2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2008 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 event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 1.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Meselech Melkamu	Ethiopia	15:49.81
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	15:50.19
	Grace Momanyi	Kenya	15:50.19
4	Belaynesh Fikadu	Ethiopia	15:50.49
5	Veronica Nyaruai	Kenya	15:53.55
6	Esther Chemtai	Kenya	16:00.39
7	Angeline Nyiransabimana	Rwanda	16:43.23
8	Thérèse Ngono Etoundi	Cameroon	17:44.38
9	Lucia Chandamale	Malawi	18:50.18
10	Godelieve Nizigiyimana	Burundi	18:55.80
11	Zintle Xiniwe	South Africa	DNF
12	Francine Nzilampa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS

References

• Results (Archived)