| Jahr |
Gold |
Silber |
Bronze |
| 2016 |
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot |
 |
KEN |
14:26,17Olympischer Rekord |
Hellen Obiri |
|
KEN |
14:29,77 |
Almaz Ayana |
 |
ETH |
14:33,59 |
| 2012 |
Meseret Defar |
|
ETH |
15:04,25 |
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot |
|
KEN |
15:04,73 |
Tirunesh Dibaba |
|
ETH |
15:05,15 |
| 2008 |
Tirunesh Dibaba |
|
ETH |
15:41,40 |
Meseret Defar |
|
ETH |
15:44,12 |
Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet |
|
KEN |
15:44,96 |
| 2004 |
Meseret Defar |
|
ETH |
14:45,65 |
Isabella Ochichi |
|
KEN |
14:48,19 |
Tirunesh Dibaba |
|
ETH |
14:51,83 |
| 2000 |
Gabriela Szabo |
 |
ROU |
14:40,79 |
Sonia O’Sullivan |
 |
IRL |
14:41,02 |
Gete Wami |
|
ETH |
14:42,23 |
| 1996 |
Junxia Wang |
 |
CHN |
14:59,88 |
Pauline Konga |
|
KEN |
15:03,49 |
Roberta Brunet |
 |
ITA |
15:07,52 |
 |
5.000 m |
 |
3.000 m |
| 1992 |
Jelena Romanowa |
 |
EUN |
08:46,04 |
Tetjana Samolenko-Dorowskych |
|
EUN |
08:46,85 |
Angela Chalmers |
 |
CAN |
08:47,22 |
| 1988 |
Tetjana Samolenko-Dorowskych |
 |
URS |
08:26,53 |
Paula Ivan |
|
ROU |
08:27,15 |
Yvonne Murray |
 |
GBR |
08:29,02 |
| 1984 |
Maricica Puică |
|
ROU |
08:35,96 |
Wendy Sly |
|
GBR |
08:39,47 |
Lynn Williams |
|
CAN |
08:42,14 |
Leichtathletik - Olympiasiegerinnen - 5.000 m Frauen