2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 5000 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 June.

Medalists

Gold	Gladys Cherono  Kenya
Silver	Veronica Nyaruai  Kenya
Bronze	Gotytom Gebreslase  Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
African record	Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH)	14:11.15	Oslo, Norway	6 June 2008
Championship record	Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR)	15:43.46	Algiers, Algeria	2000
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record	Gladys Cherono (KEN)	15:40.04	Porto Novo, Benin	28 June 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 June 2012	16:30	Final

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Gladys Cherono	Kenya	15:40.04	CR
	Veronica Nyaruai	Kenya	15:40.65
	Gotytom Gebreslase	Ethiopia	15:53.34
4	Alemitu Heroya	Ethiopia	15:55.36
5	Shito Wudessa	Ethiopia	16:14.49
6	Viola Chemos	Uganda	16:16.21
7	Abla Doki Atchade	Togo	18:02.34
8	Balkissa Abdoulaye Kirbo	Niger	18:17.72
	Bakit Amina	Sudan	DNF
	Samrawit Mengisteab	Eritrea	DNS
	Mammie Konneh	Sierra Leone	DNS
	Jackline Sakilu	Tanzania	DNS

References

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