WAAA and National Championships Medallists - 5000 metres

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First Second Third
Non-Championship Event
1980non-chSue Hutton16:13.7Susan Simpkin17:19.1Janette Board17:33.2
WAAA Championships
1981Kath Binns16:23.35Hilary Hollick16:44.14Carole Bradford16:44.63
1982Monica Joyce IRL15:45.26Regina Joyce IRL16:15.71Julie Asgill16:50.77
1983Paula Fudge16:23.06Marina Samy16:32.30Sally McDiarmid16:36.97
1984Shireen Samy16:10.10Carol Haigh16:21.83Sue Crehan16:26.58
1985Monica Joyce IRL16:16.58Alison Hollington16:19.97Sally Ellis (McDiarmid)16:24.16
1986Marina Samy16:22.36Alison Hollington16:28.32Shireen Samy16:30.38
1987Catherine Newman16:14.62Marina Samy16:25.38Sally Lynch16:34.60
1988Jane Shields16:04.34Shireen Samy16:15.17Ruth Partridge16:18.05
1989Sue Crehan16:18.55Sarah Ing16:43.20Kay Gillingham17:01.33
1990Sally Ellis16:45.54Jill Harrison17:12.11Alison Barnes17:14.00
1991Amanda Wright16:50.62Alison Barnes16:59.67Sally Lynch17:07.32
AAA Championships
1992Amanda Wright16:04.51Gillian Stacey16:09.36Elaine Foster16:09.83
1993Suzanne Rigg15:57.67Lesley Morton NZL16:00.20Alison Barnes16:12.73
1994Shireen Barbour (Samy)16:06.49Sarah Bentley16:16.82Amanda Wright16:22.95
1995Alison Wyeth15:39.14Nnenna Lynch USA16:10.69Louise Watson16:11.23
1996Paula Radcliffe15:28.46Sonia McGeorge15:48.33Alison Wyeth15:48.91
1997BAFPaula Radcliffe15:30.36Yvonne Murray15:39.08Lynn MacDougall16:04.01
1997AAAAndrea Whitcombe16:07.26Sarah Young16:10.15Penny Thackray16:16.01
1998Andrea Whitcombe15:43.03Sarah Young15:45.08Tara Krzywicki15:53.28
1999Hayley Haining15:56.59Sarah Young16:02.66Birhan Dagne16:04.75
2000Paula Radcliffe15:05.48Jo Pavey15:21.15Hayley Yelling15:50.41
2001Jo Pavey15:15.98Hayley Yelling15:23.28Kathy Butler15:34.12
2002Hayley Yelling16:11.23Catherine Dugdale16:25.14Debbie Sullivan16:28.27
2003Hayley Yelling15:53.30Jo Kelsey17:32.22only 2 finished
2004Catherine Berry15:45.28Getenesh Tamirat ETH15:45.82Collette Fagan15:49.51
2005Hayley Yelling15:45.67Natalie Harvey15:50.21Catherine Berry16:01.38
2006Jo Pavey15:07.38Hayley Yelling15:30.25Liz Yelling15:50.92
National Championships
2007Jo Pavey15:17.77Sophie Morris16:14.57Jo Wilkinson16:18.76
2008Jo Pavey15:12.55Hayley Yelling15:38.60Laura Kenney15:54.11
2009Freya Murray15:45.07Charlotte Purdue15:57.18Juliet Doyle16:11.35
2010Freya Murray15:48.75Laura Kenney15:54.57Justina Heslop16:23.24
2011Julia Bleasdale15:49.02Eilish McColgan15:52.69Beth Potter15:56.65
2012Jo Pavey15:54.18Barbara Parker15:55.57Julia Bleasdale15:59.63
2013Stephanie Twell15:55.01Laura Whittle16:00.50Katie Brough16:09.83
2014Emilia Gorecka15:40.65Jo Pavey15:40.90Laura Whittle15:50.21
2015Stephanie Twell15:38.01Laura Whittle15:41.13Kate Avery15:48.37
2016Stephanie Twell15:53.35Eilish McColgan15:54.75Laura Whittle15:56.63
2017Stephanie Twell15:35.50Eilish McColgan15:38.57Charlotte Arter15:43.46
2018Stephanie Twell16:07.24Melissa Courtney16:07.59Eilish McColgan16:08.06
2019Eilish McColgan15:21.38Jessica Judd15:35.82Laura Weightman15:36.73
2020Jessica Judd15:37.52Verity Ockenden15:41.19Amelia Quirk15:43.35
2021Jessica Judd15:10.02Amy-Eloise Markovc15:10.54Verity Ockenden15:12.24
2022Amy-Eloise Markovc15:37.23Jessica Judd15:38.39Sarah Inglis15:39.55

Top Medallists
1st2nd3rdTotal MedalsYearsYear Span
Jo Pavey5272000-201414
Hayley Yelling33172000-20088
Stephanie Twell552013-20185
Eilish McColgan13152011-20198
Jessica Judd2242019-20223
Shireen Samy/Barbour21141984-199410
Laura Whittle2242013-20163
Paula Radcliffe331996-20004
Amanda Wright2131991-19943
Marina Samy1231983-19874
Sally McDiarmid/Ellis1231983-19907
Sarah Young331997-19992
Alison Barnes1231990-19933
Other top winners
Monica Joyce IRL221982-19853
Andrea Whitcombe221997-19981
Freya Murray222009-20101

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