2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres
# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 1 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Elvan Abeylegesse Turkey (TUR) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Sara Moreira Portugal (POR) |
| Bronze | Jéssica Augusto Portugal (POR) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 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 | Marta Domínguez (ESP) | 14:56.18 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 12 August 2006 |
| World Leading | Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) | 14:27.41 | Saint-Denis, France | 16 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 14:31.52 | Saint-Denis, France | 16 July 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) | 14:54.44 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 1 August 2010 | 20:40 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DQ | Alemitu Bekele | Turkey (TUR) | 14:52.20 | Doping |
| | Elvan Abeylegesse | Turkey (TUR) | 14:54.44 | CR |
| | Sara Moreira | Portugal (POR) | 14:54.71 | PB |
| | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal (POR) | 14:58.47 | |
| DQ | Mariya Konovalova | Russia (RUS) | 15:08.84 | Doping |
| 4 | Elena Romagnolo | Italy (ITA) | 15:14.40 | SB |
| DQ | Meryem Erdoğan | Turkey (TUR) | 15:14.92 | Doping |
| DQ | Yelizaveta Grechishnikova | Russia (RUS) | 15:16.19 | Doping |
| 5 | Sabine Fischer | Switzerland (SUI) | 15:19.80 | PB |
| 6 | Anikó Kálovics | Hungary (HUN) | 15:29.44 | SB |
| 7 | Olga Golovkina | Russia (RUS) | 15:31.11 | |
| 8 | Judith Plá | Spain (ESP) | 15:35.01 | |
| 9 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway (NOR) | 15:41.42 | |
| 10 | Krisztina Papp | Hungary (HUN) | 15:52.83 | |
| 11 | Ragnhild Kvarberg | Norway (NOR) | 15:59.80 | |
| 12 | Gema Barrachina | Spain (ESP) | 16:00.51 | |
| 13 | Roxana Bârca | Romania (ROM) | 16:06.10 | |
| | Lidia Chojecka | Poland (POL) | DNF | |
| | Volha Krautsova | Belarus (BLR) | DNF | |
