2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's 5000m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
 |  KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 14:26.17 OR |
 | KENKenya | Hellen Obiri | 14:29.77 |
 |  ETHEthiopia | Almaz Ayana | 14:33.59 |
| 4 | KENKenya | Mercy Cherono | 14:42.89 |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Senbere Teferi | 14:43.75 |
| 6 |  TURTurkey | Yasemin Can | 14:56.96 |
| 7 |  NORNorway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 14:57.53 |
| 8 |  NEDNetherlands | Susan Kuijken | 15:00.69 |
| 9 |  AUSAustralia | Eloise Wellings | 15:01.59 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Madeline Hills | 15:04.05 |
| 11 |  USAUnited States | Shelby Houlihan | 15:08.89 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Genevieve LaCaze | 15:10.35 |
| 13 |  GBRGreat Britain | Eilish McColgan | 15:12.09 |
| 14 | ETHEthiopia | Birhane Ababel Yeshaneh | 15:18.26 |
| 15 |  JPNJapan | Miyuki Uehara | 15:34.97 |
| 16 |  AUTAustria | Jennifer Wenth | 15:56.11 |
| 17 |  NZLNew Zealand | Nikki Hamblin | 16:14.24 |
| 18 | USAUnited States | Abbey D'Agostino | DNS |
| 19 | GBRGreat Britain | Stephanie Twell | 15:25.90 |
| 20 |  UGAUganda | Juliet Chekwel | 15:29.07 |
| 21 | JPNJapan | Misaki Onishi | 15:29.17 |
| 22 |  BRNBahrain | Mimi Belete | 15:29.72 |
| 23 |  CANCanada | Andrea Seccafien | 15:30.32 |
| 24 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Whittle | 15:31.30 |
| 25 |  BELBelgium | Louise Carton | 15:34.39 |
| 26 | USAUnited States | Kim Conley | 15:36.00 |
| 27 | JPNJapan | Ayuko Suzuki | 15:41.81 |
| 28 | UGAUganda | Stella Chesang | 15:49.80 |
| 29 | CANCanada | Jessica O'Connell | 15:51.18 |
| 30 | NZLNew Zealand | Lucy Oliver | 15:53.77 |
| 31 |  SOLSolomon Islands | Sharon Firisua | 18:01.62 |
| 32 |  CODCongo DR | Beatrice Alice Kamulhanga | 19:29.47 |
| BRNBahrain | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa | DNS | |
 CHAChad | Bibiro Ali Taher | DNF | |
| Women's 5000m, Round 1, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Hellen Obiri | 15:19.38 Q |
| 2 | TURTurkey | Yasemin Can | 15:19.50 Q |
| 3 | KENKenya | Mercy Cherono | 15:19.56 Q |
| 4 | USAUnited States | Shelby Houlihan | 15:19.76 Q |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Susan Kuijken | 15:19.96 Q |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Madeline Hills | 15:21.33 |
| 7 | JPNJapan | Miyuki Uehara | 15:23.41 |
| 8 | ETHEthiopia | Birhane Ababel Yeshaneh | 15:24.38 |
| 9 | UGAUganda | Juliet Chekwel | 15:29.07 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Whittle | 15:31.30 |
| 11 | BELBelgium | Louise Carton | 15:34.39 |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Kim Conley | 15:36.00 |
| 13 | CANCanada | Jessica O'Connell | 15:51.18 |
| 14 | NZLNew Zealand | Lucy Oliver | 15:53.77 |
| 15 | SOLSolomon Islands | Sharon Firisua | 18:01.62 |
| 16 | CODCongo DR | Beatrice Alice Kamulhanga | 19:29.47 |
| BRNBahrain | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa | DNS | |
| Women's 5000m, Round 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Almaz Ayana | 15:04.35 Q |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Senbere Teferi | 15:17.43 Q |
| 3 | KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 15:17.74 Q |
| 4 | NORNorway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 15:17.83 Q |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Eilish McColgan | 15:18.20 Q |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Eloise Wellings | 15:19.02 q |
| 7 | KENKenya | Hellen Obiri | 15:19.38 Q |
| 8 | TURTurkey | Yasemin Can | 15:19.50 Q |
| 9 | KENKenya | Mercy Cherono | 15:19.56 Q |
