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 Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

14:50.98 Q # Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia 14:51.49 Q # Joanne Pavey,

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

14:53.82 Q # Prisca Jepleting Ngetich,

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

14:54.50 Q (SB) # Marta Domínguez,

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

14:56.02 q # Volha Kravtsova,

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

14:56.16 q (NR) # Zakia Mrisho Mohamed,

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

14:57.22 q (NR) # Sun Yingjie,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

14:58.34 q (SB) # Kayoko Fukushi,

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

15:05.77 q # Lauren Fleshman,

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

15:32.05 # Veerle Dejaeghere,

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

15:47.01 # Maryna Dubrova,

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

16:01.88 # Anesie Kwizera,

Burundi Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million peop ...

16:06.66 (NR) # Catherine Chikwakwa,

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

16:11.63 (SB) # Jessica Augusto,

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

16:23.66

Heat 2

# Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 15:13.52 Q # Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopia 15:14.33 Q # Xing Huina, China 15:14.48 Q (SB) # Liliya Shobukhova,

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

15:14.63 Q # Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 15:16.51 q # Susanne Wigene,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

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

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

15:32.04 # Amy Rudolph, United States 15:32.73 # Margaret Maury,

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

15:35.65 # Dulce Maria Rodriguez,

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

15:44.65 (SB) # Anikó Kálovics,

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

15:46.36 # Simret Sultan,

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

15:47.46 # Maria McCambridge,

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

16:05.44 # Miriam Kaumba,

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

16:10.70

Final

# Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:38.59 (CR) # Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 14:39.54 # Ejegayehu Dibaba, 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) # Liliya Shobukhova, Russia 14:47.07 (PB) # Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:47.75 (NR) # Sun Yingjie, China 14:51.19 (SB) # Kayoko Fukushi, Japan 14:59.92 # Susanne Wigene, 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
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