Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Women's 5,000 metres event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Wednesday August 6, 2003. For the third time in a row the title went to Mexico's Adriana Fernández. She set a new Pan Am record in the final, beating her own record (15:46.32) established in 1995 (Mar del Plata).

Medalists

Gold	Adriana Fernández  Mexico
Silver	Nora Rocha  Mexico
Bronze	Nicole Jefferson  United States

Records

World Record	Jiang Bo (CHN)	14:28.09	October 23, 1997	Shanghai, PR China
Pan Am Record	Adriana Fernández (MEX)	15:46.32	March 24, 1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina

Results

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Adriana Fernández (MEX)	15:30.65 [1]
2	Nora Rocha (MEX)	15:40.98
3	Nicole Jefferson (USA)	15:42.40
4	Yudelkis Martínez (CUB)	16:09.33
5	Bertha Sánchez (COL)	16:13.59
6	Ann Marie Brooks (USA)	16:31.51
7	Rosa Apaza (BOL)	17:01.41
8	Elsa Monterroso (GUA)	17:13.72
9	Silvia Paredes (ECU)	17:46.03

See also

• 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

Notes

References

• Results