All Three US Women Advance to Olympic 5000m Finals

5000 Metres – W Heats
Qual. rule: first 6 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

19 August 2008 – 19:35

Position	Athlete	Country	Mark	.
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	15:09.89 Q	.
2	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	KEN	15:10.37 Q	.
3	Alemitu Bekele	TUR	15:10.92 Q	.
4	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	15:11.21 Q	.
5	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	RUS	15:11.46 Q	.
6	Jennifer Rhines	USA	15:15.12 Q	.
7	Yuriko Kobayashi	JPN	15:15.87	.
8	Simret Sultan	ERI	15:16.25	(NR)
9	Volha Krautsova	BLR	15:21.85	(SB)
10	Silvia Weissteiner	ITA	15:23.45	.
11	Yingying Zhang	CHN	15:23.81	(SB)
12	Zakia Mrisho Mohamed	TAN	15:24.28	.
13	Dolores Checa	ESP	15:31.22	.
14	Jessica Augusto	POR	16:05.71	.
15	Lucia Chandamale	MAW	16:44.09	.
16	Celma Bonfim da Gra̤a	STP	17:25.99	(NR)

Intermediate	Athlete	nat	Mark
1000m	Silvia Weissteiner	ITA	3:04.85
2000m	Dolores Checa	ESP	6:10.02
3000m	Dolores Checa	ESP	9:18.42
4000m	Gulnara Samitova-Galkina	RUS	12:23.46

Heat 2

19 August 2008 – 20:05

Position	Athlete	Country	Mark	.
1	Meseret Defar	ETH	14:56.32 Q	.
2	Vivian Cheruiyot	KEN	14:57.27 Q	(SB)
3	Liliya Shobukhova	RUS	14:57.77 Q	.
4	Priscah Jepleting Cherono	KEN	14:58.07 Q	.
5	Elvan Abeylegesse	TUR	14:58.79 Q	(SB)
6	Shalane Flanagan	USA	14:59.69 Q	(SB)
7	Kara Goucher	USA	15:00.98 q	.
8	Megan Metcalfe	CAN	15:11.23 q	(PB)
9	Fei Xue	CHN	15:13.25 q	(SB)
10	Kayoko Fukushi	JPN	15:20.46	.
11	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli	MAR	15:21.47	.
12	Yukiko Akaba	JPN	15:38.30	.
13	Krisztina Papp	HUN	16:08.86	.
14	Francine Niyonizigiye	BDI	17:08.44	.
.	Yelena Zadorozhnaya	RUS	DNF	.
.	Joanne Pavey	GBR	DNS	.

Intermediate	Athlete	nat	Mark
1000m	Kayoko Fukushi	JPN	2:58.70
2000m	Yukiko Akaba	JPN	6:01.92
3000m	Liliya Shobukhova	RUS	9:06.99
4000m	Liliya Shobukhova	RUS	12:08.58

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