1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk

The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 20 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Wang Yan  China
Silver	Natalya Zykova  Soviet Union
Bronze	Jin Bingyie  China

Results

Final

20 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Wang Yan	China	22:03.65
	Natalya Zykova	Soviet Union	22:17.76
	Jin Bingyie	China	22:17.83
4	Mari Cruz Díaz	Spain	23:07.66
5	Kjersti Tysse	Norway	23:09.99
6	Emilia Cano	Spain	23:18.05
7	Gabrielle Blythe	Australia	23:56.56
8	Mihaela Daogaroiu	Romania	24:06.24
9	Atanaska Dzhivkova	Bulgaria	24:25.27
10	Sabine Desmet	Belgium	24:35.23
11	Barbara Niewojt	Poland	24:36.09
12	Aleyna Narbey	Australia	24:37.96
13	Julie Drake	United Kingdom	24:39.11
14	Lora Rigutto	Canada	24:42.65
15	Olimpiada Ivanova	Soviet Union	25:01.87
16	Cinzia Agnolon	Italy	25:20.88
17	Kerry Bratton	United States	25:23.02
18	Kathrin Born	East Germany	25:31.67
19	Beata Betlej	Poland	25:36.88
20	Magdalena Pettersson	Sweden	26:08.55
21	Victoria Lawrence	United Kingdom	26:36.70
22	Edith Montpetit	Canada	26:44.00
23	Sybil Perez	United States	26:58.13
24	Ele Katehou	Greece	27:48.59

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  China (2)
•  East Germany (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015