2018 African Championships in Athletics

2018 African Championships
Dates	1–5 August
Host city	Asaba, Nigeria
Venue	Stephen Keshi Stadium
Events	44
Records set	7 CR
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The 21st African Championships in Athletics was held in Asaba, Nigeria from 1 to 5 August 2018 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium. ^{[1] [2]} It was the second time that Nigeria hosted this competition. 800 athletes from 52 African countries participated. ^[3]

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.1 m/s) details	Akani Simbine   South Africa	10.25	Arthur Cissé   Ivory Coast	10.33	Simon Magakwe   South Africa	10.35
200 metres details	Ncincihli Titi   South Africa	20.46	Divine Oduduru   Nigeria	20.60	Luxolo Adams   South Africa	20.60
400 metres details	Baboloki Thebe   Botswana	44.81	Thapelo Phora   South Africa	45.14	Chidi Okezie   Nigeria	45.65
800 metres details	Nijel Amos   Botswana	1:45.20	Emmanuel Korir   Kenya	1:45.65	Mostafa Smaili   Morocco	1:45.90
1500 metres details	Elijah Manangoi   Kenya	3:35.20 CR	Timothy Cheruiyot   Kenya	3:35.93	Ronald Musagala   Uganda	3:36.41
5000 metres details	Edward Zakayo   Kenya	13:48.58	Getaneh Molla   Ethiopia	13:49.06	Yemane Haileselassie   Eritrea	13:49.58
10,000 metres details	Jemal Yimer   Ethiopia	29:08.01	Andamlak Belihu   Ethiopia	29:11.09	Timothy Toroitich   Uganda	29:11.87
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s) details	Antonio Alkana   South Africa	13.51	Oyeniyi Abejoye   Nigeria	13.87	Welington Zaza   Liberia	13.88
400 metres hurdles details	Abdelmalik Lahoulou   Algeria	48.47 NR	Cornel Fredericks   South Africa	49.40	Zied Azizi   Tunisia	49.48
3000 metres steeplechase details	Conseslus Kipruto   Kenya	8:26.38	Soufiane El Bakkali   Morocco	8:28.01	Getnet Wale   Ethiopia	8:30.87
4 × 100 metres relay details	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Simon Magakwe Emile Erasmus Akani Simbine Ncincihli Titi*	38.25 CR	Nigeria Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ejowvokoghene Oduduru Emmanuel Arowolo Seye Ogunlewe Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke*	38.74	Ivory Coast Gnamien Nehemie N'Goran  [ fr ] Wilfried Koffi Hua Arthur Cissé Ben Youssef Meïté	38.92
4 × 400 metres relay details	Kenya Jared Momanyi  [ de ] Alphas Kishoyian Aron Koech Emmanuel Korir	3:00.92 CR	South Africa Zakithi Nene Cornel Fredericks Pieter Conradie Thapelo Phora Le Roux Hamman*	3:03.50	Nigeria Orukpe Eraiyokan Rilwan Alowonle Isah Salihu Chidi Okezie	3:04.88
20 kilometres walk details	Samuel Gathimba   Kenya	1:25:14	Lebogang Shange   South Africa	1:25:25	Hassanine Sebei   Tunisia	1:25:25
High jump details	Mathew Sawe   Kenya	2.30 m =NR	Chris Moleya   South Africa	2.26 m	Mpho Links   South Africa	2.15 m
Pole vault details	Mohamed Romdhana   Tunisia	5.20 m	Valko van Wyk  [ es ]   South Africa	5.10 m	Mejdi Chehata  [ fr ]   Tunisia	5.10 m
Long jump details	Rushwal Samaai   South Africa	8.45 m CR	Luvo Manyonga   South Africa	8.43 m	Yahya Berrabah   Morocco	8.14 m w
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango   Burkina Faso	17.11 m NR	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena   South Africa	16.83 m	Yasser Triki   Algeria	16.78 m
Shot put details	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi   Nigeria	21.08 m CR	Mohamed Khalif   Egypt	19.33 m	Kyle Blignaut   South Africa	19.05 m
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan   South Africa	60.06 m	Werner Visser   South Africa	58.22 m	Elbachir Mbarki  [ fr ]   Morocco	54.97 m
Hammer throw details	Mostafa Al-Gamel   Egypt	73.50 m	Islam Mohamed   Egypt	70.32 m	Hassan Abdel Gawad   Egypt	69.90 m
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego   Kenya	77.34 m	Phil-Mar van Rensburg   South Africa	76.57 m	Kure Adams   Nigeria	75.69 m
Decathlon details	Larbi Bouraada   Algeria	8101 pts	Fredriech Pretorius   South Africa	7733 pts	Samuel Osadolor  [ de ]   Nigeria	7095 pts

