2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

Events at the 2012 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 men's 5000 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 1 July.

Medalists

Gold Mark Kiptoo
 Kenya
Silver Jonathan Maiyo
 Kenya
Bronze Timothy Kosgei Kiptoo
 Kenya

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
African record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 12:37.35 Hengelo, Netherlands 31 May 2004
Championship record  Simon Chemoiywo (KEN) 13:09.68 Durban, South Africa 27 June 1993

Schedule

Date Time Round
1 July 2012 16:55 Final

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st, gold medalist(s) Mark Kiptoo  Kenya 13:22.38
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jonathan Maiyo  Kenya 13:22.89
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Timothy Kosgei Kiptoo  Kenya 13:24.67
4 Tolossa Gedefa Fufi  Ethiopia 13:33.96
5 Olivier Irabaruta  Burundi 13:43.03
6 Vianney Ndiho  Burundi 13:51.96
7 Elroy Gelant  South Africa 13:54.93
8 Ytaya Atnafu  Ethiopia 13:58.69
9 Tiruneh Biresaw Jenber  Ethiopia 13:59.16
10 Cyriaqu Ndayikengurukiye  Rwanda 13:59.94
11 Abdelghani Bensaadi  Algeria 14:10.90
12 Gladwin Mzazi  South Africa 14:19.49
13 Geoffrey Kusuro  Uganda 14:22.96
14 Ibrahim Ismael  Djibouti 14:36.31
15 Nikabou Dalouba  Togo 15:05.88
16 Mahamane Tassiau Ganda  Niger 15:10.10
17 Mohamed Tabe Bio  Benin 15:19.69
18 Salah Abd Hamid  Libya 15:31.33
19 Abderahim Omar  Libya 15:34.52
Abdenacer Fathi  Morocco DNF
Dawit Wedeslasie  Eritrea DNS
Seth Nyamaa-Boadi  Ghana DNS
Damien Chopa  Tanzania DNS

References

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