| Event: | Women's 5000 metres |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | July 21 |
| Competitors: | 13 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 15:45.97 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Juliana Paula dos Santos |
| Goldnoc: | BRA |
| Silver: | Brenda Flores |
| Silvernoc: | MEX |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's 5000 metres sprint competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Marisol Romero of Mexico.
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 |
See main article: article and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (16.43.00) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).[2]
All times shown are in seconds.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
Wind:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15:45.97 | PB | ||||
| 15:47.19 | |||||
| 15:52.78 | |||||
| 15:59.44 | PB | ||||
| 16:01.59 | |||||
| 16:06.63 | |||||
| 16:08.41 | |||||
| 16:17.40 | |||||
| 16:17.62 | |||||
| 10 | 16:27.09 | ||||
| 11 | 16:31.94 | ||||
| 12 | 17:07.41 | ||||
| 13 | 17:11.83 |