2000 African Championships in Athletics
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The 12th African Championships in Athletics
were held in Algiers
, Algeria
in July, 2000.
African Championships in Athletics
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics. It is generally organised biennually, every other event is held same year as the Summer Olympics....
were held in Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
in July, 2000.
Men's Results
| 100 m | Abdul Aziz Zakari  Ghana |
10.13 | Stéphan Buckland  Mauritius |
10.20 | Kenneth Andam Kenneth Andam Kenneth Andam is a retired Ghanaian sprinter, an inventor, and an avid entrepreneur. Kenneth attended Brigham Young University and competed on the track team with Leonard Myles-Mills... Ghana |
10.33 |
| 200 m | Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana |
20.23 | Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon Joseph Batangdon is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Batangdon became African champion in 2004, a month before the 2004 Summer Olympics. Competing in the 200 metres contest, he did advance from the heats but pulled out of the competition.- Achievements...  Cameroon |
20.31 =NR | Oumar Loum Oumar Loum Oumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...  Senegal |
20.76 |
| 400 m | Eric Milazar Eric Milazar Éric Milazar is a Mauritian athlete competing in the 200 metres and 400 metres. He was born in Rodrigues and currently resides in Coromandel, Mauritius.... Mauritius |
45.62 | Malik Louahla Malik Louahla Malik Louahla is an Algerian sprinter, he specializes in the 200 and 400 metres.In the 400m heats at the 2001 World Championships, Louahla ran a career best of 45.13 seconds. The following day, he ran a time of 45.14 seconds, but was eliminated from the competition in the semi-final...  Algeria |
45.78 | Sofiène Labidi  Tunisia |
45.81 |
| 800 m | Djabir Saïd-Guerni Djabir Saïd-Guerni Djabir Saïd-Guerni is a retired Algerian athlete who competed in the 800 metres.He announced his retirement on 6 May 2007, following injury problems... Algeria |
1:45.88 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Mulaudzi Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi is a South African middle distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres. He carried the flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece for his native country...  South Africa |
1:46.28 | Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi Mouhssin Chehibi is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.His personal best time over the distance is 1:44.16 minutes, achieved in July 2006 in Athens.-Achievements:-External links:...  Morocco |
1:46.47 |
| 1500 m | Youssef Baba Youssef Baba Youssef Baba is an athlete from Morocco who specialises in middle distance running. He was born in Khenifra. He is member of Turkish multi sport club Fenerbahçe SK.-Achievements:- External links :*... Morocco |
3:42.07 | Adil Kaouch Adil Kaouch Adil Kaouch is a Moroccan middle distance runner.In 1998 he won the World Junior Championships over 1500 metres... Morocco |
3:42.53 | Mohamed Khaldi Mohamed Khaldi Mohamed Khaldi is an Algerian long-distance runner. He specializes in the distances from 1500 through 5000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:33.03 min *3000 metres - 7:38.78 min... Algeria |
3:42.77 |
| 5000 m | Ali Saïdi Sief Algeria |
13:26.86 | Saïd Bérioui Saïd Berioui Saïd Berioui is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres - 7:41.83 min *5000 metres - 13:15.10 min *10,000 metres - 27:31.00 min... Morocco |
13:31.75 | Mohamed Saïd El Wardi Mohamed Saïd El Wardi Mohamed Saïd El Wardi is a Moroccan athlete who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running. He was born in Khouribga.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:34.85 min *3000 metres - 7:34.67 min... Morocco |
13:30.01 (???) |
| 10,000 m | Abraha Hadush  Ethiopia |
28:40.51 | Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia |
28:41.11 | Kamel Kohil Algeria |
28:48.98 |
| 3000 m St. Steeplechase (athletics) The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics, which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing.-Rules:The length of the race is usually 3000 m; junior events are 2000 m, as women's events formerly were. The circuit has four ordinary barriers and one water jump. Over 3000 m, each... |
Lotfi Turki Tunisia |
8:33.29 | Laïd Bessou Laïd Bessou Laïd Bessou is an Algerian runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:38.79 min *3000 metres steeplechase - 8:10.23 min -References:... Algeria |
8:35.89 | David Chepkisa  Kenya |
8:39.00 |
| 110 m H 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight... |
Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja is a Malagasy athlete who specializes in the 110 metres hurdles. In his early career he competed in decathlon...  Madagascar |
13.99 | Doudou Félou Sow Senegal |
14.38 | Toufik Dahmani Algeria |
15.10 |
| 400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
Sylvester Omodiale  Nigeria |
49.81 | Jean-Dominique Dième Senegal |
50.29 | Yvon Rakotoarimiandry Madagascar |
50.39 |
| 20 km Walk | Hatem Ghoula Hatem Ghoula Hatem Ghoula is a Tunisian race walker.He holds the African records in both 20,000 metres, 20 km and 50 km walk.-Achievements:-References:**... Tunisia |
