2014 African Championships in Athletics

2014 African Championships
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Dates	10 August – 14 August
Host city	Marrakech, Morocco
Venue	Stade de Marrakech
Events	44
Participation	548 athletes from 47 nations
Records set	Championship records
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The 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held in Marrakech, Morocco from 10 to 14 August 2014. The competition was the 19th edition of Africa senior championships. The competition served as preparation to African athletes for the next continental cup which is planned to hold on 13 and 14 September 2014 in Marrakech. ^[1] It was the second time that Morocco had hosted the event.

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Hua Wilfried Koffi   Ivory Coast	10.05	Mark Jelks   Nigeria	10.07	Monzavous Edwards   Nigeria	10.16
200 metres details	Hua Wilfried Koffi   Ivory Coast	20.25	Isaac Makwala   Botswana	20.51	Carvin Nkanata   Kenya	20.53
400 metres details	Isaac Makwala   Botswana	44.23 CR	Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa	45.00	Boniface Mucheru   Kenya	45.07
800 metres details	Nijel Amos   Botswana	1:48.54	Mohammed Aman   Ethiopia	1:48.56	Taoufik Makhloufi   Algeria	1:49.08
1500 metres details	Ayanleh Souleiman   Djibouti	3:42.49	Asbel Kiprop   Kenya	3:42.58	Ronald Kwemoi   Kenya	3:42.59
5000 metres details	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku   Kenya	13:34.27	Isaiah Kiplangat Koech   Kenya	13:35.73	Abrar Osman Adem   Eritrea	13:36.42
10,000 metres details	Nguse Amlosom   Eritrea	28:11.07	Mustapha El Aziz   Morocco	28:11.36	Josphat Bett   Kenya	28:11.61
110 m hurdles details	Tyron Akins   Nigeria	13.57	Alex Al-Ameen   Nigeria	13.78	Martins Ogieriakhi   Nigeria	13.80
400 m hurdles details	Cornel Fredericks  South Africa	48.78	Amaechi Morton   Nigeria	48.92	Nicholas Bett   Kenya	49.03
3000 m steeplechase details	Jairus Birech   Kenya	8:34.79	Jonathan Ndiku   Kenya	8:37.67	Ezekiel Kemboi   Kenya	8:39.30
4 × 100 m relay details	Nigeria Ogho-Oghene Egwero Monzavous Edwards Obinna Metu Mark Jelks	38.80	Ghana Daniel Gyasi Solomon Afful Emmanuel Dassor Timothy Abeyie	39.28	Algeria Mahmoud Hammoudi Ali Bouguesba Skander Djamil Athmani Soufiane Bouhadda	39.89
4 × 400 m relay details	Botswana Pako Seribe Nijel Amos Leaname Maotoanong Isaac Makwala	3:01.89	Nigeria Noah Akwu Robert Simmons Miles Ukaoma Amaechi Morton	3:03.09	Kenya Mark Mutai Solomon Buoga Nicholas Bett Boniface Mucheru	3:07.35
20 km walk details	Lebogang Shange  South Africa	1:26.58	Samuel Ireri Gathimba   Kenya	1:27.11	Mohamed Ameur   Algeria	1:27.48
High jump details	Kabelo Kgosiemang   Botswana	2.28	Fernand Djoumessi   Cameroon	2.25	Younis Mohamed   Sudan	2.22
Pole vault details	Cheyne Rahme  South Africa	5.41 CR	Mohamed Amine Romdhana   Tunisia	5.00	Mouhcine Cheaouri   Morocco	5.00
Long jump details	Zarck Visser  South Africa	8.08	Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.02	Ruswahl Samaai  South Africa	7.84
Triple jump details	Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	17.03	Tosin Oke   Nigeria	16.97	Roger Haitengi   Namibia	16.72
Shot put details	Orazio Cremona  South Africa	19.84	Jaco Engelbrecht  South Africa	18.87	Franck Owaka   Republic of the Congo	18.74
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan  South Africa	62.87	Russell Tucker  South Africa	62.15	Stephen Mozia   Nigeria	57.11
Hammer throw details	Mostafa Al-Gamel   Egypt	79.09 CR	Chris Harmse  South Africa	73.90	Driss Barid   Morocco	60.17
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego   Kenya	84.72	Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed   Egypt	83.59	Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa	77.81
Decathlon details	Larbi Bourrada   Algeria	8311 CR	Guillaume Thierry   Mauritius	7312	Atsu Nyamadi   Ghana	6946

