2012 African Championships in Athletics

2012 African Championships
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Dates	27 June – 1 July
Host city	Porto Novo, Benin
Venue	Stade Charles de Gaulle
Events	44
Participation	569 athletes from 47 nations
Records set	Championship records
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The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event.

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Simon Magakwe  South Africa	10.29	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud   Egypt	10.34	Wilfried Koffi Hua   Ivory Coast	10.37
200 metres details	Ben Youssef Meité   Ivory Coast	20.62	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud   Egypt	20.76	Noah Akwu   Nigeria	20.83
400 metres details	Isaac Makwala   Botswana	45.25	Oscar Pistorius  South Africa	45.52	Willem de Beer  South Africa	45.67
800 metres details	Taoufik Makhloufi   Algeria	1:43.88	Anthony Chemut   Kenya	1:44.53	André Olivier  South Africa	1:45.09
1500 metres details	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku   Kenya	3:35.71 CR	Ayanleh Souleiman   Djibouti	3:36.34	James Magut   Kenya	3:36.35
5000 metres details	Mark Kiptoo   Kenya	13:22.38	Jonathan Maiyo   Kenya	13:22.89	Timothy Kosgei Kiptoo   Kenya	13:24.67
10,000 metres details	Kenneth Kipkemoi   Kenya	27:19.74 CR	Mark Kiptoo   Kenya	27:20.77	Lewis Mosoti   Kenya	27:22.54
110 m hurdles details	Lehann Fourie  South Africa	13.60	Selim Nurudeen   Nigeria	13.68	Lyès Mokdel   Algeria	13.73
400 m hurdles details	Amaechi Morton   Nigeria	49.32	Mamadou Kassé Hann   Senegal	49.39	Boniface Mucheru   Kenya	49.45
3000 m steeplechase details	Abel Mutai   Kenya	8:16.05	Wilson Kipkemboi Maraba   Kenya	8:16.96	Benjamin Kiplagat   Uganda	8:18.73
4 × 100 m relay details	South Africa Hannes Dreyer Simon Magakwe Roscoe Engel Thuso Mpuang	39.26	Nigeria Peter Emelieze Obinna Metu Adetoyi Durotoye Ogho-Oghene Egwero	39.34	Ghana Emmanuel Kubi Timothy Abeyie Ashhad Agyapong Allah Laryea-Akrong	39.40
4 × 400 m relay details	Nigeria Saul Weigopwa Amaechi Morton Abiola Onakoya Isah Salihu	3:02.39	South Africa PC Beneke Ofentse Mogawane Oscar Pistorius Willem de Beer	3:04.01	Kenya Vincent Kiplangat Koskei Vincent Mumo Kiilu Boniface Mucheru Mark Mutai	3:04.12
20 km walk details	Hédi Teraoui   Tunisia		David Kimutai Rotich   Kenya		Mohamed Ameur   Algeria
High jump details	Kabelo Kgosiemang   Botswana	2.25	Mohamed Younes   Sudan	2.15	Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe   Kenya	2.15
Pole vault details	Mouhcine Cheaouri   Morocco	5.10	Samir El Mafhoum   Morocco	5.00	Ruan Van Wyk  South Africa	4.90
Long jump details	Ndiss Kaba Badji   Senegal	8.04	Zarck Visser  South Africa	7.98	Ignisious Gaisah   Ghana	7.73
Triple jump details	Tosin Oke   Nigeria	16.98	Issam Nima   Algeria	16.69	Hugo Mamba-Schlick   Cameroon	16.34
Shot put details	Burger Lambrechts  South Africa	19.51	Orazio Cremona  South Africa	19.19	Yasser Ibrahim Farag   Egypt	18.78
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan  South Africa	61.80	Yasser Ibrahim Farag   Egypt	59.61	Russel Tucker  South Africa	57.99
Hammer throw details	Chris Harmse  South Africa	77.22	Mohsen Mohamed Anani   Egypt	74.31	Mostafa Al-Gamel   Egypt	73.81
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego   Kenya	76.68	John Ampomah   Ghana	70.65 NR	Kenechukwu Ezeofor   Nigeria	69.58
Decathlon details	Ali Kamé   Madagascar	7511	Mourad Souissi   Algeria	7276	Guillaume Thierry   Mauritius	7212

