2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres
at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Location Amsterdam
Dates
  • July 9 (final)
Competitors 16 from 11 nations
Winning time 15:18.15
Medalists
 Yasemin Can   Turkey
 Meraf Bahta   Sweden
 Stephanie Twell   Great Britain
Events at the
2016 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Half marathon men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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

[2]

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st, gold medalist(s) Yasemin Can  Turkey 15:18.15
2nd, silver medalist(s) Meraf Bahta  Sweden 15:20.54
3rd, 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
12 Maren Kock  Germany DNF
13 Mary Cullen  Ireland DNS
13 Trihas Gebre  Spain DNS
13 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway DNS
13 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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