2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres
at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
Venue Olympic Stadium
Location Amsterdam
Dates
  • July 9 (final)
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time15:18.15
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Yasemin Can  Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Silver medal icon.svg   Meraf Bahta  Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg   Stephanie Twell  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 July. [1]

Contents

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Tirunesh Dibaba  (ETH)14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
European record Flag of Russia.svg  Liliya Shobukhova  (RUS)14:23.75 Kazan, Russia 19 July 2008
Championship record Flag of Turkey.svg  Alemitu Bekele  (TUR)14:52.20 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World LeadingFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Almaz Ayana  (ETH)14:12.59 Rome, Italy 2 June 2016
European LeadingFlag of Turkey.svg  Yasemin Can  (TUR)14:37.61Rome, Italy2 June 2016

Schedule

DateTimeRound
9 July 201621:05 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Final

The race underway 583 5000m dames (27923889854).jpg
The race underway

[2]

RankNameNationalityTimeNote
Gold medal icon.svg Yasemin Can Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 15:18.15
Silver medal icon.svg Meraf Bahta Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:20.54
Bronze medal icon.svg Steph Twell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:20.70
4 Susan Kuijken Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 15:23.87SB
5 Laura Whittle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:24.18
6 Eilish McColgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:28.53
7 Louise Carton Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 15:42.79
8 Geleto Tola Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:43.30
9 Kristiina Maki Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 15:52.90
10 Deirdre Byrne Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 15:53.67
11 Alexi Pappas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 15:56.75
Maren Kock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany DNF
Mary Cullen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland DNS
Trihas Gebre Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNS
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS
Maureen Koster Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands DNS

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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