Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 5000 metres
# Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres competition at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 28 August 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

## Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Tuesday, 28 August 2018 | 19:50 | Final |

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

| World Record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:11.15 | Beijing, China | 6 June 2008 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Asian Record | Jiang Bo (CHN) | 14:28.09 | Shanghai, China | 23 October 1997 |
| Games Record | Sun Yingjie (CHN) | 14:40.41 | Busan, South Korea | 12 October 2002 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Time |
| - | - | - |
| | Kalkidan Gezahegne (BRN) | 15:08.08 |
| | Darya Maslova (KGZ) | 15:30.57 |
| | Bontu Rebitu (BRN) | 15:36.78 |
| 4 | Rina Nabeshima (JPN) | 15:40.37 |
| 5 | Suriya Loganathan (IND) | 15:49.30 |
| 6 | Minami Yamanouchi (JPN) | 15:52.48 |
| 7 | Sitora Hamidova (UZB) | 16:00.55 |
| 8 | Alia Saeed Mohammed (UAE) | 16:09.49 |
| 9 | Li Dan (CHN) | 16:18.91 |
| 10 | Tamara Armoush (JOR) | 16:44.98 |
| 11 | Odekta Elvina Naibaho (INA) | 17:20.90 |
| 12 | Bishwarupa Budha (NEP) | 17:24.78 |
| 13 | Rubia Martins (TLS) | 17:35.86 |
| 14 | Angela Araújo (TLS) | 17:57.85 |
| DQ | Sanjivani Jadhav (IND) | 15:52.96 |

* Sanjivani Jadhav of India originally finished seventh, but due to the positive result of the test for probenecid, the Athletics Integrity Unit declared to invalidate all results achieved from 29 June 2018 by her.
