Evolution of women's 5,000m world record

STOCKHOLM, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Following is the evolution of the women's 5,000 meters world record after Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba clocked 14 minutes 11.15 seconds at a Golden League meeting in Oslo on Friday:

Time Name Nationality Date

15:37.0 Janice Merrill (United States) 11.7.77

15:35.5 Kathy Mills (United States) 26.5.78

15:33.8 Merrill 19.5.79

15:33.6 Merrill 22.3.80

15:28.43 Ingrid Kristiansen (Norway) 11.7.81

15:24.46 Yelena Sipatova (Soviet Union) 6.9.81

15:14.51 Paula Fudge (Britain) 13.9.81

15:13.22 Anne Audain (New Zealand) 17.3.82

15:08.26 Mary Decker (United States) 5.6.82

14:58.89 Kristiansen 28.6.84

14:48.07 Zola Budd (Britain) 26.8.85

14:37.33 Kristiansen 5.8.86

14:36.45 Fernanda Ribeiro (Portugal) 22.7.95

14:28.09 Jiang Bo (China) 23.10.97

14:24.69 Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 11.6.04

14:24.53 Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 3.6.06

14:16.63 Defar 15.6.07

14:11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 6.6.08