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

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
	Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	15:56.00
	Tirunesh Dibaba	Ethiopia	15:56.04
	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

• Results