| Event: | Women's 5000 metres |
| Competition: | 2018 World U20 Championships |
| Venue: | Ratina Stadium |
| Dates: | 10 July |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Win Value: | 15:30.77 |
| Gold: | Beatrice Chebet |
| Goldnoc: | KEN |
| Silver: | Ejgayehu Taye |
| Silvernoc: | ETH |
| Bronze: | Girmawit Gebrzihair |
| Bronzenoc: | ETH |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The women's 5000 metres at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 10 July.[1]
| Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World U20 Record | 14:30.88 | Bergen, Norway | 11 June 2004 | ||
| Championship Record | 15:08.06 | Moncton, Canada | 21 July 2010 | ||
| World U20 Leading | 15:05.21 | Tübingen, Germany | 16 June 2018 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left |  | 15:30.77 | ||||
| align=left |  | 15:30.87 | ||||
| align=left | | 15:34.01 | ||||
| align=left |  | 15:43.01 | ||||
| align=left | | 15:45.07 | ||||
| align=left |  | 15:52.84 | ||||
| align=left |  | 15:55.74 | ||||
| align=left |  | 15:56.00 | ||||
| align=left | | 15:59.05 | ||||
| 10 | align=left |  | 16:17.64 | |||
| 11 | align=left |  | 16:36.43 | |||
| 12 | align=left |  | 16:45.45 | |||
| 13 | align=left |  | 16:46.75 | |||
| 14 | align=left | | 17:08.55 |