1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk

Events at the 1998 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		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 walk event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Sabine Zimmer Germany
Silver	Jolanta Dukure Latvia
Bronze	Xue Ailing China

Results

Final

1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sabine Zimmer	Germany	21:14.39
	Jolanta Dukure	Latvia	21:17.89
	Xue Ailing	China	21:28.57
4	Lyudmila Dedekina	Russia	21:52.91
5	Daniela Cîrlan	Romania	22:04.60
6	Rita Turova	Belarus	22:06.06
7	Elisa Rigaudo	Italy	22:07.21
8	Larisa Safronova	Russia	22:12.75
9	Shi Na	China	22:28.15
10	Michelle French	Australia	22:37.96
11	Aura Morales	Mexico	22:53.55
12	Mária Gáliková	Slovakia	22:53.70
13	Zuzana Blazeková	Slovakia	22:53.84
14	Cinzia Artino	Italy	22:57.32
15	Renee McAskill	Australia	23:14.82
16	Anne Haaland Simonsen	Norway	23:17.68
17	Edina Füsti	Hungary	23:32.04
18	Vianey Pedraza	Mexico	23:32.81
19	Lyubov Zhivoglyadova	Kazakhstan	23:36.40
20	Lisa Kutzing	United States	23:38.48
21	Vanessa Espinosa	Spain	23:40.34
22	Luisa Paltin	Ecuador	23:49.98
23	Mónica Carrión	Ecuador	23:53.86
24	Inês Henriques	Portugal	23:54.51
25	Beatrice Klabuhn	Germany	23:57.11
26	Ayako Mori	Japan	24:01.19
27	Melissa Rodriguez	France	24:16.74
28	Ayumi Miyashita	Japan	24:27.98
29	Vera Santos	Portugal	24:33.63
30	Magdalena Jacobson	Sweden	24:38.20
31	Dímitra Koukuli	Greece	25:00.72
32	Carma Watson	New Zealand	25:19.61
33	Zeneida Obando	Nicaragua	26:25.59
	Elin Cecilie Løftesnes	Norway	DQ
	Virginie Janvier	France	DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

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