2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 5000 metres
# 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 23 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kalkidan Fentie Ethiopia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Emmaculate Chepkirui Kenya |
| Bronze | Bontu Rebitu Bahrain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :

| World Junior Record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:30.88 | Bergen, Norway | 11 June 2004 |
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| Championship Record | Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) | 15:08.06 | Moncton, Canada | 21 July 2010 |
| World Junior Leading | Letesenbet Gidey (ETH) | 14:45.63 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 June 2016 |

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kalkidan Fentie | Ethiopia | 15:29.64 | PB |
| | Emmaculate Chepkirui | Kenya | 15:31.12 | PB |
| | Bontu Rebitu | Bahrain | 15:31.93 | |
| 4 | Mercyline Chelangat | Uganda | 15:34.09 | PB |
| 5 | Yitayish Mekonene | Ethiopia | 15:34.37 | PB |
| 6 | Catherine Syokau Mwanzau | Kenya | 15:37.79 | PB |
| 7 | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa | Bahrain | 15:38.56 | |
| 8 | Rika Kaseda | Japan | 15:39.66 | PB |
| 9 | Alina Reh | Germany | 15:41.62 | NU20R |
| 10 | Branna MacDougall | Canada | 15:48.80 | NU20R |
| 11 | Anna Rohrer | United States | 15:49.42 | |
| 12 | Mikuni Yada | Japan | 15:49.63 | |
| 13 | Salome Nyirarukundo | Rwanda | 15:57.68 | NU20R |
| 14 | Annabel McDermott | Australia | 16:08.44 | |
| 15 | Saida Meneses | Peru | 16:36.04 | NU20R |
| 16 | Bella Burda | United States | 16:43.87 | |
| 17 | Elsa Racasan | France | 17:13.18 | |
| 18 | Ciren Cuomu | China | 17:24.32 | |
| | Nebyat Abraham | Eritrea | DNS | |
