The women's 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 18 and 20 September 2025.
Summary
Records Before the competition records were as follows: RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record 13:58.06 Eugene, United States 5 July 2025 Championship record 14:26.72 Doha, Qatar 5 October 2019 World Leading13:58.06Eugene, United States5 July 2025 African Record Asian Record 14:28.09 Shanghai, China 23 October 1997 European Record 14:13.42London, United Kingdom23 July 2023 North, Central American and Caribbean record 14:19.45 Oceanian record 14:31.45 19 July 2025 South American Record 14:36.59 Los Angeles, United States 17 May 2024
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 14:50.00.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: Date Time Round18 September 19:05 Heats20 September 21:29 Final
Results Heats The heats took place on 18 September. The first eight athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualify for the final.
Heat 1 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Beatrice Chebet 14:45.59 2 Nadia Battocletti 14:46.36 3 Shelby Houlihan 14:46.52 4 Maureen Koster 14:46.57 5 Nozomi Tanaka 14:47.14 6 Fantaye Belayneh 14:47.46 7 Hannah Nuttall 14:48.09 8 Joy Cheptoyek 14:51.17 9 Birke Haylom 14:53.49 10 Elise Cranny 15:00.23 11 Elise Vanderelst 15:00.52 12 Gabriela DeBues-Stafford 15:04.30 13 15:06.01 14 Margaret Akidor 15:10.91 15 Idaira Prieto 15:11.16 16 Melissa Courtney-Bryant 15:27.70 17 Georgia Griffith 15:33.15 18 Yuma Yamamoto 15:36.29 19 Elena Burkard 15:37.33 20 Farida Abaroge 16:27.35
Heat 2 Place Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Gudaf Tsegay 14:56.46 2 Faith Kipyegon 14:56.71 , 3 Rose Davies 14:56.83 4 Marta García 14:56.96 5 Medina Eisa 14:57.03 6 Josette Andrews 14:57.59 7 Linden Hall 14:57.80 8 Agnes Jebet Ngetich 14:57.90 9 Samiyah Hassan Nour 15:00.95 10 Sarah Lahti 15:05.13 11 Lea Meyer 15:05.86 12 Federica Del Buono 15:08.48 13 Ririka Hironaka 15:10.68 14 Regan Yee 15:12.30 15 Diane van Es 15:12.57 16 Micol Majori 15:14.66 17 Jana van Lent 15:14.93 18 Innes Fitzgerald 15:15.83 19 Anisleidis Ochoa 15:31.35 20 Mariana Machado 15:39.61
Final Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Beatrice Chebet 14:54.36 Faith Kipyegon 14:55.07 Nadia Battocletti 14:55.42 4 Shelby Houlihan 14:57.42 5 Gudaf Tsegay 14:57.82 6 Josette Andrews 15:00.25 7 Marta García 15:01.02 8 Hannah Nuttall 15:01.25 9 Fantaye Belayneh 15:02.05 10 Rose Davies 15:03.61 11 Linden Hall 15:04.03 12 Nozomi Tanaka 15:07.34 13 Medina Eisa 15:07.47 14 Maureen Koster 15:07.58 15 Agnes Jebet Ngetich 15:13.78 16 Joy Cheptoyek 15:18.98
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