2016 East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships

2016 East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships
Dates	28–29 April
Host city	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
← 2013 Zanzibar

The 2nd East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 28 to 29 April 2016.

At the championships, Kenyan athletes won 13 gold medals to defend their team title. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2013 | 2016

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Gulam Khamis   Zanzibar	10.27	Moffat Ngari   Kenya	10.57	Maohaed Mohamed   Sudan	10.79
200 metres	Gulam Khamis   Zanzibar	20.97	Geofrey Kiprotich Rono   Kenya	21.27	Moffat Ngari   Kenya	21.61
400 metres	Kelvin Tanui   Kenya	46.26	Ronald Afya   Kenya	47.51	Samuel Oweka   Uganda	49.08
800 metres	Wickliffe Kanyamal   Kenya	1:50.17	Mekonen Ayele   Ethiopia	1:50.43	Abdi Fatah Awlet   Djibouti	1:51.73
1500 metres	Boaz Kiprugut   Kenya	3:39.46	Mmaru Berete Mekonen   Ethiopia	3:39.86	Anthony Kiptoo  [ es; no ]   Kenya	3:40.33
5000 metres	Peter Langat   Kenya	13:43.86	Wesley Ladema  [ es ]   Kenya	13:48.95	Selemon Barega   Ethiopia	13:49.53
4 × 100 metres relay	Kenya  (KEN) Ronald Afya Kevin Tanui Geofrey Kiprotich Rono Moffat Ngari	41.71	Tanzania  (TAN) Benjamin Michael Adnan Haruna Kenneth Maluba Imani James	42.58	Zanzibar  (ZAN) Gulam Hamisi Ali Hassan Khamis Hassan Omar Khatib Omar Rashid Said	43.00
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya  (KEN) Kelvin Tanui Geofrey Kiprotich Rono Moffat Ngari Markson Paima	3:11.04	Sudan  (SUD) Al Had Hamid Adam Mohamed Mohamed Yasili Ahmed Abuh Adam Abdul Wahab	3:17.83	Tanzania  (TAN) Hafidhi Khalfan Adinani Haruna Francis Propser John Silima	3:30.05
Long jump	Lagat Kibet   Kenya	7.47 m	Yasir Elsid   Sudan	6.72 m	Benjamin Michael   Tanzania	6.17 m
Javelin throw	Moses Oceng   Uganda	59.18 m	Sabas Daniel   Tanzania	56.33 m	William Magok   South Sudan	54.94 m
Discus throw	Odong Baya   Uganda	43.02 m	Sabas Daniel   Tanzania	39.21 m	Hafidh Ali Hamad   Zanzibar	35.30 m
Shot put	Odong Baya   Uganda	14.77 m	Hamad Ali   Zanzibar	13.62 m	Sabas Daniel   Tanzania	13.20 m
Triple jump	Lagat Kibet   Kenya	15.16 m	Yasir Ahmed Abo   Sudan	13.83 m	Hussein Yusuph   Zanzibar	12.25 m

Women

Chronology: 2013 | 2016

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Safa Abdekarim   Sudan	12.10	Venice Mukonyo   Kenya	12.69	Clare Byato   Uganda	12.72
200 metres	Maureen Ngatichi   Kenya	24.25	Eunice Makonyo   Kenya	25.35	Safa Abdelkarim   Sudan	25.65
400 metres	Maureen Nyatich   Kenya	54.14	Jane Njoki   Kenya	56.03	Abebe Firke   Sudan	56.85
800 metres	Tebo Kotema   Ethiopia	2:04.89	Honorine Irbigiza   Rwanda	2:07.65	Josephine Cheregat   Kenya	2:08.56
1500 metres	Feyisa Anbesa   Ethiopia	4:16.12	Gloria Kite   Kenya	4:17.50	Beata Nishmwe   Rwanda	4:18.02
5000 metres	Sandrafelis Tuei   Kenya	16:15.80	Imaculata Chepkurui   Kenya	16:26.97	Macyelene Chelangat   Uganda	16:29.56
4 × 100 metres relay	Kenya  (KEN) Maureen Ngatich Eunice Mukonyo Damaris Akoth Jane Njoki	48.93	Uganda  (UGA) Clare Bayto Agnes Apio Rosemary Acen Mary Auma	49.61	Zanzibar  (ZAN) Himidia Omary Ally Saraya Ulimjwengu Kazija Hassan Simai Asha Ali Othman	50.44
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya  (KEN) Maureen Ngatich Jane Njoki Eunice Mukonyo Damaris Okoth	3:53.28	Uganda  (UGA) Clare Byato Rosemary Acen Mary Auma Janeth Chemusto	4:02.40	Tanzania  (TAN) Jane Maige Bitrina Michael Rose Seif Regina Deogratius	4:04.90
Long jump	Rose Seif   Tanzania	5.31 m	Awid Victoria   Uganda	4.62 m	Clare Bayton   Uganda	4.43 m
Javelin throw	Josephine Lalam   Uganda	44.95 m	Victoria Awidi   Uganda	43.19 m	Mwanaamina Hassani   Tanzania	38.93 m

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Tanzania)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya  (KEN)	13	8	4	25
2	Uganda  (UGA)	4	5	3	12
3	Ethiopia  (ETH)	2	2	2	6
4	Zanzibar  (ZAN)	2	1	4	7
5	Tanzania  (TAN)*	1	3	5	9
6	Sudan  (SUD)	1	3	3	7
7	Rwanda  (RWA)	0	1	1	2
8	Djibouti  (DJI)	0	0	1	1
	South Sudan  (SSD)	0	0	1	1
10	Somalia  (SOM)	0	0	0	0
Totals (10 entries)		23	23	24	70

References

1. "Kenyan junior athletes emerge best in Dar". sportsbrief.com. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
2. "Kenyan juniors top the field in Tanzania". Nation. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2023.

External links

• Results