2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres


The women's 5000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 5 October 2019.

Records

Before the competition, the records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World14:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba6 Jun 2008Oslo, Norway
Championship14:26.83Almaz AyanaBeijing, China
World leading14:20.36Hellen Onsando Obiri21 Jul 2019London, Great Britain
African14:11.15Tirunesh Dibaba6 Jun 2008Oslo, Norway
Asian14:28.09Bo Jiang23 Oct 1997Shanghai, China
NACAC14:34.45Shelby Houlihan21 Jul 2018Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
South American15:18.85Simone da Silva20 May 2011São Paulo, Brazil
European14:22.34Sifan Hassan13 Jul 2018Rabat, Morocco
Oceanian14:39.89Kim Smith27 Feb 2009New York City, USA

The following records were established during the competition:
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
5 OctoberFinalHellen Obiri14:26.72

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
2 October18:25Heats
5 October21:25Final

Results

Heats

The first five in each heat and the next five fastest qualified for the final.

Final

The final was started on 5 October at 21:25.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Hellen Obiri14:26.72
Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi14:27.49
Konstanze Klosterhalfen14:28.43
4Tsehay Gemechu14:29.60
5Lilian Kasait Rengeruk14:36.05
6Fantu Worku14:40.47
7Laura Weightman14:44.57
8Hawi Feysa14:44.92
9Karissa Schweizer14:45.18
10Eilish McColgan14:46.17
11Elinor Purrier14:58.17
12Camille Buscomb14:58.59
13Andrea Seccafien14:59.95
14Nozomi Tanaka15:00.01
15Dominique Scott-Efurd15:24.47