| Event: | Women's 5000 metres |
| Competition: | 2019 World Championships |
| Venue: | Khalifa International Stadium |
| Dates: | 2 October (heats) 5 October (final) |
| Competitors: | 29 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Win Value: | 14:26.72 |
| Gold: | Hellen Obiri |
| Goldnoc: | KEN |
| Silver: | Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi |
| Silvernoc: | KEN |
| Bronze: | Konstanze Klosterhalfen |
| Bronzenoc: | GER |
| Prev: | 2017 |
| Next: | 2022 |
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.[1]
Before the competition, the records were as follows:[2]
| Record | Athlete | Date | Location | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | 14:11.15 | Tirunesh Dibaba |  Ethiopia | 6 Jun 2008 | Oslo, Norway | |
| Championship | 14:26.83 | Almaz Ayana | Ethiopia | Beijing, China | ||
| World leading | 14:20.36 | Hellen Onsando Obiri |  Kenya | 21 Jul 2019 | London, Great Britain | |
| African | 14:11.15 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 6 Jun 2008 | Oslo, Norway | |
| Asian | 14:28.09 | Bo Jiang | 23 Oct 1997 | Shanghai, China | ||
| NACAC | 14:34.45 | Shelby Houlihan |  United States | 21 Jul 2018 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | |
| South American | 15:18.85 | Simone da Silva |  Brazil | 20 May 2011 | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| European | 14:22.34 | Sifan Hassan | 13 Jul 2018 | Rabat, Morocco | ||
| Oceanian | 14:39.89 | Kim Smith |  New Zealand | 27 Feb 2009 | New York City, USA |
The following records were established during the competition:
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[3]
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October | 18:25 | Heats | |
| 5 October | 21:25 | Final |
The first five in each heat (Q) and the next five fastest (q) qualified for the final.[4]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 14:52.13 | Q | ||
| 2 | 1 | 14:52.41 | Q, | ||
| 3 | 1 | 14:53.85 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 14:55.79 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | 15:01.57 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | 15:01.57 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | 15:01.58 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 15:02.03 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 15:02.19 | Q, | ||
| 10 | 2 | 15:02.24 | Q | ||
| 11 | 2 | 15:02.74 | q | ||
| 12 | 1 | 15:04.66 | q, | ||
| 13 | 1 | 15:04.67 | q, | ||
| 14 | 1 | 15:05.01 | q | ||
| 15 | 1 | 15:08.82 | q | ||
| 16 | 2 | 15:11.76 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 15:19.90 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 15:28.65 | |||
| 19 | 2 | 15:30.00 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 15:37.37 | |||
| 21 | 2 | 15:41.27 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 15:51.48 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 15:52.11 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 15:53.08 | |||
| 25 | 1 | 15:56.49 | |||
| 26 | 1 | 16:25.82 | |||
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The final was started on 5 October at 21:25.[5]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:26.72 | |||||
| 14:27.49 | |||||
| 14:28.43 | |||||
| 4 | 14:29.60 | ||||
| 5 | 14:36.05 | ||||
| 6 | 14:40.47 | ||||
| 7 | 14:44.57 | ||||
| 8 | 14:44.92 | ||||
| 9 | 14:45.18 | ||||
| 10 | 14:46.17 | ||||
| 11 | 14:58.17 | ||||
| 12 | 14:58.59 | ||||
| 13 | 14:59.95 | ||||
| 14 | 15:00.01 | ||||
| 15 | 15:24.47 |