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2008 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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
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
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The women's 5000 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 July 2008.

Medalists

Gold	Sule Utura  Ethiopia
Silver	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia
Bronze	Nelly Ngeiywo  Kenya

Results

Final

8 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sule Utura	Ethiopia	16:15.59
	Genzebe Dibaba	Ethiopia	16:16.75
	Nelly Ngeiywo	Kenya	16:17.96
4	Lucia Kamene Muangi	Kenya	16:25.04
5	Kasumi Nishihara	Japan	16:33.28
6	Olga Skrypak	Ukraine	16:36.46
7	Kendra Schaff	Canada	16:37.79
8	Emily Pidgeon	United Kingdom	16:41.29
9	Nanako Hayashi	Japan	16:41.67
10	Kim Seong-Eun	South Korea	16:42.17
11	Catherine White	United States	16:48.70
12	Ashley Higginson	United States	17:19.54

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 12 athletes from 8 countries participated in the event.

•  Canada (1)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kenya (2)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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