The women's 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11 July.[1]
| Gold | Buze Diriba Ethiopia | |
| Silver | Ruti Aga Ethiopia | |
| Bronze | Agnes Jebet Tirop Kenya |
, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | 14:30.88 | Bergen, Norway | 11 June 2004 | ||
| Championship Record | 15:08.06 | Moncton, Canada | 21 July 2010 | ||
| World Junior Leading | 15:11.53 | Montreuil, France | 5 June 2012 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:32.94 | |||||
| 15:32.95 | PB | ||||
| 15:36.74 | PB | ||||
| 4 | 15:50.32 | PB | |||
| 5 | 15:58.10 | ||||
| 6 | 16:05.64 | ||||
| 7 | 16:08.07 | PB | |||
| 8 | 16:08.29 | PB | |||
| 9 | 16:15.49 | PB | |||
| 10 | 16:19.84 | ||||
| 11 | 16:21.29 | ||||
| 12 | 16:21.36 | ||||
| 13 | 16:24.29 | PB | |||
| 14 | 16:27.62 | ||||
| 15 | 16:38.68 | ||||
| 16 | 16:47.32 | ||||
| 17 | 16:51.53 | ||||
| 18 | 17:59.79 | ||||
| – | – | DNS |
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.