The women's 5000 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium (Munich)

Olympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics....

 on August 10.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Marta Domínguez Azpeleta is a Spanish runner. She was accused of drug dealing and but later acquitted .Dominguez currently competes mainly in 3000 m steeplechase, a distance in which she was the 2009 world champion...		15:14.76
	Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...		15:14.85	SB
	Yelena Zadorozhnaya Yelena Zadorozhnaya Yelena Zadorozhnaya is a Russian runner who specializes in the 3000, 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 2:02.31 min *1500 metres - 3:59.94 min *One mile - 4:21.57 min...		15:15.22
	Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova Olga Yegorova is a Russian middle distance runner.Her first international appearance came at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where she finished 9th in the 1500m won by future world record holder Qu Yunxia...		15:16.65
	Joanne Pavey		15:18.70
	Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Botezan Mihaela Maria Botezan is a Romanian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the 10000 metres and the half marathon....		15:19.12
	Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse Elvan Abeylegesse is an Ethiopian-born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 1500 m, 3000 m and 5000 m, but also 10000 m, 2 miles and cross country...		15:24.41
	Gunhild Haugen		15:30.19
	Sonja Stolić		15:33.42	PB
10	Melanie Schulz		15:46.64
11	Gloria Marconi Gloria Marconi Gloria Marconi is an Italian long-distance runner.She was born in Florence. On the track she finished fifth in the 5000 metres and 24th in the 10,000 metres at the 2002 European Championships. She became Italian 5000 metres champion in 2002 and 2004, and 10,000 metres champion in 2003 and 2006...		15:47.63
12	Inês Monteiro Inês Monteiro Inês Alexandra das Neves Monteiro is a Portuguese athlete who competes in middle and long distance track running, as well as road running and cross country. She started out as a cross country runner, winning a silver and a gold medal at the 1998 and 1999 European junior race...		15:55.79
13	Silvia Weissteiner Silvia Weissteiner Silvia Weissteiner is an Italian long-distance runner. She is a two-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009.Weissteiner was the runner-up at the European Cup 10000m in 2006...		15:58.92
14	Helena Javornik Helena Javornik Helena Javornik is a Slovenian long-distance runner who has specialized in all distances from 1500 metres to the marathon race....		16:06.32
15	Una English		16:19.36
16	Krisztina Papp Krisztina Papp Krisztina Papp is a Hungarian long distance runner. She is the national indoor record holder over 5000 m.Papp began her international career as a junior with appearances at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships...		16:20.23
17	Liliya Volkova		16:21.21
18	Hayley Yelling Hayley Yelling Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009....		16:26.41
19	Maria McCambridge		17:00.15

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Olivera Jevtic

Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost"...

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