The women's 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 27 August 2024.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location DateWorld U20 Record14:30.88Eugene, United States11 June 2004Championship Record15:08.06Moncton, Canada21 July 2010World U20 Leading14:36.70 Suzhou, China27 April 2024 *Mark pending ratification
Results The final was scheduled to start at 17:55. Rank Athlete Nation Time NotesMekedes Alemeshete14:57.44Charity Cherop15:25.02Mercy Chepkemoi15:33.294Sheila Jebet15:51.935Yuumi Yamamoto16:01.546Gabrielle Schmidt16:10.877Emily Junginger16:14.348Laura Ribigini16:16.969Arianne Olson16:19.2310Lecia Arnoldo16:20.2111Lizzie Wellsted16:21.5012Li Yuan16:29.3213Caroline Dennilauler16:35.4314Franziska Drexler16:38.5815Catherine Lund16:39.8416Luz Arias16:57.8917Zariel Macchia17:12.33Elsa Sundqvist Medina Eisa 14:39.71 DQ World Athletics have determined that the athlete was born in 2002, so she was not eligible for this age group
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