Athletics at the 2023 African Games

Athletics at the 2023 African Games
Venue	Legon Sports Stadium
Dates	18–22 March 2024
Competitors	571 from 46 nations
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Athletics at the 2023 African Games was held from 18 to 22 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana. ^[1]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Ghana)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria  (NGR)	11	6	5	22
2	Ethiopia  (ETH)	7	7	4	18
3	South Africa  (RSA)	7	1	3	11
4	Kenya  (KEN)	6	6	8	20
5	Ghana  (GHA)*	3	2	1	6
6	Algeria  (ALG)	2	4	4	10
7	The Gambia  (GAM)	2	0	0	2
8	Morocco  (MAR)	1	2	0	3
	Zambia  (ZAM)	1	2	0	3
10	Cameroon  (CMR)	1	1	4	6
11	Egypt  (EGY)	1	1	3	5
12	Burkina Faso  (BUR)	1	1	2	4
	Senegal  (SEN)	1	1	2	4
14	Benin  (BEN)	1	0	0	1
	Eritrea  (ERI)	1	0	0	1
	South Sudan  (SSD)	1	0	0	1
17	Botswana  (BOT)	0	3	3	6
18	Liberia  (LBR)	0	2	1	3
	Uganda  (UGA)	0	2	1	3
20	Tunisia  (TUN)	0	2	0	2
21	Guinea  (GUI)	0	1	0	1
	Madagascar  (MAD)	0	1	0	1
	Mali  (MLI)	0	1	0	1
	Somalia  (SOM)	0	1	0	1
25	Namibia  (NAM)	0	0	2	2
	Zimbabwe  (ZIM)	0	0	2	2
27	Republic of the Congo  (CGO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		47	47	46	140

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Emmanuel Eseme   Cameroon	10.14	Usheoritse Itsekiri   Nigeria	10.23	Gilbert Hainuca   Namibia	10.29
200 metres details	Joseph Amoah   Ghana	20.70	Claude Itoungue Bongogne   Cameroon	20.74	Consider Ekanem   Nigeria	20.80
400 metres details	Chidi Okezie   Nigeria	45.06	Muzala Samukonga   Zambia	45.37	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf   Senegal	45.49
800 metres details	Aaron Cheminingwa   Kenya	1:45.72	Ngeno Kipngetich   Kenya	1:45.73	Tumo Nkape   Botswana	1:46.04
1500 metres details	Brian Komen   Kenya	3:39.19	Ermias Girma   Ethiopia	3:39.40	Abel Kipsang   Kenya	3:39.45
5000 metres details	Hagos Gebrhiwet   Ethiopia	13:38.12	Abdullahi Jama Mohamed   Somalia	13:38.64	Cornelius Kemboi   Kenya	13:40.61
10,000 metres details	Nibret Melak   Ethiopia	29:45.37	Gemechu Dida   Ethiopia	29:45.68	Evans Kiptum   Kenya	29:47.61
110 metres hurdles details	Louis François Mendy   Senegal	13.61	Amine Bouanani   Algeria	13.69	Yousuf Badawy Sayed   Egypt	13.83
400 metres hurdles details	Saad Hinti   Morocco	48.82 NR	Victor Ntweng   Botswana	49.38	Kemorena Tisang   Botswana	50.09
3000 metres steeplechase details	Samuel Firewu   Ethiopia	8:24.30	Amos Serem   Kenya	8:25.77	Simon Koech   Kenya	8:26.19
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Israel Okon Sunday Consider Ekanem Alaba Akintola Usheoritse Itsekiri Edose Ibadin*	38.41	Ghana Edwin Gadayi Benjamin Azamati Solomon Hammond Joseph Amoah	38.43	Liberia John Sherman Emmanuel Matadi Jabez Reeves Joseph Fahnbulleh	38.73 NR
4 × 400 metres relay details	Zambia Patrick Nyambe Kennedy Luchembe David Mulenga Muzala Samukonga	2:59.12 GR, NR	Botswana Busang Kebinatshipi Leungo Scotch Boitumelo Masilo Bayapo Ndori Omphile Seribe*	2:59.32	Nigeria Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel Sikiru Adeyemi Chidi Okezie Dubem Nwachukwu*	3:01.84
Half marathon details	Samsom Amare   Eritrea	1:05:04	William Amponsah   Ghana	1:05:13	Isaac Mpofu   Zimbabwe	1:05:37
20 kilometres walk details	Misgana Wakuma   Ethiopia	1:28:05	Samuel Gathimba   Kenya	1:28:06	Ismail Benhammouda   Algeria	1:31:12
High jump details	Evans Yamoah   Ghana	2.23 m	Saad Hammouda   Morocco	2.21 m	Mpho Links   South Africa	2.21 m
Pole vault details	Mehdi Amar Rouana   Algeria	5.30 m	Boubacar Diallo   Mali	5.00 m	Abera Alemu   Ethiopia	4.00 m
Long jump details	Asande Mthembu   South Africa	7.86 m	Yasser Triki   Algeria	7.83 m w	Appolinaire Yinra   Cameroon	7.71 m
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango   Burkina Faso	16.97 m	Amath Faye   Senegal	16.24 m	Yacouba Loué   Burkina Faso	15.86 m
Shot put details	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi   Nigeria	21.06 m	Mostafa Amr Hassan   Egypt	20.70 m	Mohamed Magdi Hamza   Egypt	20.29 m
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan   South Africa	62.56 m	Oussama Khennoussi   Algeria	59.97 m	Ryan Williams   Namibia	55.42 m
Hammer throw details	Mostafa El Gamel   Egypt	73.65 m	Mohsen Mohamed Anani   Tunisia	67.71 m	Allan Cumming   South Africa	67.57 m
Javelin throw details	Nnamdi Chinecherem   Nigeria	82.80 m NR	Julius Yego   Kenya	81.74 m	Mustafa Mahmoud Abdel Khaliq   Egypt	78.10 m
Decathlon details	Fredriech Pretorius   South Africa	7550 pts	Edwin Kimutai Too   Kenya	7140 pts NR	Dhiae Boudoumi   Algeria	6943 pts

