2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 4.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	13:49.67
	Isaac Kiprono Songok	Kenya	13:49.91
	Ali Abdosh	Ethiopia	13:50.64
4	Tariku Bekele	Ethiopia	13:53.03
5	Josphat Kiprono Menjo	Kenya	13:56.21
6	Joseph Kiplimo	Kenya	14:10.14
7	Boy Soke	South Africa	14:13.45
8	Tonny Wamulwa	Zambia	14:20.31
9	Sylvain Rukundo	Rwanda	14:32.77
10	Etienne Bizimana	Burundi	14:40.57
11	Matjeane Masilo	Lesotho	14:41.41
12	Joseph Maroco	Tanzania	14:54.66
13	Audace Baguma	Burundi	14:57.48
14	Mohamed Ali Mohamed	Somalia	15:15.67
15	Arnold Loningo	Tanzania	15:27.65
16	Abdinasir Said Ibrahim	Somalia	16:05.62
17	Youssouf Houssein Nour	Djibouti	16:26.89
18	Abdi Said Yabeh	Djibouti	16:48.25
19	Ibrahim Ismael Hassan	Djibouti	17:28.19
	Alban Rony Ampion	Republic of the Congo	DNF
	Minkael Camara	Guinea	DNF
	Mande Ilunga	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNF
	Ansu Sowe	Gambia	DNS
	Yahaya Nahantchi	Niger	DNS

References

• Results ^{[ usurped ]} (Archived)