2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's 5000m | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
 |  ETHEthiopia | Meseret Defar | 15:04.25 |
 |  KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 15:04.73 |
 | ETHEthiopia | Tirunesh Dibaba | 15:05.15 |
| 4 | KENKenya | Sally Kipyego | 15:05.79 |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Gelete Burka | 15:10.66 |
| 6 | KENKenya | Viola Kibiwott | 15:11.59 |
| 7 |  GBRGreat Britain | Joanne Pavey | 15:12.72 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Julia Bleasdale | 15:14.55 |
| 9 |  RUSRussia | Olga Golovkina | 15:17.88 |
| 10 |  BRNBahrain | Shitaye Eshete | 15:19.13 |
| 11 |  USAUnited States | Molly Huddle | 15:20.29 |
| 12 | BRNBahrain | Tejitu Daba | 15:21.34 |
| 13 | RUSRussia | Yelena Nagovitsyna | 15:21.38 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Julie Culley | 15:28.22 |
| 15 |  ITAItaly | Elena Romagnolo | 15:35.69 |
| 16 | ITAItaly | Silvia Weissteiner | 15:06.81 |
| 17 |  JPNJapan | Kayoko Fukushi | 15:09.31 |
| 18 | JPNJapan | Hitomi Niiya | 15:10.20 |
| 19 |  BELBelgium | Almenesh Belete | 15:10.24 |
| 20 | GBRGreat Britain | Barbara Parker | 15:12.81 |
| 21 |  IRLIreland | Fionnuala McCormack | 15:12.97 |
| 22 | USAUnited States | Kim Conley | 15:14.48 |
| 23 | JPNJapan | Mika Yoshikawa | 15:16.77 |
| 24 |  UKRUkraine | Lyudmyla Kovalenko | 15:18.60 |
| 25 |  ESPSpain | Judith Plá | 15:20.39 |
| 26 | ITAItaly | Nadia Ejjafini | 15:24.70 |
| 27 |  NORNorway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 15:24.86 |
| 28 |  CANCanada | Sheila Reid | 15:27.41 |
| 29 |  TURTurkey | Dudu Karakaya | 15:28.32 |
| 30 |  AUSAustralia | Eloise Wellings | 15:35.53 |
| 31 |  TANTanzania | Zakia Mrisho | 15:39.58 |
| 32 |  AZEAzerbaijan | Layes Abdullayeva | 15:45.69 |
| 33 |  MEXMexico | Sandra Lopez | 15:55.16 |
| 34 |  ROURomania | Roxana Bârca | 16:01.04 |
| 35 |  MARMorocco | Nadia Noujani | DNF |
| 35 |  PORPortugal | Sara Moreira | DNS |
| Women's 5000m, 1st Round, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Tirunesh Dibaba | 14:58.48 |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Meseret Defar | 14:58.70 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Viola Kibiwott | 14:59.31 |
| 4 | RUSRussia | Olga Golovkina | 15:05.26 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Julie Culley | 15:05.38 |
| 6 | BRNBahrain | Tejitu Daba | 15:05.59 |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Silvia Weissteiner | 15:06.81 |
| 8 | JPNJapan | Kayoko Fukushi | 15:09.31 |
| 9 | GBRGreat Britain | Barbara Parker | 15:12.81 |
| 10 | IRLIreland | Fionnuala McCormack | 15:12.97 |
| 11 | UKRUkraine | Lyudmyla Kovalenko | 15:18.60 |
| 12 | ESPSpain | Judith Plá | 15:20.39 |
| 13 | NORNorway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 15:24.86 |
| 14 | TURTurkey | Dudu Karakaya | 15:28.32 |
| 15 | AUSAustralia | Eloise Wellings | 15:35.53 |
| 16 | MEXMexico | Sandra Lopez | 15:55.16 |
| 99 | MARMorocco | Nadia Noujani | DNF |
| 99 | PORPortugal | Sara Moreira | DNS |
| Women's 5000m, 1st Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Tirunesh Dibaba | 14:58.48 |
| 2 | ETHEthiopia | Meseret Defar | 14:58.70 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Viola Kibiwott | 14:59.31 |
| 4 | ETHEthiopia | Gelete Burka | 15:01.44 |
| 5 | KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 15:01.54 |
| 6 | KENKenya | Sally Kipyego | 15:01.87 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Julia Bleasdale | 15:02.00 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Molly Huddle | 15:02.26 |
