2022 African Championships in Athletics

2022 African Championships
Dates	8–12 June
Host city	Saint Pierre, Mauritius
Venue	Cote d'Or National Sports Complex
Events	45
Records set	1 CR
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The 22nd African Championships in Athletics were held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius from 8 to 12 June 2022, at the Cote d'Or National Sports Complex. ^[1] This was the third time the event was held in Mauritius, and 500 athletes from 40 African countries out of 54 countries participated in the 22nd edition of the Senior Africa Championship. ^{[2] [3]} The event was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 in Oran, Algeria, but had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Ferdinand Omanyala   Kenya	9.93	Akani Simbine   South Africa	9.93	Henricho Bruintjies   South Africa	10.01
200 metres details	Letsile Tebogo   Botswana	20.26	Emmanuel Eseme   Cameroon	20.61	Clarence Munyai   South Africa	20.69
400 metres details	Muzala Samukonga   Zambia	45.31	Bayapo Ndori   Botswana	45.35	Mohamed Farès Jelassi  [ fr ]   Tunisia	45.54
800 metres details	Slimane Moula   Algeria	1:45.59	Nicholas Kiplangat Kebenei  [ de ]   Kenya	1:46.43	Tshepiso Masalela   Botswana	1:46.65
1500 metres details	Abel Kipsang   Kenya	3:36.57	Ryan Mphahlele   South Africa	3:36.74	Adihana Kasaye  [ de ]   Ethiopia	3:38.27
5000 metres details	Hailemariyam Amare   Ethiopia	13:36.79	Daniel Ebenyo   Kenya	13:38.79	Hicham Akankam   Morocco	13:40.39
10,000 metres details	Mogos Tuemay   Ethiopia	29:19.01	Chimdessa Debele   Ethiopia	29:22.74	Abraham Longosiwa  [ de ]   Kenya	29:23.02
110 metres hurdles details	Amine Bouanani   Algeria	13.26	Jeremie Lararaudeuse   Mauritius	13.55	Antonio Alkana   South Africa	13.59
400 metres hurdles details	Sokwakhana Zazini   South Africa	49.42	Abdelmalik Lahoulou   Algeria	50.10	Wiseman Mukhobe   Kenya	50.48
3000 metres steeplechase details	Hailemariyam Amare   Ethiopia	8:27.38	Tadese Takele   Ethiopia	8:28.31	Geoffrey Kirwa  [ de ]   Kenya	8:29.74
4 × 100 metres relay details	Kenya Dan Asamba  [ de ] Mike Nyang'au Samwel Imeta  [ de ] Ferdinand Omanyala	39.28 NR	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Antonio Alkana Cheswill Johnson Benjamin Richardson Rivaldo Roberts Akani Simbine	39.79	Zimbabwe Ngoni Makusha Dickson Kamungeremu  [ de ] Tapiwa Makarawu Denzel Simusialela  [ de ]	39.81
4 × 400 metres relay details	Botswana Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Leungo Scotch Anthony Pesela Bayapo Ndori Maitseo Keitumetse	3:04.27	Zambia Muzala Samukonga Kennedy Luchembe Patrick Kakozi Nyambe David Mulenga	3:05.53	Nigeria Johnson Nnamani Chidi Okezie Sikiru Adeyemi Emmanuel Ojeli Ayo Adeola	3:07.05
20 kilometres walk details	Samuel Gathimba   Kenya	1:22:01	Wayne Snyman   South Africa	1:22:05	Yohanis Algaw   Ethiopia	1:22:21
High jump details	Hichem Bouhanoun  [ fr ]   Algeria	2.15 m	Mike Edwards   Nigeria	2.15 m	Mpho Links   South Africa	2.15 m
Pole vault details	Medhi-Amar Rouana  [ fr ]   Algeria	5.30 m	Hichem Khalil Cherabi   Algeria	5.20 m	Valko van Wyk  [ es ]   South Africa	4.90 m
Long jump details	Thalosang Tshireletso   Botswana	7.82 m	Cheswill Johnson   South Africa	7.78 m	Amath Faye  [ fr ]   Senegal	7.70 m
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango   Burkina Faso	17.34 m	Thalosang Tshireletso   Botswana	16.77 m	Yasser Triki   Algeria	16.58 m
Shot put details	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi   Nigeria	21.20 m CR	Kyle Blignaut   South Africa	20.60 m	Mohamed Magdy   Egypt	20.33 m
Discus throw details	Werner Visser   South Africa	61.80 m	Victor Hogan   South Africa	58.95 m	Ryan Williams  [ de ]   Namibia	56.70 m
Hammer throw details	Allan Cumming   South Africa	69.13 m	Tshepang Makhethe   South Africa	68.75 m	Alaa el-Din el-Ashry  [ fr ]   Egypt	68.24 m
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego   Kenya	79.62 m	Ihab Abdelrahman   Egypt	77.12 m	Phillippus Janse van Rensburg   South Africa	74.10 m
Decathlon details	Larbi Bourrada   Algeria	7776 pts	Fredriech Pretorius   South Africa	7504 pts	Jesse Perez  [ de ]   South Africa	7396 pts

