5000 metres at the World Athletics Championships

The 5000 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by men since the inaugural edition in 1983 and by women since 1995. Women competed over 3000 metres from 1980 to 1993, in line with championship standards of the time. It is the shortest long-distance running event at the competition, the 10,000 metres and marathon being the other two such events on the programme. It is the second most prestigious title in the discipline after the 5000 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has a two-race heats stage that leads directly to a final between fifteen athletes.

5000 metres
at the World Championships in Athletics
Women competing in the 2013 final
Overview
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19832019
Women: 19952019
Championship record
Men12:52.79 Eliud Kipchoge (2003)
Women14:26.72 Hellen Obiri (2019)
Reigning champion
Men Muktar Edris (ETH)
Women Hellen Obiri (KEN)

The championship records for the event are 12:52.79 minutes for men, set by Eliud Kipchoge in 2003, and 14:26.72 minutes for women, set by Hellen Obiri in 2019.[1] The world record has never been broken or equalled at the competition by either men or women, reflecting the lack of pacemaking and athletes' more tactical approach to championship races.[2] Similarly the women's 3000 metres world record was not improved during its 13-year history. The championship record for that event was set on its last appearance in 1993, by Yunxia Qu with a time of 8:28.71 minutes.[1]

The women's 3000 m was among the first ever IAAF World Championship events as it was one of two designated events at the 1980 World Championships in Athletics (alongside women's 400 metres hurdles), which was held after the International Olympic Committee refused to add the women's event to the Olympic programme that year.[3]

Mo Farah of Great Britain is the only athlete to win this title three times, between 2011 and 2015. Meseret Defar is the most successful female athlete of the event, having won two world championship titles and reached the medal podium five times consecutively from 2005 to 2013. Vivian Cheruiyot is the next most successful with two golds and one silver. Three other athletes have won the 5000 m championship twice: Ismael Kirui on the men's side, and Gabriela Szabo and Tirunesh Dibaba on the women's side. Tatyana Dorovskikh was also a double champion in the women's 3000 m, and the only woman to win multiple medals over that distance.

Kenya is the most successful nation in the discipline, with seven wins in the men's distance and two in the women's, and has the highest medal total at 21. Ethiopia is the next best performer with four women's titles, one men's title and twenty medal overall. Morocco, Great Britain, Romania and Ireland are the other nations to have won multiple gold medals in the 5000 m. The Soviet Union won the most 3000 m medals during its run, with two titles and four medals. China produced a medal sweep in 1993. Eamonn Coghlan is the only non-African-born man to win the 5000 m.

Age

  • All information from IAAF[4]
Distinction Male athlete Age Female athlete Age 3000 metres Age
Youngest champion Ismael Kirui18 years, 177 days Tirunesh Dibaba17 years, 333 days Birgit Friedmann20 years, 130 days
Youngest medalist Ismael Kirui18 years, 177 days Tirunesh Dibaba17 years, 333 days Birgit Friedmann20 years, 130 days
Youngest participant Esam Salah Musleh Juaim16 years, 295 days Wisam Al-Bekheet14 years, 281 days Enh Od Tevdenshigmed14 years, 262 days
Oldest champion Bernard Lagat32 years, 264 days Olga Yegorova29 years, 136 days Tatyana Dorovskikh30 years, 14 days
Oldest medalist Bernard Lagat36 years, 266 days Edith Masai36 years, 148 days Maricica Puică37 years, 34 days
Oldest participant Dieudonné LaMothe37 years, 32 days Nora Rocha39 years, 254 days Maricica Puică37 years, 34 days

Doping

The World Championship 5000 metres was unaffected by doping until the 2001, when men's silver medallist Ali Saïdi-Sief of Morocco failed his post-race urine test due to nandrolone traces. He was stripped of his medal.[5] Only one other competitor has been disqualified from the 5000 m for doping: Turkey's Alemitu Bekele Degfa, whose unsuccessful run in the heats in 2011 was annulled retrospectively after biological passport irregularities.[6][7]

