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Beatrice Chebet
shatters
Women's 5000m
World Record
First Sub 14 minutes
Wanda Diamond League Matthew Quine
Kenyan Beatrice Chebet looks at the scoreboard as she finishes in 13:58.06, shattering her own Women's 5000 meters world record during the 50th Prefontaine Classic at Hayward in Eugene, Ore., Saturday afternoon, July 5, 2025.
JOSEPH VILLARIN
ON THE FIELD NEWS
EUGENE, OREGON, JULY 5, 2025 - Kenyan Beatrice Chebet finishes in world record time of 13 minutes, 58.06 seconds, and the first sub-14 minute track Women's 5000 meters during the 50th Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field.
Chebet is now the first woman, and only woman to run a world record sub-14 minutes in both a road and track Women's 5000 meters. She ran in 13:54 at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona, Spain, Dec. 31, 2024.
The previous Prefontaine Classic meet record was in world record time of 14:03.69 by Gudaf Tsegay on Sept. 17, 2023. At the 50th Prefontaine Classic, Tsegay placed in third with a season best time of 14:04.41.