1:25:38 | Moussa Aouanouk Algeria |
1:25:42 | Merzak Abbès Algeria |
1:32:37 |
| 4 X 100 m 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race... |
Ghana |
39.90 | Mauritius |
40.07 |  Gabon |
40.53 |
| 4 X 400 m 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes... |
Algeria |
3:05.45 |  Botswana |
3:06.07 | Senegal |
3:06.53 |
Field
| High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer is a former Algerian track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000, taking the bronze medal and made a second appearance at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His personal best of 2.34 m is the Algerian... Algeria |
2.34 CR | Malcolm Hendriks South Africa |
2.20 | Eugène Ernesta  Seychelles |
2.20 NR |
| Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Younès Moudrik Younès Moudrik Younès Moudrik is a retired Moroccan long jumper.-Early career:He was born in Rabat. At the 1994 African Junior Championships he won the bronze medal in the long jump and the gold medal in the high jump. His lifetime best in the latter event remained 2.12 metres, achieved in Algiers in July 1994... Morocco |
8.34 | Hatem Mersal Hatem Mersal Hatem Mohamed Mersal is an Egyptian long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Oslo. This is the current national record.-Achievements:-References:...  Egypt |
7.90 | Mehdi El Ghazouani Mehdi El Ghazouani Mehdi El Ghazouani is a retired Moroccan long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1995 African Junior Championships, and the bronze medal at the 2000 African Championships behind compatriot Younès Moudrik and Egyptian Hatem Mersal. He also competed at the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the... Morocco |
7.88 |
| Pole Vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
Rafik Mefti Algeria |
5.00 | Karim Sène Senegal |
4.80 | Mohamed Benyahia Algeria |
4.65 |
| Triple Jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Andrew Owusu Andrew Owusu Andrew Owusu is a Ghanaian athlete who competes in the triple jump.His personal best was 17.23 metres, achieved in August 1998 in Dakar. This is the Ghanaian record as well as the fourth best triple jump result in Africa, behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa , Ajayi Agbebaku and Khotso Mokoena... Ghana |
16.69 | Samuel Okantey Ghana |
16.69 | Olivier Sanou Olivier Sanou Olivier Sanou is a Burkinan athlete. He was a high jumper before specializing in the triple jump in the late 1990s. A double African champion, Sanou has made his mark in Africa...  Burkina Faso |
16.31 |
| Shot Put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu is a Nigerian shot putter. He also competes occasionally in discus throw.He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals.... Nigeria |
19.02 | John Sullivan South Africa |
17.46 | Hicham Aïtaha Morocco |
16.91 |
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Frits Potgieter South Africa |
60.35 | Mickael Conjungo Mickaël Conjungo Mickaël Conjungo is a French discus thrower. He formerly represented his birth country of the Central African Republic....  Central African Republic |
59.58 | Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu Chima Ugwu is a Nigerian shot putter. He also competes occasionally in discus throw.He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, and the World Championships in 1993, 1997 and 2003 without reaching the finals.... Nigeria |
57.91 |
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Maher Ridane Tunisia |
72.51 | Khaled Es Sayed Yassin Egypt |
72.01 | Walid Abderrazak Mohamed Egypt |
71.67 |
| Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Samir Haouam Algeria |
69.38 | Mohamed Karim Horchani Tunisia |
63.68 | Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim Egypt |
63.71 |
| Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not... |
Rédouane Youcef Rédouane Youcef Rédouane Youcef is a retired Algerian decathlete.He won gold medals at the 1998 and 2000 African Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2002 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games and the bronze medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games... Algeria |
7129 points | Mada Ndiaye Senegal |
6981 points | Adil Chakri Morocco |
6715 points |
Track
| 100 m | Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the... Cameroon |
11.21 | Aïda Diop Aïda Diop Aïda Diop is a Senegalese sprinter who specializes in 100 and 200 metres.At the 2000 African Championships in Algiers she won silver medals in both 100 and 200 metres. She followed up at the 2002 African Championships in Radès with another silver medal in 200 m... Senegal |
11.46 | Monica Twum Monica Twum Monica Afia Twum is a female track and field sprinter from Ghana. Together with Mavis Akoto, Vida Anim and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-Achievements:-External links:... Ghana |
11.47 |
| 200 m | Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the... Cameroon |
22.54 | Aïda Diop Aïda Diop Aïda Diop is a Senegalese sprinter who specializes in 100 and 200 metres.At the 2000 African Championships in Algiers she won silver medals in both 100 and 200 metres. She followed up at the 2002 African Championships in Radès with another silver medal in 200 m... Senegal |
