5 km (road), women

What to remember

Barcelona, December 31, 2024: at the Cursa dels Nassos, Kenya's Beatrice Chebet covered the 5 km road course in 13 min 54.00 s, an average of 21.58 km/h (13.41 mph).

The 5K is the shortest of the common road distances, popular with novice runners and joggers. It is not on the programme of the Olympics or the World Championships, and it is told apart from the 5000 metres on the track by being run on the road.

A long-distance runner, Chebet won both the 5000 and 10,000 m at the 2024 Olympics, then repeated the double at the 2025 World Championships. On the track she set the 10,000 m world record, 28 min 54 s 14, in Eugene on May 25, 2024. In cross-country she was world champion three times, in the junior race in 2019 and the senior race in 2023 and 2024.