2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

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
	Zintle Xiniwe	South Africa	DNF
	Francine Nzilampa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS

References

• Results (Archived)