Among those failing tests outside the competition was 1983 men's bronze medallist Martti Vainio, who admitted to using testosterone supplements and failed a test for steroids in 1984.[8] Marta Domínguez, the women's runner-up in 2001 and 2003, was banned later in her career for abnormalities in her biological passport readings.[9] In the women's 3000 m, no athletes were banned during World Championships competition but 1983 medallist Tatyana Kazankina ended her career in 1984 by refusing a drug test,[10] while the 1987 and 1991 world champion for the distance Tetyana Dorovskikh also ended her career with a drugs ban in 1993.[11] The 1983 women's champion Mary Decker was another banned for doping later in her career.[12]

Medalists

Men

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
 Eamonn Coghlan (IRL)  Werner Schildhauer (GDR)  Martti Vainio (FIN)
1987 Rome
 Saïd Aouita (MAR)  Domingos Castro (POR)  Jack Buckner (GBR)
1991 Tokyo
 Yobes Ondieki (KEN)  Fita Bayisa (ETH)  Brahim Boutayeb (MAR)
1993 Stuttgart
 Ismael Kirui (KEN)  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH)  Fita Bayisa (ETH)
1995 Gothenburg
 Ismael Kirui (KEN)  Khalid Boulami (MAR)  Shem Kororia (KEN)
1997 Athens
 Daniel Komen (KEN)  Khalid Boulami (MAR)  Tom Nyariki (KEN)
1999 Seville
 Salah Hissou (MAR)  Benjamin Limo (KEN)  Mohammed Mourhit (BEL)
2001 Edmonton
 Richard Limo (KEN)  Million Wolde (ETH)  John Kibowen (KEN)
2003 Saint-Denis
 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)  Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR)  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)
2005 Helsinki
 Benjamin Limo (KEN)  Sileshi Sihine (ETH)  Craig Mottram (AUS)
2007 Osaka
 Bernard Lagat (USA)  Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)  Moses Kipsiro (UGA)
2009 Berlin
 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)  Bernard Lagat (USA)  James Kwalia C'Kurui (QAT)
2011 Daegu
 Mo Farah (GBR)  Bernard Lagat (USA)  Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH)
2013 Moscow
 Mo Farah (GBR)  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)  Isiah Koech (KEN)
2015 Beijing
 Mo Farah (GBR)  Caleb Ndiku (KEN)  Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)
2017 London
 Muktar Edris (ETH)  Mo Farah (GBR)  Paul Chelimo (USA)
2019 Doha
 Muktar Edris (ETH)  Selemon Barega (ETH)  Mohammed Ahmed (CAN)

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Mo Farah Great Britain (GBR)2011–20153104
2Ismael Kirui Kenya (KEN)1993–19952002
3Bernard Lagat United States (USA)2007–20111203
4Benjamin Limo Kenya (KEN)2003–20091102
5Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia (ETH)1999–20051012
6Khalid Boulami Morocco (MAR)1995–19970202
7=Fita Bayisa Ethiopia (ETH)1991–19930112
7=Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia (ETH)2013-20150112

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Kenya (KEN)73414
2 Great Britain (GBR)3115
3 Ethiopia (ETH)25411
4 Morocco (MAR)2316
5 United States (USA)1214
6 Ireland (IRL)1001
7= East Germany (GDR)0101
7= Portugal (POR)0101
9= Australia (AUS)0011
9= Belgium (BEL)0011
9= Finland (FIN)0011
9= Qatar (QAT)0011
9= Uganda (UGA)0011

Women's 5000 metres

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1995 Gothenburg
 Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)
1997 Athens
 Gabriela Szabo (ROU)  Roberta Brunet (ITA)  Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)
1999 Seville
 Gabriela Szabo (ROU)  Zahra Ouaziz (MAR)  Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2001 Edmonton
 Olga Yegorova (RUS)  Marta Dominguez (ESP)  Ayelech Worku (ETH)
2003 Saint-Denis
 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)  Marta Dominguez (ESP)  Edith Masai (KEN)
2005 Helsinki
 Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)  Meseret Defar (ETH)  Ejegayehu Dibaba (ETH)
2007 Osaka
 Meseret Defar (ETH)  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN)
2009 Berlin
 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)  Meseret Defar (ETH)
2011 Daegu
 Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)  Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet (KEN)  Meseret Defar (ETH)
2013 Moscow
 Meseret Defar (ETH)  Mercy Cherono (KEN)  Almaz Ayana (ETH)
2015 Beijing
 Almaz Ayana (ETH)  Senbere Teferi (ETH)  Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
2017 London
 Hellen Obiri (KEN)  Almaz Ayana (ETH)  Sifan Hassan (NED)
2019 Doha
 Hellen Obiri (KEN)  Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (KEN)  Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER)

