Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres at the XVI Pan American Games
Venue Telmex Athletics Stadium
Dates October 27
Competitors 12 from 7 nations
Medalists
   Mexico
   Brazil
   Peru
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Athletics at
the 2011 Pan 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
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

The women's 5000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27th October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Megan Metcalfe of Canada.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway June 6, 2008
Pan American Games record  Adriana Fernandez (MEX) 15:30.65 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic August 6, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (17:00.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[2]

Schedule

Date Time Round
October 27, 2011 17:20 Final

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best DQDisqualifed

Final

Held on October 27.

Rank Name Nationality Time[3] Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Marisol Romero Mexico 16:24.08
2nd, silver medalist(s) Cruz da Silva Brazil 16:29.75
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Inés Melchor Peru 16:41.50
4 Sandra Lopez Mexico 16:47.19
5 Yudileyvis Castillo Cuba 16:49.63
6 Yolanda Caballero Colombia 16:54.62
7 Kim Conley United States 17:00.90
8 Neely Spence United States 17:01.11
9 Wilma Arizapana Peru 17:06.99
10 Nadia Rodriguez Argentina 17:14.91
11 Yudisleidis Fuente Cuba 17:23.76
12 Rosa Godoy Argentina 17:33.77

References

  1. "Guadalajara 2011 Sessions" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. "Athlete's Qualification Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  3. "Women's 5000m Final". Guadalajara 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
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