalists

Gold	Irina Stankina Russia
Silver	Olga Panfyorova Russia
Bronze	Claudia Iovan Romania

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Irina Stankina	Russia	21:31.85
	Olga Panfyorova	Russia	21:52.27
	Claudia Iovan	Romania	21:57.11
4	Melanie Seeger	Germany	22:11.29
5	Nie Yulin	China	22:23.41
6	Linda Coffee	Australia	22:34.77
7	Abigail Saenz	Mexico	22:37.68
8	Gabriele Herold	Germany	22:42.62
9	Laura Ferreiro	Spain	22:42.96
10	Aya Kamikawa	Japan	22:47.36
11	Krista Ranta-Pere	Finland	22:50.13
12	Takako Terui	Japan	22:52.13
13	Elke Ennemoser	Italy	23:22.92
14	Rosaleigh Commerford	Ireland	23:29.73
15	Barbara Tóth	Hungary	23:30.57
16	Annarita Fidanza	Italy	23:33.40
17	Park Mi-Ri	South Korea	23:34.68
18	Sandra Monteiro	Portugal	24:15.98
19	Andreia Pedro	Brazil	24:28.03
20	Tânia Spindler	Brazil	25:00.47
21	Nina Howley	United Kingdom	25:12.23
22	Inês Henriques	Portugal	25:17.22
23	Anya-Marie Ruoss	United States	25:43.48
24	Alison Zabrenski	United States	26:56.56
	Natalie Saville	Australia	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

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