| 10 | USAUnited States | Shelby Houlihan | 15:19.76 Q |
| 11 | NEDNetherlands | Susan Kuijken | 15:19.96 Q |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Genevieve LaCaze | 15:20.45 q |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | Madeline Hills | 15:21.33 q |
| 14 | JPNJapan | Miyuki Uehara | 15:23.41 q |
| 15 | ETHEthiopia | Birhane Ababel Yeshaneh | 15:24.38 q |
| 16 | GBRGreat Britain | Stephanie Twell | 15:25.90 |
| 17 | UGAUganda | Juliet Chekwel | 15:29.07 |
| 18 | JPNJapan | Misaki Onishi | 15:29.17 |
| 19 | BRNBahrain | Mimi Belete | 15:29.72 |
| 20 | CANCanada | Andrea Seccafien | 15:30.32 |
| 21 | GBRGreat Britain | Laura Whittle | 15:31.30 |
| 22 | BELBelgium | Louise Carton | 15:34.39 |
| 23 | USAUnited States | Kim Conley | 15:36.00 |
| 24 | JPNJapan | Ayuko Suzuki | 15:41.81 |
| 25 | UGAUganda | Stella Chesang | 15:49.80 |
| 26 | CANCanada | Jessica O'Connell | 15:51.18 |
| 27 | NZLNew Zealand | Lucy Oliver | 15:53.77 |
| 28 | AUTAustria | Jennifer Wenth | 16:07.02 q |
| 29 | NZLNew Zealand | Nikki Hamblin | 16:43.61 q |
| 30 | USAUnited States | Abbey D'Agostino | 17:10.02 q |
| 31 | SOLSolomon Islands | Sharon Firisua | 18:01.62 |
| 32 | CODCongo DR | Beatrice Alice Kamulhanga | 19:29.47 |
| BRNBahrain | Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa | DNS | |
| CHAChad | Bibiro Ali Taher | DNF | |
| Women's 5000m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 20 - Final | |||
| 1 | KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 14:26.17 OR |
| 2 | KENKenya | Hellen Obiri | 14:29.77 |
| 3 | ETHEthiopia | Almaz Ayana | 14:33.59 |
| 4 | KENKenya | Mercy Cherono | 14:42.89 |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Senbere Teferi | 14:43.75 |
| 6 | TURTurkey | Yasemin Can | 14:56.96 |
| 7 | NORNorway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 14:57.53 |
| 8 | NEDNetherlands | Susan Kuijken | 15:00.69 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Eloise Wellings | 15:01.59 |
| 10 | AUSAustralia | Madeline Hills | 15:04.05 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Shelby Houlihan | 15:08.89 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Genevieve LaCaze | 15:10.35 |
| 13 | GBRGreat Britain | Eilish McColgan | 15:12.09 |
| 14 | ETHEthiopia | Birhane Ababel Yeshaneh | 15:18.26 |
| 15 | JPNJapan | Miyuki Uehara | 15:34.97 |
| 16 | AUTAustria | Jennifer Wenth | 15:56.11 |
| 17 | NZLNew Zealand | Nikki Hamblin | 16:14.24 |
| USAUnited States | Abbey D'Agostino | DNS | |
| Women's 5000m, Round 1, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Almaz Ayana | 15:04.35 Q |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Senbere Teferi | 15:17.43 Q |
| 3 | KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 15:17.74 Q |
| 4 | NORNorway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 15:17.83 Q |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Eilish McColgan | 15:18.20 Q |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Eloise Wellings | 15:19.02 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Genevieve LaCaze | 15:20.45 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Stephanie Twell | 15:25.90 |
| 9 | JPNJapan | Misaki Onishi | 15:29.17 |
| 10 | BRNBahrain | Mimi Belete | 15:29.72 |
| 11 | CANCanada | Andrea Seccafien | 15:30.32 |
| 12 | JPNJapan | Ayuko Suzuki | 15:41.81 |
| 13 | UGAUganda | Stella Chesang | 15:49.80 |
| 14 | AUTAustria | Jennifer Wenth | 16:07.02 |
| 15 | NZLNew Zealand | Nikki Hamblin | 16:43.61 |
| 16 | USAUnited States | Abbey D'Agostino | 17:10.02 |
| CHAChad | Bibiro Ali Taher | DNF | |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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