2012 African Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

2012 African Championships
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Dates	27 June – 1 July
Host city	Porto Novo, Benin
Venue	Stade Charles de Gaulle
Events	44
Participation	569 athletes from 47 nations
Records set	Championship records
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The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event.

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2008 \| 2010 \| 2012 \| 2014 \| 2016

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Simon Magakwe South Africa	10.29	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud Egypt	10.34	Wilfried Koffi Hua Ivory Coast	10.37
200 metres details	Ben Youssef Meité Ivory Coast	20.62	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud Egypt	20.76	Noah Akwu Nigeria	20.83
400 metres details	Isaac Makwala Botswana	45.25	Oscar Pistorius South Africa	45.52	Willem de Beer South Africa	45.67
800 metres details	Taoufik Makhloufi Algeria	1:43.88	Anthony Chemut Kenya	1:44.53	André Olivier South Africa	1:45.09
1500 metres details	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Kenya	3:35.71 CR	Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti	3:36.34	James Magut Kenya	3:36.35
5000 metres details	Mark Kiptoo Kenya	13:22.38	Jonathan Maiyo Kenya	13:22.89	Timothy Kosgei Kiptoo Kenya	13:24.67
10,000 metres details	Kenneth Kipkemoi Kenya	27:19.74 CR	Mark Kiptoo Kenya	27:20.77	Lewis Mosoti Kenya	27:22.54
110 m hurdles details	Lehann Fourie South Africa	13.60	Selim Nurudeen Nigeria	13.68	Lyès Mokdel Algeria	13.73
400 m hurdles details	Amaechi Morton Nigeria	49.32	Mamadou Kassé Hann Senegal	49.39	Boniface Mucheru Kenya	49.45
3000 m steeplechase details	Abel Mutai Kenya	8:16.05	Wilson Kipkemboi Maraba Kenya	8:16.96	Benjamin Kiplagat Uganda	8:18.73
4 × 100 m relay details	South Africa Hannes Dreyer Simon Magakwe Roscoe Engel Thuso Mpuang	39.26	Nigeria Peter Emelieze Obinna Metu Adetoyi Durotoye Ogho-Oghene Egwero	39.34	Ghana Emmanuel Kubi Timothy Abeyie Ashhad Agyapong Allah Laryea-Akrong	39.40
4 × 400 m relay details	Nigeria Saul Weigopwa Amaechi Morton Abiola Onakoya Isah Salihu	3:02.39	South Africa PC Beneke Ofentse Mogawane Oscar Pistorius Willem de Beer	3:04.01	Kenya Vincent Kiplangat Koskei Vincent Mumo Kiilu Boniface Mucheru Mark Mutai	3:04.12
20 km walk details	Hédi Teraoui Tunisia		David Kimutai Rotich Kenya		Mohamed Ameur Algeria
High jump details	Kabelo Kgosiemang Botswana	2.25	Mohamed Younes Sudan	2.15	Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe Kenya	2.15
Pole vault details	Mouhcine Cheaouri Morocco	5.10	Samir El Mafhoum Morocco	5.00	Ruan Van Wyk South Africa	4.90
Long jump details	Ndiss Kaba Badji Senegal	8.04	Zarck Visser South Africa	7.98	Ignisious Gaisah Ghana	7.73
Triple jump details	Tosin Oke Nigeria	16.98	Issam Nima Algeria	16.69	Hugo Mamba-Schlick Cameroon	16.34
Shot put details	Burger Lambrechts South Africa	19.51	Orazio Cremona South Africa	19.19	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt	18.78
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan South Africa	61.80	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt	59.61	Russel Tucker South Africa	57.99
Hammer throw details	Chris Harmse South Africa	77.22	Mohsen Mohamed Anani Egypt	74.31	Mostafa Al-Gamel Egypt	73.81
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego Kenya	76.68	John Ampomah Ghana	70.65 NR	Kenechukwu Ezeofor Nigeria	69.58
Decathlon details	Ali Kamé Madagascar	7511	Mourad Souissi Algeria	7276	Guillaume Thierry Mauritius	7212

