The women's 5,000 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 21 July.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
Genzebe Dibaba | Mercy Cherono | Alice Aprot Nawowuna |
Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World junior record | Tirunesh Dibaba | Ethiopia | 14:30.88 | Bergen | June 11, 2004 | ||
| Championship record | align=left | 15:21.52 | July 13, 2004 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:08.06 | CR | ||||
| 15:09.19 | |||||
| Alice Aprot Nawowuna | 15:17.39 | PB | |||
| 15:29.78 | NJR | ||||
| 15:47.36 | PB | ||||
| 15:48.91 | PB | ||||
| 15:56.12 | NJR | ||||
| 15:59.29 | SB | ||||
| 16:14.28 | PB | ||||
| 10 | 16:19.60 | PB | |||
| 11 | 16:23.97 | SB | |||
| 12 | 16:27.69 | ||||
| 13 | 16:49.18 | ||||
| 14 | 17:28.99 |
Key: CR = championship record, NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.