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

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