Women

Chronology: 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Gina Bass   Gambia	11.06	Aminatou Seyni   Niger	11.08	Carina Horn   South Africa	11.09
200 metres details	Aminatou Seyni   Niger	23.04	Maximilla Imali   Kenya	23.43	Rhoda Njobvu   Zambia	23.51
400 metres details	Miranda Coetzee   South Africa	51.82	Niddy Mingilishi  [ de ]   Zambia	52.36	Veronica Mutua   Kenya	52.76
800 metres details	Jarinter Mwasya   Kenya	2:02.80	Netsanet Desta   Ethiopia	2:02.99	Prudence Sekgodiso   South Africa	2:03.46
1500 metres details	Winny Chebet   Kenya	4:16.10	Purity Chepkirui   Kenya	4:16.28	Ayal Dagnachew   Ethiopia	4:16.45
5000 metres details	Beatrice Chebet   Kenya	15:00.82 CR	Fantaye Belayneh   Ethiopia	15:01.89	Caroline Nyaga   Kenya	15:05.34
10,000 metres details	Caroline Nyaga   Kenya	32:12.61	Rachael Zena Chebet   Uganda	32:17.66	Meseret Gebre  [ de ]   Ethiopia	32:25.97
100 metres hurdles details	Tobi Amusan   Nigeria	12.57	Ebony Morrison   Liberia	12.77	Marione Fourie   South Africa	12.93
400 metres hurdles details	Zenéy van der Walt   South Africa	56.00	Taylon Bieldt   South Africa	56.67	Noura Ennadi   Morocco	58.06
3000 metres steeplechase details	Werkuha Getachew   Ethiopia	9:36.81	Zerfe Wondemagegn   Ethiopia	9:41.37	Caren Chebet  [ de ]   Kenya	9:43.64
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Praise Idamadudu Tima Godbless Praise Ofoku  [ de ] Tobi Amusan Joy Abu Balikis Yakubu	44.45	South Africa Marzaan Loots  [ de ] Banele Shabangu  [ de ] Charlize Eilerd  [ de ] Phindile Kubheka  [ de ] Tamzin Thomas	44.87	Gambia Fatou Sowe  [ de ] Maimouna Jallow  [ de ] Nyimasata Jawneh  [ de ] Gina Bass	44.97
4 × 400 metres relay details	South Africa Miranda Coetzee Taylon Bieldt Precious Molepo Zenéy van der Walt	3:29.34	Kenya Jacinta Shikanda Hellen Syombua Joan Cherono  [ de ] Veronica Mutua	3:35.55	Nigeria Deborah Oke  [ de ] Queen Usunobun  [ de ] Ella Onojuvwevwo Patience Okon George	3:36.24
20 kilometres walk details	Emily Ngii   Kenya	1:34:30	Yehualeye Beletew   Ethiopia	1:35:48	Silvia Kemboi   Kenya	1:39:40
High jump details	Rose Yeboah   Ghana	1.79 m	Temitope Adeshina   Nigeria	1.79 m	Yvonne Robson  [ de ]   South Africa	1.79 m
Pole vault details	Mirè Reinstorf   South Africa	3.80 m	Dorra Mahfoudhi   Tunisia	3.70 m	Nicole Janse van Rensburg  [ de ]   South Africa	3.70 m
Long jump details	Marthe Koala   Burkina Faso	6.42 m	Yousra Lajdoud  [ de ]   Morocco	6.37 m	Esraa Owis   Egypt	6.29 m
Triple jump details	Sangoné Kandji   Senegal	13.76 m	Saly Sarr   Senegal	13.42 m	Veronique Kossenda Rey   Cameroon	13.35 m
Shot put details	Ischke Senekal   South Africa	16.40 m	Carine Mékam  [ de ]   Gabon	15.87 m	Zonica Lindeque  [ de ]   South Africa	15.79 m
Discus throw details	Chioma Onyekwere   Nigeria	58.19 m	Nora Monie Atim  [ de ]   Cameroon	54.44 m	Obiageri Amaechi   Nigeria	54.15 m
Hammer throw details	Oyesade Olatoye   Nigeria	63.67 m	Zouina Bouzebra   Algeria	63.48 m	Rawan Barakat  [ de ]   Egypt	62.67 m
Javelin throw details	Jo-Ane van Dyk   South Africa	60.65 m	Mckyla van der Westhuizen  [ de ]   South Africa	55.55 m	Jana van Schalkwyk   South Africa	54.49 m
Heptathlon details	Odile Ahouanwanou   Benin	5756 pts	Shannon Verster  [ de ]   South Africa	5329 pts	Nada Chroudi  [ de ]   Tunisia	5117 pts

