Track and field at the 2011 Military World Games – Women's 5000 metres
# Track and field at the 2011 Military World Games – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2011 Military World Games was held on 22 July at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and CISM record were as follows:

| World Record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| CISM World Record | Sabrina Mockenhaupt (GER) | 15:16.32 | Tivoli, Italy | 6 September 2002 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 22 July 2011 | 10:25 | Final |

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Shitaye Habtegebrel Bahrain | Tejitu Chalchissa Bahrain | Rebecca Cheptegei Uganda |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Shitaye Habtegebrel | Bahrain | 15:52.84 |
| | Tejitu Chalchissa | Bahrain | 15:54.51 |
| | Rebecca Cheptegei | Uganda | 16:00.26 |
| 4 | Kaltoum Bouaasayriya | Morocco | 16:09.72 |
| 5 | Claudette Mukasakindi | Rwanda | 16:22.08 |
| 6 | Wei Yanan | China | 16:28.82 |
| 7 | Samira Mezeghrane | France | 16:31.41 |
| 8 | Chuan Luo | China | 16:50.95 |
| 9 | Hajiba Hasnaoui | Morocco | 16:56.88 |
| 10 | Alice Rocquain | France | 16:58.66 |
| 11 | Amira Ben Amor | Tunisia | 17:01.58 |
| 12 | Mihaela Botezan | Romania | 17:35.85 |
| 13 | Sitan Bouare | Mali | 18:28.76 |
| 14 | Ilsida Toemere | Suriname | 19:01.53 |
| 15 | Celine Best | Canada | 19:51.29 |
| 16 | Nyarai Katsande | Zimbabwe | 20:14.64 |
| 17 | Tovanovic Nevena | Serbia | 20:16.60 |
| | Iness Chenonge | Kenya | DNF |
| | Georgette Mink | Canada | DNF |
| | Zalia Aliou | Togo | DNS |
| | Kelly Calway | United States | DNS |
| | Rasa Drazdauskaitė | Lithuania | DNS |
| | Mercy Njoroge | Kenya | DNS |
