2011 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's 5000 metres

The Women's 5000 metres event at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at Městský stadion on 17 July.

Final
17 July 2011 / 16:35 †: Yekaterina Gorbunova ranked initially 2nd (15:45.14), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules. ‡: Meryem Erdoğan did not finish, but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Intermediate times: 1000m: 2:57.28 Layes Abdullayeva 🇦🇿 azerbaijan 2000m: 5:57.76 Layes Abdullayeva 🇦🇿 azerbaijan 3000m: 9:06.80 Layes Abdullayeva 🇦🇿 azerbaijan 4000m: 12:19.35 Layes Abdullayeva 🇦🇿 azerbaijan

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event. • 🇦🇿 azerbaijan (1)

• 🇧🇾 belarus (1)

• undefined (1)

• 🇨🇿 czech republic (1)

• 🇪🇪 estonia (1)

• 🇫🇷 france (1)

• 🇩🇪 germany (2)

• undefined (1)

• 🇳🇴 norway (1)

• 🇷🇺 russia (2)

• 🇷🇸 serbia (1)

• 🇹🇷 turkey (1)

• 🇺🇦 ukraine (1)

• undefined (3)