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

The Women's 5000 metres at the 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 11 September at the Beijing National Stadium.

## 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 |
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| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Sule Utura | Ethiopia | 15:38.70 |
| | Emebet Anteneh Mengistu | Ethiopia | 15:40.13 |
| | Pauline Korikwiang | Kenya | 15:40.93 |
| 4 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | Kenya | 15:42.64 |
| 5 | Esther Ndiema | Kenya | 15:43.48 |
| 6 | Gotytom Gebreslase | Ethiopia | 15:49.90 |
| 7 | Angeline Nyiransabimana | Rwanda | 16:24.04 |
| 8 | Mekdes Weldu | Eritrea | 16:42.69 |
| 9 | Thandiwe Nyathy | Zimbabwe | 17:13.00 |
