
Progression of Official World Indoor Record
Women, 5000m
| Result | Name | Country | DOB | Comp | Date | Age | Record life | |
| 14:18.86 | Genzebe Dibaba | ETH | 8 Feb 1991 | XL-Galan | Stockholm/G | 19 Feb 2015 | 24 years 11 days | 5 years 264 days |
| 14:24.37 | Meseret Defar | ETH | 19 Nov 1983 | GEGalan | Stockholm/G | 18 Feb 2009 | 25 years 91 days | 6 years 1 day |
| 14:27.42 | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 1 Oct 1985 | BIG | Boston MA | 27 Jan 2007 | 21 years 118 days | 2 years 22 days |
| 14:32.93 | Tirunesh Dibaba | ETH | 1 Oct 1985 | BIG | Boston MA | 29 Jan 2005 | 19 years 120 days | 1 year 363 days |
| 14:39.29 | Berhane Adere | ETH | 21 Jul 1973 | Sparkassen | Stuttgart | 31 Jan 2004 | 30 years 194 days | 364 days |
| 14:47.35 | Gabriela Szabo | ROU | 14 Nov 1975 | Sparkassen | Dortmund | 13 Feb 1999 | 23 years 91 days | 4 years 352 days |
| 15:13.72 | Uta Pippig | GER | 7 Sep 1965 | Stuttgart | 10 Feb 1991 | 25 years 156 days | 8 years 3 days | |
| 15:34.5h | Margaret Groos | USA | 27 Sep 1959 | Blacksburg VA | 20 Feb 1981 | 21 years 146 days | 9 years 355 days |