Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Women's 5000 metres

Athletics at the
2011 All-Africa Games
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
Half marathon men women
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 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 11 September at the Beijing National Stadium.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Sule Utura (ETH)
Silver Emebet Anteneh Mengistu (ETH)
Bronze Pauline Korikwiang (KEN)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World, African record and World leading were as follows:

World record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008
World leading  Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:20.87 Stockholm, Sweden 29 July 2011
African record  Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:11.15 Oslo, Norway 6 June 2008

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)Sule Utura Ethiopia15:38.70
2nd, silver medalist(s)Emebet Anteneh Mengistu Ethiopia15:40.13
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Pauline Korikwiang Kenya15:40.93
4Hyvin Jepkemoi Kenya15:42.64
5Esther Ndiema Kenya15:43.48
6Goytetom Gebresilasse Ethiopia15:49.90
7Angeline Myiramsabimana Rwanda16:24.04
8Mekdes Weldu Eritrea16:42.69
9Thandiwe Nyathy Zimbabwe17:13.00

References

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