| Women's 5000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Amsterdam | |||||||||
| Dates |
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| Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:18.15 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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← 2014 2018 → | ||||||||||
The women's 5000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 July.[1]
| Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World record |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
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14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| European record |  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
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14:23.75 | Kazan, Russia | 19 July 2008 |
| Championship record |  Alemitu Bekele (TUR)
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14:52.20 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading | Almaz Ayana (ETH)
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14:12.59 | Rome, Italy | 2 June 2016 |
| European Leading | Yasemin Can (TUR)
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14:37.61 | Rome, Italy | 2 June 2016 |
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2016 | 21:05 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Yasemin Can | Turkey |
15:18.15 | |
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Meraf Bahta |  Sweden |
15:20.54 | |
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Steph Twell |  Great Britain |
15:20.70 | |
| 4 | Susan Kuijken |  Netherlands |
15:23.87 | SB |
| 5 | Laura Whittle | Great Britain |
15:24.18 | |
| 6 | Eilish McColgan | Great Britain |
15:28.53 | |
| 7 | Louise Carton |  Belgium |
15:42.79 | |
| 8 | Geleto Tola |  Germany |
15:43.30 | |
| 9 | Kristiina Maki |  Czech Republic |
15:52.90 | |
| 10 | Deirdre Byrne |  Ireland |
15:53.67 | |
| 11 | Alexi Pappas |  Greece |
15:56.75 | |
| Maren Kock | Germany |
DNF | ||
| Mary Cullen | Ireland |
DNS | ||
| Trihas Gebre |  Spain |
DNS | ||
| Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal |  Norway |
DNS | ||
| Maureen Koster | Netherlands |
DNS |
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| 3000 m (1974–94) |
 Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) Olga Bondarenko (URS) Yvonne Murray (GBR) Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) |
| 5000 m (since 1998) |
Marta Domínguez (ESP) Marta Domínguez (ESP) Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) Olga Golovkina (RUS) Meraf Bahta (SWE) Yasemin Can (TUR) Sifan Hassan (NED) Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) Nadia Battocletti (ITA) |
