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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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
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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The 5000 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 20 and August 23.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Meseret Defar, Ethiopia	Isabella Ochichi, Kenya	Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia

Event Summary

Heats

Heat 1

1. Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 15:00.66 - Q
2. Sentayehu Ejigu, Ethiopia 15:01.31 - Q
3. Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russia 15:01.77 - Q
4. Liliya Shobukhova, Russia 15:01.86 - Q
5. Edith Masai, Kenya 15:01.92 - Q
6. Irina Mikitenko, Germany 15:02.16 - q
7. Sun Yingjie, China 15:03.00 - q Season Best
8. Emilie Mondor, Canada 15:20.15
9. Marla Runyan, United States 15:24.88
10. Tezeta Desalgne-Surekli, Turkey 15:26.64
11. Kimberley Smith, New Zealand 15:31.80
12. Dorcus Inzikuru, Uganda 15:38.59
13. Shayne Culpepper, United States 15:40.02
14. Ebru Kavaklioglu, Turkey 15:52.39
15. Maria McCambridge, Ireland 15:57.42
16. Souad Ait Salem, Algeria 16:02.10
17. Dulce Maria Rodriguez, Mexico 16:08.07
18. Zainab Bakkour, Syria 17:18.66
19. Francine Niyonizigiye, Burundi 17:21.27
20. Elizabeth Zaragoza, El Salvador Did not finish

Heat 2

1. Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 14:52.39 - Q
2. Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkey 14:54.80 - Q
3. Joanne Pavey, Great Britain 14:55.45 - Q
4. Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 14:55.69 - Q
5. Xing Huina, China 14:56.01 - Q Personal Best
6. Margaret Maury, France 14:56.79 - q Personal Best
7. Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland 14:59.61 - q
8. Gulnara Samitova, Russia 15:05.78 - q
9. Jane Wanjiku, Kenya 15:14.57
10. Kirsi Valasti, Finland 15:33.78
11. Shalane Flanagan, United States 15:34.63
12. Maria Protopappa, Greece 15:35.07
13. Olga Kravtsova, Belarus 15:44.01
14. Restituta Joseph, Tanzania 15:45.11
15. Catherine Chikwakwa, Malawi 15:46.17
16. Courtney Babcock, Canada 15:47.35
17. Krisztina Papp, Hungary 15:58.44
18. Inês Monteiro, Portugal 16:03.75
19. Supriyati Sutono, Indonesia 16:34.14 Season Best
20. Nebiat Habtemariam, Eritrea 16:49.01
21. Ines Melchor, Peru 17:08.07

Final

1. Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 14:45.65s
2. Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 14:48.19s SB
3. Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:51.83s
4. Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russia 14:55.52s
5. Joanne Pavey, Great Britain 14:57.87s PB
6. Gulnara Samitova, Russia 15:02.30s
7. Irina Mikitenko, Germany 15:03.36s
8. Sun Yingjie, China 15:07.23s
9. Xing Huina, China 15:07.41s
10. Sentayehu Ejigu, Ethiopia 15:09.55s
11. Margaret Maury, France 15:09.77s
12. Elvan Abeylegesse, Turkey 15:12.64s
13. Liliya Shobukhova, Russia 15:15.64s
14. Sonia O'Sullivan, Ireland 16:20.90s

• Edith Masai, Kenya DNF

References

• Official Olympic Report
• 2004 Olympic Results