2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

2016 African Championships
in Athletics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
20 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The women's 5000 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Kings Park Stadium.[1]

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sheila Chepkirui  Kenya 15:05.45 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Margaret Chelimo  Kenya 15:07.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dera Dida  Ethiopia 15:15.26
4 Meskerem Mamo  Ethiopia 15:18.06
5 Kidas Alema  Ethiopia 15:39.27
6 Cavaline Nahimana  Burundi 15:47.90 NR
7 Rachael Zena Chebet  Uganda 15:53.50
8 Nebyat Abraham  Eritrea 15:55.47
9 Kokob Tesfagabr  Eritrea 15:57.54
10 Ndeshimona Ekandjo  Namibia 16:28.90
11 Mercy Malembo  Malawi 16:48.31
12 Bibiro Ali Taher  Chad 17:32.71 NR
13 Falicia Oyo  South Sudan 18:27.53 NR
Beatrice Kamulhanga  Democratic Republic of the Congo DNS
Olivia Chitate  Zimbabwe DNS
Warda Dugessa  Sudan DNS

References

  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
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