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Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth 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
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
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 5000 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 17 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Results※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kate Anderson	Australia	15:52.74
	Andrea Whitcombe	England	15:56.85
	Samukeliso Moyo	Zimbabwe	15:57.57
4	Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	15:59.15
5	Sarah Young	England	15:59.79
6	Hawa Hamis Hussein	Tanzania	16:01.25
7	Anne Cross	Australia	16:14.98
	Kathy Butler	Canada	DNF
	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	DNS

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