The women's 5000 metres at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 16 August.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Meraf Bahta Sweden
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| Silver | Sifan Hassan Netherlands
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| Bronze | Susan Kuijken Netherlands
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Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
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14:28.88 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 18 July 2014 |
| European Leading | Sifan Hassan (NED)
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14:59.23 | Palo Alto, United States | 4 May 2014 |
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2014 | 17:40 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+2)
Results edit
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Meraf Bahta |  Sweden (SWE) |
15:31.39 | |
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Sifan Hassan | Netherlands |
15:31.79 | |
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Susan Kuijken | Netherlands |
15:32.82 | |
| 4 | Nuria Fernández |  Spain |
15:35.59 | |
| 5 | Sara Moreira |  Portugal |
15:38.13 | |
| 6 | Jo Pavey |  United Kingdom |
15:38.41 | |
| 7 | Giulia Viola |  Italy |
15:38.76 | PB |
| 8 | Emelia Gorecka | United Kingdom |
15:42.98 | |
| 9 | Jennifer Wenth |  Austria |
15:47.61 | |
| 10 | Renata Pliś |  Poland |
15:48.58 | |
| 11 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal |  Norway |
15:52.78 | |
| 12 | Kristiina Mäki |  Czech Republic |
15:57.13 | |
| 13 | Maren Kock |  Germany |
16:04.60 | |
| 14 | Paula González | Spain |
16:24.58 | |
| — | Sonja Roman |  Slovenia |
DNF | |
| DQ | Yelena Korobkina | Russia |
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| DQ | Gamze Bulut | Turkey |