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Gina Bass   The Gambia	11.36	Maia McCoy   Liberia	11.49	Olayinka Olajide   Nigeria	11.55
200 metres details	Gina Bass   The Gambia	23.13	Olayinka Olajide   Nigeria	23.18	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi   Republic of the Congo	23.42
400 metres details	Mary Moraa   Kenya	50.57	Esther Elo Joseph   Nigeria	51.61	Sita Sibiri   Burkina Faso	51.74 NR
800 metres details	Tsige Duguma   Ethiopia	1:57.73	Halima Nakaayi   Uganda	1:58.59	Vivian Chebet Kiprotich   Kenya	2:00.27
1500 metres details	Hirut Meshesha   Ethiopia	4:05.71 GR	Hawi Abera   Ethiopia	4:06.09	Mary Ekiru   Kenya	4:06.22
5000 metres details	Medina Eisa   Ethiopia	15:04.32	Birtukan Molla   Ethiopia	15:05.32	Melknat Wudu   Ethiopia	15:07.04
10,000 metres details	Janeth Chepngetich   Kenya	33:37.00	Wede Kefale   Ethiopia	33:38.37	Tekan Berhe   Ethiopia	33:51.50
100 metres hurdles details	Tobi Amusan   Nigeria	12.89	Sidonie Fiadanantsoa   Madagascar	13.19	Ashley Kamangirira   Zimbabwe	13.59
400 metres hurdles details	Rogail Joseph   South Africa	55.39	Noura Ennadi   Morocco	55.85	Linda Angounou   Cameroon	56.41
3000 metres steeplechase details	Beatrice Chepkoech   Kenya	9:15.61 GR	Peruth Chemutai   Uganda	9:16.07	Lomi Muleta   Ethiopia	9:26.63
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan Olayinka Olajide Moforehan Abinusawa Tobi Amusan Chisom Onyebuchi* Blessing Ogundiran*	43.05	Liberia Ebony Morrison Destiny Smith-Barnett Maia McCoy Shania Collins	44.02	Ghana Mary Boakye Janet Mensah Doris Mensah Halutie Hor Benedicta Kwartemaa*	44.21
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Esther Elo Joseph Patience Okon George Brittany Ogunmokun Omolara Ogunmakinju	3:27.29	Zambia Niddy Mingilishi Quincy Malekani Abygirl Sepiso Rhoda Njobvu	3:31.85 NR	Botswana Tlhomphang Basele Lydia Jele Obakeng Kamberuka Oratile Nowe	3:33.44
Half marathon details	Atalena Loliha   South Sudan	1:14:36	Zewditu Aderaw   Ethiopia	1:14:40	Nancy Chepleting Meli   Kenya	1:15:07
20 kilometres walk details	Emily Wamusyi Ngii   Kenya		Sintayehu Masire   Ethiopia		Souad Azzi   Algeria
High jump details	Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah   Ghana	1.90 m	Fatoumata Balley   Guinea	1.81 m	Darina Hadil Rezik   Algeria	1.78 m
Pole vault details	Miré Reinstorf   South Africa	4.35 m GR	Dorra Mahfoudhi   Tunisia	3.70 m	Not awarded as the event had 2 athletes
Long jump details	Ese Brume   Nigeria	6.92 m w	Marthe Koala   Burkina Faso	6.81 m w	Prestina Ochonogor   Nigeria	6.67 m w
Triple jump details	Ruth Usoro   Nigeria	13.80 m	Winny Bii   Kenya	13.64 m	Saly Sarr   Senegal	13.60 m
Shot put details	Ashley Erasmus   South Africa	16.98 m	Oyesade Olatoye   Nigeria	16.61 m	Ischke Senekal   South Africa	16.38 m
Discus throw details	Obiageri Amaechi   Nigeria	58.93 m	Chioma Onyekwere   Nigeria	58.03 m	Nora Monie   Cameroon	56.11 m
Hammer throw details	Zahra Tatar   Algeria	69.65 m GR, NR	Zouina Bouzebra   Algeria	68.97 m	Oyesade Olatoye   Nigeria	68.92 m
Javelin throw details	Jo-Ane van Dyk   South Africa	60.80 m GR	Jana van Schalkwyk   South Africa	57.64 m	Josephine Joyce Lalam   Uganda	57.01 m NR
Heptathlon details	Odile Ahouanwanou   Benin	5616 pts	Kemi Francis-Petersen   Nigeria	5268 pts	Adèle Mafogang   Cameroon	5181 pts