Women

Chronology: 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Blessing Okagbare   Nigeria	11.00 CR	Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast	11.03	Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast	11.20
200 metres details	Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast	22.36	Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast	22.87	Dominique Duncan   Nigeria	22.98
400 metres details	Folashade Abugan   Nigeria	51.21	Kabange Mupopo   Zambia	51.21	Patience Okon George   Nigeria	51.68
800 metres details	Eunice Sum   Kenya	1:59.45	Janeth Jepkosgei   Kenya	1:59.74	Agatha Jeruto   Kenya	1:59.84
1500 metres details	Hellen Obiri   Kenya	4:09.53	Dawit Seyaum   Ethiopia	4:10.92	Rababe Arafi   Morocco	4:12.08
5000 metres details	Almaz Ayana   Ethiopia	15:32.72 CR	Genzebe Dibaba   Ethiopia	15:42.16	Janeth Kisa   Kenya	15:54.04
10,000 metres details	Joyce Chepkirui   Kenya	32:45.27	Emily Chebet   Kenya	32:45.28	Belaynesh Oljira   Ethiopia	32:49.39
100 m hurdles details	Rikenette Steenkamp  South Africa	13.26	Rosvitha Okou   Ivory Coast	13.26	Nichole Denby   Nigeria	13.27
400 m hurdles details	Wenda Nel  South Africa	55.32	Amaka Ogoegbunam   Nigeria	55.46	Francisca Koki   Kenya	55.84
3000 m steeplechase details	Hiwot Ayalew   Ethiopia	9:29.54 CR	Sofia Assefa   Ethiopia	9:30.20	Salima El Ouali Alami   Morocco	9:33.02
4 × 100 m relay details	Nigeria Gloria Asumnu Lawreta Ozoh Dominique Duncan Blessing Okagbare	43.56	Ivory Coast Tryphene Kouame Adjoua Mireille Gaha Nanzie Adeline Gouenon Marie-Josée Ta Lou	43.99	Ghana Flings Owusu-Agyapong Gemma Acheampong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah	44.06
4 × 400 m relay details	Nigeria Patience Okon George Regina George Ada Benjamin Folashade Abugan	3:28.87	Kenya Jacinter Shikanda Francisca Koki Janeth Jepkosgei Maureen Jelagat	3:32.26	Botswana Goitseone Seleka Lydia Mashila Loungo Matlhaku Christine Botlogetswe	3:40.28
20 km walk details	Grace Wanjiru Njue   Kenya	1:37.04	Emily Ngii   Kenya	1:38.12	Askale Tiksa   Ethiopia	1:40.05
High jump details	Rhizlane Siba   Morocco	1.80	Besnet Mohamed   Egypt	1.80	Ariyat Dibow   Ethiopia	1.78
Pole vault details	Syrine Balti   Tunisia	4.10	Nisrine Dinar   Morocco	3.80	Dorra Mahfoudhi   Tunisia	3.70
Long jump details	Ese Brume   Nigeria	6.50	Chinaza Amadi   Nigeria	6.40	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin   Cameroon	6.25
Triple jump details	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin   Cameroon	14.02	Nadia Eke   Ghana	13.40	Blessing Ibrahim   Nigeria	13.35
Shot put details	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang   Cameroon	16.84	Chinwe Okoro   Nigeria	16.40	Lezaan Jordaan  South Africa	15.31
Discus throw details	Chinwe Okoro   Nigeria	59.79 CR	Nwanneka Okwelogu   Nigeria	51.66	Amina Moudden   Morocco	48.21
Hammer throw details	Lætitia Bambara   Burkina Faso	65.44	Amy Sène   Senegal	64.66	Sarah Bensaad   Tunisia	60.97
Javelin throw details	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	65.32 CR	Zuta Mary Nartey   Ghana	52.57	Selma Rosun   Mauritius	48.04
Heptathlon details	Marthe Koala   Burkina Faso	5454	Elizabeth Dadzie   Ghana	5286	Bianca Erwee  South Africa	5086

Medal table

Host stadium in Marrakech.

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa  (RSA)	10	5	4	19
2	Nigeria  (NGR)	8	9	7	24
3	Kenya  (KEN)	7	8	10	25
4	Botswana  (BOT)	4	1	1	6
5	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	3	4	1	8
6	Ethiopia  (ETH)	2	4	2	8
7	Cameroon  (CMR)	2	1	1	4
8	Burkina Faso  (BUR)	2	0	0	2
9	Morocco  (MAR)*	1	2	5	8
10	Egypt  (EGY)	1	2	0	3
11	Tunisia  (TUN)	1	1	2	4
12	Algeria  (ALG)	1	0	3	4
13	Djibouti  (DJI)	1	0	1	2
	Eritrea  (ERI)	1	0	1	2
15	Ghana  (GHA)	0	4	2	6
16	Mauritius  (MRI)	0	1	1	2
17	Senegal  (SEN)	0	1	0	1
	Zambia  (ZAM)	0	1	0	1
19	Congo  (CGO)	0	0	1	1
	Namibia  (NAM)	0	0	1	1
	Sudan  (SUD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		44	44	44	132

Participating nations

•   Algeria (25)
•   Angola (8)
•   Benin (11)
•   Botswana (16)
•   Burkina Faso (5)
•   Burundi (5)
•   Cameroon (20)
•   Cape Verde (1)
•   Chad (1)
•   Central African Republic (1)
•   Comoros (4)
•   Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
•   Djibouti (4)
•   Egypt (12)
•   Equatorial Guinea (2)
•   Eritrea (11)
•   Ethiopia (69)
•   Gabon (1)
•   Gambia (2)
•   Ghana (24)
•   Guinea (1)
•   Guinea-Bissau (1)
•   Ivory Coast (11)
•   Kenya (55)
•   Lesotho (1)
•   Libya (7)
•   Madagascar (3)
•   Mali (11)
• Mauritania (2)
•   Mauritius (9)
•   Morocco (host) (55)
•   Mozambique (1)
•   Namibia (6)
•   Nigeria (41)
•   Republic of the Congo (18)
•   São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
•   Senegal (14)
•   Seychelles (8)
•  South Africa (37)
•   Sudan (1)
• Swaziland (2)
•   Tanzania (2)
•   Togo (2)
•   Tunisia (20)
•   Uganda (6)
•   Zambia (8)
•   Zimbabwe (2)

See also

• 2014 European Athletics Championships

References

1. "19th Africa senior championships 2014 in Morocco". Archived from the original on 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-15.

Daily reports

• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-10). Amlosom makes history at African Championships – African champs, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-10.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-11). More gold medals and records for Okagbare and Bourrada at African Championships – African champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-11.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-12). Redemption for Makwala at African Championships – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-12.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-13). Viljoen wins fourth African title, more gold for Mokoena and Chepkirui – African champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-13.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-14). Souleiman, Ndiku and Ahoure among winners on final day of African Championships – African champs, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-14.

External links

• Official website
• Results
• Confederation of African Athletics website