Weekend of Indoor Championships also for Great Britain.
Walking races took place on Saturday 17 February 2017.
5.000m indoor men
Again a victory with the new record of Great Britain for Tom Bosworth (GBR). He ended the race in 18:28.70 best indoor world performance of the year. His previous British record of 18:39:47 dates back to 12.2.2017 and was obtained in Sheffield (GBR).
These are his split times:
- 1.000m: 3:43.67
- 2.000m: 7:25.06
- 3.000m: 11:07.47
- 4.000m: 14:51.52
- 5.000m: 18:28.70
Second place to Cameron Corbishley (GBR) in 20:57.26
Third place to Christopher Snook (GBR) in 22:42.76 (world best performance indoor U18).
Below are the first four world performances on the 5,000m indoor, three of which were obtained on the same day
| Place | Result | Athlete | DoB | Nation | Venue | Date |
| | | | | | | |
| 1 | 18:28:70 | BOSWORTH Tom | 17.01.1990 | GBR | Birmingham, GBR | 17.02.2018 |
| 2 | 18:52.94 | DMYTRENKO Ruslan | 22.03.1986 | UKR | Kiev, UKR | 09.01.2018 |
| 3 | 18:55.26 | FORTUNATO Francesaco | 13.12.1994 | ITA | Ancona, ITA | 17.02.2018 |
| 4 | 18:58.27 | ZIUKAS Marius | 29.06.1985 | LTU | Klaipeda, LTU | 17.02.2018 |
Seven athletes at the start of which five have completed the race and two DQ (Guy Thomas and Callum Wilkinson).
5.000m indoor women
The British Athletics Indoor Championships for the women's category took place on this unusual distance.
Bethan Davies (GBR) won in 21:25.37 (she has e personal best outdoor of 21:21.52 obtained in Birmingham, GBR on July 2, 2017)
These are her split times:
- 1.000m: 4:17.09
- 2.000m: 8:33.55
- 3.000m: 12:52.41
- 4.000m: 17:11.36
- 5.000m: 21:25.37
Second place to Gemma Bridge (GBR) in 22:48.29
Third place to Erika Kelly (GBR) in 23: 23.69
Eight athletes at the start of which seven have completed the race and one DQ (Heather Lewis)
(Foto di Jody Hanagan Photography - GBR)