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5000 m (indoor), women

Record

14 min 18.86 s

Holder
Genzebe Dibaba
Date
Place
Stockholm
Standing since
2015 (11 years)

What to remember

On a 200 m indoor track, a 5000 m means 25 laps. In Stockholm on February 19, 2015, at the XL Galan meeting, Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba ran them in 14 min 18.86 s, the indoor world record.

Her average speed comes to 20.958 km/h. A middle and long-distance runner, Dibaba also set the indoor world records for the mile and the 3000 m, and she held the 1500 m world records both outdoors and indoors.

2015 was a big year for her: she won the 1500 m world title in Beijing, with a bronze medal in the 5000 m at the same championships. Indoors she was world champion five times, over 1500 m and 3000 m, and she added an Olympic silver over 1500 m in Rio in 2016.

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