2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
# 2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 12 August.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Sifan Hassan (NED) | 14:22.34 | Rabat, Morocco | 13 July 2018 |
| Championship record | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 14:54.44 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading | Hellen Obiri (KEN) | 14:21.75 | Rabat, Morocco | 13 July 2018 |
| European Leading | Sifan Hassan (NED) | 14:22.34 | Rabat, Morocco | 13 July 2018 |
| Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Sifan Hassan (NED) | 14:46.12 | Berlin, Germany | 12 August 2018 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 12 August 2018 | 20:15 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sifan Hassan | Netherlands | 14:46.12 | CR |
| | Eilish McColgan | Great Britain | 14:53.05 | |
| | Yasemin Can | Turkey | 14:57.63 | SB |
| 4 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Germany | 15:03.73 | SB |
| 5 | Melissa Courtney | Great Britain | 15:04.75 | PB |
| 6 | Susan Krumins | Netherlands | 15:09.65 | SB |
| 7 | Ancuța Bobocel | Romania | 15:16.13 | PB |
| 8 | Maureen Koster | Netherlands | 15:21.64 | |
| 9 | Charlotta Fougberg | Sweden | 15:24.36 | |
| 10 | Stephanie Twell | Great Britain | 15:41.10 | |
| 11 | Katarzyna Rutkowska | Poland | 15:41.52 | |
| 12 | Paulina Kaczyńska | Poland | 15:49.21 | |
| 13 | Louise Carton | Belgium | 15:53.27 | |
| 14 | Denise Krebs | Germany | 16:07.98 | |
| 15 | Yuliya Shmatenko | Ukraine | 16:41.37 | |
| | Linn Nilsson | Sweden | DNF | |
| | Hanna Klein | Germany | DNF | |
| | Nada Pauer | Austria | DQ | 163.5 (c) |
| | Lonah Chemtai Salpeter | Israel | DQ | 163.5 (c) |
