2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
# 2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres

The women's 5000 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gladys Cherono Kenya |
| - | - |
| Silver | Veronica Nyaruai Kenya |
| Bronze | Gotytom Gebreslase Ethiopia |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics :

| World record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| African record | Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) | 14:11.15 | Oslo, Norway | 6 June 2008 |
| Championship record | Asmae Leghzaoui (MAR) | 15:43.46 | Algiers, Algeria | 2000 |
| Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics |||||
| Championship record | Gladys Cherono (KEN) | 15:40.04 | Porto Novo, Benin | 28 June 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 28 June 2012 | 16:30 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Gladys Cherono | Kenya | 15:40.04 | CR |
| | Veronica Nyaruai | Kenya | 15:40.65 | |
| | Gotytom Gebreslase | Ethiopia | 15:53.34 | |
| 4 | Alemitu Heroya | Ethiopia | 15:55.36 | |
| 5 | Shito Wudessa | Ethiopia | 16:14.49 | |
| 6 | Viola Chemos | Uganda | 16:16.21 | |
| 7 | Abla Doki Atchade | Togo | 18:02.34 | |
| 8 | Balkissa Abdoulaye Kirbo | Niger | 18:17.72 | |
| | Bakit Amina | Sudan | DNF | |
| | Samrawit Mengisteab | Eritrea | DNS | |
| | Mammie Konneh | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | Jackline Sakilu | Tanzania | DNS | |
