title: Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 5000 metres
text: # Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 5000 metres
  
  The women's 5000 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held in Beijing, China on 1 September.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Dong Yanmei | China | 15:30.28 |
  | | Tatyana Khmeleva | Russia | 15:43.18 |
  | | Yoshiko Fujinaga | Japan | 15:43.94 |
  | 4 | Rosemary Ryan | Ireland | 15:48.45 |
  | 5 | Maggie Chan Man Yee | Hong Kong | 16:05.86 |
  | 6 | Maria Cristina Grosu | Romania | 16:09.19 |
  | 7 | Margarita Tapia | Mexico | 16:10.02 |
  | 8 | Yukiko Akaba | Japan | 16:10.22 |
  | 9 | Sin Myong Ae | North Korea | 16:24.38 |
  | 10 | Sylvia Chelimo | Uganda | 16:34.96 |
  | 11 | René Kalmer | South Africa | 16:43.86 |
  | 12 | Lucélia Peres | Brazil | 17:00.16 |
  | 13 | Heather MacDonald | Canada | 17:06.24 |
  | 14 | Melissa Gulli | United States | 17:16.85 |
  | 15 | Li Jingnan | China | 17:25.78 |
  | 16 | Hayley McGregor | Australia | 17:34.05 |
  | 17 | Hafida Izem | Morocco | 17:58.73 |
  | 18 | Stephanie Mills | Canada | 18:01.82 |
  | 19 | Saiphon Piawong | Thailand | 18:46.74 |
  | 20 | Celma Bonfim | São Tomé and Príncipe | 18:59.62 |
  | 21 | Karla Silva | Peru | 19:22.36 |
  | 22 | Magdalena Haamwanyena | Namibia | 20:09.44 |
  | | Sarah Glynn | United States | DNF |
  | | Cheptoo Matany | Kenya | DNS |
  | | Amal Al-Matary | Jordan | DNS |
  | | Olivera Jevtić | Yugoslavia | DNS |
  | | Anastasiya Zubova | Russia | DNS |
  | | Olga Roseyeva | Russia | DNS |
  