Women

Chronology: 2008 \| 2010 \| 2012 \| 2014 \| 2016

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Ruddy Zang Milama Gabon	11.16	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	11.18	Gloria Asumnu Nigeria	11.28
200 metres details	Gloria Asumnu Nigeria	22.93	Lawretta Ozoh Nigeria	22.93	Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast	23.44
400 metres details	Amantle Montsho Botswana	49.54 NR, CR	Regina George Nigeria	51.11	Amy Mbacké Thiam Senegal	51.68
800 metres details	Francine Niyonsaba Burundi	1:59.11 NR	Eunice Sum Kenya	1:59.13	Malika Akkaoui Morocco	1:59.90
1500 metres details	Rabab Arafi Morocco	4:05.80 CR	Mary Kuria Kenya	4:06.22	Margaret Wangari Kenya	4:06.50
5000 metres details	Gladys Cherono Kenya	15:40.04 CR	Veronica Nyaruai Kenya	15:40.65	Gotytom Gebreslase Ethiopia	15:53.34
10,000 metres details	Gladys Cherono Kenya	32:41.40	Priscah Jepleting Kenya	32:45.73	Betsy Saina Kenya	32:48.36
100 m hurdles details	Gnima Faye Senegal	13.36	Amina Ferguen Algeria	13.56	Uhunoma Osazuwa Nigeria	13.61
400 m hurdles details	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu Nigeria	54.99	Hayat Lambarki Morocco	55.41	Raasin McIntosh Liberia	55.99
3000 m steeplechase details	Mercy Wanjiku Kenya	9:43.26	Birtukan Adamu Ethiopia	9:45.41	Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi Kenya	9:45.95
4 × 100 m relay details	Nigeria Christy Udoh Gloria Asumnu Oludamola Osayomi Lawretta Ozoh	43.21 CR	Ghana Rosina Amenebede Flings Owusu-Agyapong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah	44.35	Ivory Coast Marie-Josée Ta Lou Amandine Allou Affoue Mireille Parfaite Gaha Adeline Gouenon	45.29
4 × 400 m relay details	Nigeria Endurance Abinuwa Omolara Omotosho Margaret Etim Bukola Abogunloko	3:28.77 CR	Botswana Goitseone Seleka Lydia Mashila Oarabile Babolayi Amantle Montsho	3:31.27 NR	Senegal Mame Fatou Faye Amy Mbacké Thiam Fatou Diabaye Ndeye Fatou Soumah	3:31.64
20 km walk details	Grace Wanjiru Njue Kenya	1:40:53	Olfa Lafi Tunisia	1:46:17	Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe Ethiopia	1:49:45
High jump details	Lissa Labiche Seychelles	1.86 NR	Anika Smit South Africa	1.86	Rhizlane Siba Morocco	1.75
Pole vault details	Syrine Balti Tunisia	3.70	Juanita Stander South Africa	3.50	Dorra Mahfoudhi Tunisia Jeannie Van Dyk South Africa	3.40
Long jump details	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	6.96 CR	Janice Josephs South Africa	6.29	Lynique Prinsloo South Africa	6.22
Triple jump details	Sarah Nambawa Uganda	13.90	Charlene Potgieter South Africa	13.90	Jamaa Chnaik Morocco	13.75 NR
Shot put details	Chinwe Okoro Nigeria	16.21	Omotayo Talabi Nigeria	15.63	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang Cameroon	15.41 NR
Discus throw details	Chinwe Okoro Nigeria	56.60	Elizna Naude South Africa	55.88	Kazai Suzanne Kragbe Ivory Coast	54.56
Hammer throw details	Amy Sène Senegal	65.55	Lætitia Bambara Burkina Faso	65.08	Sarah Bensaad Tunisia	60.75
Javelin throw details	Margaret Simpson Ghana	54.62	Justine Robbeson South Africa	52.81	Gerlize de Klerk South Africa	49.85
Heptathlon details	Yasmina Omrani Algeria	5924	Gabriella Kouassi Ivory Coast	5481	Bianca Erwee South Africa	5338

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	10	6	4	20
2	Kenya	9	9	9	27
3	South Africa	6	10	8	24
4	Senegal	3	1	2	6
5	Botswana	3	1	0	4
6	Algeria	2	3	2	7
7	Morocco	2	2	3	7
8	Tunisia	2	1	2	5
9	Ghana	1	2	2	5
10	Ivory Coast	1	1	4	6
11	Uganda	1	0	1	2
12	Burundi	1	0	0	1
	Gabon	1	0	0	1
	Madagascar	1	0	0	1
	Seychelles	1	0	0	1
16	Egypt	0	4	2	6
17	Ethiopia	0	1	2	3
18	Burkina Faso	0	1	0	1
	Djibouti	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
21	Cameroon	0	0	2	2
22	Liberia	0	0	1	1
22	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		44	44	45	133

Participating nations

A total of fifty countries and 816 athletes have stated their intention to take part in the competition – a record high. There were, however, numerous non-starters with some countries like Tanzania or Eritrea not sending any athletes after all and the actual number of participants was about 569 from 47 countries, numbers comparable to last few editions.

Algeria (13)
Angola (1)
Benin (33)
Botswana (16)
Burkina Faso (9)
Burundi (4)
Cameroon (19)
Cape Verde (2)
Central African Republic (1)
Chad (6)
Comoros (1)
Ivory Coast (13)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (3)
Djibouti (6)
Egypt (12)
Equatorial Guinea (4)
Ethiopia (56)
Gabon (3)
Gambia (10)
Ghana (28)
Guinea-Bissau (1)
Kenya (43)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (8)
Libya (15)
Madagascar (4)
Mali (10)
Mauritius (8)
Morocco (16)
Mozambique (2)
Namibia (6)
Niger (11)
Nigeria (43)
Republic of the Congo (8)
Rwanda (5)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
Senegal (16)
Seychelles (10)
Sierra Leone (2)
South Africa (69)
Sudan (4)
Swaziland (2)
Togo (12)
Tunisia (11)
Uganda (11)
Zambia (3)
Zimbabwe (6)

References

21/06/2012 African Championships : record of participation Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-06-23.

Daily reports

Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-28). Lambrechts grabs first gold in rain swept Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-28.
Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-29). Milama wins first-ever sprint title for Gabon – African champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-29.
Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-30). Montsho and Makwala take 400m titles in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-30.
Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-01). Cherono takes 10,000m for second title in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-02). Burundian teen Niyonsaba takes dramatic 800m title as Nigeria top medal table in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-02.

External links

Official site
Results Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
Confederation of African Athletics website

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