title: 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
text: # 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
  
  | Gold | Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH) |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Meseret Defar Ethiopia (ETH) |
  | Bronze | Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH) |
  
  ## 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 (SB)
  * Marta Domínguez, Spain 14:56.02 q
  * Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:56.16 q (NR)
  * Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania 14:57.22 q (NR)
  * Sun Yingjie, China 14:58.34 q (SB)
  * 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 (NR)
  * Catherine Chikwakwa, Malawi 16:11.63 (SB)
  * 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 (SB)
  * 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 (SB)
  * 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 (CR)
  * Meseret Defar, Ethiopia 14:39.54
  * Ejegayehu Dibaba, Ethiopia 14:42.47
  * Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopia 14:43.47
  * Xing Huina, China 14:43.64 (PB)
  * Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzania 14:43.87 (NR)
  * Prisca Jepleting Ngetich, Kenya 14:44.00 (PB)
  * Isabella Ochichi, Kenya 14:45.14 (PB)
  * Liliya Shobukhova, Russia 14:47.07 (PB)
  * Volha Kravtsova, Belarus 14:47.75 (NR)
  * Sun Yingjie, China 14:51.19 (SB)
  * 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
  