Olympian Database
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World Champions 5000 m K |
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| Budapest 2023 |  | KEN | Faith Kippen | |
| Eugene 2022 |  | ETH | Gudaf Tsegay | |
| Doha 2019 | | KEN | Hellen Onsando Obiri | |
| London 2017 | | KEN | Hellen Onsando Obiri | |
| Beijing 2015 | | ETH | Almaz Ayana | |
| Moscow 2013 | | ETH | Meseret Defar | |
| Daegu 2011 | | KEN | Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot | |
| Berlin 2009 | | KEN | Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot | |
| Osaka 2007 | | ETH | Meseret Defar | |
| Helsinki 2005 | | ETH | Tirunesh Dibaba | |
| Paris 2003 | | ETH | Tirunesh Dibaba | |
| Edmonton 2001 |  | RUS | Olga Yegorova | |
| Sevilla 1999 |  | ROU | Gabriela Szabo | |
| Athen 1997 | | ROU | Gabriela Szabo | |
| Göteborg 1995 |  | IRL | Sonia O'Sullivan | |
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