Ethiopia's Defar wins women's 5,000m gold

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar won the women's 5,000 meters gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens on August 23.

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar wins the women's 5,000 meters gold medal in a time of 14 minutes and 45.65 seconds at the Olympic Games August 23, 2004.

The 20-year-old, women's 3,000m winner in this year's world indoor championships in Budapest, clocked 14 minutes 45.65 seconds for the gold.

Kenya's Isabella Ochichi, who finished 6th in the event at last year's world championships in Paris, took the silver in 14:48.19.

Another Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba, who became the youngest ever individual senior world champion in Paris at 18, won the bronze in 14:51.83.

Chinese Sun Yingjie, the 10,000m bronze medalist in last year's world championships, exchanged the lead with compatriot Xing Huina but dropped behind midway through the race and finished a distant eighth place in 15:07.23.

Following are the results of women' s 5,000 meters final at Athens Olympic Games on Monday:

1. Meseret Defar, Ethiopia, 14 minutes 45.65 seconds

2. Isabella Ochichi, Kenya, 14:48.19

3. Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, 14:51.83

4. Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russia, 14:55.52

5. Joanne Pavey, Britain, 14:57.87

6. Gulnara Samitova, Russia, 15:02.30

7. Irina Mikitenko, Germany, 15:03.36

8. Sun Yingjie, China, 15:07.23