2008 African Championships in Athletics

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2008 African Championships
Dates30 April – 4 May
Host city Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg
Venue Addis Ababa Stadium
Events44
Participation543 athletes from
42 nations

The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the Addis Ababa Stadium. It is the largest Athletics event held in Ethiopia to date. It was the first time in its then 29-year history the African Championships in Athletics were held in Eastern Africa, despite the region's well-documented success in long-distance running.

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In the men's 100 m, Nigerians Olusoji Fasuba and Uchenna Emedolu repeated the places from the 2006 edition. On April 30, there was a 35-minute delay to the men's 10,000 metres due to weather, but the Ethiopians dominated the podium and the race, with the missed absence of world champion Kenenisa Bekele.

Men's results

Track

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
details
Olusoji Fasuba
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
10.10 SB Uchenna Emedolu
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
10.21 SB Hannes Dreyer
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
10.24 PB
200 m
details
Thuso Mpuang
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
20.53 PB Stéphan Buckland
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
20.62 SB Samuel Kenosi
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
20.72 NR
400 m
details
Ali Babiker Nagmeldin
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
45.64 SB Isaac Makwala
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
45.64 PB James Godday
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
45.77 SB
800 m
details
David Rudisha
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1:44.20 SB CR Ismail Ahmed Ismail
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
1:45.41 SB Asbel Kiprop
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1:46.02
1500 m
details
Haron Keitany
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
3:43.47 Gideon Gathimba
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
3:43.56 Juan van Deventer
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
3:43.63
5000 m
details
Kenenisa Bekele
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
13:49.67 Isaac Songok
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
13:49.91 Ali Abdosh
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
13:50.64
10,000 m
details
Gebregziabher Gebremariam
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
28:17.11 SB Ibrahim Jeilan
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
28:30.66 SB Eshetu Wendimu
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
28:56.36 SB
110 m hurdles
details
Hennie Kotze
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
13.95 Samuel Okon
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
14.08 Selim Nurudeen
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
14.27
400 m hurdles
details
LJ van Zyl
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
48.91 SB Abderahmane Hammadi
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
49.84 NR Ibrahima Maïga
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
49.84 SB
3000 m s'chase
details
Richard Mateelong
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
8:31.61 Michael Kipyego
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
8:32.94 Willy Komen
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
8:41.98
20 km walk
details
Mohamed Ameur
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
1:22.55 PB Hichem Medjeber
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
1:23.29 PB Hassanine Sebei
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
1:23.58 SB
4 × 100 m relay
details
Hannes Dreyer
Corne Du Plessis
Sergio Mullins
Thuso Mpuang
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
38.75 CR Togoh Victor
Allah Laryea-Akrong
Seth Amoo
Eric Nkansah
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
40.30 Idrissa Adam
François Belinga
Alain Olivier Nyounai
Joseph Batangdon
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
40.60
4 × 400 m relay
details
Pieter Smith
Ockert Cilliers
Sibusiso Sishi
LJ van Zyl
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
3:03.58 Rabah Yousif
Ali Babiker Nagmeldin
Ahmad Ismail
Abubaker Kaki
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
3:04.00 NR Mamadou Kasse Hann
Seth Mbow
Mamadou Gueye
Nouha Badji
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
3:05.93
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Kabelo Kgosiemang
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
2.34 NR=CR Mohammed Benhadja
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
2.18 Boubacar Séré
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
2.18 SB
Pole vault
details
Mouhcine Cheaouri
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
4.80 PB Larbi Bouraada
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
4.50 Willem Coertzen
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
4.00 PB
Long jump
details
Yahya Berrabah
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
8.04 SB Jonathan Chimier
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
7.99 SB Stephan Louw
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
7.98
Triple jump
details
Ndiss Kaba Badji
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
17.07 NR Hugo Mamba
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
16.92 NR Tarik Bouguetaïb
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
16.82
Shot put
details
Abdu Moaty Moustafa
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
18.06 Yasser Ibrahim Farag
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
17.39 Janus Robberts
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
16.44
Discus throw
details
Hannes Hopley
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
56.98 Yasser Ibrahim Farag
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
56.06 SB Nabil Kiram
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
52.99
Hammer throw
details
Chris Harmse
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
77.72 SB Mostafa Al-Gamel
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
69.70 Ahmed Abd El Raouf
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
68.15
Javelin throw
details
Mohamed Ali Kebabou
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
74.20 PB Kenechukwu Ezeofor
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
72.53 PB Sammy Keskeny
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
69.84 SB
Decathlon
details
Larbi Bouraada
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
7574 PB Willem Coertzen
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
7374 Boualem Lamri
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
6919 SB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's results

