2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Women's 5000 metres ; at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	July 9 (final);
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning time	15:18.15
Medalists
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Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
European record	Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)	14:23.75	Kazan, Russia	19 July 2008
Championship record	Alemitu Bekele (TUR)	14:52.20	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Almaz Ayana (ETH)	14:12.59	Rome, Italy	2 June 2016
European Leading	Yasemin Can (TUR)	14:37.61	Rome, Italy	2 June 2016

Date	Time	Round
9 July 2016	21:05	Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

The race underway

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Yasemin Can	Turkey	15:18.15
	Meraf Bahta	Sweden	15:20.54
	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