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Patience Okon George Sikiru Adeyemi Omolara Ogunmakinju Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel*	3:13.26 AR	Botswana Busang Kebinatshipi Lydia Jele Bayapo Ndori Obakeng Kamberuka Leungo Scotch*	3:13.99 NR	Kenya David Sanayek Kapirante Maureen Thomas Kennedy Kimeu Muthoki Mary Moraa	3:18.03

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

Participating nations

•   Algeria (19)
•   Angola (8)
•   Benin (10)
•   Burundi (7)
•   Botswana (23)
•   Burkina Faso (14)
•   Central African Republic (2)
•   Republic of the Congo (21)
•   Ivory Coast (5)
•   Cameroon (10)
•   Democratic Republic of the Congo (5)
•   Djibouti (6)
•   Egypt (13)
•   Equatorial Guinea (8)
•   Eritrea (15)
•   Eswatini (2)
•   Ethiopia (87)
•   Gabon (4)
•   The Gambia (9)
•   Ghana (36)
•   Guinea (3)
•   Guinea-Bissau (2)
•   Kenya (51)
•   Liberia (10)
•   Libya (1)
•   Lesotho (3)
•   Madagascar (4)
•   Malawi (2)
•   Mali (8)
•   Mauritania (2)
•   Morocco (16)
•   Mozambique (2)
•   Namibia (21)
•   Nigeria (44)
•   Niger (2)
•   Rwanda (1)
•   São Tomé and Príncipe (2)
•   Senegal (11)
•   Seychelles (7)
•   Sierra Leone (12)
•   South Africa (30)
•   South Sudan (5)
•   Somalia (1)
•   Sudan (2)
•   Zambia (14)
•   Zimbabwe (11)

References

1. "African Games 2023: Know the venues for all 30 sporting disciplines". My Joy Online. 19 February 2024.

External links

• Results- 2023 edition official website
• World Athletics Results
• Results book