Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's 5000 metres


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. The defending Pan American Games champion is Marisol Romero of Mexico.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
World record14:11.15Oslo, NorwayJune 6, 2008
Pan American Games record15:30.65Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicAugust 6, 2003

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard in the qualifying period.

Schedule

Results

All times shown are in seconds.
KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

Wind:
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Juliana Paula dos Santos15:45.97PB
Brenda Flores15:47.19
Kellyn Taylor15:52.78
Yudileyvis Castillo15:59.44PB
Alisha Williams16:01.59
María Pastuña16:06.63
Jessica O'Connell16:08.41
Natasha Labeaud16:17.40
Carolina Tabares16:17.62
10Tatiele de Carvalho16:27.09
11Jovana de la Cruz16:31.94
12Jessica Paguay17:07.41
13Soledad Torre17:11.83