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

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Athletics at the
2011 All-Africa Games
Athletics pictogram.svg
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 Sule Utura  Ethiopia 15:38.70
2nd Emebet Anteneh Mengistu  Ethiopia 15:40.13
3rd Pauline Korikwiang  Kenya 15:40.93
4 Hyvin Jepkemoi  Kenya 15:42.64
5 Esther Ndiema  Kenya 15:43.48
6 Goytetom Gebresilasse  Ethiopia 15:49.90
7 Angeline Myiramsabimana  Rwanda 16:24.04
8 Mekdes Weldu  Eritrea 16:42.69
9 Thandiwe Nyathy  Zimbabwe 17:13.00

References