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2016 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

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Women's 5000 metres
at the 2016 European Athletics Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationAmsterdam
Dates
  • July 9 (final)
Competitors16 from 11 nations
Winning time15:18.15
Medalists
gold medal    Turkey
silver medal    Sweden
bronze medal    Great Britain
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 9 July.[1]

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
European record  Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 14:23.75 Kazan, Russia 19 July 2008
Championship record  Alemitu Bekele (TUR) 14:52.20 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World Leading  Almaz Ayana (ETH) 14:12.59 Rome, Italy 2 June 2016
European Leading  Yasemin Can (TUR) 14:37.61 Rome, Italy 2 June 2016

Schedule

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Date Time Round
9 July 2016 21:05 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

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Final

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The race underway

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Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yasemin Can  Turkey 15:18.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Meraf Bahta  Sweden 15:20.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Steph Twell  Great Britain 15:20.70
4 Susan Kuijken  Netherlands 15:23.87 SB
5 Laura Whittle  Great Britain 15:24.18
6 Eilish McColgan  Great Britain 15:28.53
7 Louise Carton  Belgium 15:42.79
8 Geleto Tola  Germany 15:43.30
9 Kristiina Maki  Czech Republic 15:52.90
10 Deirdre Byrne  Ireland 15:53.67
11 Alexi Pappas  Greece 15:56.75
Maren Kock  Germany DNF
Mary Cullen  Ireland DNS
Trihas Gebre  Spain DNS
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal  Norway DNS
Maureen Koster  Netherlands DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Programme - European Athletics Championships". amsterdam2016.org. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
  2. ^ Results Archived 2016-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
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