Athletics at the 2025 Summer World University Games – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres at the 2025 Summer World University Games
Venue	Lohrheidestadion
Location	Bochum, Germany
Dates	24 July (heats) 26 July (final)
Competitors	28 from 21 nations
Winning time	15:34.57 PB
Medalists
Julia David-Smith    France   Seema Kumari    India   Emily Jane Parker    Great Britain
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The women's 5000 metres event at the 2025 Summer World University Games was held in Bochum, Germany, at Lohrheidestadion on 24 and 26 July. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
Games record	Jessica Augusto  (POR)	15:28.78	Bangkok, Thailand	13 August 2007

Results

Heats

First 8 in each heat (Q) qualified for the final. ^[3]

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Sarah Wanjiru	Kenya	16:28.66	Q
2	Mariana Machado	Portugal	16:31.07	Q
3	Julia David-Smith	France	16:32.99	Q
4	Andrea Romero	Spain	16:33.40	Q
5	Emily Parker	Great Britain	16:33.85	Q
6	Emmy van den Berg	Netherlands	16:34.06	Q
7	Pia Schlattmann	Germany	16:34.23	Q
8	Elise Coates	Canada	16:38.16	Q
9	Marvorous Orishaba	Uganda	16:47.28	PB
10	Yonca Kutluk	Turkey	16:47.53
11	Sanjana Singh	India	17:04.21
12	Nadia Potgieter	South Africa	17:16.95
13	Nayana Bilingas Waththage	Sri Lanka	18:08.34
[4]

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Judy Jepkoech Kosgei	Kenya	15:53.91	Q, PB
2	Ma Xiuzhen	China	15:54.77	Q
3	Seema Kumari	India	15:55.33	Q
4	Carolina Schäfer	Germany	15:55.69	Q
5	Phoebe Anderson	Great Britain	15:55.74	Q
6	Agate Caune	Latvia	15:59.19	Q
7	Rasara Wijesuriya  [ de ]	Sri Lanka	16:00.30	Q, PB
8	Bronte Oates	Australia	16:00.56	Q
9	Alice Seguin	France	16:06.11
10	Shea Ruhly	United States	16:07.53
11	Wakana Hashimoto	United States	16:17.90
12	Kristine Meinert Rød	Norway	16:24.91
13	Ashley Maguire	Canada	16:40.79
14	Peyton Leigh	New Zealand	16:58.34
15	Estefania Aristizabal	Colombia	18:18.68
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Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Julia David-Smith	France	15:34.57	PB
	Seema Kumari	India	15:35.86	SB
	Emily Parker	Great Britain	15:36.12
4	Phoebe Anderson	Great Britain	15:40.07
5	Pia Schlattmann	Germany	15:40.19	PB
6	Andrea Romero	Spain	15:41.21	PB
7	Carolina Schäfer	Germany	15:41.82	PB
8	Mariana Machado	Portugal	15:44.77
9	Judy Jepkoech Kosgei	Kenya	15:45.26	PB
10	Sarah Wanjiru	Kenya	15:46.26
11	Rasara Wijesuriya  [ de ]	Sri Lanka	15:52.60	PB
12	Agate Caune	Latvia	15:52.94
13	Bronte Oates	Australia	15:59.05
14	Elise Coates	Canada	16:13.85	PB
15	Emmy van den Berg	Netherlands	16:29.42
—	Ma Xiuzhen	China	DNF
[6]

References

1. "2025 Summer World University Games - Athletics schedule" (PDF). 20 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
2. "2025 FISU World University Games Rhine-Ruhr: All final results and medallists - Full list". Olympics. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
3. "Women's 5000 metres - Round 1 - Start list" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
4. "Women's 5000 metres - Round 1 - Heat 1/2 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
5. "Women's 5000 metres - Round 1 - Heat 2/2 results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
6. "Women's 5000 metres - Final results" (PDF). Rhine-Ruhr 2025. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.