2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The Women's 5,000 metres event at the 2005 World Championships was held on August 10 and August 13 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium.Medalists
Heats
Heat 1
- Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:50.98 Q
- Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia 14:51.49 Q
- Joanne Pavey, Great Britain 14:53.82 Q
- Prisca Jepleting Ngetich, Kenya 14:54.50 Q
- Marta Domínguez, Spain 14:56.02 q
- Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:56.16 q
- Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania 14:57.22 q
- Sun Yingjie, China 14:58.34 q
- Kayoko Fukushi, Japan 15:05.77 q
- Lauren Fleshman, United States 15:32.05
- Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgium 15:47.01
- Maryna Dubrova, Ukraine 16:01.88
- Anesie Kwizera, Burundi 16:06.66
- Catherine Chikwakwa, Malawi 16:11.63
- Jessica Augusto, Portugal 16:23.66
Heat 2
- Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 15:13.52 Q
- Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopia 15:14.33 Q
- Xing Huina, China 15:14.48 Q
- Liliya Shobukhova, Russia 15:14.63 Q
- Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 15:16.51 q
- Susanne Wigene, Norway 15:18.38 q
- Shalane Flanagan, United States 15:20.59
- Maria Protopappa, Greece 15:32.04
- Amy Rudolph, United States 15:32.73
- Margaret Maury, France 15:35.65
- Dulce Maria Rodriguez, Mexico 15:44.65
- Anikó Kálovics, Hungary 15:46.36
- Simret Sultan, Eritrea 15:47.46
- Maria McCambridge, Ireland 16:05.44
- Miriam Kaumba, Zambia 16:10.70
Final
- Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:38.59
- Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 14:39.54
- Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:42.47
- Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia 14:43.47
- Xing Huina, China 14:43.64
- Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania 14:43.87
- Prisca Jepleting Ngetich, Kenya 14:44.00
- Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 14:45.14
- Liliya Shobukhova, Russia 14:47.07
- Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:47.75
- Sun Yingjie, China 14:51.19
- Kayoko Fukushi, Japan 14:59.92
- Susanne Wigene, Norway 15:00.23
- Marta Domínguez, Spain 15:02.30
- Joanne Pavey, Great Britain 15:14.37