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Show medals won by any nation at the African Championships in 5000m · all years

2026 Accra

1 5000m Men ERI Dawit Seare 13:16.92
1 5000m Women RWA Emeline Imanizabayo 15:46.62
2 5000m Women DJI Samiyah Hassan Nour 15:47.05
2 5000m Men ETH Mubin Haji 13:18.33
3 5000m Women ETH Zeyene Ayelegn 15:47.95
3 5000m Men KEN Laban Kiptoo 13:18.71

2024 Douala

1 5000m Women ETH Fentaye Belayneh 15:30.10
1 5000m Men DJI Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim 13:38.38
2 5000m Men ETH Nibret Melak 13:42.95
2 5000m Women ETH Wubrist Aschal Kassie 15:30.25
3 5000m Men DJI Abdi Waiss Mouhiddin 13:43.20
3 5000m Women DJI Samiyah Hassan Nour 15:42.63

2022 Port Louis

1 5000m Men ETH Hailemariam Amare 13:36.79
1 5000m Women KEN Beatrice Chebet OG 15:00.82
2 5000m Women ETH Fentaye Belayneh 15:01.89
2 5000m Men KEN Daniel Ebenyo 13:38.79
3 5000m Men MAR Hicham Akankam 13:40.39
3 5000m Women KEN Caroline Nyaga 15:05.34

2018 Asaba

1 5000m Women KEN Hellen Obiri 15:47.18
1 5000m Men KEN Edward Zakayo 13:48.58
2 5000m Men ETH Getaneh Molla 13:49.06
2 5000m Women ETH Senbere Teferi 15:54.48
3 5000m Women ETH Meskerem Mamo 15:57.38
3 5000m Men ERI Yemane Haileselassie 13:49.58

2016 Durban

1 5000m Men KEN Douglas Kipserem 13:13.15
1 5000m Women KEN Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich 15:05.45 CR
2 5000m Women KEN Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi 15:07.56
2 5000m Men RSA Elroy Gelant 13:15.13
3 5000m Men KEN Mangata Ndiwa 13:16.85
3 5000m Women ETH Dera Dida 15:15.26

2014 Marrakech

1 5000m Women ETH Almaz Ayana OG 15:32.72 CR
1 5000m Men KEN Caleb Ndiku 13:34.27
2 5000m Men KEN Isiah Kiplangat Koech 13:35.73
2 5000m Women ETH Genzebe Dibaba 15:42.16
3 5000m Women KEN Janet Kisa 15:54.04
3 5000m Men ERI Abrar Osman Adem 13:36.42

2012 Porto-Novo

1 5000m Men KEN Mark Kiptoo 13:22.38
1 5000m Women KEN Gladys Cherono 15:40.04 CR
2 5000m Men KEN Jonathan Maiyo 13:22.89
2 5000m Women KEN Veronica Wanjiru 15:40.65
3 5000m Men KEN Timothy Kosgei (1984) 13:24.67
3 5000m Women ETH Gotytom Gebreslase 15:53.34

2010 Nairobi ↗

1 5000m Men KEN Edwin Soi 13:30.46
1 5000m Women KEN Vivian Cheruiyot OG 16:18.72
2 5000m Women ETH Meseret Defar OG 16:20.54
2 5000m Men KEN Vincent Yator 13:30.53
3 5000m Women ETH Sentayehu Ejigu 16:22.32
3 5000m Men KEN Mark Kiptoo 13:32.45

2008 Addis Ababa ↗

1 5000m Women ETH Meselech Melkamu 15:49.81
1 5000m Men ETH Kenenisa Bekele OG 13:49.67
2 5000m Men KEN Isaac Songok 13:49.91
2 5000m Women ETH Meseret Defar OG 15:50.19
3 5000m Men ETH Ali Abdosh 13:50.64
3 5000m Women KEN Grace Momanyi 15:50.19

2006 Bambous

1 5000m Women ETH Meseret Defar OG 15:56.00
1 5000m Men ETH Kenenisa Bekele OG 14:03.41
2 5000m Women ETH Tirunesh Dibaba OG 15:56.04
2 5000m Men KEN Mike Kigen 14:05.12
3 5000m Women KEN Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet 15:57.14
3 5000m Men UGA Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 14:05.20

2004 Brazzaville

1 5000m Women ETH Etalemahu Kidane 16:25.83
1 5000m Men ETH Zewdie Merega 13:47.77
2 5000m Men KEN Boniface Songok 13:48.06
2 5000m Women KEN Priscah Jepleting Cherono 16:26.15
3 5000m Women BDI Angele Haronsimana 16:55.99
3 5000m Men KEN Hillary Chenonge 13:48.44

2002 Radès

1 5000m Men KEN Paul Bitok 13:31.95
1 5000m Women ETH Berhane Adere 15:51.08
2 5000m Men KEN Benjamin Limo 13:32.10
2 5000m Women UGA Dorcus Inzikuru 15:54.22
3 5000m Women ETH Ejegayehu Dibaba 15:56.02
3 5000m Men MAR Mohamed Amine 13:33.98

2000 Algiers

1 5000m Men ALG Ali Saidi Sief 13:26.86
1 5000m Women MAR Asmae Leghzaoui 15:43.46
2 5000m Men MAR Said Berioui 13:31.75
2 5000m Women ETH Meseret Defar OG 15:49.86
3 5000m Women ETH Merima Denboba 15:53.68
3 5000m Men MAR Mohamed Said El Wardi 13:30.01

1998 Dakar

1 5000m Women ETH Berhane Adere 15:54.31
1 5000m Men KEN Daniel Komen 13:35.70
2 5000m Men ETH Hailu Mekonnen 13:38.19
2 5000m Women KEN Sally Barsosio 15:59.12
3 5000m Women ETH Merima Denboba 16:11.16
3 5000m Men KEN William Kalya 13:39.17

1996 Yaounde

1 5000m Men KEN Paul Koech 13:35.13
1 5000m Women CMR Florence Djepe 17:59.32
2 5000m Men KEN Simon Chemoiywo 13:35.13
2 5000m Women CMR Marie Python (1970) 18:14.40
3 5000m Men BDI Faustin Ngezahayo 13:49.49
3 5000m Women CMR Cathreen Ngwang 19:27.39

1993 Durban

1 5000m Men KEN Simon Chemoiywo 13:09.68 CR
2 5000m Men ETH Haile Gebrselassie OG 13:10.41
3 5000m Men ETH Worku Bikila 13:12.53

1992 Belle Vue Maurel

1 5000m Men KEN James Songok 13:24.63
2 5000m Men ETH Worku Bikila 13:25.98
3 5000m Men KEN Josphat Machuka 13:28.85

1990 Cairo

1 5000m Men KEN Ezequiel Bitok 13:33.30
2 5000m Men TAN Andrew Sambu 13:33.90
3 5000m Men MAR Mohamed Issangar 13:34.37

1989 Lagos

1 5000m Men KEN John Ngugi OG 13:22.07 CR