Athletics at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's 5000 metres


The women's 5000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27th October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Megan Metcalfe of Canada.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record14:11.15Oslo, NorwayJune 6, 2008
Pan American Games record15:30.65Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicAugust 6, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

Held on October 27.
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Marisol Romero16:24.08
Cruz da Silva16:29.75
Inés Melchor16:41.50
4Sandra Lopez16:47.19
5Yudileyvis Castillo16:49.63
6Yolanda Caballero16:54.62
7Kim Conley17:00.90
8Neely Spence17:01.11
9Wilma Arizapana17:06.99
10Nadia Rodriguez17:14.91
11Yudisleidis Fuente17:23.76
12Rosa Godoy17:33.77