2016 African Championships in Athletics

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2016 African Championships
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Dates22 June – 26 June
Host city Durban, South Africa Flag of South Africa.svg
Venue Kings Park Stadium
Events44
Records set Championship records

The 20th African Championships in Athletics was held in Durban, South Africa from 22 to 26 June 2016. [1] It was the second time that Durban and South Africa hosted this competition. 720 athletes from 43 African national federations participated. [2]

Contents

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020
EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.4 m/s)
details
Ben Youssef Meïté
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
9.95 Mosito Lehata
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
10.04 Akani Simbine
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
10.05
200 metres
(wind: +1.8 m/s)
details
Wayde van Niekerk
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
20.02 Adama Jammeh
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
20.45 NR Emmanuel Matadi
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia
20.55
400 metres
details
Baboloki Thebe
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
44.70 Karabo Sibanda
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
45.40 Chidi Okezie
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
45.80
800 metres
details
Nijel Amos
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
1:45.11 Jacob Rozani
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
1:45.38 Reinhardt van Rensburg
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
1:46.15
1500 metres
details
Fouad Elkaam
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
3:39.49 Timothy Cheroiyet
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
3:39.71 Vincent Letting
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
3:40.78
5000 metres
details
Douglas Kipserem
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
13:13.35 Elroy Gelant
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
13:15.13 Mangata Ndiwa
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
13:16.85
10,000 metres
details
Stephen Mokoka
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
28:02.97 Wilfred Kimitei
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
28:03.18 Namakwe Nkhasi
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho
28:06.33
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
details
Antonio Alkana
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
13.43 'CR' Tyron Akins
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
13.74 Mohamed Koussi
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
13.94
400 metres hurdles
details
Boniface Tumuti
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
49.20 Amadou Ndiaye
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
49.40 Haron Koech
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
49.40
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Chala Beyo
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
8:21.02 Tolosa Nurgi
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
8:22.79 Abraham Kibiwot
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
8:24.19
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Emile Erasmus
Wayde van Niekerk
Tlotliso Leotlela
Akani Simbine
38.84Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Arthur Cissé
Wilfried Koffi Hua
Émilien Tchan Bi Chan
Ben Youssef Meïté
38.98Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Hazemba Chidamba
Brian Kasinda
Titus Kafunda Mukhala
Sydney Siame
39.77
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
Karabo Sibanda
Baboloki Thebe
Onkabetse Nkobolo
Leaname Maotoanong
3:02.20Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Boniface Tumuti
Alphas Kishoyian
Boniface Mweresa
Haron Koech
3:04.25Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Jon Seeliger
Shaun de Jager
Ofentse Mogawane
LJ van Zyl
3:04.73
20 kilometres walk
details
Samuel Gathimba
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1:19:24 'CR', NR Hassanine Sebei
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
1:20:57 Lebogang Shange
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
1:21:41
High jump
details [3]
Mathieu Sawe
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
2.21 Keagan Fourie
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
2.18 Fernand Djoumessi
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
2.15
Pole vault
details
Hichem Khalil Cherabi
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
5.30 m Mohamed Romdhana
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
5.20 m Jordan Yamoah
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
5.00 m
Long jump
details
Ruswahl Samaai
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
8.40w Luvo Manyonga
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
8.23w Ruri Rammkolodi
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
7.90w
Triple jump
details
Tosin Oke
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
17.13 (+1.0 m/s) Fabrice Zango
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
16.81 (+1.2 m/s) Khotso Mokoena
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
16.77 (+1.7 m/s)
Shot put
details
Jaco Engelbrecht
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
20.00 Franck Elemba
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
19.89 Stephen Mozia
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
19.84
Discus throw
details
Russell Tucker
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
61.44 Stephen Mozia
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
59.16 Dewaald van Heerden
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
58.44
Hammer throw
details
Eslam Ahmed Taha Ibrahim
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
68.92 Chris Harmse
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
67.67 Tshepang Makhethe
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
65.54
Javelin throw
details
Phil-Mar van Rensburg
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
76.04 John Ampomah
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
75.22 Alex Kiprotich
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
74.08
Decathlon
details
Fredriech Pretorius
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
7780 Atsu Nyamadi
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
7501 Ali Kamé
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
6892

