| Women's 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships |
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The women's 5000 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 28 June.
Medalists
Source:
| Gold | Olga Golovkina Russia
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| Silver | Sara Moreira Portugal
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| Bronze | Julia Bleasdale Great Britain
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Records
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World record |  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)
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14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| European record | Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)
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14:23.75 | Kazan, Russia | 19 July 2008 |
| Championship record |  Alemitu Bekele (TUR)
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14:52.20 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading |  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)
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14:35.62 | Rome, Italy | 31 May 2012 |
| European Leading | Sara Moreira (POR)
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15:08.33 | Watford, Great Britain | 9 June 2012 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 28 June 2012 | 17:35 | Final |
Results
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
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Olga Golovkina | Russia |
15:11.70 | |
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Sara Moreira | Portugal |
15:12.05 | |
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Julia Bleasdale | Great Britain |
15:12.77 | PB |
| 4 | Roxana Bârcă |  Romania |
15:13.40 | PB |
| 5 | Nadia Ejjafini |  Italy |
15:16.54 | PB |
| 6 | Almensh Belete |  Belgium |
15:22.15 | SB |
| 7 | Elena Romagnolo | Italy |
15:24.38 | |
| 8 | Judith Plá |  Spain |
15:27.62 | SB |
| 9 | Dudu Karakaya | Turkey |
15:29.71 | |
| 10 | Christine Bardelle |  France |
15:33.49 | |
| 11 | Barbara Maveau | Belgium |
15:33.68 | |
| 12 | Layes Abdullayeva |  Azerbaijan |
15:33.88 | SB |
| 13 | Silvia Weissteiner | Italy |
15:39.23 | |
| 14 | Helen Clitheroe | Great Britain |
15:49.13 | SB |
| 15 | Maren Kock |  Germany |
15:52.74 | |
| 16 | Lidia Rodríguez | Spain |
16:07.73 | |
| DQ | Svetlana Kireyeva | Russia |
Doping | |
| DQ | Lyudmyla Kovalenko |  Ukraine |
Doping | |
| Fadime Suna | Turkey |
DNF | ||
| Sabine Fischer |  Switzerland |
DNF | ||
| Johanna Lehtinen |  Finland |
DNF | ||
| Stephanie Twell | Great Britain |
DNS |
References
- Following the disqualification of Lyudmyla Kovalenko of Ukraine and Svetlana Kireyeva of Russia.
| 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships | |
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| Men's 5000 m | |
| Women's 3000 m | |
| Women's 5000 m | |
| European Athletics Championships champions in women's 3000 metres and 5000 metres | |
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| 3000 m (1974–94) |
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| 5000 m (since 1998) |
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