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Meseret Defar Ethiopia (ETH)2005–20132125
2Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya (KEN)2007–20112103
3=Gabriela Szabo Romania (ROU)1997–19992002
3=Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH)2003–20052002
5Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH)2013–20171113
6=Marta Domínguez Spain (ESP)2001–20030202
6=Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet Kenya (KEN)2001–20030202
8=Fernanda Ribeiro Portugal (POR)1995–19970112
8=Zahra Ouaziz Morocco (MAR)1995–19990112
10Ayelech Worku Ethiopia (ETH)1999–20010022

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ethiopia (ETH)42612
2 Kenya (KEN)3429
3 Romania (ROU)2002
4= Ireland (IRL)1001
4= Russia (RUS)1001
6 Spain (ESP)0202
7= Morocco (MAR)0112
7= Portugal (POR)0112
9 Italy (ITA)0101
10 Netherlands (NED)0011

Women's 3000 metres

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Sittard
 Birgit Friedmann (FRG)  Karoline Nemetz (SWE)  Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1983 Helsinki
 Mary Decker (USA)  Brigitte Kraus (FRG)  Tatyana Kovalenko-Kazankina (URS)
1987 Rome
 Tetyana Samolenko (URS)  Maricica Puică (ROU)  Ulrike Bruns (GDR)
1991 Tokyo
 Tetyana Dorovskikh (URS)  Yelena Romanova (URS)  Susan Sirma (KEN)
1993 Stuttgart
 Qu Yunxia (CHN)  Zhang Linli (CHN)  Zhang Lirong (CHN)

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Tatyana Dorovskikh Soviet Union (URS)1987–19912002

Medalists by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union (URS)2114
2 China (CHN)1113
3 West Germany (FRG)1102
4 United States (USA)1001
5= Romania (ROU)0101
5= Sweden (SWE)0101
7= East Germany (GDR)0011
7= Kenya (KEN)0011
7= Norway (NOR)0011

Championship record progression

Men

Men's 5000 metres World Championships record progression[13]
Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date
13:43.36Markus Ryffel  Switzerland (SUI) 1983First round10 August
13:32.34Markus Ryffel  Switzerland (SUI) 1983Semi-final12 August
13:31.40Dmitriy Dmitriyev Soviet Union (URS) 1983Semi-final12 August
13:28.53Eamon Coghlan Ireland (IRL) 1983Final14 August
13:22.68John Ngugi Kenya (KEN) 1987Heats4 September
13:14.45Yobes Ondieki Kenya (KEN) 1991Final1 September
13:02.75Ismael Kirui Kenya (KEN) 1993Final16 August
12:58.12Salah Hissou Morocco (MAR) 1999Final28 August
12:52.79Eliud Kipchoge Kenya (KEN) 2003Final31 August

Women 5000 metres

Women's 5000 metres World Championships record progression[14]
Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date
15:36.39Elena Fidatov Romania (ROU) 1995Heats10 August
15:13.88Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland (IRL) 1995Heats10 August
14:46.47Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland (IRL) 1995Final10 August
14:41.82Gabriela Szabo Romania (ROU) 1999Final27 August
14:38.59Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia (ETH) 2005Final13 August
14:26.83Almaz Ayana Ethiopia (ETH) 2015Final30 August
14:26.72Hellen Obiri Kenya (KEN) 2019Final5 October

Women 3000 metres

Women's 3000 metres World Championships record progression[15]
Time Athlete Nation Year Round Date
9:04.7Aurora Cunha Portugal (POR) 1980Heats14 August
9:04.7Birgit Friedmann West Germany (FRG) 1980Heats14 August
8:48.05Birgit Friedmann West Germany (FRG) 1980Heats14 August
8:46.65Svetlana Ulmasova Soviet Union (URS) 1983Heats8 August
8:44.72Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union (URS) 1983Heats8 August
8:34.62Mary Decker United States (USA) 1983Final8 August
8:28.71Qu Yunxia China (CHN) 1993Final16 August

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