The Women's 5000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Friday 22 September, and Sunday 25 September 2000. The top four runners in each of the initial three heats automatically qualified for the final. The next three fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 50 participating athletes.

The winning margin was 0.23 seconds which as of 2025 is the only time the women's 5,000 metres has been won by less than 0.4 seconds at the Olympics.

Records World Record 14:28.09 Jiang Bo China Shanghai, China 23 October 1997 Olympic Record 14:59.88 Junxia Wang China Atlanta, Georgia, United States 28 July 1996

Medals Gold: Silver: Bronze: Gabriela Szabo, Sonia O'Sullivan, Gete Wami,

Results All times shown are in seconds. Q denotes qualification by place in heat. q denotes qualification by overall place. DNS denotes did not start. DNF denotes did not finish. DQ denotes disqualification. NR denotes national record. OR denotes Olympic record. WR denotes world record. PB denotes personal best. SB denotes season best.

Heats Heat 1 of 3 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 1 Sonia O'Sullivan 12 15:07.91 Q SB 2 4 Jo Pavey 6 15:08.82 Q PB 3 5T Gete Wami 2 15:08.92 Q 4 7 Lydia Cheromei 8 15:09.32 Q 5 9 Daniela Yordanova 3 15:10.08 q NR 6 17 Benita Willis 13 15:21:37 PB 7 19 Elva Dryer 9 15:23.99 8 23 Rosemary Ryan 17 15:33.05 9 24 Nora Leticia Rocha 5 15:38.72 10 33 Michiko Shimizu 16 15:48.20 11 36 Dulce María Rodriguez 15 15:54.17 12 39 Yamna Belkacem 11 16:08.49 13 40 Helena Javornik 7 16:09.60 14 42 Elisa Cobañea 14 16:16.58 15 44 Nebiat Habtemariam 4 16:30.41 NR 16 47 Maysa Hussain Matrood 1 17:17.58 Restituta Joseph 10 DNS

Heat 2 of 3 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 12 Rose Cheruiyot 7 15:13.18 Q 2 13 Ayelech Worku 4 15:13.26 Q 3 14 Olga Yegorova 10 15:14.34 Q 4 15 Irina Mikitenko 5 15:14.76 Q 5 16 Susanne Pumper 2 15:16.66 6 20 Roberta Brunet 16 15:27:32 7 21 Amy Rudolph 12 15:28.91 8 25 Sonja Stolic 13 15:38.96 9 26 Megumi Tanaka 15 15:39.83 10 27 Marta Dominguez 3 15:45.07 11 30 Hrisostomia Iakovou 6 15:46.48 12 31 Samukeliso Moyo 14 15:47.76 13 37 Zhor El Kamch 8 16:02.50 14 38 Anne Cross 1 16:07.18 15 41 Andrea Whitcombe 9 16:15.82 16 43 Maggie Chan Man Yee 11 16:20.43

Heat 3 of 3 Date: Friday 22 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Qual. Record Heat Overall 1 2 Gabriela Szabo 14 15:08.36 Q 2 3 Worknesh Kidane 4 15:08.62 Q 3 5T Tatyana Tomashova 15 15:08.92 Q 4 8 Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka 11 15:09.45 Q 5 10 Vivian Cheruiyot 9 15:11.11 q PB 6 11 Olivera Jevtić 17 15:11:25 q NR 7 18 Yoshiko Ichikawa 10 15:23.41 SB 8 22 Beatriz Santiago 3 15:31.94 9 28 Kate Anderson-Richardson 1 15:45.34 10 29 Inga Juodeškienė 12 15:46.37 11 32 Anne Marie Letko 6 15:47.78 12 34 Ebru Kavaklioglu 16 15:49.15 13 35 Breda Dennehy-Willis 8 15:49.58 14 45 Diane Nukuri 2 16:38.30 PB 15 46 Catherine Chikwakwa 5 16:39.82 PB 16 48 Priscilla Mamba 7 17:30.04 NR 17 49 Baatarkhüügiin Battsetseg 13 18:22.98 SB

