The Women's 5000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme was held at Stadium Australia on Friday 22 September, and Sunday 25 September 2000. The top four runners in each of the initial three heats automatically qualified for the final. The next three fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were a total number of 50 participating athletes.
The winning margin was 0.23 seconds which as of 2025 is the only time the women's 5,000 metres has been won by less than 0.4 seconds at the Olympics.
All times shown are in seconds.