The Women's 5,000 metres event at the 2005 World Championships was held on August 10 and August 13 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.

Medalists

Heats

Heat 1

# Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:50.98 Q # Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia 14:51.49 Q # Joanne Pavey, Great Britain 14:53.82 Q # Prisca Jepleting Ngetich, Kenya 14:54.50 Q (SB) # Marta Domínguez, Spain 14:56.02 q # Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:56.16 q (NR) # Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania 14:57.22 q (NR) #

Sun Yingjie Sun Yingjie (; born January 19, 1979 in Sujiatun, Shenyang, Liaoning) is a Chinese female long-distance runner who competes in events ranging from 5000 metres to the marathon. She rose to prominence by winning two gold medals at the 2002 Asian G ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

14:58.34 q (SB) # Kayoko Fukushi,

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

15:05.77 q #

Lauren Fleshman Lauren Fleshman (born September 26, 1981) is an American runner, coach, author, and retired professional track and field athlete. She was the U.S. 5000 meters champion in 2006 and 2010, and competed at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in ...

, United States 15:32.05 #

Veerle Dejaeghere Veerle Dejaeghere (born 1 August 1973, in Izegem) is a Belgian runner, who has specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented her country at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2008. Dejaeghere formerly specialized in the 1500 metres, ...

, Belgium 15:47.01 #

Maryna Dubrova Maryna Dubrova ( uk, Марина Дуброва; born 9 December 1978) is a Ukrainian long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. Achievements Personal bests *1500 metres - 4:06.94 min (2004) *3000 metres - 8:50.34 min (2004) *5000 ...

, Ukraine 16:01.88 # Anesie Kwizera,

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

16:06.66 (NR) #

Catherine Chikwakwa Catherine Chikwakwa (born 24 July 1985 in Blantyre) is a Malawian long-distance runner. She has represented her country at both the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics, as well as several Commonwealth Games. She was the 5000 metres s ...

, Malawi 16:11.63 (SB) # Jessica Augusto, Portugal 16:23.66

Heat 2

# Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 15:13.52 Q #

Ejegayehu Dibaba Ejegayehu Dibaba Keneni ( om, Ijigaayoo Dibaabaa; Amharic: እጅጋዬሁ ዲባባ); born 21 March 1982, in Bekoji) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She won the silver medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Ejegayehu ear ...

, Ethiopia 15:14.33 Q # Xing Huina, China 15:14.48 Q (SB) #

Liliya Shobukhova Liliya Bulatovna Shobukhova, née Shagbalova, Divorced name Volkova, (russian: Лилия Булатoвнa Шoбухова (Шагбaлова) (Волкова); born 13 November 1977) is a Russian long-distance runner who competed in marathon rac ...

, Russia 15:14.63 Q # Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 15:16.51 q #

Susanne Wigene Susanne Wigene (born 12 February 1978 in Haugesund) is a Norwegian middle and long distance runner who specializes in the 5000 and 10,000 metres. She also competes over the 1500, 3000 and 3000 m steeplechase distances. She won the silver meda ...

, Norway 15:18.38 q # Shalane Flanagan, United States 15:20.59 # Maria Protopappa, Greece 15:32.04 #

Amy Rudolph Amy Lynn Rudolph (born September 18, 1973) is a retired United States, American middle-distance running, middle- and long-distance runner who competed mostly in the 5000 meters. She represented her country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starti ...

, United States 15:32.73 # Margaret Maury, France 15:35.65 #

Dulce Maria Rodriguez Dulce may refer to: Places * Dulce, New Mexico *Dulce Base, a supposed American secret military facility *Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica *Dulce River (disambiguation) People *Dulce (Mexican singer) (born 1955), Mexican singer and actress *Ana Dulce F� ...

, Mexico 15:44.65 (SB) #

Anikó Kálovics Anikó Kálovics (born 13 May 1977) is a Hungarian runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. She is a four-time Olympian (2000–2012) and has won both the Venice Marathon and Italian Marathon. Career She was born in Szomba ...

, Hungary 15:46.36 #

Simret Sultan Simret Sultan Ghebermichael (born 20 July 1984) is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. She was born in Mirara. She won the Cross de Atapuerca competition in Spain in 2007. She competed i ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

15:47.46 #

Maria McCambridge Maria McCambridge (born 10 July 1975 in Dublin) is an Irish long-distance runner who competed mostly in the 3000 and 5000 meters before moving up to the marathon. She represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as three outdoor a ...

, Ireland 16:05.44 # Miriam Kaumba, Zambia 16:10.70

Final

# Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:38.59 (CR) # Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 14:39.54 #

, Ethiopia 14:42.47 # Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia 14:43.47 # Xing Huina, China 14:43.64 (PB) # Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania 14:43.87 (NR) # Prisca Jepleting Ngetich, Kenya 14:44.00 (PB) # Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 14:45.14 (PB) #

, Russia 14:47.07 (PB) # Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:47.75 (NR) #

, China 14:51.19 (SB) # Kayoko Fukushi, Japan 14:59.92 #

, Norway 15:00.23 # Marta Domínguez, Spain 15:02.30 # Joanne Pavey, Great Britain 15:14.37

External links

IAAF results (heats)Results–World Athletics
{{DEFAULTSORT:2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 5000 metres

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5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships 2005 in women's athletics