5000 metres women legal analytics

5000 metres table View source
Top mark
13:58.06
🇰🇪 Beatrice Chebet
Eugene · 2025-07-05
10th-place mark
14:08.79
gap: +10.73
100th-place mark
14:27.33
gap: +29.27
Median age, top 100
24.5 yrs
Distinct athletes
1086
5532 canonical perfs
Years contested
1981–2025
19 historical WRs
World-record progression 19 world records since 1981

Canonical list: All-time women's best 5000m. Lower mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 45 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1981: 2 performances1982: 9 performances1983: 3 performances1984: 8 performances1985: 27 performances1986: 19 performances1987: 8 performances1988: 18 performances1989: 13 performances1990: 18 performances1991: 19 performances1992: 20 performances1993: 23 performances1994: 33 performances1995: 116 performances1996: 159 performances1997: 113 performances1998: 66 performances1999: 99 performances2000: 154 performances2001: 142 performances2002: 122 performances2003: 184 performances2004: 202 performances2005: 193 performances2006: 178 performances2007: 152 performances2008: 192 performances2009: 99 performances2010: 120 performances2011: 152 performances2012: 156 performances2013: 122 performances2014: 86 performances2015: 122 performances2016: 195 performances2017: 169 performances2018: 134 performances2019: 191 performances2020: 80 performances2021: 260 performances2022: 273 performances2023: 289 performances2024: 394 performances2025: 398 performances1990200020102020039819812025
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1980s 14:37.33 🇳🇴 Ingrid Kristiansen 1986-08-05
  2. 1990s 14:28.09 🇨🇳 Jiang Bo 1997-10-23
  3. 2000s 14:11.15 🇪🇹 Tirunesh Dibaba 2008-06-06
  4. 2010s 14:12.59 🇪🇹 Almaz Ayana 2016-06-02
  5. 2020s 13:58.06 🇰🇪 Beatrice Chebet 2025-07-05
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. 🇪🇹 ETH 55
  2. 🇰🇪 KEN 32
  3. 🇺🇸 USA 4
  4. 🇳🇱 NED 4
  5. 🇮🇹 ITA 1
  6. 🇷🇺 RUS 1
  7. 🇩🇪 GER 1
  8. 🇧🇮 BDI 1
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. 🇰🇪 Helen Obiri 10
  2. 🇰🇪 Beatrice Chebet 8
  3. 🇪🇹 Letesenbet Gidey 7
  4. 🇪🇹 Almaz Ayana 7
  5. 🇪🇹 Ejgayehu Taye 6
  6. 🇪🇹 Gudaf Tsegay 6
  7. 🇪🇹 Meseret Defar 5
  8. 🇪🇹 Genzebe Dibaba 5
Mark vs age 800 points