Women

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020
EventGoldSilverBronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.0 m/s)
details
Murielle Ahouré
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
10.99 CR Carina Horn
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
11.07 Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
11.15
200 metres
(wind: +1.2 m/s)
details
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
22.81 Alyssa Conley
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
22.84 Gina Bass
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia
22.92 NR
400 metres
details
Kabange Mupopo
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
51.56 Margaret Wambui
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
52,24 Patience Okon George
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
52.33
800 metres
details
Caster Semenya
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
1:58.20 Malika Akkaoui
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
2:00.24 Emily Cherotich
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
2:00.70
1500 metres
details
Caster Semenya
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
4:01.99 CR Rabab Arafi
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
4:03.95 Adanech Anbesa
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
4:05.22
5000 metres
details
Sheila Chepkirui
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
15:05.45 CR Margaret Chelimo
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
15:07.56 Dera Dida
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
15:15.26
10,000 metres
details
Alice Aprot
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
30:26.94 CR Jackline Chepngeno
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
31:27.7 Joyline Jepkosgei
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
31:28.3
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +1.6 m/s)
details
Claudia Heunis
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
13.35 Marthe Koala
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
13.36 Maryke Brits
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
13.47
400 metres hurdles
details
Wenda Nel
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
54.86 Maureen Jelegat
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
56.12 Tameka Jameson
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
57.17
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Norah Jeruto
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
9:25.07 CR Agnes Chesang
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
9:27.22 Weyneshet Ansa
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
9:39.89
4 × 100 metres relay
details
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Tebogo Mamathu
Alyssa Conley
Tamzin Thomas
Carina Horn
43.66Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Flings Owusu-Agyapong
Gemima Acheampong
Beatrice Gyaman
Janet Amponsah
44.05Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Adeline Gouenon
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Nene Kanaté
Murielle Ahouré
44.29
4 × 400 metres relay
details
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Jeanelle Griesel
Wenda Nel
Justine Palframan
Caster Semenya
3:28.49 CR NR Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Omolara Omotosho
Regina George
Yinka Ajayi
Patience Okon George
3:29.94Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Jacinta Shikanda
Maureen Jelagat
Maureen Thomas
Margaret Wambui
3:30.21
20 kilometres walk
details
Grace Wanjiru
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
1:30:43 CR, AR Yehualeye Beleew
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
1:31:58 NR Chahinez Nasri
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
1:34:45
High jump
details
Lissa Labiche
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles
1.85 m Doreen Amata
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
1.82 m Basant Hassan
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
1.79 m
Pole vault
details
Syrine Balti
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
4.00 m Dora Mahfoudi
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
3.80 m Nisrine Dinar
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
3.60 m
Long jump
details
Ese Brume
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
6.57 m (w) (+ 2.8 m/s) Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
6.39 m (w) (+ 2.6 m/s) Sarah Ngongoa
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
6.34 m (w) (+ 2.7 m/s)
Triple jump
details
Nadia Eke
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
13.42 m w Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
13.37 m (+0.8 m/s) Patience Ntshingila
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
13.24 m (+0.8 m/s)
Shot put
details
Auriol Dongmo
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
17.64 m Nwanneka Okwelogu
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
17.07 m Chioma Onyekwere
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
15.71 m
Discus throw
details
Nwanneka Okwelogu
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
56.75 m Chinwe Okoro
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
55.67 m Chioma Onyekwere
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
53.91 m
Hammer throw
details
Amy Sène
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
68.35 m CR Lætitia Bambara
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
68.12 m Sarah Bensaad
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
62.53 m
Javelin throw
details
Sunette Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
64.08 m Jo-ane Van Dyk
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
56.22 m Pascaline Adanhoegbe
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin
54.88 m NR
Heptathlon
details
Uhunoma Osazuwa
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
6153 pts CR Marthe Koala
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso
5952 pts Elizabeth Dadzie
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
5730 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)*169833
2Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)88824
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)45716
4Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)3126
5Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)3115
6Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana  (GHA)1326
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)1326
8Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)1236
9Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon  (CMR)1225
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)1225
11Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal  (SEN)1102
12Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)1012
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia  (ZAM)1012
14Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)1001
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles  (SEY)1001
16Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso  (BUR)0404
17Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia  (GAM)0112
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho  (LES)0112
19Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo  (CGO)0101
20Flag of Benin.svg  Benin  (BEN)0011
Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia  (LBR)0011
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar  (MAD)0011
Totals (22 entries)444444132

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