Olympic Games
Women
5000 m / 3000 m
Year Mo Day Location Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
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(5000 m)
2021 Aug 02 Tokyo, JPN Sifan Hassan NED Hellen Obiri KEN Gudaf Tsegay ETH
2016 Aug 19 Rio de Janeiro, BRA Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Hellen Onsando Obiri KEN Almaz Ayana ETH
2012 Aug 10 London, GBR Meseret Defar ETH Vivian Cheruiyot KEN Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
2008 Aug 22 Beijing, CHN Tirunesh Dibaba ETH Elvan Abeylegesse TUR Meseret Defar ETH
2004 Aug 23 Athens, GRE Meseret Defar ETH Isabella Ochichi KEN Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
2000 Sep 25 Sydney, AUS Gabriela Szabo ROU Sonia O'Sullivan IRL Gete Wami ETH
1996 Jul 28 Atlanta, USA Wang Junxia CHN Pauline Konga KEN Roberta Brunet ITA
(3000 m)
1992 Aug 02 Barcelona, ESP Yelena Romanova EUN Tetiana Samolenko-Dorovskykh EUN Angela Chalmers CAN
1988 Sep 25 Seoul, KOR Tetiana Samolenko-Dorovskykh URS Paula Ivan ROU Yvonne Murray GBR
1984 Aug 10 Los Angeles, USA Maricica Puica ROU Wendy Sly GBR Lynn Williams CAN
2021 Aug 02 Tokyo, JPN
1. Sifan Hassan NED 14:36.79
2. Hellen Obiri KEN 14:38.36
3. Gudaf Tsegay ETH 14:38.87
4. Agnes Jebet Tirop KEN 14:39.62
5. Ejgayehu Taye ETH 14:41.24
6. Senbere Teferi ETH 14:45.11
7. Nadia Battocletti ITA 14:46.29
8. Yasemin Can TUR 14:46.49
9. Ririka Hironaka JPN 14:52.84
10. Selamawit Teferi ISR 14:54.39
11. Karissa Schweizer USA 14:55.80
12. Lilian Kasait Rengeruk KEN 14:55.85
13. Elise Cranny USA 14:55.98
14. Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal NOR 15:09.37
15. Andrea Seccafien CAN 15:12.09
2016 Aug 19 Rio de Janeiro, BRA
1. Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 14:26.17 OR
2. Hellen Onsando Obiri KEN 14:29.77
3. Almaz Ayana ETH 14:33.59
4. Mercy Cherono KEN 14:42.89
5. Senbere Teferi ETH 14:43.75
6. Yasemin Can TUR 14:56.96
7. Karoline Bjerkeli Grĝvdal NOR 14:57.53
8. Susan Kuijken NED 15:00.69
9. Eloise Wellings AUS 15:01.59
10. Madeline Heiner Hills AUS 15:04.05
11. Shelby Houlihan USA 15:08.89
12. Genevieve LaCaze AUS 15:10.35
13. Eilish McColgan GBR 15:12.09
14. Ababel Yeshaneh ETH 15:18.26
15. Miyuki Uehara JPN 15:34.97
16. Jennifer Wenth AUS 15:56.11
17. Nikki Hamblin NZL 16:14.24
Abbey D'Agostino USA DNS
2012 Aug 10 London, GBR
1. Meseret Defar ETH 15:04.25
2. Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 15:04.73
3. Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 15:05.15
4. Sally Kipyego KEN 15:05.79
5. Gelete Burka ETH 15:10.66
6. Viola Kibiwot KEN 15:11.59
7. Jo Pavey GBR 15:12.72
8. Julia Bleasdale GBR 15:14.55
9. Olga Golovkina RUS 15:17.88
10. Shitaye Eshete BRN 15:19.13
11. Molly Huddle USA 15:20.29
12. Tejitu Daba BRN 15:21.34
13. Yelena Nagovitsyna RUS 15:21.38
14. Julie Culley USA 15:28.22
15. Elena Romagnolo ITA 15:35.69
2008 Aug 22 Beijing, CHN
1. Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 15:41.40
2. Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 15:42.74
3. Meseret Defar ETH 15:44.12
4. Sylvia Kibet KEN 15:44.96
5. Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 15:46.32
6. Liliya Shobukhova RUS 15:46.62
7. Alemitu Bekele TUR 15:48.48
8. Meselech Melkamu ETH 15:49.03
9. Kara Goucher USA 15:49.39
