2008 African Championships in Athletics

2008 African Championships
Dates	30 April – 4 May
Host city	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Venue	Addis Ababa Stadium
Events	44
Participation	543 athletes from 42 nations
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The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the Addis Ababa Stadium. It is the largest Athletics event held in Ethiopia to date. It was the first time in its then 29-year history the African Championships in Athletics were held in Eastern Africa, despite the region's well-documented success in long-distance running.

In the men's 100 m, Nigerians Olusoji Fasuba and Uchenna Emedolu repeated the places from the 2006 edition. On April 30, there was a 35-minute delay to the men's 10,000 metres due to weather, but the Ethiopians dominated the podium and the race, with the missed absence of world champion Kenenisa Bekele.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria	10.10 SB	Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria	10.21 SB	Hannes Dreyer  South Africa	10.24 PB
200 m details	Thuso Mpuang  South Africa	20.53 PB	Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius	20.62 SB	Samuel Kenosi  Botswana	20.72 NR
400 m details	Ali Babiker Nagmeldin  Sudan	45.64 SB	Isaac Makwala  Botswana	45.64 PB	James Godday  Nigeria	45.77 SB
800 m details	David Rudisha  Kenya	1:44.20 SB CR	Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan	1:45.41 SB	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya	1:46.02
1500 m details	Haron Keitany  Kenya	3:43.47	Gideon Gathimba  Kenya	3:43.56	Juan van Deventer  South Africa	3:43.63
5000 m details	Kenenisa Bekele  Ethiopia	13:49.67	Isaac Songok  Kenya	13:49.91	Ali Abdosh  Ethiopia	13:50.64
10,000 m details	Gebregziabher Gebremariam  Ethiopia	28:17.11 SB	Ibrahim Jeilan  Ethiopia	28:30.66 SB	Eshetu Wendimu  Ethiopia	28:56.36 SB
110 m hurdles details	Hennie Kotze  South Africa	13.95	Samuel Okon  Nigeria	14.08	Selim Nurudeen  Nigeria	14.27
400 m hurdles details	LJ van Zyl  South Africa	48.91 SB	Abderahmane Hammadi  Algeria	49.84 NR	Ibrahima Maïga  Mali	49.84 SB
3000 m s'chase details	Richard Mateelong  Kenya	8:31.61	Michael Kipyego  Kenya	8:32.94	Willy Komen  Kenya	8:41.98
20 km walk details	Mohamed Ameur  Algeria	1:22.55 PB	Hichem Medjeber  Algeria	1:23.29 PB	Hassanine Sebei  Tunisia	1:23.58 SB
4×100 m relay details	Hannes Dreyer Corne Du Plessis Sergio Mullins Thuso Mpuang  South Africa	38.75 CR	Togoh Victor Allah Laryea-Akrong Seth Amoo Eric Nkansah  Ghana	40.30	Idrissa Adam François Belinga Alain Olivier Nyounai Joseph Batangdon  Cameroon	40.60
4×400 m relay details	Pieter Smith Ockert Cilliers Sibusiso Sishi LJ van Zyl  South Africa	3:03.58	Rabah Yousif Ali Babiker Nagmeldin Ahmad Ismail Abubaker Kaki  Sudan	3:04.00 NR	Mamadou Kasse Hann Seth Mbow Mamadou Gueye Nouha Badji  Senegal	3:05.93
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Kabelo Kgosiemang  Botswana	2.34 NR =CR	Mohammed Benhadja  Algeria	2.18	Boubacar Séré  Burkina Faso	2.18 SB
Pole vault details	Mouhcine Cheaouri  Morocco	4.80 PB	Larbi Bouraada  Algeria	4.50	Willem Coertzen  South Africa	4.00 PB
Long jump details	Yahya Berrabah  Morocco	8.04 SB	Jonathan Chimier  Mauritius	7.99 SB	Stephan Louw  Namibia	7.98
Triple jump details	Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal	17.07 NR	Hugo Mamba  Cameroon	16.92 NR	Tarik Bouguetaïb  Morocco	16.82
Shot put details	Abdu Moaty Moustafa  Egypt	18.06	Yasser Ibrahim Farag  Egypt	17.39	Janus Robberts  South Africa	16.44
Discus throw details	Hannes Hopley  South Africa	56.98	Yasser Ibrahim Farag  Egypt	56.06 SB	Nabil Kiram  Morocco	52.99
Hammer throw details	Chris Harmse  South Africa	77.72 SB	Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt	69.70	Ahmed Abd El Raouf  Egypt	68.15
Javelin throw details	Mohamed Ali Kebabou  Tunisia	74.20 PB	Kenechukwu Ezeofor  Nigeria	72.53 PB	Sammy Keskeny  Kenya	69.84 SB
Decathlon details	Larbi Bouraada  Algeria	7574 PB	Willem Coertzen  South Africa	7374	Boualem Lamri  Algeria	6919 SB
