2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
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| Women's 5000 metres2017 World Championships | |
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates | 10 August (heats) 13 August (final) |
| Competitors | 38 from 18 nations |
| Events at the 2017 World Championships |
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 20 km walk | men | women |
| 50 km walk | men | women |
| Field events | ||
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | women |
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | women |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
The women's 5000 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 10 & 13 August.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[1]
| World record |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |
14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| Championship record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |
14:38.59 | Helsinki, Finland | 13 August 2005 |
| World leading |  Hellen Onsando Obiri (KEN) |
14:18.37 | Rome, Italy | 8 June 2017 |
| African record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) |
14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| Asian record |  Bo Jiang (CHN) |
14:28.09 | Shanghai, China | 23 October 1997 |
| NACAC record |  Shannon Rowbury (USA) |
14:38.92 | Brussels, Belgium | 9 September 2016 |
| South American record |  Simone da Silva (BRA) |
15:18.85 | São Paulo, Brazil | 20 May 2011 |
| European record |  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) |
14:23.75 | Kazan, Russia | 19 July 2008 |
| Oceanian record |  Kim Smith (NZL) |
14:45.93 | Rome, Italy | 11 July 2008 |
Qualification standards
| Entry standards[2] |
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| 13:22.60 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 10 August 2017 | 18:30 | Heats |
| 13 August 2017 | 19:35 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+1)
