The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 12 August.[1]
| Gold | Susana Feitór | |
| Silver | Tatyana Shchastnaya | |
| Bronze | Simone Thust |
12 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | 21:44.30 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 22:28.74 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | 22:44.65 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 22:51.10 | |||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 22:51.86 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | 23:04.67 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 23:13.92 | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 23:15.25 | |||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 23:18.93 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left | 23:20.00 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | | 23:33.79 | |||
| 12 | align=left | align=left | 23:35.18 | ||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left | | 23:42.46 | |||
| 14 | align=left | align=left | | 23:46.43 | |||
| 15 | align=left | align=left |  | 23:47.98 | |||
| 16 | align=left | align=left | 23:49.17 | ||||
| 17 | align=left | align=left | 23:49.19 | ||||
| 18 | align=left | align=left |  | 23:53.80 | |||
| 19 | align=left | align=left | | 24:00.18 | |||
| 20 | align=left | align=left | 24:12.48 | ||||
| 21 | align=left | align=left |  | 24:17.31 | |||
| 22 | align=left | align=left |  | 24:48.04 | |||
| 23 | align=left | align=left |  | 25:09.33 | |||
| 24 | align=left | align=left |  | 25:10.90 | |||
| 25 | align=left | align=left | | 25:19.34 | |||
| 26 | align=left | align=left |  | 25:39.18 | |||
| 27 | align=left | align=left | | 25:53.07 | |||
| align=left | align=left |  | DQ | ||||
| align=left | align=left |  | DQ |
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.