Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 5000 metres

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The women's 5000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in two rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 7 and 10 August 2024. This will be the eighth time that the women's 5000 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 43 athletes will be able to qualify for the event by entry standard or ranking.

Background

The women's 5000 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1996, when the event replaced the women's 3000 metres to match the men's event.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21[2] Eugene, United States 17 September 2023
Olympic record  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:26.72 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19 August 2016
World leading  Tsigie Gebreselama (ETH) 14:16.76[3] Eugene, United States 25 May 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[4]
Area Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21 WR
Asia (records)  Bo Jiang (CHN) 14:28.09
Europe (records)  Sifan Hassan (NED) 14:13.42
North, Central America

and Caribbean (records)

 Alicia Monson (USA) 14:19.45
Oceania (records)  Kimberley Smith (AUS) 14:39.89
South America (records)  Joselyn Brea (VEN) 14:36.59

Qualification

For the women's 5000 metres event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[5] 45 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 14:52.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[5]

Rounds

Round 1

Round 1 is scheduled to be held on 2 August, starting at 18:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Final

The final is scheduled to be held on 5 August, starting at 21:10 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  2. ^ "All time Top lists – Senior – 5000 Metres women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 5000 Metres women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Records – 5000 Metres women". World Athletics. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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NB: Women's events from 1984–1992 were over 3000 metres