2006 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

Events at the 2006 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
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The women's 5000 metres event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 10.

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st Meseret Defar  Ethiopia 15:56.00
2nd Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia 15:56.04
3rd Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet  Kenya 15:57.14
4 Isabella Ochichi  Kenya 15:57.86
5 Younés Belkaifa  Morocco 15:58.50
6 Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia 16:01.09
7 Millicent Boadi  Ghana 16:47.14
8 Francine Niyonizigiye  Burundi 16:47.14
9 Pascalina Bombo  Tanzania 17:05.16
10 Lucia Chandamale  Malawi 17:42.06
11 Sandrine Kengue  Gabon 18:17.05

References