1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 5000 metres

These are the official results of the Women's 5000 metres event at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The final was held on 23 August 1998. The event replaced the 3,000 metres, which was contested for the last time at the European Championships four years ago in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists[edit]

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	15:06.50	CR
	Gabriela Szabo	Romania	15:08.31
	Marta Domínguez	Spain	15:10.54
4	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	15:16.61	NR
5	Annemari Sandell	Finland	15:20.78	SB
6	Blandine Bitzner-Ducret	France	15:38.61
7	Valerie Vaughan	Ireland	15:39.99
8	Teresa Recio	Spain	15:40.54
9	Kristina de Fonseca-Wollheim	Germany	15:42.07
10	Anikó Javos	Hungary	15:53.18
11	Olga Yegorova	Russia	15:54.82
12	Dorte Vibjerg	Denmark	15:57.56
13	Estíbaliz Urrutia	Spain	16:02.81
14	Una English	Ireland	16:03.64
15	Dorota Gruca	Poland	16:05.68
16	Jeļena Čelnova	Latvia	16:21.75
17	Yelena Kopytova	Russia	16:26.41
	Helena Javornik	Slovenia	DNF
	Joalsiae Llado	France	DNF
	Eva Doczi	Hungary	DNF
	Svetlana Baygulova	Russia	DNF

1998 European Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

v t e 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships
Men's 5000 m	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022
Women's 3000 m	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994
Women's 5000 m	1934 1938 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1969 1971 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022

v t e European Athletics Championships champions in women's 3000 metres and 5000 metres
3000 m (1974–94)	1974: Nina Holmén (FIN) 1978: Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) 1982: Svetlana Ulmasova (URS) 1986: Yvonne Murray (URS) 1990: Yvonne Murray (GBR) 1994: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
5000 m (since 1998)	1998: Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) 2002: Marta Domínguez (ESP) 2006: Marta Domínguez (ESP) 2010: Elvan Abeylegesse] (TUR) 2012: Olga Golovkina (RUS) 2014: Meraf Bahta (SWE) 2016: Yasemin Can (TUR) 2018: Sifan Hassan (NED) 2022: Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER)