2006 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

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.

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

• Results Archived 2006-08-22 at the Wayback Machine