African Athletics Championship 2012

The 2012 African Athletics Championships were held from June 27 to July 1 at the Stade Charles de Gaulle Stadium in Porto Novo , Benin .

Results

Men

View	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Simon Magakwe South Africa	10.29	Ibrahim Mostafa Egypt	10.34	Hua Coffee Cote d'Ivoire	10.37
200 meters	Ben Youssef Cote d'Ivoire	20.62	Ibrahim Mostafa Egypt	20.76	Noah Aquu Nigeria	20.83
400 meters	Isaac Makwala Botswana	45.25	Oscar Pistorius South Africa	45.52	Willem de Beer South Africa	45.67
800 meters	Taufik Mahloufi Algeria	1: 43.88	Anthony Chemouth Kenya	1: 44.53	Andre Olivir South Africa	1: 45.09
1,500 meters	Caleb Ndiku Kenya	3: 35.71 CR	Ayanleh Suleiman Djibouti	3: 36.34	James Magut Kenya	3: 36.35
5000 meters	Mark Kiptu Kenya	13: 22.38	Jonathan Mayo Kenya	13: 22.89	Timothy Kiptu Kenya	13: 24.67
10,000 meters	Kenneth Kipkemoi Kenya	27: 19.74 CR	Mark Kiptu Kenya	27: 20.77	Lewis Mosoti Kenya	27: 22.54
110 meters s / w	Lehanne fouri South Africa	13.60	Selim Nurudin Nigeria	13.68	Lies Mokdel Algeria	13.73
400 meters s / w	Amaeci Morton Nigeria	49.32	Mamadou Hanne Senegal	49.39	Boniface Mucheru Kenya	49.45
3000 meters s / n	Abel Mutai Kenya	8: 16.05	Wilson Maraba Kenya	8: 16.96	Benjamin Kiplagat Uganda	8: 18.73
4 × 100 meters	South Africa Hannes dreyer Simon magakwe Roscoe Engel Thuso Mpuang	39.26	Nigeria Peter Emelise Obinna metu Adedeoyi durotoye Ogho-Oghene Egwero	39.34	Ghana Emmanuel appiah kubi Timothy abeyie Ashhad agyapong Allah laryea-akrong	39.40
4 × 400 meters	Nigeria Saul Weigopwa Amaeci Morton Abiola Onakoy Isah Salih	3: 02.39	South Africa Pc beneke Ofentse mogawane Oscar Pistorius Willem de Beer	3: 04.01	Kenya Vincent Coskey Vincent Kiilu Boniface Mucheru Mark Mutai	3: 04.12
20 km walking	Hedi Taaruui Tunisia		David Rotich Kenya		Mohamed Ameur Algeria
High jump	Kabelo Kgoshimang Botswana	2.25	Mohamed Eunice Sudan	2.15	Matthew Save Kenya	2.15
Pole vault	Mushin Chiuri Morocco	5.10	Samir El Mafhum Morocco	5.00	Rouen van Wieck South Africa	4.90
Long jump	Ndiss Badji Senegal	8.04	Zark Visser South Africa	7.98	Ignicius Gaisa Ghana	7.73
Triple jump	Tosin Oke Nigeria	16.98	Issam Nima Algeria	16.69	Hugo Mamba Cameroon	16.34
Shot put	Burgert Lambrechts South Africa	19.51	Orazio Cremona South Africa	19.19	Yasser Farag Egypt	18.78
Discus throw	Victor Hogan South Africa	61.80	Yasser Farag Egypt	59.61	Russell Tucker South Africa	57.99
Hammer throwing	Chris Harms South Africa	77.22	Mohsen el anani Egypt	74.31	Mostafa El Jamil Egypt	73.81
Javelin-throwing	Julius Yego Kenya	76.68	John Ampoma Ghana	70.65Nr	Kenechukwu Ezeofor Nigeria	69.58
Decathlon	Ali Kame Madagascar	7511	Murad Soussi Algeria	7276	Guillaum Thierry Mauritius	7212