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay details	Botswana Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Motlatsi Ranthe  [ de ] Keitumetse Maitseo  [ de ] Christine Botlogetswe	3:21.85	Nigeria Emmanuel Ojeli Ella Onojuvwevwo Ayo Adeola  [ de ] Patience Okon George	3:22.38	Kenya Collins Omae Gichana  [ de ] William Rayian Veronica Mutua Jarinter Mwasya	3:22.75

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya  (KEN)	10	5	8	23
2	South Africa  (RSA)	9	13	14	36
3	Nigeria  (NGR)	5	3	3	11
4	Algeria  (ALG)	5	3	1	9
5	Ethiopia  (ETH)	4	6	4	14
6	Botswana  (BOT)	4	2	1	7
7	Burkina Faso  (BFA)	2	0	0	2
8	Zambia  (ZAM)	1	2	1	4
9	Senegal  (SEN)	1	1	1	3
10	Niger  (NIG)	1	1	0	2
11	Gambia  (GAM)	1	0	1	2
12	Benin  (BEN)	1	0	0	1
	Ghana  (GHA)	1	0	0	1
14	Cameroon  (CMR)	0	2	1	3
15	Egypt  (EGY)	0	1	4	5
16	Morocco  (MAR)	0	1	2	3
	Tunisia  (TUN)	0	1	2	3
18	Gabon  (GAB)	0	1	0	1
	Liberia  (LBR)	0	1	0	1
	Mauritius  (MRI)*	0	1	0	1
	Uganda  (UGA)	0	1	0	1
22	Namibia  (NAM)	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe  (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		45	45	45	135

References

1. Omogbeja, Yomi (April 2, 2022). "What To Know About The 22nd CAA African Championships Maurice 2022". www.athletics.africa. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
2. "COCAAS22 – MAA – Mauritius Athletics Association" . Retrieved 2024-03-24.
3. "Triumph and Heartache at African Athletics Champs 2022". allAfrica.com. 2022-06-11. Retrieved 2024-03-24.

External links

• Official site
• Results Archived 2022-10-02 at the Wayback Machine