| 9 | RUSRussia | Yelena Nagovitsyna | 15:02.80 |
| 10 | GBRGreat Britain | Joanne Pavey | 15:02.84 |
| 11 | RUSRussia | Olga Golovkina | 15:05.26 |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Julie Culley | 15:05.38 |
| 13 | BRNBahrain | Shitaye Eshete | 15:05.48 |
| 14 | BRNBahrain | Tejitu Daba | 15:05.59 |
| 15 | ITAItaly | Elena Romagnolo | 15:06.38 |
| 16 | ITAItaly | Silvia Weissteiner | 15:06.81 |
| 17 | JPNJapan | Kayoko Fukushi | 15:09.31 |
| 18 | JPNJapan | Hitomi Niiya | 15:10.20 |
| 19 | BELBelgium | Almenesh Belete | 15:10.24 |
| 20 | GBRGreat Britain | Barbara Parker | 15:12.81 |
| 21 | IRLIreland | Fionnuala McCormack | 15:12.97 |
| 22 | USAUnited States | Kim Conley | 15:14.48 |
| 23 | JPNJapan | Mika Yoshikawa | 15:16.77 |
| 24 | UKRUkraine | Lyudmyla Kovalenko | 15:18.60 |
| 25 | ESPSpain | Judith Plá | 15:20.39 |
| 26 | ITAItaly | Nadia Ejjafini | 15:24.70 |
| 27 | NORNorway | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 15:24.86 |
| 28 | CANCanada | Sheila Reid | 15:27.41 |
| 29 | TURTurkey | Dudu Karakaya | 15:28.32 |
| 30 | AUSAustralia | Eloise Wellings | 15:35.53 |
| 31 | TANTanzania | Zakia Mrisho | 15:39.58 |
| 32 | AZEAzerbaijan | Layes Abdullayeva | 15:45.69 |
| 33 | MEXMexico | Sandra Lopez | 15:55.16 |
| 34 | ROURomania | Roxana Bârca | 16:01.04 |
| 99 | MARMorocco | Nadia Noujani | DNF |
| 99 | PORPortugal | Sara Moreira | DNS |
| Women's 5000m, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 10 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Meseret Defar | 15:04.25 |
| 2 | KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 15:04.73 |
| 3 | ETHEthiopia | Tirunesh Dibaba | 15:05.15 |
| 4 | KENKenya | Sally Kipyego | 15:05.79 |
| 5 | ETHEthiopia | Gelete Burka | 15:10.66 |
| 6 | KENKenya | Viola Kibiwott | 15:11.59 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Joanne Pavey | 15:12.72 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Julia Bleasdale | 15:14.55 |
| 9 | RUSRussia | Olga Golovkina | 15:17.88 |
| 10 | BRNBahrain | Shitaye Eshete | 15:19.13 |
| 11 | USAUnited States | Molly Huddle | 15:20.29 |
| 12 | BRNBahrain | Tejitu Daba | 15:21.34 |
| 13 | RUSRussia | Yelena Nagovitsyna | 15:21.38 |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Julie Culley | 15:28.22 |
| 15 | ITAItaly | Elena Romagnolo | 15:35.69 |
| Women's 5000m, 1st Round, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | ETHEthiopia | Gelete Burka | 15:01.44 |
| 2 | KENKenya | Vivian Cheruiyot | 15:01.54 |
| 3 | KENKenya | Sally Kipyego | 15:01.87 |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Julia Bleasdale | 15:02.00 |
| 5 | USAUnited States | Molly Huddle | 15:02.26 |
| 6 | RUSRussia | Yelena Nagovitsyna | 15:02.80 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | Joanne Pavey | 15:02.84 |
| 8 | BRNBahrain | Shitaye Eshete | 15:05.48 |
| 9 | ITAItaly | Elena Romagnolo | 15:06.38 |
| 10 | JPNJapan | Hitomi Niiya | 15:10.20 |
| 11 | BELBelgium | Almenesh Belete | 15:10.24 |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Kim Conley | 15:14.48 |
| 13 | JPNJapan | Mika Yoshikawa | 15:16.77 |
| 14 | ITAItaly | Nadia Ejjafini | 15:24.70 |
| 15 | CANCanada | Sheila Reid | 15:27.41 |
| 16 | TANTanzania | Zakia Mrisho | 15:39.58 |
| 17 | AZEAzerbaijan | Layes Abdullayeva | 15:45.69 |
| 18 | ROURomania | Roxana Bârca | 16:01.04 |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
- 5
O'Callaghan
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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