# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 5,000 metres event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was the first time at the World Championships that women competed over the 5000 metres distance instead of 3000 metres. There were a total number of 51 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Saturday 1995-08-12.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland | Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal | Zahra Ouaziz Morocco |

## Results
### Heats

* Held on Thursday 1995-08-10
First 4 of each Heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 15:13.88 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 15:14.65 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Mariya Pantyukhova | Russia | 15:14.70 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 15:14.77 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Sara Wedlund | Sweden | 15:15.67 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 15:18.41 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Michiko Shimizu | Japan | 15:18.97 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Silvia Sommaggio | Italy | 15:20.89 | |
| 9 | 3 | Rose Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:21.36 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 15:22.02 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 15:22.04 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Ana Dias | Portugal | 15:29.32 | |
| 13 | 3 | Gwen Griffiths | South Africa | 15:32.22 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Anne-Marie Danneels | Belgium | 15:33.70 | |
| 15 | 2 | Chiemi Takahashi | Japan | 15:35.13 | |
| 16 | 1 | Elena Fidatov | Romania | 15:36.39 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | Olga Churbanova | Russia | 15:37.23 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Carolyn Schuwalow | Australia | 15:37.62 | |
| 19 | 1 | Gina Procaccio | United States | 15:37.66 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | Florence Barsosio | Kenya | 15:38.22 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Paivi Tikkanen | Finland | 15:38.25 | |
| 22 | 3 | Gitte Karlshoj | Denmark | 15:39.12 | |
| 23 | 1 | Atsumi Yashima | Japan | 15:40.02 | |
| 24 | 1 | Rosario Murcia | France | 15:41.73 | |
| 25 | 3 | Luchia Yishak | Ethiopia | 15:42.37 | |
| 26 | 1 | Nina Christiansen | Denmark | 15:44.66 | |
| 27 | 1 | Brynhild Synstnes | Norway | 15:46.17 | |
| 28 | 1 | Adriana Fernández | Mexico | 15:46.89 | |
| 29 | 3 | Laura Mykytok | United States | 15:48.95 | |
| 30 | 1 | Milka Mikhaylova | Bulgaria | 15:49.31 | |
| 31 | 1 | Tamara Koba | Ukraine | 15:53.67 | |
| 32 | 2 | Serap Aktaş | Turkey | 15:53.76 | NR |
| 33 | 2 | Libbie Johnson-Hickman | United States | 15:54.97 | |
| 34 | 3 | Andrea Karhoff | Germany | 16:02.26 | |
| 35 | 1 | Martha Ernstsdottir | Iceland | 16:05.33 | |
| 36 | 2 | Anne Cross | Australia | 16:09.32 | |
| 37 | 3 | Ursula Jeitziner | Switzerland | 16:12.57 | |
| 38 | 1 | Marina Bastos | Portugal | 16:16.78 | |
| 39 | 3 | Sinead Delahunty | Ireland | 16:18.81 | |
| 40 | 3 | Marie-Pierre Duros | France | 16:48.66 | |
| 41 | 3 | Mirsada Buric-Adam | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17:07.44 | |
| | 1 | Alison Wyeth | Great Britain | DNF | |
| | 2 | Monika Schafer | Germany | DNF | |
| | 2 | Dong Zhaoxia | China | DNF | |
| | 2 | Hilde Stavik | Norway | DNF | |
| | 3 | Viktoriya Nenasheva | Russia | DNF | |
| | 3 | Gunhild Halle | Norway | DNF | |
| | 1 | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | DNS | |
| | 1 | Elana Meyer | South Africa | DNS | |
| | 2 | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | DNS | |
| | 2 | Marleen Renders | Belgium | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Sonia O'Sullivan | Ireland | 14:46.47 | CR |
| | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | 14:48.54 | |
| | Zahra Ouaziz | Morocco | 14:53.77 | NR |
| 4 | Gabriela Szabo | Romania | 14:56.57 | NR |
| 5 | Paula Radcliffe | Great Britain | 14:57.02 | |
| 6 | Mariya Pantyukhova | Russia | 15:01.23 | PB |
| 7 | Rose Cheruiyot | Kenya | 15:02.45 | WJR |
| 8 | Gwen Griffiths | South Africa | 15:08.05 | PB |
| 9 | Sara Wedlund | Sweden | 15:08.36 | |
| 10 | Elena Fidatov | Romania | 15:12.58 | |
| 11 | Sally Barsosio | Kenya | 15:39.57 | |
| 12 | Michiko Shimizu | Japan | 15:45.30 | |
| 13 | Florence Barsosio | Kenya | 15:56.96 | |
| | Gina Procaccio | United States | DNF | |
| | Olga Churbanova | Russia | DNF | |