The women's 5000 metres event at the 2005 Summer Universiade was held on 19 August in İzmir, Turkey.
Results
edit| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Kim Smith |  New Zealand |
15:29.18 | CR |
 |
Tetyana Holovchenko |  Ukraine |
15:44.92 | |
 |
Jolene Byrne |  Ireland |
15:56.01 | PB |
| 4 | Zeng Guang |  China |
16:03.43 | |
| 5 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli |  Morocco |
16:07.99 | SB |
| 6 | Poppy Mlambo |  South Africa |
16:10.35 | SB |
| 7 | Sonia Bejarano |  Spain |
16:18.14 | |
| 8 | Mariko Nakao |  Japan |
16:21.96 | |
| 9 | Ljiljana Ćulibrk |  Croatia |
16:27.20 | NR |
| 10 | Megan Metcalfe |  Canada |
16:37.20 | |
| 11 | Dobrinka Shalamanova |  Bulgaria |
16:45.52 | SB |
| 12 | Jekaterina Patjuk |  Estonia |
16:58.48 | |
| 13 | Yuki Ogauchi | Japan |
16:59.30 | PB |
| 14 | Minette Bell | South Africa |
17:10.14 | |
| 15 | Rini Budiarti |  Indonesia |
17:10.95 | |
| 16 | Marilena Sophocleous |  Cyprus |
17:20.63 | NJR |
| 17 | Gabriela Traña |  Costa Rica |
17:56.38 | |
| Jéssica Augusto |  Portugal |
DNF | ||
| Binnaz Uslu |  Turkey |
DNF |