Race profile

IAAF World Championships- Final
Athens GRE
09 Aug 1997
Outdoor Track
5 km
Women: -0.10 sec (-0.02 sec/km)
Women: 988
$110,000
IAAF World Championships

Results (women)

Finished Time Flags Given name Surname Alternate name Citizenship Birth date Prize money Actions
1 14:57.68 Gabriela Szabo ROM 14 Nov 1975 $60,000
2 14:58.29 Roberta Brunet ITA 20 May 1965 $30,000
3 14:58.85 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 23 Jun 1969 $20,000
4 15:01.74 Paula Radcliffe ENG 17 Dec 1973
5 15:07.88 Lydia Cheromei Kogo KEN 11 May 1977
6 15:10.64 Jian-ying Liu CHN 17 Oct 1970
7 15:11.15 Libbie Hickman Johnson USA 17 Feb 1965
8 15:21.19 Harumi Hiroyama Suzuki JPN 02 Sep 1968
9 15:24.04 Wei Li CHN 29 Jun 1972
10 15:27.76 Merima Denboba ETH 21 Aug 1974
11 15:27.78 Kate Richardson Anderson AUS 05 Nov 1973
12 15:28.07 Ayelech Worku ETH 12 Jun 1979
13 15:32.83 Naoko Takahashi JPN 06 May 1972
14 15:37.85 Gunhilde Haugen Halle NOR 01 Jun 1972
15 15:45.48 Yuko Kawakami JPN 01 Aug 1975
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