Women

View	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 meters	Ruddy Zang Milama Gabon	11.16	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	11.18	Gloria Asumnu Nigeria	11.28
200 meters	Gloria Asumnu Nigeria	22.93	Lawretta ozoh Nigeria	22.93	Marie Jose Ta Lou Cote d'Ivoire	23.44
400 meters	Amantle montscho Botswana	49.54 NR, CR	Regina George Nigeria	51.11	Amy Tiam Senegal	51.68
800 meters	Francine Niyonsaba Burundi	1: 59.11 NR	Eunice Sum Kenya	1: 59.13	Malika Akkaui Morocco	1: 59.90
1,500 meters	Rabab Arafi Morocco	4: 05.80 CR	Mary Curia Kenya	4: 06.22	Margaret Wangari Kenya	4: 06.50
5000 meters	Gladys Cherono Kenya	15: 40.04 CR	Veronica Nyarui Kenya	15: 40.65	Herbreslas Teklesgi Ethiopia	15: 53.34
10,000 meters	Gladys Cherono Kenya	32: 41.40	Prisca Cherono Kenya	32: 45.73	Betsy Saina Kenya	32: 48.36
100 meters s / w	Gnima Faye Senegal	13.36	Amin Fergun Algeria	13.56	Uhunoma Osazuva Nigeria	13.61
400 meters s / w	Muizat Adjok Odumosu Nigeria	54.99	Hayat Lambarki Morocco	55.41	Raazin Mack Liberia	55.99
3000 meters s / n	Mercy Wanjiku Kenya	9: 43.26	Birtukan Adam Ethiopia	9: 45.41	Kiyeng Jepkemoi Kenya	9: 45.95
4 × 100 meters	Nigeria Christy Udo Gloria Asumnu Oludamola Osayomi Lawretta ozoh	43.21 CR	Ghana Rosina Amenebede Flings owusu-agyapong Beatrice gyaman Janet Amposa	44.35	Cote d'Ivoire Marie Jose Ta Lou Amandine allou affoue Mireille Parfaite Gaha Adeline gouenon	45.29
4 × 400 meters	Nigeria Endurance abinuwa Omolara Omotosho Margaret etim Bukola dammy abogumloko	3: 28.77 CR	Botswana Goitseone seleka Lydia mashila Oarabile babolay Amantle montsho	3: 31.27 NR	Senegal Fatou faye Amy mbacke thiam Fatou diabiabe Ndeye Fatou Seck Soumah	3: 31.64
20 km walking	Grace Wanjiru Kenya	1:40:53	Olfa Lafi Tunisia	1:46:17	Aynalem eshetu shefrawe Ethiopia	1:49:45
High jump	Lissa Labishe Seychelles	1.86 NR	Anika Smith South Africa	1.86	Rizlan Siba Morocco	1.75
Pole vault	Syrine balti Tunisia	3.70	Juanita stander South Africa	3.50	Dorra Mahfoody Tunisia Jeannie van dyk South Africa	3.40
Long jump	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	6.96 CR	Janice Josephs South Africa	6.29	Lynique prinsloo South Africa	6.22
Triple jump	Sarah nambawa Uganda	13.90	Charlene potgieter South Africa	13.90	Jamaa chnaik Morocco	13.75 NR
Shot put	Vivian Chukwuymeka Nigeria	18.86 AR	Chinwe okoro Nigeria	16.21	Omotayo Talabi Nigeria	15.63
Discus throw	Chinwe okoro Nigeria	56.60	Elizna Naude South Africa	55.88	Kazai Suzanne Kragbe Cote d'Ivoire	54.56
Hammer throwing	Amy sène Senegal	65.55	Laetitia bambara Burkina Faso	65.08	Sara ben saad Tunisia	60.75
Javelin-throwing	Margaret Simpson Ghana	54.62	Justine robbeson South Africa	52.81	Gerlize de klerk South Africa	49.85
Heptathlon	Yasmina Omrani Algeria	5924	Amelan gabriella kouassi Cote d'Ivoire	5481	Bianca erwee South Africa	5338

Medal standings

A place	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
one	Nigeria	ten	6	five	21
2	Kenya	9	9	9	27
3	South Africa	6	ten	eight	24
four	Senegal	3	one	2	6
five	Botswana	3	one	0	four
6	Algeria	2	3	2	7
7	Morocco	2	2	3	7
eight	Tunisia	2	one	2	five
9	Ghana	one	2	2	five
ten	Cote d'Ivoire	one	one	four	6
eleven	Uganda	one	0	one	2
12	Burundi	one	0	0	one
12	Gabon	one	0	0	one
12	Madagascar	one	0	0	one
12	Seychelles	one	0	0	one
sixteen	Egypt	0	four	2	6
17	Ethiopia	0	one	2	3
18	Burkina Faso	0	one	0	one
18	Djibouti	0	one	0	one
18	Sudan	0	one	0	one
21	Cameroon	0	0	one	one
21	Liberia	0	0	one	one
21	Mauritius	0	0	one	one
	Total	44	44	45	133

Number of Participants

The total number of participants was 816 people - this is a record for the entire duration of these competitions ^[1] .

Algeria (13)
Angola (1)
Benin (33)
Botswana (16)
Burkina Faso (9)
Burundi (4)
Cameroon (19)
Cape Verde (2)
CAR (1)
Chad (6)
Comoros (1)
Cote D'Ivoire (13)

DR Congo (3)
Djibouti (6)
Egypt (12)
Equatorial Guinea (4)
Ethiopia (56)
Gabon (3)
Gambia (10)
Ghana (28)
Guinea-Bissau (1)
Kenya (43)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (8)

Libya (15)
Madagascar (4)
Mali (10)
Mauritius (8)
Morocco (16)
Mozambique (2)
Namibia (6)
Niger (11)
Nigeria (43)
Republic of the Congo (8)
Rwanda (5)
Sao Tome and Principe (1)

Senegal (16)
Seychelles (10)
Sierra Leone (2)
South Africa (69)
Sudan (4)
Esvatini (2)
Togo (12)
Tunisia (11)
Uganda (11)
Zambia (3)
Zimbabwe (6)

Notes

↑ 06/06/2012 The number of participants in the championship Archived on April 16, 2013.

Daily reports

Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-28). Lambrechts grabs first gold in rain swept Porto-Novo - African champs, Day 1 . IAAF . Retrieved on 2012-06-28.
Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-29). Milama wins first-ever sprint title for Gabon - African champs, Day 2 . IAAF . Retrieved on 2012-06-29.
Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-30). Montsho and Makwala take 400m titles in Porto-Novo - African champs, Day 3 . IAAF . Retrieved on 2012-06-30.
Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-01). Cherono takes 10,000m for second title in Porto-Novo - African champs, Day 4 . IAAF . Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-02). Burundian teen Niyonsaba takes dramatic 800m title as Nigeria top medal table in Porto-Novo - African champs, Day 5 . IAAF . Retrieved on 2012-07-02.

Links

[1] 06/06/2012 The number of participants in the championship Archived on April 16, 2013.