2024 World Athletics U20 Championships – Women's 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue	Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA
Dates	27 August 2024 (final)
Competitors	18 from 13 nations
Winning time	14:39.71
Medalists
Medina Eisa    Ethiopia   Mekedes Alemeshete    Ethiopia   Charity Cherop    Uganda

The women's 5000 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Atlético de la VIDENA in Lima, Peru on 27 August 2024.

Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:^[1]

Record	Athlete & Nationality	Mark	Location	Date
World U20 Record	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:30.88	Eugene, United States	11 June 2004
	Birke Haylom (ETH)	14:23.71*	Eugene, United States	25 May 2024
Championship Record	Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)	15:08.06	Barcelona, Spain	21 July 2010
World U20 Leading	Birke Haylom (ETH)	14:23.71	Eugene, United States	25 May 2024

*Mark pending ratification

Results

The final was scheduled to start at 17:55.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Medina Eisa	Ethiopia	14:39.71	CR
	Mekedes Alemeshete	Ethiopia	14:57.44
	Charity Cherop	Uganda	15:25.02	PB
4	Mercy Chepkemoi	Kenya	15:33.29	PB
5	Sheila Jebet	Kenya	15:51.93
6	Yuumi Yamamoto	Japan	16:01.54
7	Gabrielle Schmidt	Australia	16:10.87	PB
8	Emily Junginger	Germany	16:14.34
9	Laura Ribigini	Italy	16:16.96	PB
10	Arianne Olson	United States	16:19.23
11	Lecia Arnoldo	Italy	16:20.21	PB
12	Lizzie Wellsted	Great Britain	16:21.50
13	Li Yuan	China	16:29.32
14	Caroline Dennilauler	France	16:35.43
15	Franziska Drexler	Germany	16:38.58
16	Catherine Lund	New Zealand	16:39.84	PB
17	Luz Arias	Peru	16:57.89	PB
18	Zariel Macchia	United States	17:12.33
–	Elsa Sundqvist	Sweden	DNS

^[2]

References

1. "5000 Metres Women - Final - Start list" (PDF). World Athletics. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
2. "5000 Metres Women - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.