2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

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

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
 Yasemin Can   Turkey
 Meraf Bahta   Sweden
 Stephanie Twell   Great Britain
2016 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
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

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 201621:05Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Final
The race underway

[2]

RankNameNationalityTimeNote
Yasemin Can Turkey15:18.15
Meraf Bahta Sweden15:20.54
Steph Twell Great Britain15:20.70
4Susan Kuijken Netherlands15:23.87SB
5Laura Whittle Great Britain15:24.18
6Eilish McColgan Great Britain15:28.53
7Louise Carton Belgium15:42.79
8Geleto Tola Germany15:43.30
9Kristiina Maki Czech Republic15:52.90
10Deirdre Byrne Ireland15:53.67
11Alexi Pappas Greece15:56.75
Maren Kock GermanyDNF
Mary Cullen IrelandDNS
Trihas Gebre SpainDNS
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NorwayDNS
Maureen Koster NetherlandsDNS

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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