5,000 metres, Women
Participants
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kate Anderson |  AUS |
| 2 | Natalie Harvey | AUS |
| 3 | Roseli Machado |  BRA |
| 4 | Kathy Butler |  CAN |
| 5 | Robyn Meagher | CAN |
| 6 | Wang Junxia |  CHN |
| 7 | Wei Li | CHN |
| 8 | Yang Siju | CHN |
| 9 | Nina Christiansen |  DEN |
| 10 | Isabel Martínez |  ESP |
| 11 | Cristina Petite | ESP |
| 12 | Merima Denboba |  ETH |
| 13 | Ayelech Worku | ETH |
| 14 | Luchia Yishak | ETH |
| 15 | Sonia McGeorge |  GBR |
| 16 | Paula Radcliffe | GBR |
| 17 | Alison Wyeth | GBR |
| 18 | Claudia Lokar |  GER |
| 19 | Petra Wassiluk | GER |
| 20 | Katy McCandless |  IRL |
| 21 | Marie McMahon | IRL |
| 22 | Sonia O'Sullivan | IRL |
| 23 | Roberta Brunet |  ITA |
| 24 | Silvia Sommaggio | ITA |
| 25 | Harumi Hiroyama |  JPN |
| 26 | Yoshiko Ichikawa | JPN |
| 27 | Michiko Shimizu | JPN |
| 28 | Irina Mikitenko |  KAZ |
| 29 | Lydia Cheromei |  KEN |
| 30 | Rose Cheruiyot | KEN |
| 31 | Pauline Konga | KEN |
| 32 | Jeļena Čelnova |  LAT |
| 33 | Zohra Ouaziz |  MAR |
| 34 | Martha Portobanco |  NCA |
| 35 | Rachida Mahamane |  NIG |
| 36 | Anne Hare |  NZL |
| 37 | Ana Dias |  POR |
| 38 | Elena Fidatof |  ROU |
| 39 | Stela Olteanu | ROU |
| 40 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU |
| 41 | Yelena Romanova |  RUS |
| 42 | Anita Weyermann |  SUI |
| 43 | Sara Wedlund |  SWE |
| 44 | Mary Decker-Slaney |  USA |
| 45 | Lynn Jennings | USA |
| 46 | Amy Rudolph | USA |
Non-starters
| Nr. | Athlete | NOC |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolyn Schuwalow | AUS |
| 2 | Gwen Griffiths |  RSA |