Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Men's 5000 metres

Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
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 event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held at the Johannesburg Stadium.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Julius Gitahi	Kenya	13:49.06
	Fita Bayisa	Ethiopia	13:49.79
	Thomas Nyariki	Kenya	13:50.40
4	Dagne Alemu	Ethiopia	13:51.22
5	Assefa Mezgebu	Ethiopia	13:51.32
6	Richard Limo	Kenya	13:53.03
7	Kelebone Makoetlane	Lesotho	14:01.21
8	Obed Mutanya	Zambia	14:04.65
9	Mark Hhawu	Tanzania	14:06.26
10	Richard Mavuso	South Africa	14:13.08
11	Yonas Kifle	Eritrea	14:17.59
12	Enoch Skosana	South Africa	14:20.93
13	Jean-Berchmans Ndayisenga	Burundi	14:21.90
14	Vital Gahungu	Burundi	14:23.03
15	Rodwell Kamwendo	Malawi	14:32.18
16	Audace Niyongabo	Burundi	14:32.24
17	David Yamayi	Uganda	14:35.76
18	Aaron Gabonewe	South Africa	14:37.83
19	Dieudonné Disi	Rwanda	14:45.16
20	Kabo Gabaseme	Botswana	14:49.18
21	José Lourenço	Angola	14:53.28
22	Mohau Lethoasa	Lesotho	15:02.79
23	Tsegazeab Kiros	Eritrea	15:10.10
24	Carlos Cangengele	Angola	15:10.89
25	Amanuel Woldeselassie	Eritrea	15:18.31
26	Manuel Brito	Cape Verde	16:18.00
27	José Luis Ebatela Nvo	Equatorial Guinea	16:48.99
	Abel Chimukoko	Zimbabwe	DNS
	João N'Tyamba	Angola	DNS
	Francis Munthall	Malawi	DNS