The women's 5000 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.
| Gold | Yin Lili | |
| Silver | Faith Jemutai | |
| Bronze | Merima Hashim |
2 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | align=left | | 15:29.65 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 15:34.48 | |||||
| align=left | align=left | | 15:39.57 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left |  | 15:51.17 | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 15:55.18 | ||||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 16:07.12 | ||||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:07.72 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | 16:18.16 | |||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left | 16:20.51 | |||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:28.50 | ||||
| 11 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:32.39 | ||||
| 12 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:33.11 | ||||
| 13 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:38.66 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | | DNS | |||||
| align=left | align=left |  | bgcolor=pink | DQ | IAAF rule 141 |
31 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 16:11.56 | Q | |||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 16:11.77 | Q | |||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 16:14.16 | Q | |||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 16:21.99 | Q | ||||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 16:23.30 | q | |||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 16:24.83 | q | |||
| 7 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:30.38 | ||||
| 8 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:41.88 | ||||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:45.72 | ||||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:51.21 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | ||||||
| align=left | align=left | | bgcolor=pink | DQ | IAAF rule 141 Q |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | align=left | | 16:04.47 | Q | ||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | | 16:09.10 | Q | ||
| 3 | align=left | align=left | | 16:09.24 | Q | ||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | | 16:09.61 | Q | ||
| 5 | align=left | align=left | | 16:11.64 | Q | ||
| 6 | align=left | align=left | | 16:14.70 | q | ||
| 7 | align=left | align=left | 16:15.36 | q | |||
| 8 | align=left | align=left | | 16:18.54 | q | ||
| 9 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:55.68 | |||
| 10 | align=left | align=left |  | 16:57.02 | |||
| 11 | align=left | align=left | 19:24.41 | ||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF | |||||
| align=left | align=left | DNF |
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.