# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 2 to 5 October 2019.

## Records

Before the competition, the records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 14:11.15 | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 6 Jun 2008 | Oslo, Norway |
| Championship | 14:26.83 | Almaz Ayana | ETH | 30 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
| World leading | 14:20.36 | Hellen Onsando Obiri | KEN | 21 Jul 2019 | London, Great Britain |
| African | 14:11.15 | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 6 Jun 2008 | Oslo, Norway |
| Asian | 14:28.09 | Bo Jiang | CHN | 23 Oct 1997 | Shanghai, China |
| NACAC | 14:34.45 | Shelby Houlihan | USA | 21 Jul 2018 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium |
| South American | 15:18.85 | Simone da Silva | BRA | 20 May 2011 | São Paulo, Brazil |
| European | 14:22.34 | Sifan Hassan | NED | 13 Jul 2018 | Rabat, Morocco |
| Oceanian | 14:39.89 | Kim Smith | NZL | 27 Feb 2009 | New York City, USA |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 5 October | Final | Hellen Obiri | KEN | 14:26.72 | CR |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 2 October | 18:25 | Heats |
| 5 October | 21:25 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first five in each heat (Q) and the next five fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Hellen Obiri | Kenya (KEN) | 14:52.13 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Karissa Schweizer | United States (USA) | 14:52.41 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Hawi Feysa | Ethiopia (ETH) | 14:53.85 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Eilish McColgan | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 14:55.79 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Tsehay Gemechu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 15:01.57 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Germany (GER) | 15:01.57 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi | Kenya (KEN) | 15:01.58 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | Kenya (KEN) | 15:02.03 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Camille Buscomb | New Zealand (NZL) | 15:02.19 | Q, PB |
| 10 | 2 | Laura Weightman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 15:02.24 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Fantu Worku | Ethiopia (ETH) | 15:02.74 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan (JPN) | 15:04.66 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | Andrea Seccafien | Canada (CAN) | 15:04.67 | q, PB |
| 14 | 1 | Dominique Scott-Efurd | South Africa (RSA) | 15:05.01 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Elinor Purrier | United States (USA) | 15:08.82 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Anna Emilie Møller | Denmark (DEN) | 15:11.76 | |
| 17 | 1 | Sarah Chelangat | Uganda (UGA) | 15:19.90 | |
| 18 | 1 | Hanna Klein | Germany (GER) | 15:28.65 | |
| 19 | 2 | Rachel Schneider | United States (USA) | 15:30.00 | |
| 20 | 2 | Melissa Duncan | Australia (AUS) | 15:37.37 | |
| 21 | 2 | Rachel Cliff | Canada (CAN) | 15:41.27 | |
| 22 | 2 | Jessica Judd | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 15:51.48 | |
| 23 | 2 | Valeriya Zhandarova | Georgia (GEO) | 15:52.11 | |
| 24 | 2 | Tomoka Kimura | Japan (JPN) | 15:53.08 | |
| 25 | 1 | Florencia Borelli | Argentina (ARG) | 15:56.49 | |
| 26 | 1 | Cavaline Nahimana | Burundi (BDI) | 16:25.82 | |
| | 1 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Norway (NOR) | DNF | DNF |
| | 1 | Maureen Koster | Netherlands (NED) | DNF | DNF |
| | 2 | Tigist Gashaw | Bahrain (BHR) | DNF | DNF |

### Final

The final was started on 5 October at 21:25.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Hellen Obiri | Kenya (KEN) | 14:26.72 | CR |
| | Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi | Kenya (KEN) | 14:27.49 | PB |
| | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | Germany (GER) | 14:28.43 | |
| 4 | Tsehay Gemechu | Ethiopia (ETH) | 14:29.60 | PB |
| 5 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | Kenya (KEN) | 14:36.05 | PB |
| 6 | Fantu Worku | Ethiopia (ETH) | 14:40.47 | PB |
| 7 | Laura Weightman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 14:44.57 | PB |
| 8 | Hawi Feysa | Ethiopia (ETH) | 14:44.92 | |
| 9 | Karissa Schweizer | United States (USA) | 14:45.18 | PB |
| 10 | Eilish McColgan | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 14:46.17 | PB |
| 11 | Elinor Purrier | United States (USA) | 14:58.17 | PB |
| 12 | Camille Buscomb | New Zealand (NZL) | 14:58.59 | PB |
| 13 | Andrea Seccafien | Canada (CAN) | 14:59.95 | PB |
| 14 | Nozomi Tanaka | Japan (JPN) | 15:00.01 | PB |
| 15 | Dominique Scott-Efurd | South Africa (RSA) | 15:24.47 | |