| Event: | Women's C-1 5000 metres |
| Championship: | 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships |
| Dates: | 26 August |
| Venue: | Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho |
| Location: | Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal |
| Competitors: | 20 |
| Nations: | 20 |
| Win Value: | 27:43.020 |
| Gold: | Laurence Vincent-Lapointe |
| Gold Nation: | CAN |
| Silver: | Annika Loske |
| Silver Nation: | GER |
| Bronze: | Maria Mailliard |
| Bronze Nation: | CHI |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's C-1 5000 metres competition at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Montemor-o-Velho.[1]
The schedule was as follows:[2]
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)As a long-distance event, it was held as a direct final.[3]
| Rank | Canoeist | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Vincent-Lapointe | 27:43.020 | |||
| Annika Loske | 27:52.541 | |||
| Maria Mailliard | 27:59.547 | |||
| 4 | Volha Klimava | 28:11.793 | ||
| 5 | Xu Shixiao | 28:42.314 | ||
| 6 | Zsanett Lakatos | 28:59.046 | ||
| 7 | María Corbera | 29:04.735 | ||
| 8 | Lucia Valová | 29:36.998 | ||
| 9 | Vanesa Tot | 29:46.621 | ||
| 10 | Jana Ježová | 30:04.560 | ||
| 11 | Josephine Bulmer | 30:36.179 | ||
| 12 | Ann Marie Armstrong | 31:10.517 | ||
| 13 | Daniela Cociu | 31:23.317 | ||
| 14 | Ana Rodrigues | 31:42.785 | ||
| 15 | Law Ming | 31:49.238 | ||
| – | Valdenice do Nascimento | |||
| – | Sylwia Szczerbińska | |||
| – | Anggie Avegno | |||
| – | Clara Montesdeoca | |||
| – | Kseniia Kurach |