| Women 5000m Athletics XXXI Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016 - Friday, 19th August - Gold Medal: Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot, Kenya     | 
| Start Time: 21:40. Temperature: 22 °C, Humidity: 83%, Conditions: Cloudy. |   
| Final |   | time |   |  | 1. Vivian Cheruiyot |   Kenya | 14:26.17 | OR   |  | 2. Hellen Onsando Obiri |   Kenya | 14:29.77 | PB |  | 3. Almaz Ayana |   Ethiopia | 14:33.59 |   |  | 4. Mercy Cherono |   Kenya | 14:42.89 |   |  | 5. Senbere Teferi |   Ethiopia | 14:43.75 |   |  | 6. Yasemin Can |   Turkey | 14:56.96 |   |  | 7. Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal |   Norway | 14:57.53 | PB |  | 8. Susan Kuijken |   Netherlands | 15:00.69 | PB |  | 9. Eloise Wellings |   Australia | 15:01.59 | SB |  | 10.Madeline Heiner Hills |   Australia | 15:04.05 | PB |  | 11.Shelby Houlihan |   United States | 15:08.89 |   |  | 12.Genevieve LaCaze |   Australia | 15:10.35 | PB |  | 13.Eilish McColgan |   Great Britain | 15:12.09 |   |  | 14.Ababel Yeshaneh |   Ethiopia | 15:18.26 |   |  | 15.Miyuki Uehara |   Japan | 15:34.97 |   |  | 16.Jennifer Wenth |   Austria | 15:56.11 |   |  | 17.Nikki Hamblin |   New Zealand | 16:14.24 | SB |  | -. Abbey D'Agostino |   United States | DNS |   |   
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| -- Competitors from -- Nations. Venue: Estádio Olímpico João Havelange Cap: 46,931. |  | World Record: Wang Junxia, China 29:31.78 Beijing, China 8 September 1993 |  | Olympic Record: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 29:54.66 Beijing, China 15 August 2008 |   
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 Heats - Tuesday, 16th August 09:30 | 
| First 5 and Best 5 times advanced to Semi-Finals. 3 Athletes were added to Final. | 
| Heat 1 |   | time |   |  | 1. Hellen Onsando Obiri |   Kenya | 15:19.48 | Q |  | 2. Yasemin Can |   Turkey | 15:19.50 | Q |  | 3. Mercy Cherono |   Kenya | 15:19.56 | Q |  | 4. Shelby Houlihan |   United States | 15:19.76 | Q |  | 5. Susan Kuijken |   Netherlands | 15:19.96 | Q, SB |  | 6. Madeline Heiner Hills |   Australia | 15:21.33 | q |  | 7. Miyuki Uehara |   Japan | 15:23.41 | q, SB |  | 8. Ababel Yeshaneh |   Ethiopia | 15:24.38 | q |  | 9. Juliet Chekwel |   Uganda | 15:29.07 |   |  | 10.Laura Whittle |   Great Britain | 15:31.30 |   |  | 11.Louise Carton |   Belgium | 15:34.39 |   |  | 12.Kim Conley |   United States | 15:34.39 |   |  | 13.Jessica O'Connell |   Canada | 15:51.18 |   |  | 14.Lucy Oliver |   New Zealand | 15:53.77 |   |  | 15.Sharon Firisua |   Solomon Islands | 18:01.62 |   |  | 16.Beatrice Kamuchanga Alice |   DR Congo | 19:29.47 |   |  | -. Dalila Abdulkadir |   Bahrain | DNS |   |   
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| Heat 2 |   | time |   |  | 1. Almaz Ayana |   Ethiopia | 15:04.35 | Q |  | 2. Senbere Teferi |   Ethiopia | 15:17.43 | Q |  | 3. Vivian Cheruiyot |   Kenya | 15:17.74 | Q |  | 4. Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal |   Norway | 15:17.83 | Q |  | 5. Eilish McColgan |   Great Britain | 15:18.20 | Q |  | 6. Eloise Wellings |   Australia | 15:19.02 | q, SB |  | 7. Genevieve LaCaze |   Australia | 15:20.45 | q, PB |  | 8. Stephanie Twell |   Great Britain | 15:25.90 |   |  | 9. Misaki Onishi |   Japan | 15:29.17 |   |  | 10.Mimi Belete |   Bahrain | 15:29.72 |   |  | 11.Andrea Seccafien |   Canada | 15:30.32 |   |  | 12.Ayuko Suzuki |   Japan | 15:41.81 |   |  | 13.Stella Chesang |   Uganda | 15:49.80 |   |  | 14.Jennifer Wenth |   Austria | 16:07.02 | qR |  | 15.Nikki Hamblin |   New Zealand | 16:43.61 | qR |  | 16.Abbey D'Agostino |   United States | 17:10.02 | qR |  | -. Bibiro Ali Taher |   Chad | DNF |   |   
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