Results for Japan in 5,000 metres, Women

Olympic and Intercalated results only.

Games	Athlete/Team	Placement
1996 Summer Olympics	Michiko Shimizu	4
	Harumi Hiroyama	11 h1 r1/2
	Yoshiko Ichikawa	12 h3 r1/2
2000 Summer Olympics	Yoshiko Ichikawa	7 h3 r1/2
	Megumi Tanaka	9 h2 r1/2
	Michiko Shimizu	10 h1 r1/2
2008 Summer Olympics	Yuriko Kobayashi	7 h1 r1/2
	Kayoko Fukushi	9 h2 r1/2
	Yukiko Akaba	11 h2 r1/2
2012 Summer Olympics	Kayoko Fukushi	8 h1 r1/2
	Hitomi Niiya	10 h2 r1/2
	Mika Yoshikawa	13 h2 r1/2
2016 Summer Olympics	Miyuki Uehara	15
	Misaki Onishi	9 h2 r1/2
	Ayuko Suzuki	12 h2 r1/2
2020 Summer Olympics	Ririka Hironaka	9
	Nozomi Tanaka	6 h2 r1/2
	Kaede Hagitani	12 h1 r1/2
2024 Summer Olympics	Nozomi Tanaka	9h1 r1/2
	Yuma Yamamoto	17h1 r1/2
	Wakana Kabasawa	19h2 r1/2