2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 28 June.

Medalists

Source:

Gold	Olga Golovkina Russia
Silver	Sara Moreira Portugal
Bronze	Julia Bleasdale Great Britain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
European record	Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)	14:23.75	Kazan, Russia	19 July 2008
Championship record	Alemitu Bekele (TUR)	14:52.20	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)	14:35.62	Rome, Italy	31 May 2012
European Leading	Sara Moreira (POR)	15:08.33	Watford, Great Britain	9 June 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 June 2012	17:35	Final

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Olga Golovkina	Russia	15:11.70
	Sara Moreira	Portugal	15:12.05
	Julia Bleasdale	Great Britain	15:12.77	PB
4	Roxana Bârcă	Romania	15:13.40	PB
5	Nadia Ejjafini	Italy	15:16.54	PB
6	Almensh Belete	Belgium	15:22.15	SB
7	Elena Romagnolo	Italy	15:24.38
8	Judith Plá	Spain	15:27.62	SB
9	Dudu Karakaya	Turkey	15:29.71
10	Christine Bardelle	France	15:33.49
11	Barbara Maveau	Belgium	15:33.68
12	Layes Abdullayeva	Azerbaijan	15:33.88	SB
13	Silvia Weissteiner	Italy	15:39.23
14	Helen Clitheroe	Great Britain	15:49.13	SB
15	Maren Kock	Germany	15:52.74
16	Lidia Rodríguez	Spain	16:07.73
DQ	Svetlana Kireyeva	Russia	15:19.55	Doping
DQ	Lyudmyla Kovalenko	Ukraine	15:12.03	Doping
	Fadime Suna	Turkey	DNF
	Sabine Fischer	Switzerland	DNF
	Johanna Lehtinen	Finland	DNF
	Stephanie Twell	Great Britain	DNS

References

• Final Results
• Full results