World Championships Statistics - Women’s 5000m All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 14:38.59 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 1 Helsinki 2005 2 2 14:39.54 Meseret Defar ETH 2 Helsinki 2005 3 3 14:41.82 Gabriela Szabo ROU 1 Sevilla 1999 4 4 14:42.47 Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH 3 Helsinki 2005 5 5 14:43.15 Zahra Ouaziz MAR 2 Sevilla 1999 6 6 14:43.47 Meselech Melkamu ETH 4 Helsinki 2005 7 7 14:43.64 Xing Huina CHN 5 Helsinki 2005 8 8 14:43.87 Zakia Mrisho TAN 6 Helsinki 2005 9 9 14:44.00 Priscah Jepleting KEN 7 Helsinki 2005 10 10 14:44.22 Ayelech Worku ETH 3 Sevilla 1999 11 11 14:45.14 Isabella Ochichi KEN 8 Helsinki 2005 12 12 14:45.35 Edith Masai KEN 1h1 Paris 2003 13 14:45.96 Tirunesh Dibaba 2h1 Paris 2003 14 13 14:46.47 Sonia O’Sullivan IRL 1 Göteborg 1995 15 14 14:46.73 Sun Yingjie CHN 3h1 Paris 2003 16 15 14:47.07 Liliya Shobkhova RUS 9 Helsinki 2005 17 16 14:47.75 Olga Kravtsova BLR 10 Helsinki 2005 18 17 14:48.33 Marta Dominguez ESP 4h1 Paris 2003 19 18 14:48.54 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 2 Göteborg 1995 20 19 14:50.17 Irina Mikitenko GER 4 Sevilla 1999 21 14:50.98 Tirunesh Dibaba 1h1 Helsinki 2005 22 14:51.19 Sun Yingjie 11 Helsinki 2005 23 14:51.49 Meselech Melkamu 2h1 Helsinki 2005 24 20 14:51.69 Ebru Kavaklioglu TUR 5 Sevilla 1999 25 14:51.72 Tirunesh Dibaba 1 Paris 2003 26 14:52.26 Marta Dominguez 2 Paris 2003 27 14:52.30 Edith Masai 3 Paris 2003 28 21 14:52.36 Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 4 Paris 2003 29 14:52.66 Zhara Ouaziz 5h1 Paris 2003 30 22 14:53.56 Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 5 Paris 2003 Margin of Victory Difference Name Nat Venue Year Max 3.20 seconds Olga Yegorova RUS Edmonton 2001 Min 0.54 second Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Paris 2003 Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 14:38.59 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Helsinki 2005 2 14:39.54 Meseret Defar ETH Helsinki 2005 3 14:42.47 Ejegayehu Dibaba ETH Helsinki 2005 4 14:43.47 Meselech Melkamu ETH Helsinki 2005 5 14:43.64 Xing Huina CHN Helsinki 2005 6 14:43.87 Zakia Mrisho TAN Helsinki 2005 7 14:44.00 Priscah Jepleting KEN Helsinki 2005 8 14:45.14 Isabella Ochichi KEN Helsinki 2005 Fastest time in each round Round Time Name Nat Venue Year Final 14:38.59 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Helsinki 2005 First round 14:45.35 Edith Masai KEN Paris 2003 Lap times in the World Championships Fastest splits/laps are indicated in Bold ; slowest in italics Year 400m 1000m 2000m 3000m 4000m 5000m Last 400m Final 200m Winning time 1995 65.3 2:51.95 3:01.53 3:04.72 3:02.87 2:45.40 61.5 28.8 14:46.47 1997 77.2 3:11.74 2:58.66 2:58.22 3:02.21 2:46.85 61.9 29.5 14:57.68 1999 3:00.43 2:55.47 2:56.83 2:59.68 2:49.41 61.4 29.4 14:41.82 2001 75.82 3:10.06 3:03.47 3:03.72 3:04.43 2:41.71 60.4 29.0 15:03.39 2003 70.3 3:04.25 3:05.63 2:59.0 2:57.57 2:45.27 60.1 29.7 14:51.72 2005 71.7 3:02.53 2:51.32 2:58.77 3:01.78 2:44.19 58.19 28.1 14:38.59 2007 2:59.22 3:05.47 3:07.30 3:01.06 2:44.86 58.58 28.13 14:57.91 Splits 1000 m 2000 m 3000 m 4000 m 5000 m 2007 2:59.22 6:04.69 9:11.9 12:13.05 14:57.91 2005 3:02.53 5:53.85 8:52.62 11:54.40 14:38.59 2003 3:04.25 6:09.88 9:08.88 12:06.45 14:51.72 2001 3:10.06 6:13.53 9:17.25 12:21.68 15:03.39 1999 3:00.43 5:55.90 8:52.73 11:52.41 14:41.82 1997 3:11.74 