Women

Chronology: 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Ruddy Zang Milama   Gabon	11.16	Blessing Okagbare   Nigeria	11.18	Gloria Asumnu   Nigeria	11.28
200 metres details	Gloria Asumnu   Nigeria	22.93	Lawretta Ozoh   Nigeria	22.93	Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast	23.44
400 metres details	Amantle Montsho   Botswana	49.54 NR, CR	Regina George   Nigeria	51.11	Amy Mbacké Thiam   Senegal	51.68
800 metres details	Francine Niyonsaba   Burundi	1:59.11 NR	Eunice Sum   Kenya	1:59.13	Malika Akkaoui   Morocco	1:59.90
1500 metres details	Rabab Arafi   Morocco	4:05.80 CR	Mary Kuria   Kenya	4:06.22	Margaret Wangari   Kenya	4:06.50
5000 metres details	Gladys Cherono   Kenya	15:40.04 CR	Veronica Nyaruai   Kenya	15:40.65	Gotytom Gebreslase   Ethiopia	15:53.34
10,000 metres details	Gladys Cherono   Kenya	32:41.40	Priscah Jepleting   Kenya	32:45.73	Betsy Saina   Kenya	32:48.36
100 m hurdles details	Gnima Faye   Senegal	13.36	Amina Ferguen   Algeria	13.56	Uhunoma Osazuwa   Nigeria	13.61
400 m hurdles details	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu   Nigeria	54.99	Hayat Lambarki   Morocco	55.41	Raasin McIntosh   Liberia	55.99
3000 m steeplechase details	Mercy Wanjiku   Kenya	9:43.26	Birtukan Adamu   Ethiopia	9:45.41	Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi   Kenya	9:45.95
4 × 100 m relay details	Nigeria Christy Udoh Gloria Asumnu Oludamola Osayomi Lawretta Ozoh	43.21 CR	Ghana Rosina Amenebede Flings Owusu-Agyapong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah	44.35	Ivory Coast Marie-Josée Ta Lou Amandine Allou Affoue Mireille Parfaite Gaha Adeline Gouenon	45.29
4 × 400 m relay details	Nigeria Endurance Abinuwa Omolara Omotosho Margaret Etim Bukola Abogunloko	3:28.77 CR	Botswana Goitseone Seleka Lydia Mashila Oarabile Babolayi Amantle Montsho	3:31.27 NR	Senegal Mame Fatou Faye Amy Mbacké Thiam Fatou Diabaye Ndeye Fatou Soumah	3:31.64
20 km walk details	Grace Wanjiru Njue   Kenya	1:40:53	Olfa Lafi   Tunisia	1:46:17	Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe   Ethiopia	1:49:45
High jump details	Lissa Labiche   Seychelles	1.86 NR	Anika Smit  South Africa	1.86	Rhizlane Siba   Morocco	1.75
Pole vault details	Syrine Balti   Tunisia	3.70	Juanita Stander  South Africa	3.50	Dorra Mahfoudhi   Tunisia Jeannie Van Dyk  South Africa	3.40
Long jump details	Blessing Okagbare   Nigeria	6.96 CR	Janice Josephs  South Africa	6.29	Lynique Prinsloo  South Africa	6.22
Triple jump details	Sarah Nambawa   Uganda	13.90	Charlene Potgieter  South Africa	13.90	Jamaa Chnaik   Morocco	13.75 NR
Shot put details	Chinwe Okoro   Nigeria	16.21	Omotayo Talabi   Nigeria	15.63	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang   Cameroon	15.41 NR
Discus throw details	Chinwe Okoro   Nigeria	56.60	Elizna Naude  South Africa	55.88	Kazai Suzanne Kragbe   Ivory Coast	54.56
Hammer throw details	Amy Sène   Senegal	65.55	Lætitia Bambara   Burkina Faso	65.08	Sarah Bensaad   Tunisia	60.75
Javelin throw details	Margaret Simpson   Ghana	54.62	Justine Robbeson  South Africa	52.81	Gerlize de Klerk  South Africa	49.85
Heptathlon details	Yasmina Omrani   Algeria	5924	Gabriella Kouassi   Ivory Coast	5481	Bianca Erwee  South Africa	5338

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	10	6	4	20
2	Kenya	9	9	9	27
3	South Africa	6	10	8	24
4	Senegal	3	1	2	6
5	Botswana	3	1	0	4
6	Algeria	2	3	2	7
7	Morocco	2	2	3	7
8	Tunisia	2	1	2	5
9	Ghana	1	2	2	5
10	Ivory Coast	1	1	4	6
11	Uganda	1	0	1	2
12	Burundi	1	0	0	1
	Gabon	1	0	0	1
	Madagascar	1	0	0	1
	Seychelles	1	0	0	1
16	Egypt	0	4	2	6
17	Ethiopia	0	1	2	3
18	Burkina Faso	0	1	0	1
	Djibouti	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
21	Cameroon	0	0	2	2
22	Liberia	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		44	44	45	133

Participating nations

A total of fifty countries and 816 athletes have stated their intention to take part in the competition – a record high. ^[1] There were, however, numerous non-starters with some countries like Tanzania or Eritrea not sending any athletes after all and the actual number of participants was about 569 from 47 countries, numbers comparable to last few editions.

•   Algeria (13)
•   Angola (1)
•   Benin (33)
•   Botswana (16)
•   Burkina Faso (9)
•   Burundi (4)
•   Cameroon (19)
•   Cape Verde (2)
•   Central African Republic (1)
•   Chad (6)
•   Comoros (1)
•   Ivory Coast (13)
•   Democratic Republic of the 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)
•   São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
•   Senegal (16)
•   Seychelles (10)
•   Sierra Leone (2)
•  South Africa (69)
•   Sudan (4)
• Swaziland (2)
•   Togo (12)
•   Tunisia (11)
•   Uganda (11)
•   Zambia (3)
•   Zimbabwe (6)

References

1. 21/06/2012 African Championships : record of participation Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today . Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-06-23.

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.

External links

• Official site
• Results Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Confederation of African Athletics website