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

Gold	Olga Golovkina  Russia
Silver	Lyudmyla Kovalenko  Ukraine
Bronze	Sara Moreira  Portugal

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

References

• Final Results
• Full results