Kipyegon will be competing in the 1,500m heats on Sunday before going for a possible third Olympic gold medal after victories in 1,500m at 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo.
Chebet, making her first appearance at the Summer Olympics, edged out Ethiopian Medina Eisa to second place in 15:00.82 as Australia's Rose Davies clocked 15:00.86 for third.
Women’s 5,000 metres world record holder, Faith Kipyegon, and world cross country champion Beatrice Chebet of Kenya eased through to the women's 5,000m final in athletics at the Paris Olympic Games on Friday.
Kipyegon, the two-time Olympic 1,500m champion, took charge with two laps to go, holding off the field to win the first heat in 14 minutes and 57.56 seconds.
