Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2003 Summer Universiade was held on 29 August in Daegu, South Korea.

The winning margin was 0.43 seconds as it would be in the 2015 edition of these games. As of 2024, these are the only two occasions where the women's 5,000 metres has been won by less than a second at these games.

Results

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Eloise Poppett  Australia15:47.19
Zhang Yuhong  China15:47.62
Cristina Casandra  Romania15:50.44
4Hayley McGregor  Australia15:51.82
5Judith Plá  Spain15:55.97
6Poppy Mlambo  South Africa16:02.34
7Sonia Bejarano  Spain16:10.44
8Tomoko Horioka  Japan16:22.17
9Rebecca Stallwood  Canada16:40.46
10Eleni Gebremedhin  Ethiopia16:52.45
11Fatima Boufares  Morocco17:15.76
12Karla Silva  Peru17:18.33
Inês Monteiro  PortugalDNF

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