Athletics — 5,000 metres, Women

Times held 8
Total participants 256
Total countries 72

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1996 5,000 metres, Women Olympic 46 25
2000 5,000 metres, Women Olympic 49 32
2004 5,000 metres, Women Olympic 41 28
2008 5,000 metres, Women Olympic 31 19
2012 5,000 metres, Women Olympic 35 21
2016 5,000 metres, Women Olympic 33 18
2020 5,000 metres, Women Olympic 38 21
2024 5,000 metres, Women Olympic 40 25

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Wang JunxiaCHN Pauline KongaKEN Roberta BrunetITA
2000 Gabriela SzaboROU Sonia O'SullivanIRL Gete WamiETH
2004 Meseret DefarETH Isabella OchichiKEN Tirunesh DibabaETH
2008 Tirunesh DibabaETH Meseret DefarETH Sylvia KibetKEN
2012 Meseret DefarETH Vivian CheruiyotKEN Tirunesh DibabaETH
2016 Vivian CheruiyotKEN Hellen ObiriKEN Almaz AyanaETH
2020 Sifan HassanNED Hellen ObiriKEN Gudaf TsegayETH
2024 Beatrice ChebetKEN Faith KipyegonKEN Sifan HassanNED

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ethiopia ETH 3 1 5 9
Kenya KEN 2 6 1 9
Netherlands NED 1 0 1 2
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
Ireland IRL 0 1 0 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Meseret Defar ETH 2 1 0 3
Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 1 1 0 2
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 1 0 2 3
Sifan Hassan NED 1 0 1 2
Wang Junxia CHN 1 0 0 1
Gabriela Szabo ROU 1 0 0 1
Beatrice Chebet KEN 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2004 Summer Olympics Souad Aït Salem 16 h1 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 2000 Summer Olympics Elisa Cobañea 14 h1 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 2016 Summer Olympics Eloise Wellings 9 See all
Austria AUT 2000 Summer Olympics Susanne Pumper 5 h2 r1/2 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Jennifer Wenth 16
Azerbaijan AZE 2012 Summer Olympics Layeş Abdullayeva 17 h2 r1/2 See all
Bahrain BRN 2012 Summer Olympics Shitaye Eshete 10 See all
Belarus BLR 2008 Summer Olympics Volha Krautsova 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Belgium BEL 2012 Summer Olympics Almensh Belete 11 h2 r1/2 See all
Brazil BRA 1996 Summer Olympics Roseli Machado 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Bulgaria BUL 2000 Summer Olympics Daniela Yordanova 10 See all
Burundi BDI 2024 Summer Olympics Francine Niyomukunzi 16 See all
Canada CAN 2008 Summer Olympics Megan Metcalfe 14 See all
Chad CHA 2016 Summer Olympics Bibiro Ali Taher AC h2 r1/2 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 2016 Summer Olympics Béatrice Alice Kamuchanga 16 h1 r1/2 See all
Denmark DEN 1996 Summer Olympics Nina Christiansen 9 h2 r1/2 See all
Djibouti DJI 2024 Summer Olympics Samiyah Hassan Nour 15h2 r1/2 See all
El Salvador ESA 2004 Summer Olympics Elizabeth Zaragoza AC h1 r1/2 See all
Eritrea ERI 2008 Summer Olympics Simret Sultan 8 h1 r1/2 See all
Eswatini SWZ 2000 Summer Olympics Priscilla Mamba 16 h3 r1/2 See all
Ethiopia ETH 2004 Summer Olympics Meseret Defar 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Meseret Defar 1 Gold
Finland FIN 2024 Summer Olympics Nathalie Blomqvist 13 See all
France FRA 2004 Summer Olympics Margaret Maury 11 See all
Germany GER 2000 Summer Olympics Irina Mikitenko 5 See all
Great Britain GBR 1996 Summer Olympics Paula Radcliffe 5 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Jo Pavey 5
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Maria Protopapa 12 h2 r1/2 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2000 Summer Olympics Maggie Chan 16 h2 r1/2 See all
Hungary HUN 2008 Summer Olympics Krisztina Papp 12 h2 r1/2 See all
India IND 2024 Summer Olympics Parul Chaudhary 14h2 r1/2 See all
Indonesia INA 2004 Summer Olympics Supriyati Sutono 19 h2 r1/2 See all
Iraq IRQ 2000 Summer Olympics Maysa Hussain Matrood 16 h1 r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 2000 Summer Olympics Sonia O'Sullivan 2 Silver See all
Israel ISR 2020 Summer Olympics Selam Teferi 10 See all
Italy ITA 1996 Summer Olympics Roberta Brunet 3 Bronze See all
Japan JPN 1996 Summer Olympics Michiko Shimizu 4 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Irina Mikitenko 11 h3 r1/2 See all
Kenya KEN 2016 Summer Olympics Vivian Cheruiyot 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Beatrice Chebet 1 Gold
Latvia LAT 2000 Summer Olympics Jeļena Prokopčuka 9 See all
Lithuania LTU 2000 Summer Olympics Inga Juodeškienė 10 h3 r1/2 See all
Malawi MAW 2004 Summer Olympics Catherine Chikwakwa 15 h2 r1/2 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Lucia Chandamale 15 h1 r1/2
Mexico MEX 2020 Summer Olympics Laura Galván 11 h1 r1/2 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Laura Galván 11h2 r1/2
Mongolia MGL 2000 Summer Olympics Baatarkhüügiin Battsetseg 17 h3 r1/2 See all
Morocco MAR 2008 Summer Olympics Mariem Alaoui Selsouli 10 h2 r1/2 See all
Netherlands NED 2020 Summer Olympics Sifan Hassan 1 Gold See all
New Zealand NZL 1996 Summer Olympics Anne Hare 13 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1996 Summer Olympics Martha Portobanco 15 h3 r1/2 See all
Niger NIG 1996 Summer Olympics Rachida Mahamane 16 h1 r1/2 See all
Norway NOR 2016 Summer Olympics Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 7 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1996 Summer Olympics Wang Junxia 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 2004 Summer Olympics Inés Melchor 21 h2 r1/2 See all
Portugal POR 2024 Summer Olympics Mariana Machado 11h1 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 2000 Summer Olympics Gabriela Szabo 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Yelena Zadorozhnaya 4 See all
Rwanda RWA 2020 Summer Olympics Marthe Yankurije 17 h2 r1/2 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Olivera Jevtić AC r2/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 2024 Summer Olympics Klara Lukan 12h2 r1/2 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 2016 Summer Olympics Sharon Firisua 15 h1 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 2020 Summer Olympics Dominique Scott-Efurd 13 h2 r1/2 See all
Spain ESP 2024 Summer Olympics Marta García 10h1 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1996 Summer Olympics Sara Wedlund 11 See all
Switzerland SUI 1996 Summer Olympics Anita Weyermann 14 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2004 Summer Olympics Zeinab Bakour 18 h1 r1/2 See all
São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2008 Summer Olympics Celma Bonfim 16 h1 r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 2008 Summer Olympics Alemitu Bekele 6 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Yasemin Can 6
Uganda UGA 2016 Summer Olympics Juliet Chekwel 9 h1 r1/2 See all
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Liudmyla Kovalenko DQ See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 2008 Summer Olympics Zakia Mrisho 12 h1 r1/2 See all
United States USA 2008 Summer Olympics Kara Goucher 8 See all
Venezuela VEN 2024 Summer Olympics Joselyn Brea 15 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 2000 Summer Olympics Samukeliso Moyo 12 h2 r1/2 See all