10. Shalane Flanagan USA 15:50.80
11. Priscah Cherono KEN 15:51.78
12. Gulnara Samitova-Galkina RUS 15:56.97
13. Xue Fei CHN 16:09.84
14. Jen Rhines USA 16:34.63
15. Megan Metcalfe CAN 17:06.82
2004 Aug 23 Athens, GRE
1. Meseret Defar ETH 14:45.65
2. Isabella Ochichi KEN 14:48.19
3. Tirunesh Dibaba ETH 14:51.83
4. Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 14:55.52
5. Jo Pavey GBR 14:57.87
6. Gulnara Samitova-Galkina RUS 15:02.30
7. Irina Mikitenko GER 15:03.36
8. Sun Yingjie CHN 15:07.23
9. Xing Huina CHN 15:07.41
10. Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 15:09.55
11. Margaret Maury FRA 15:09.77
12. Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 15:12.64
13. Liliya Shobukhova RUS 15:15.64
14. Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 16:20.90
Edith Masai KEN DNF
2000 Sep 25 Sydney, AUS
1. Gabriela Szabo ROU 14:40.79 OR
2. Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 14:41.02
3. Gete Wami ETH 14:42.23
4. Ayelech Worku ETH 14:42.67
5. Irina Mikitenko GER 14:43.59
6. Lydia Cheromei KEN 14:47.35
7. Werknesh Kidane ETH 14:47.40
8. Olga Yegorova RUS 14:50.31
9. Jelena Celnova-Prokopcuka LAT 14:55.46
10. Daniela Yordanova BUL 14:56.95
11. Rose Cheruiyot KEN 14:58.07
12. Jo Pavey GBR 14:58.27
13. Tatyana Tomashova RUS 15:01.28
14. Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 15:33.66
Olivera Jevtic SCG DNF
1996 Jul 28 Atlanta, USA
1. Wang Junxia CHN 14:59.88 OR
2. Pauline Konga KEN 15:03.49
3. Roberta Brunet ITA 15:07.52
4. Michiko Shimizu JPN 15:09.05
5. Paula Radcliffe GBR 15:13.11
6. Yelena Romanova RUS 15:14.09
7. Elena Fidatov ROU 15:16.71
8. Rose Cheruiyot KEN 15:17.33
9. Lynn Jennings USA 15:17.50
10. Amy Rudolph USA 15:19.77
11. Sara Wedlund SWE 15:22.98
12. Ayelech Worku ETH 15:28.81
13. Anne Hare NZL 15:29.11
14. Anita Weyermann SUI 15:44.40
Sonia O'Sullivan IRL DNF
1992 Aug 02 Barcelona, ESP [3000 m]
1. Yelena Romanova EUN 8:46.04
2. Tetiana Samolenko-Dorovskykh EUN 8:46.85
3. Angela Chalmers CAN 8:47.22
4. Sonia O'Sullivan IRL 8:47.41
5. PattiSue Plumer USA 8:48.29
6. Ebru Kavaklioglu EUN 8:49.55
7. Shelly Steely USA 8:52.67
8. Yvonne Murray GBR 8:55.85
9. Alison Wyeth GBR 9:00.23
10. Roberta Brunet ITA 9:01.26
11. Margareta Keszeg ROU 9:03.16
AC. Marie-Pierre Duros FRA DNF
1988 Sep 25 Seoul, KOR [3000 m]
1. Tetiana Samolenko-Dorovskykh URS 8:26.53 OR
2. Paula Ivan ROU 8:27.15
3. Yvonne Murray GBR 8:29.02
4. Yelena Romanova URS 8:30.45
5. Nataliya Artyomova URS 8:31.67
6. Vicki Huber USA 8:37.25
7. Wendy Sly GBR 8:37.70
8. Lynn Williams CAN 8:38.43
9. Elly van Hulst NED 8:43.92
10. Mary Decker-Slaney USA 8:47.13
11. Cornelia Bürki SUI 8:48.32
12. Annette Sergent-Palluy FRA 8:49.14
13. PattiSue Plumer USA 8:59.17
14. Angela Chalmers CAN 9:04.75
15. Debbie Scott-Bowker CAN 9:11.95
1984 Aug 10 Los Angeles, USA [3000 m]
1. Maricica Puica ROU 8:35.96 OR
2. Wendy Sly GBR 8:39.47
3. Lynn Williams CAN 8:42.14
4. Cindy Bremser USA 8:42.78
5. Cornelia Bürki SUI 8:45.20
6. Aurora Cunha POR 8:46.37
7. Zola Budd GBR 8:48.80
8. Joan Hansen USA 8:51.53
9. Dianne Zorn-Rodger NZL 8:56.43
10. Agnese Possamai ITA 9:10.82
Brigitte Kraus FRG DNF
Mary Decker-Slaney USA DNF
WR = world record
OR = Olympic Record
DNF = did not finish
DNS = did not start