9th African Junior Championships | |
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Dates | 30 July – 2 August |
Host city | Bambous, Mauritius |
Venue | Stade Germain Comarmond |
Level | Under-20 |
Events | 40 |
The 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships were held in Bambous, Mauritius from 30 July to 2 August. There were 40 events in total, of which 20 were contested by male athletes and 20 by female athletes. Multiple gold medallists Caster Semenya and Amaka Ogoegbunam broke championships records, but also created controversy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics later that year. Semenya was asked to take a gender test and Ogoegbunam tested positive for anabolic steroids. [1] [2]
Key: | WR — World record • AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record • WL — World leading |
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Name | Event | Country | Record | Type |
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James Magut | 1500 metres | Kenya | 3:37.05 | CR |
Cornel Fredericks | 400 m hurdles | South Africa | 50.05 sec | CR |
Cheyne Rahme | Pole vault | South Africa | 5.30 m | CR |
Ali Bouguesba | Triple jump | Algeria | 16.16 m | CR |
Alaa Elaslry | Hammer throw | Egypt | 75.59 m | CR |
Gert Swanepoel | Decathlon | South Africa | 6400 pts | NR |
Caster Semenya | 800 metres | South Africa | 1:56.72 | NR CR WL |
Caster Semenya | 1500 metres | South Africa | 4:08.01 | CR |
Amaka Ogoegbunam | 400 m hurdles | Nigeria | 58.45 sec | CR |
Rana Taha | Hammer throw | Egypt | 57.53 m | CR |
* Host nation (Mauritius)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | South Africa (RSA) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
3 | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
4 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
5 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
6 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
7 | Mauritius (MUS)* | 2 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
8 | Seychelles (SEY) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Botswana (BOT) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
12 | Comoros (COM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
15 | Benin (BEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (17 entries) | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |
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