2016 African Championships in Athletics

2016 African Championships
Dates	22 June – 26 June
Host city	Durban, South Africa
Venue	Kings Park Stadium
Events	44
Records set	Championship records
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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]

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

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

Women

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa  (RSA)*	16	9	8	33
2	Kenya  (KEN)	8	8	8	24
3	Nigeria  (NGR)	4	5	7	16
4	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	3	1	2	6
5	Botswana  (BOT)	3	1	1	5
6	Ghana  (GHA)	1	3	2	6
	Tunisia  (TUN)	1	3	2	6
8	Ethiopia  (ETH)	1	2	3	6
9	Cameroon  (CMR)	1	2	2	5
	Morocco  (MAR)	1	2	2	5
11	Senegal  (SEN)	1	1	0	2
12	Egypt  (EGY)	1	0	1	2
	Zambia  (ZAM)	1	0	1	2
14	Algeria  (ALG)	1	0	0	1
	Seychelles  (SEY)	1	0	0	1
16	Burkina Faso  (BUR)	0	4	0	4
17	Gambia  (GAM)	0	1	1	2
	Lesotho  (LES)	0	1	1	2
19	Congo  (CGO)	0	1	0	1
20	Benin  (BEN)	0	0	1	1
	Liberia  (LBR)	0	0	1	1
	Madagascar  (MAD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		44	44	44	132

See also

• 2016 European Athletics Championships

References

1. "Official schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
2. Morocco World News. "African Championships in Athletics: Moroccan Rabab Arafi Wins Silver in 1.500m" . Retrieved 25 June 2016.
3. "Men's High Jump Results". CAA. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

• Entry standards
• Day 1 results
• Day 2 results
• Day 3 results
• Day 4 results
• Day 5 results

External links

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