Main > Women, 5000 m > World Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated
 
  16.17.4 Paola Pigni ITA Formia May 11, 1969
  15.53.6 Paola Pigni ITA Milan Sep 02, 1969
  15.41.4 Natalia Marasescu ROU Oradea Mar 16, 1977
  15.37.0 Janice Merrill USA Mainz Jul 11, 1977
  15.35.52 Kathy Mills USA Knoxville May 26, 1978
  15.33.8 Janice Merrill USA Durham May 19, 1979
  15.30.6 Janice Merrill USA Stanford Mar 22, 1980
  15.28.43 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Oslo Jul 11, 1981
  15.24.6 Yelena Sipatova URS Podolsk Sep 06, 1981
15.14.51 Paula Fudge GBR Knarvik Sep 13, 1981
15.13.22 Anne Audain NZL Auckland Mar 17, 1982
15.08.26 Mary Decker-Tabb USA Eugene Jun 05, 1982
  15.01.83 Zola Budd RSA Stellenbosch Jan 05, 1984
14.58.89 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Oslo Jun 28, 1984
14.48.07 Zola Budd GBR London Aug 26, 1985
14.37.33 Ingrid Kristiansen NOR Stockholm Aug 05, 1986
14.36.45 Fernanda Ribeiro POR Hechtel Jul 22, 1995
14.31.27 Dong Yanmei CHN Shanghai Oct 21, 1997
14.28.09 Jiang Bo CHN Shanghai Oct 23, 1997
14.24.68 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR Bergen Jun 11, 2004
14.24.53 Meseret Defar ETH New York Jun 03, 2006
14.16.63 Meseret Defar ETH Oslo Jun 15, 2007
14.11.15 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Oslo Jun 06, 2008
14.06.62 Letesenbet Gidey ETH Valencia Oct 07, 2020
14.05.20 Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon KEN Paris Jun 09, 2023
  14.00.21 Gudaf Tsegay ETH Eugene, OR Sep 17, 2023