2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
# 2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 July.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships :

| World record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| European record | Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) | 14:23.75 | Kazan, Russia | 19 July 2008 |
| Championship record | Alemitu Bekele (TUR) | 14:52.20 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading | Almaz Ayana (ETH) | 14:12.59 | Rome, Italy | 2 June 2016 |
| European Leading | Yasemin Can (TUR) | 14:37.61 | Rome, Italy | 2 June 2016 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 9 July 2016 | 21:05 | Final |

All times are local times (UTC+2)

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yasemin Can | Turkey | 15:18.15 | |
| | Meraf Bahta | Sweden | 15:20.54 | |
| | Steph Twell | Great Britain | 15:20.70 | |
| 4 | Susan Kuijken | Netherlands | 15:23.87 | SB |
| 5 | Laura Whittle | Great Britain | 15:24.18 | |
| 6 | Eilish McColgan | Great Britain | 15:28.53 | |
| 7 | Louise Carton | Belgium | 15:42.79 | |
| 8 | Geleto Tola | Germany | 15:43.30 | |
| 9 | Kristiina Maki | Czech Republic | 15:52.90 | |
| 10 | Deirdre Byrne | Ireland | 15:53.67 | |
| 11 | Alexi Pappas | Greece | 15:56.75 | |
| | Maren Kock | Germany | DNF | |
| | Mary Cullen | Ireland | DNS | |
| | Trihas Gebre | Spain | DNS | |
| | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway | DNS | |
| | Maureen Koster | Netherlands | DNS | |
