Beijing Olympics 2008 Women's 5000 Athletics Scoreboard
Medalists
| Gold |
Tirunesh Dibaba
Ethiopia (ETH) |
| Silver |
Elvan Abeylegesse
Turkey (TUR) |
| Bronze |
Meseret Defar
Ethiopia (ETH) |
Records
| World Record |
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |
14:11.15 |
Oslo, Norway |
6 June 2008 |
| Olympic Record |
Gabriela Szabó (ROU) |
14:40.79 |
Sydney, Australia |
25 September 2000 |
Heats
Heat 1
| Position | Athlete/Country | Mark | Remarks |
| 1 |
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |
15:09.89 Q |
. |
| 2 |
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN) |
15:10.37 Q |
. |
| 3 |
Alemitu Bekele (TUR) |
15:10.92 Q |
. |
| 4 |
Meselech Melkamu (ETH) |
15:11.21 Q |
. |
| 5 |
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina (RUS) |
15:11.46 Q |
. |
| 6 |
Jennifer Rhines (USA) |
15:15.12 Q |
. |
| 7 |
Yuriko Kobayashi (JPN) |
15:15.87 |
. |
| 8 |
Simret Sultan (ERI) |
15:16.25 |
(NR) |
| 9 |
Volha Krautsova (BLR) |
15:21.85 |
(SB) |
| 10 |
Silvia Weissteiner (ITA) |
15:23.45 |
. |
| 11 |
Yingying Zhang (CHN) |
15:23.81 |
(SB) |
| 12 |
Zakia Mrisho Mohamed (TAN) |
15:24.28 |
. |
| 13 |
Dolores Checa (ESP) |
15:31.22 |
. |
| 14 |
Jessica Augusto (POR) |
16:05.71 |
. |
| 15 |
Lucia Chandamale (MAW) |
16:44.09 |
. |
| 16 |
Celma Bonfim da Graça (STP) |
17:25.99 |
(NR) |
Heat 2
| Position | Athlete/Country | Mark | Remarks |
| 1 |
Meseret Defar (ETH) |
14:56.32 Q |
. |
| 2 |
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) |
14:57.27 Q |
(SB) |
| 3 |
Liliya Shobukhova ( RUS) |
14:57.77 Q |
. |
| 4 |
Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN) |
14:58.07 Q |
. |
| 5 |
Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) |
14:58.79 Q |
(SB) |
| 6 |
Shalane Flanagan (USA) |
14:59.69 Q |
(SB) |
| 7 |
Kara Goucher (USA) |
15:00.98 q |
. |
| 8 |
Megan Metcalfe (CAN) |
15:11.23 q |
(PB) |
| 9 |
Fei Xue (CHN) |
15:13.25 q |
(SB) |
| 10 |
Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) |
15:20.46 |
. |
| 11 |
Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR) |
15:21.47 |
. |
| 12 |
Yukiko Akaba (JPN) |
15:38.30 |
. |
| 13 |
Krisztina Papp (HUN) |
16:08.86 |
. |
| 14 |
Francine Niyonizigiye (BDI) |
17:08.44 |
. |
| . |
Yelena Zadorozhnaya (RUS) |
DNF |
. |
| . |
Joanne Pavey (GBR) |
DNS |
|
Finals
| Place | Athlete/Country | Mark | Remarks |
| 1 |
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |
15:41.40 |
|
| 2 |
Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) |
15:42.74 |
|
| 3 |
Meseret Defar (ETH) |
15:44.12 |
|
| 4 |
Sylvia Kibet (KEN) |
15:44.96 |
|
| 5 |
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) |
15:46.32 |
|
| 6 |
Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) |
15:46.62 |
|
| 7 |
Alemitu Bekele (TUR) |
15:48.48 |
|
| 8 |
Meselech Melkamu (ETH) |
15:49.03 |
|
| 9 |
Kara Goucher (USA) |
15:49.39 |
|
| 10 |
Shalane Flanagan (USA) |
15:50.80 |
|
| 11 |
Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN) |
15:51.78 |
|
| 12 |
Gulnara Galkina-Samitova (RUS) |
15:56.97 |
|
| 13 |
Fei Xue (CHN) |
16:09.84 |
|
| 14 |
Jennifer Rhines (USA) |
16:34.63 |
|
| 15 |
Megan Metcalfe (CAN) |
17:06.82 |
