1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk

The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 12 August.

Medalists

Gold	Susana Feitór Portugal
Silver	Tatyana Shchastnaya Soviet Union
Bronze	Simone Thust East Germany

Results

Final

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Susana Feitór	Portugal	21:44.30
	Tatyana Shchastnaya	Soviet Union	22:28.74
	Simone Thust	East Germany	22:44.65
4	Miriam Ramón	Ecuador	22:51.10
5	Vicky Lupton	United Kingdom	22:51.86
6	Kamila Holpuchová	Czechoslovakia	23:04.67
7	Mioara Papuc	Romania	23:13.92
8	Jantien Saltet	Australia	23:15.25
9	Andrea Szabó	Hungary	23:18.93
10	Nevena Dimitrova	Bulgaria	23:20.00
11	Luisa Nivicela	Ecuador	23:33.79
12	Ginka Radeva	Bulgaria	23:35.18
13	Jane Saville	Australia	23:42.46
14	Beáta Szászi	Hungary	23:46.43
15	María Vasco	Spain	23:47.98
16	Muriel Eberhard	West Germany	23:49.17
17	Raisa Shivireva	Soviet Union	23:49.19
18	Rossella Giordano	Italy	23:53.80
19	Nadia Santacaterina	Italy	24:00.18
20	Anja Kondrup	Denmark	24:12.48
21	Corinne Whissel	Canada	24:17.31
22	Karianne Larsen	Norway	24:48.04
23	Mira Saastamoinen	Finland	25:09.33
24	Gretchen Eastler	United States	25:10.90
25	Jennifer Zalewski	United States	25:19.34
26	Ivana Henn	Brazil	25:39.18
27	Angelamar da Silva	Brazil	25:53.07
	Jin Bingyie	China	DQ
	Maria del Rosario Sánchez	Mexico	DQ

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Brazil (2)
• Bulgaria (2)
• Canada (1)
• China (1)
• Czechoslovakia (1)
• Denmark (1)
• East Germany (1)
• Ecuador (2)
• Finland (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Italy (2)
• Mexico (1)
• Norway (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Romania (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (2)
• West Germany (1)