6:10.40 9:08.62 12:10.83 14:57.68 1995 2:51.95 5:53.48 8:58.20 12:01.07 14:46.47 Comparison of World Record Splits Name Day Mon Year Venue 1000m 2000m 3000m 4000m 5000m Tirunesh Dibaba 6/6/2008 Oslo 2:48.08 5:43.64 8:38.83 11:28.44 14:11.15 Meseret Defar 15/6/2007 Oslo 2:50.74 5:42.60 8:35.76 11:29.44 14:16.63 Mseret Defar 3/6/2006 New York 2:52.9 5:47.9 8:42.8 11:39.1 14:24.53 Elvan Abeylegesse 11/6/2004 Bergen 2:49.56 5:47.36 8:37.84 11:30.43 14:24.68 Jiang Bo 23/10/1997 Shanghai 2:53.4 5:45.95 8:41.09 11:40.6 14:28.09 Dong Yanmei 21/10/1997 Shanghai 2:55 5:43 8:43 11:45 14:31.27 F Ribeiro 22/7/1995 Hechtel 2:57 5:51 8:50 11:46 14:36.45 Kristiansen 5/8/1986 Stockholm 2:52.9 5:48.0 8:48.5 11:43.9 14:37.33 Budd 26/8/1985 London 2:53.7 5:49.0 8:50.5 11:52.2 14:48.07 Kristiansen 28/6/1984 Oslo 3:02.0 5:59.6 8:59.8 12:00.8 14:58.89 Budd 5/1/1984 Stellenbosch 2:58.5 8:55.9 15:01.83 Laps Name 1000m 2000m 3000m 4000m 5000m Tirunesh Dibaba 2:48.08 2:55.56 2:55.19 2:49.61 2:42.71 Meseret Defar 2:50.74 2:51.86 2:53.16 2:53.68 2:47.19 Meseret Defar 2:52.9 2:55.0 2:54.9 2:56.3 2:45.4 Abeylegesse 2:49.56 2:57.80 2:50.48 2:52.59 2:54.25 Jiang Bo 2:53.4 2:52.55 2:55.14 2:59.41 2:47.49 Dong Yanmei 2:55 2:48 3:00 3:02 2:46.27 F Ribeiro 2:57 2:54 2:59 2:56 2:50.45 Kristiansen 2:52.9 2:55.1 2:57.5 2:58.4 2:43.5 Budd 2:53.7 2:55.3 3:01.5 3:01.7 2:55.87 Kristiansen 3:02.0 2:57.6 3:00.2 3:01.0 2:58.09 Budd 2:58.5 German All-Comer’s List Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 14:29.32 Olga Yegorova RUS 1 Berlin 31 Aug 2001 2 2 14:31.48 Gabriela Szabo ROU 1 Berlin 1 Sept 1998 3 3 14:31.69 Gete Wami ETH 2 Berlin 31 Aug 2001 4 4 14:32.08 Zahra Ouaziz MAR 2 Berlin 1 Sept 1998 5 5 14:32.44 Paula Radcliffe GBR 3 Berlin 31 Aug 2001 6 14:36.08 Gete Wami 3 Berlin 1 Sept 1998 7 6 14:40.47 Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 1 Bremen 24 June 2001 Fastest Performances in Berlin Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 14:29.32 Olga Yegorova RUS 1 31 Aug 2001 2 2 14:31.48 Gabriela Szabo ROU 1 1 Sept 1998 3 3 14:31.69 Gete Wami ETH 2 31 Aug 2001 4 4 14:32.08 Zahra Ouaziz MAR 2 1 Sept 1998 Fastest performances in August Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 14:28.98 Meseret Defar ETH 1 Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 2 2 14:29.32 Olga Yegorova RUS 1 Berlin 31 Aug 2001 3 3 14:30.63 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 1 Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 4 4 14:30.88 Gete Wami ETH 1 Heusden 5 Aug 2000 5 5 14:31.09 Berhane Adere ETH 2 Bruxelles 26 Aug 2005 6 14:31.69 Gete Wami 2 Berlin 31 Aug 2001 7 6 14:32.44 Paula Radcliffe GBR 3 Berlin 31 Aug 2001 8 14:33.65 Berhane Adere 1 London 23 Aug 2002 9 14:33.78 Meseret Defar 2 Bruxelles 25 Aug 2006 10 7 14:34.29 Gabriela Szabo ROM 2 London 23 Aug 2002 Fastest performances on August 22 Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 14:44.21 Gabriela Szabo ROU 1 Bruxelles 22 Aug 1997 2 2 14:45.51 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2 Bruxelles 22 Aug 1997 3 3 14:46.71 Sally Barsosio KEN 3 Bruxelles 22 Aug 1997 Fastest performances on Saturday Performance Performer Time Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 14:23.75 Liliya Shobukhova RUS 1 Kazan 19 July 2008 2 2 14:24.53 Meseret Defar ETH 1 New York 3 June 2006 3 3 14:27.42i Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 1 Boston 27 Jan 2007 .