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Damola Osayomi  Nigeria	11.22	Vida Anim  Ghana	11.43	Delphine Atangana  Cameroon	11.46
200 m details	Isabel le Roux  South Africa	22.69 PB	Kadiatou Camara  Mali	22.70 NR	Damola Osayomi  Nigeria	22.83 PB
400 m details	Amantle Montsho  Botswana	49.83 NR,CR	Sade Abugan  Nigeria	50.89	Racheal Nachula  Zambia	51.39 NR, NJR
800 m details	Pamela Jelimo  Kenya	1:58.70 NJR	Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique	2:00.47 SB	Agnes Samaria  Namibia	2:00.62 SB
1500 m details	Gelete Burka  Ethiopia	4:08.25	Meskerem Assefa  Ethiopia	4:10.40	Agnes Samaria  Namibia	4:13.91
5000 m details	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	15:49.81	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia	15:50.19	Grace Momanyi  Kenya	15:50.19
10,000 m details	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	32:49.08	Ejegayehu Dibaba  Ethiopia	32:50.36	Wude Ayalew  Ethiopia	32:55.17
100 m hurdles details	Fatmata Fofanah  Guinea	13.10 NR	Toyin Augustus  Nigeria	13.12	Carole Kaboud Mebam  Cameroon	13.52
400 m hurdles details	Joke Odumosu  Nigeria	55.92 SB	Lamiae Lhabze  Morocco	56.07 PB	Aïssata Soulama  Burkina Faso	56.13 SB
3000 m s'chase details	Zemzem Ahmed  Ethiopia	9:44.58 PB	Mekdes Bekele  Ethiopia	9:59.52 SB	Ruth Bosibori  Kenya	10:00.18 SB
20 km walk details	Grace Wanjiru  Kenya	1:39.50 NR	Ararissa Abissa Asnakch  Ethiopia	1:40.12 NR	Mary Njoki  Kenya	1:41.15 PB
4 x 100 m relay details	Endurance Ojokolo Gloria Kemasuode Susan Akene Damola Osayomi  Nigeria	43.79	Gifty Addy Elizabeth Amolofo Esther Dankwah Vida Anim  Ghana	44.12	Tsholofelo Thipe Isabel le Roux Christine Ras Geraldine Pillay  South Africa	44.28
4 x 400 m relay details	Oluoma Nwoke Sade Abugan Endurance Abinuwa Joy Eze  Nigeria	3:30.07	Florence Wasike Charity Wandia Joy Sakari Pamela Jelimo  Kenya	3:37.67	Fatou Diabaye Mame Fatou Faye Maty Salame Souma Fatou  Senegal	3:38.42
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Anika Smit  South Africa	1.88	Marcoleen Pretorius  South Africa	1.84	Marizca Gertenbach  South Africa	1.84
Pole vault details	Leila Ben Youssef  Tunisia	4.00	Nisrine Dinar  Morocco	3.80	Laetitia Berthier  Burkina Faso	3.70
Long jump details	Janice Josephs  South Africa	6.64	Chinaza Amadi  Nigeria	6.31	Patricia Soman  Ivory Coast	6.13
Triple jump details	Françoise Mbango  Cameroon	14.76 SB	Yamilé Aldama  Sudan	14.36 SB	Chinonye Ohadugha  Nigeria	14.14 SB
Shot put details	Vivian Chukwuemeka  Nigeria	17.50	Kasey Onmuchekwa  Nigeria	16.29	Veronica Abrahamse  South Africa	16.00
Discus throw details	Elizna Naude  South Africa	55.34	Suzanne Kragbé  Ivory Coast	49.52	Simoné du Toit  South Africa	47.10
Hammer throw details	Marwa Hussein  Egypt	62.26	Florence Ezeh  Togo	61.26	Funke Adeoye  Nigeria	57.02
Javelin throw details	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	55.17	Lindy Leveau-Agricole  Seychelles	52.92 SB	Hana'a Hassan Omar  Egypt	52.32
Heptathlon details	Patience Okoro  Nigeria	4906	Florence Wasike  Kenya	4867	Nadege Essama Foe  Cameroon	4470
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medals table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	12	2	8	22
2	Nigeria (NGR)	7	7	5	19
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	6	6	3	15
4	Kenya (KEN)	5	5	6	16
5	Algeria (ALG)	2	4	1	7
6	Egypt (EGY)	2	3	2	7
7	Morocco (MAR)	2	2	2	6
8	Botswana (BOT)	2	1	1	4
9	Tunisia (TUN)	2	0	1	3
10	Sudan (SUD)	1	3	0	4
11	Cameroon (CMR)	1	1	4	6
12	Senegal (SEN)	1	0	2	3
13	Guinea (GUI)	1	0	0	1
14	Ghana (GHA)	0	3	0	3
15	Mauritius (MRI)	0	2	0	2
16	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	1	1	2
	Mali (MLI)	0	1	1	2
18	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	1	0	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	1	0	1
	Togo (TOG)	0	1	0	1
21	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	3	3
22	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	0	2	2
23	Burundi (BDI)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		44	44	44	132

Participating nations

See also

• 2008 in athletics (track and field)

References

• Results (archived)

External links

• Official website (archived)
• Official results