Track

EventGoldSilverBronze
100 m
details
Damola Osayomi
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
11.22 Vida Anim
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
11.43 Delphine Atangana
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
11.46
200 m
details
Isabel le Roux
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
22.69 PB Kadiatou Camara
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
22.70 NR Damola Osayomi
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
22.83 PB
400 m
details
Amantle Montsho
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
49.83 NR,CR Sade Abugan
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
50.89 Racheal Nachula
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
51.39 NR, NJR
800 m
details
Pamela Jelimo
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1:58.70 NJR Maria de Lurdes Mutola
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
2:00.47 SB Agnes Samaria
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
2:00.62 SB
1500 m
details
Gelete Burka
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
4:08.25 Meskerem Assefa
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
4:10.40 Agnes Samaria
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
4:13.91
5000 m
details
Meselech Melkamu
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
15:49.81 Meseret Defar
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
15:50.19 Grace Momanyi
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
15:50.19
10,000 m
details
Tirunesh Dibaba
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
32:49.08 Ejegayehu Dibaba
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
32:50.36 Wude Ayalew
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
32:55.17
100 m hurdles
details
Fatmata Fofanah
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
13.10 NR Toyin Augustus
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
13.12 Carole Kaboud Mebam
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
13.52
400 m hurdles
details
Joke Odumosu
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
55.92 SB Lamiae Lhabze
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
56.07 PB Aïssata Soulama
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
56.13 SB
3000 m s'chase
details
Zemzem Ahmed
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
9:44.58 PB Mekdes Bekele
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
9:59.52 SB Ruth Bosibori
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
10:00.18 SB
20 km walk
details
Grace Wanjiru
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1:39.50 NR Ararissa Abissa Asnakch
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Ethiopia
1:40.12 NR Mary Njoki
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1:41.15 PB
4 × 100 m relay
details
Endurance Ojokolo
Gloria Kemasuode
Susan Akene
Damola Osayomi
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
43.79 Gifty Addy
Elizabeth Amolofo
Esther Dankwah
Vida Anim
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
44.12 Tsholofelo Thipe
Isabel le Roux
Christine Ras
Geraldine Pillay
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
44.28
4 × 400 m relay
details
Oluoma Nwoke
Sade Abugan
Endurance Abinuwa
Joy Eze
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
3:30.07 Florence Wasike
Charity Wandia
Joy Sakari
Pamela Jelimo
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
3:37.67 Fatou Diabaye
Mame Fatou Faye
Maty Salame
Souma Fatou
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
3:38.42
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

EventGoldSilverBronze
High jump
details
Anika Smit
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1.88 Marcoleen Pretorius
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1.84 Marizca Gertenbach
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
1.84
Pole vault
details
Leila Ben Youssef
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
4.00 Nisrine Dinar
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
3.80 Laetitia Berthier
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
3.70
Long jump
details
Janice Josephs
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
6.64 Chinaza Amadi
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
6.31 Patricia Soman
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
6.13
Triple jump
details
Françoise Mbango
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
14.76 SB Yamilé Aldama
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
14.36 SB Chinonye Ohadugha
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
14.14 SB
Shot put
details
Vivian Chukwuemeka
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
17.50 Kasey Onmuchekwa
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
16.29 Veronica Abrahamse
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
16.00
Discus throw
details
Elizna Naude
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
55.34 Suzanne Kragbé
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
49.52 Simoné du Toit
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
47.10
Hammer throw
details
Marwa Hussein
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
62.26 Florence Ezeh
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo
61.26 Funke Adeoye
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
57.02
Javelin throw
details
Sunette Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
55.17 Lindy Leveau-Agricole
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
52.92 SB Hana'a Hassan Omar
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
52.32
Heptathlon
details
Patience Okoro
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
4906 Florence Wasike
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
4867 Nadege Essama Foe
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
4470
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medals table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)122822
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)77519
3Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)66315
4Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)55616
5Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)2417
6Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)2327
7Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)2226
8Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)2114
9Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)2013
10Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan  (SUD)1304
11Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon  (CMR)1146
12Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal  (SEN)1023
13Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea  (GUI)1001
14Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana  (GHA)0303
15Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius  (MRI)0202
16Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)0112
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali  (MLI)0112
18Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique  (MOZ)0101
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles  (SEY)0101
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo  (TOG)0101
21Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia  (NAM)0033
22Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso  (BUR)0022
23Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi  (BDI)0011
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia  (ZAM)0011
Totals (24 entries)444444132

Participating nations

See also

References