2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationAmsterdam
Dates
  • July 9 (final)
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time15:18.15
Medalists
gold medal Yasemin Can   Turkey
silver medal Meraf Bahta   Sweden
bronze medal Stephanie Twell   Great Britain
2016 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Half marathonmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's 5000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 July.[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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  Alemitu Bekele (TUR) 14:52.20 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World Leading  Almaz Ayana (ETH) 14:12.59 Rome, Italy 2 June 2016
European Leading  Yasemin Can (TUR) 14:37.61 Rome, Italy 2 June 2016

Schedule

Date Time Round
9 July 2016 21:05 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Final

The race underway

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yasemin Can  Turkey 15:18.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Meraf Bahta  Sweden 15:20.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steph Twell  Great Britain 15:20.70
4 Susan Kuijken  Netherlands 15:23.87 SB
5 Laura Whittle  Great Britain 15:24.18
6 Eilish McColgan  Great Britain 15:28.53
7 Louise Carton  Belgium 15:42.79
8 Geleto Tola  Germany 15:43.30
9 Kristiina Maki  Czech Republic 15:52.90
10 Deirdre Byrne  Ireland 15:53.67
11 Alexi Pappas  Greece 15:56.75
Maren Kock  Germany DNF
Mary Cullen  Ireland DNS
Trihas Gebre  Spain DNS
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway DNS
Maureen Koster  Netherlands DNS

References

  1. ^ "Programme - European Athletics Championships". amsterdam2016.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  2. ^ Results Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
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