The NSW 5,000m Championships is the state title over 12.5 laps of the track, held each February at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre on Edwin Flack Avenue. The 2027 edition is set for Saturday 13 February. As an Athletics NSW permit meet, times are eligible for state records and national qualifying, so the sharp end of the field runs fast in the warm summer conditions.
Run as part of the summer track season, the championship is typically split into graded races so athletes line up against others of similar pace, with the fastest heat deciding the open state medals. It sits alongside the NSW 10,000m Championships as the state's two track distance titles, and for many club runners it is the key 5000m target of the summer.
Luke Hince won the men's state title in 14:11.72 on Saturday 8 February 2025 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, holding off Aidan Velten by eight tenths of a second with Ciaran Rushton a further two tenths back. Twenty runners finished, seventeen of them inside 14:50.
| Position | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luke Hince | 00:14:11.72 |
| 2 | Aidan Velten | 00:14:12.55 |
| 3 | Ciaran Rushton | 00:14:12.74 |
| 4 | Matthew Scarr | 00:14:13.66 |
| 5 | Connor Latouf | 00:14:16.05 |
| 6 | Stefan Music | 00:14:18.64 |
| 7 | John Maguire | 00:14:20.41 |
| 8 | Shaun Harris | 00:14:23.66 |
| 9 | Nick Dewar | 00:14:26.53 |
| 10 | Oliver Ham | 00:14:27.51 |
| 11 | Jordan Skelly | 00:14:27.73 |
| 12 | Luke Schofield | 00:14:28.12 |
| 13 | Archie Ridgway | 00:14:30.85 |
| 14 | Daniel Dreher | 00:14:38.83 |
| 15 | Drew Fryer | 00:14:41.73 |
| 16 | Jayden Schofield | 00:14:43.64 |
| 17 | Logan Campbell | 00:14:48.85 |
| 18 | Rylan Semenas | 00:14:53.49 |
| 19 | Harrison Boyn | 00:14:57.76 |
| 20 | Joseph Ryan | 00:14:58.56 |
Izzy Thornton-Bott took the women's title in 16:12.74, not quite six seconds ahead of Lauren Reid, with Georgia Winkcup third another eight tenths back. Eighteen runners finished.
| Position | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Izzy Thornton-Bott | 00:16:12.74 |
| 2 | Lauren Reid | 00:16:18.48 |
| 3 | Georgia Winkcup | 00:16:19.24 |
| 4 | Stephanie Kelly | 00:16:20.78 |
| 5 | Zoe Melhuish | 00:16:52.25 |
| 6 | Alexandra Schulz | 00:17:00.44 |
| 7 | Kyah Anderson | 00:17:14.95 |
| 8 | Helena Eastham | 00:17:15.78 |
| 9 | Breanna Golub | 00:17:17.63 |
| 10 | Chloe Pateman | 00:17:20.13 |
| 11 | Matilda Cole | 00:17:30.68 |
| 12 | Emily Rogers | 00:17:37.39 |
| 13 | Kirsty Beattie | 00:17:41.94 |
| 14 | Sophie Hufton | 00:17:42.35 |
| 15 | Chloe Phelan | 00:17:45.01 |
| 16 | Ruby McPhillips | 00:17:56.44 |
| 17 | Tess Rhodes | 00:18:12.67 |
| 18 | Laura Simon | 00:18:18.96 |
Timing by Athletics NSW: complete 2025 NSW 5,000m Championships results, all races.
Ethan Wyatt-Smith won the men's A race in 14:19.32 on Saturday 10 February 2024 at the Sydney Olympic Park Athletics Centre, by 0.38 of a second from Stefan Music. It was a bunched race: the first seven finished within four and a half seconds of each other.
| Position | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan Wyatt-Smith | 00:14:19.32 |
| 2 | Stefan Music | 00:14:19.70 |
| 3 | Connor Latouf | 00:14:20.11 |
| 4 | Ciaran Rushton | 00:14:21.26 |
| 5 | Harrison Mcgill | 00:14:22.11 |
| 6 | Liam Boudin | 00:14:22.66 |
| 7 | Joe Burgess | 00:14:23.59 |
| 8 | Tom Davies | 00:14:25.40 |
| 9 | Jack Coomber | 00:14:28.02 |
| 10 | Charlie Moore | 00:14:28.64 |
| 11 | Tom March | 00:14:29.44 |
| 12 | Leo Peterson | 00:14:32.60 |
| 13 | John Maguire | 00:14:39.42 |
| 14 | Tommy Campbell | 00:14:40.57 |
| 15 | Ben Tacey | 00:14:46.87 |
| 16 | Harry Halleen | 00:14:54.34 |
| 17 | Seth Mahony | 00:14:56.25 |
| 18 | Harrison Phillips | 00:15:04.57 |
| 19 | Lachlan Townsend | 00:15:05.55 |
| 20 | Adam Bruntsch | 00:15:14.36 |
Olympian Jenny Blundell won the women's A race in 15:40.48, four seconds up on Paige Campbell, with Gabrielle Schmidt third almost 39 seconds further back. Twelve runners finished.
| Position | Name | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenny Blundell | 00:15:40.48 |
| 2 | Paige Campbell | 00:15:44.64 |
| 3 | Gabrielle Schmidt | 00:16:23.46 |
| 4 | Piper Gay | 00:16:27.86 |
| 5 | Stephanie Kelly | 00:16:50.81 |
| 6 | Tess Hannigan | 00:16:54.77 |
| 7 | Alexandra Schulz | 00:17:05.10 |
| 8 | Charli-Rose Carlyon | 00:17:11.92 |
| 9 | Lexy Gilmour | 00:17:15.72 |
| 10 | Laura Simon | 00:17:20.61 |
| 11 | Belinda Martin | 00:17:24.95 |
| 12 | Chloe Phelan | 00:17:32.21 |
Timing by Athletics NSW: complete 2024 NSW 5,000m Championships results, all races.