Overall Results Semi-Finals Semi-Finals Overall Results Place Athlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Sonia O'Sullivan 1 12 1 15:07.91 Q SB 2 Gabriela Szabo 3 14 1 15:08.36 Q 3 Worknesh Kidane 3 4 2 15:08.62 Q 4 Jo Pavey 1 6 2 15:08.82 Q PB 5 Tatyana Tomashova 3 15 3 15:08.92 Q Gete Wami 1 2 3 15:08.92 Q 7 Lydia Cheromei 1 8 4 15:09.32 Q 8 Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka 3 11 4 15:09.45 Q 9 Daniela Yordanova 1 3 5 15:10.08 q NR 10 Vivian Cheruiyot 3 9 5 15:11.11 q PB 11 Olivera Jevtić 3 17 6 15:11.25 q NR 12 Rose Cheruiyot 2 7 1 15:13.18 Q 13 Ayelech Worku 2 4 2 15:13.26 Q 14 Olga Yegorova 2 10 3 15:14.34 Q 15 Irina Mikitenko 2 5 4 15:14.76 Q 16 Susanne Pumper 2 2 5 15:16.66 17 Benita Willis 1 13 6 15:21.37 PB 18 Yoshiko Ichikawa 3 10 7 15:23.31 SB 19 Elva Dryer 1 9 7 15:23.99 20 Roberta Brunet 2 1 6 15:27.32 21 Amy Rudolph 2 12 7 15:28.91 22 Beatriz Santiago 3 3 8 15:31.94 23 Rosemary Ryan 1 17 8 15:33.05 24 Nora Leticia Rocha 1 5 9 15:38.72 25 Sonja Stolic 2 13 8 15:38.96 26 Megumi Tanaka 2 15 9 15:39.83 27 Marta Dominguez 2 3 10 15:45.07 28 Kate Anderson-Richardson 3 1 9 15:45.34 29 Inga Juodeškienė 3 12 10 15:46.37 30 Hrisostomia Iakovou 2 6 11 15:46.48 31 Samukeliso Moyo 2 14 12 15:47.76 32 Anne Marie Letko 3 6 11 15:47.78 33 Michiko Shimizu 1 16 10 15:48.20 34 Ebru Kavaklioglu 3 16 12 15:49.15 35 Breda Dennehy-Willis 3 8 13 15:49.58 36 Dulce María Rodriguez 1 15 11 15:54.17 37 Zhor El Kamch 2 8 13 16:02.50 38 Anne Cross 2 1 14 16:07.18 39 Yamna Belkacem 1 11 12 16:08.49 40 Helena Javornik 1 7 13 16:09.60 41 Andrea Whitcombe 2 9 15 16:15.82 42 Elisa Cobañea 1 4 14 16:16.58 43 Maggie Chan Man Yee 2 1 16 16:20.43 44 Nebiat Habtemariam 1 4 15 16:30.41 NR 45 Diane Nukuri 3 2 14 16:38.30 PB 46 Catherine Chikwakwa 3 5 15 16:39.82 PB 47 Maysa Hussein Matrood 1 1 16 17:17.58 48 Priscilla Mamba 3 7 16 17:30.04 NR 49 Baatarkhuu Battsetseg 3 13 17 18:22.98 SB Restituta Joseph 1 10 DNS

Final Date: Monday 25 September 2000 Place Athlete Nation Lane Time Record Gabriela Szabo 10 14:40.79 OR Sonia O'Sullivan 7 14:41.02 NR Gete Wami 11 14:42.23 4 Ayelech Worku 14 14:42.67 5 Irina Mikitenko 1 14:43.59 SB 6 Lydia Cheromei 15 14:47.35 PB 7 Werknesh Kidane 2 14:47.40 PB 8 Olga Yegorova 12 14:50.31 9 Jeļena Čelnova-Prokopčuka 6 14:55.46 10 Daniela Yordanova 5 14:56.95 NR 11 Rose Cheruiyot 13 14:58.07 12 Jo Pavey 3 14:58.27 PB 13 Tatyana Tomashova 4 15:01.28 14 Vivian Cheruiyot 8 15:25.67 Olivera Jevtić 9 DNF

References

External links Official Report Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics