| Event: | Women's 5000 metres |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Telmex Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | October 27 |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Marisol Romero |
| Goldnoc: | MEX |
| Silver: | Cruz da Silva |
| Silvernoc: | BRA |
| Bronze: | Inés Melchor |
| Bronzenoc: | PER |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The women's 5000 metres competition of the athletics events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on the 27th October at the Telmex Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Megan Metcalfe of Canada.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | June 6, 2008 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 15:30.65 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | August 6, 2003 |
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter one athlete regardless if they had met the qualification standard. To enter two entrants both athletes had to have met the minimum standard (17:00.0) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 14, 2011).[2]
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
Held on October 27.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time[3] | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:24.08 | |||||
| 16:29.75 | |||||
| 16:41.50 | |||||
| 4 | 16:47.19 | ||||
| 5 | 16:49.63 | ||||
| 6 | 16:54.62 | ||||
| 7 | 17:00.90 | ||||
| 8 | 17:01.11 | ||||
| 9 | 17:06.99 | ||||
| 10 | 17:14.91 | ||||
| 11 | 17:23.76 | ||||
| 12 | 17:33.77 |