Women

Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.3 m/s) details	Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast	11.15	Janet Amponsah   Ghana	11.54	Joy Udo-Gabriel   Nigeria	11.58
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) details	Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast	22.50	Germaine Abessolo Bivina   Cameroon	23.36	Janet Amponsah   Ghana	23.38
400 metres details	Caster Semenya   South Africa	49.96 NR	Christine Botlogetswe   Botswana	51.19	Yinka Ajayi   Nigeria	51.34
800 metres details	Caster Semenya   South Africa	1:56.06 CR	Francine Niyonsaba   Burundi	1:57.97	Habitam Alemu   Ethiopia	1:58.86
1500 metres details	Winny Chebet   Kenya	4:14.02	Rababe Arafi   Morocco	4:14.12	Malika Akkaoui   Morocco	4:14.17
5000 metres details	Hellen Obiri   Kenya	15:47.18	Senbere Teferi   Ethiopia	15:54.48	Meskerem Mamo   Ethiopia	15:57.38
10,000 metres details	Stacey Ndiwa   Kenya	31:31.17	Alice Aprot Nawowuna   Kenya	31:36.12	Gete Alemayehu  [ de ]   Ethiopia	32:10.68
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.4 m/s) details	Oluwatobiloba Amusan   Nigeria	12.86	Rikenette Steenkamp   South Africa	13.18	Rosvitha Okou   Ivory Coast	13.39
400 metres hurdles details	Lamiae Lhabze   Morocco	56.66	Wenda Nel   South Africa	57.04	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo   Kenya	57.27
3000 metres steeplechase details	Beatrice Chepkoech   Kenya	8:59.88 CR	Celliphine Chespol   Kenya	9:09.61	Fancy Cherono   Kenya	9:23.92
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Joy Udo-Gabriel Blessing Okagbare Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma	43.77	Ivory Coast Adeline Gouenon Karel Elodie Ziketh Rosvitha Okou Marie-Josée Ta Lou	44.40	Kenya Eunice Kadogo Millicent Ndoro Joan Cherono  [ de ] Fresha Mwangi  [ de ]	45.58
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Patience Okon George Abike Egbeniyi Folashade Abugan Yinka Ajayi	3:31.17	Kenya Maureen Jelagat Hellen Syombua Navian Michira Veronica Mutua	3:35.45	Zambia Quincy Malekani  [ de ] Abygirl Sepiso  [ de ] Rhodah Njobvu Majory Chisanga  [ de ]	3:38.18
20 kilometres walk details	Yehualeye Beletew   Ethiopia	1:31:47 NR	Grace Wanjiru   Kenya	1:35:54	Chahinez Nasri   Tunisia	1:37:28
High jump details	Erika Seyama   Eswatini	1.83 m †	Hoda Hagras  [ de ]   Egypt	1.80 m	Ariyat Dibow Ubang  [ fr ]   Ethiopia	1.80 m
Pole vault details	Dorra Mahfoudhi   Tunisia	4.10 m	Dina Eltabaa  [ es ]   Egypt	4.05 m	Nesrine Brinis  [ fr ]   Tunisia	3.90 m
Long jump details	Ese Brume   Nigeria	6.83 m	Marthe Koala   Burkina Faso	6.54 m w	Lynique Beneke   South Africa	6.38 m
Triple jump details	Grace Anigbata   Nigeria	14.02 m	Zinzi Chabangu   South Africa	13.59 m	Lerato Sechele   Lesotho	13.31 m
Shot put details	Ischke Senekal   South Africa	17.24 m	Jessica Inchude   Guinea-Bissau	16.76 m	Meike Strydom  [ de ]   South Africa	15.99 m
Discus throw details	Chioma Onyekwere   Nigeria	58.09 m	Chinwe Okoro   Nigeria	57.37 m	Ischke Senekal   South Africa	53.82 m
Hammer throw details	Soukaina Zakour   Morocco	68.28 m NR	Temi Ogunrinde  [ de ]   Nigeria	67.39 m NR	Jennifer Batu   Republic of the Congo	66.43 m NR
Javelin throw details	Kelechi Nwanaga   Nigeria	56.96 m	Jo-Ane van Dyk   South Africa	53.72 m	Josephine Joyce Lalam   Uganda	51.33 m
Heptathlon details	Odile Ahouanwanou   Benin	5999 pts	Marthe Koala   Burkina Faso	5967 pts	Not awarded

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya  (KEN)	11	6	2	19
2	South Africa  (RSA)	9	14	8	31
3	Nigeria  (NGR)*	9	5	6	20
4	Ethiopia  (ETH)	2	3	5	10
5	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	2	2	2	6
6	Botswana  (BOT)	2	1	0	3
7	Tunisia  (TUN)	2	0	5	7
8	Algeria  (ALG)	2	0	1	3
9	Egypt  (EGY)	1	4	2	7
10	Morocco  (MAR)	1	3	4	8
11	Burkina Faso  (BFA)	1	2	0	3
12	Benin  (BEN)	1	0	0	1
	Eswatini  (SWZ)	1	0	0	1
14	Burundi  (BDI)	0	1	0	1
	Cameroon  (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Ghana  (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	Guinea-Bissau  (GBS)	0	1	0	1
18	Uganda  (UGA)	0	0	3	3
19	Congo  (CGO)	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea  (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Lesotho  (LES)	0	0	1	1
	Liberia  (LBR)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia  (ZAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		44	44	43	131

References

1. "CAA Asaba 2018 / Schedule". caaasaba2018.com.ng. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
2. "kenya tops medal standings as curtains come dix-neuf on Asaba 2018". caaweb.org. Archived from the original on 3 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
3. News Express. "CAA Asaba 2018, Delta's dirty politics and the 2019 elections" . Retrieved 21 August 2018.

External links

• Official site
• Medals Board Archived 2019-03-26 at the Wayback Machine