Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 5000 metres explained

Event:	Women's 5000 metres
Games:	2018
Venue:	Carrara Stadium
Dates:	14 April 2018
Competitors:	19
Nations:	12
Win Value:	15:13.11
Gold:	Hellen Obiri
Goldcga:	KEN
Silver:	Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi
Silvercga:	KEN
Bronze:	Laura Weightman
Bronzecga:	ENG
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 5000 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 14 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record		14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
Games record		14:31.42	Manchester, England	28 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

With nineteen entrants, the event was held as a straight final.^[2]

Final

Rank	Order	Name	Result	Notes
	2		15:13.11
	11		15:15.28
	13		15:25.84
	6		15:30.17
	7		15:34.73
	9		15:34.88
	17		15:36.10
	1		15:39.02
	8		15:46.60
10	4		15:46.92
11	19		15:50.01
12	5		15:55.45
13	15		16:02.80
14	12		16:05.65
15	18		16:07.99
16	3		17:00.52
17	14		17:35.72
18	10		18:35.38
19	16		18:52.57

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's 5000m . 29 March 2018 . Gold Coast 2018 . 30 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180330012456/https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/event-schedule-women-s-5000m.htm . dead .
2. Book: Athletics Women's 5000m - Final. Gold Coast 2018. 172. 21 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.