1999 European Athletics U23 Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 5000 metres event at the 1999 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Göteborg, Sweden, at Ullevi on 31 July 1999.^[1][2]

Gold	Katalin Szentgyörgyi  Hungary
Silver	Cristina Iloc  Romania
Bronze	Olivera Jevtić  Yugoslavia

31 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Katalin Szentgyörgyi	Hungary	15:18.80	CR
	Cristina Iloc	Romania	15:22.64
	Olivera Jevtić	Yugoslavia	15:24.83
4	Mónica Rosa	Portugal	15:43.22
5	Ionela Bungardean	Romania	15:45.15
6	Sylvia Nussbeck	Germany	15:49.99
7	Rosaria Console	Italy	15:51.35
8	Susanne Wigene	Norway	15:56.03
9	Alessandra Aguilar	Spain	16:03.75
10	Jilly Ingman	Great Britain	16:04.47
11	Judit Plá	Spain	16:11.67
12	Melanie Schulz	Germany	16:14.32
13	Amy Waterlow	Great Britain	16:23.10
14	Alemitu Çolakoğlu-Bekele	Turkey	16:25.54
	Petrine Holm	Denmark	DNF
	Katie Skorupska	Great Britain	DNF

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.