23.01 | Fatima Yusuf Fatima Yusuf Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju is a retired Nigerian athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career. She won 400 metres race in the 1991 All-Africa Games and was second in the 200 metres race. She is married to Adewale Olukoju.She later competed in the 200 meters at the World Championship... Nigeria |
23.27 |
| 400 m | Claudine Komgang Claudine Komgang Claudine Komgang is a Cameroonian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2000 African Championships. She also competed at the 1999 World Championships and the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.Her personal best time is 50.73 seconds, achieved in July... Cameroon |
51.35 | Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo Mireille Nguimgo is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.She has not competed on top level since the 2004 season.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.64 s... Cameroon |
51.81 | Nadjina Kaltouma  Chad |
52.27 |
| 800 m | Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,... Morocco |
1:59.01 | Nouria Mérah-Benida Nouria Mérah-Benida Nouria Mérah-Benida is an Algerian middle distance runner.At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg Mérah-Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1500 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a somewhat surprising gold medal ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely and Gabriela... Algeria |
1:59.73 | Gladys Wamuyu Kenya |
2:00.32 |
| 1500 m | Nouria Mérah-Benida Nouria Mérah-Benida Nouria Mérah-Benida is an Algerian middle distance runner.At the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg Mérah-Benida won silver medals in both 800 metres and 1500 metres. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney she won a somewhat surprising gold medal ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely and Gabriela... Algeria |
4:16.14 | Gladys Wamuyu Kenya |
4:16.56 | Berhane Herpassa Ethiopia |
4:16.87 |
| 5000 m | Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui Asmae Leghzaoui is a Moroccan athletics middle distance runner. She is a two-time Olympian for Morocco.In 1999, Leghzaoui made a running breakthrough by improving her 3000 metres personal best by a minute and breaking the World record for the 10K road race... Morocco |
15:43.46 | Meseret Defar Meseret Defar Meseret Defar is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia who competes chiefly in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres events. She has won medals at top-tier international competitions including Olympic and World Championship gold medals over 5000 metres... Ethiopia |
15:49.86 | Merima Denboba Merima Denboba Merima Denboba is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.Denboba won the 2003 Oeiras International Cross Country, beating two time champion Leah Malot in the process... Ethiopia |
15:53.68 |
| 10,000 m | Souad Aït Salem Souad Aït Salem Souad Aït Salem is an Algerian long-distance runner who specializes mainly in the half marathon and marathon. She was born in Mecheria. She won gold in the 10,000 metres at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics and the 2005 Mediterranean Games. Salem also won the gold in the half marathon at... Algeria |
34:02.28 | Genet Teka Ethiopia |
34:05.18 | Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi Bouchra Chaabi is a Moroccan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She made her Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, running in the 10,000 metres. That year she had been the bronze medallist in the event at the 2000 African Championships in Athletics... Morocco |
34:08.79 |
| 100 m H 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner... |
Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Oluchi is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling. The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a major international event... Nigeria |
13.09 | Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar |
13.21 | Maria-Joëlle Conjungo Central African Republic |
13.77 |
| 400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
Mame Tacko Diouf Mame Tacko Diouf -Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres hurdles - 12.94 s *400 metres hurdles - 54.75 s *200 metres - 23.43 s *400 metres - 53.96 s -External links:... Senegal |
57.48 | Gnima Touré Senegal |
58.96 | Nabila Jami Morocco |
62.45 |
| 10 km Walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times... |
Bahia Boussad Algeria |
49:33 | Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt |
50:15 | Dounia Kara Algeria |
50:55 |
| 4 X 100 m | Ghana |
43.99 | Senegal |
44.62 | Cameroon |
46.97 |
| 4 X 400 m | Cameroon |
3:32.89 | Morocco |
3:42.91 | Algeria |
3:51.01 |
Field
| High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Hind Bounouar Morocco |
1.75 | Amina Lemgherbi Algeria |
1.70 | Hamida Benhocine Algeria |
1.70 |
| Pole Vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
Syrine Balti Tunisia |
3.85 | Annelie van Wyk South Africa |
3.80 | Rasha Abdel Khalek Egypt |
3.10 |
| Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Kéné Ndoye Kene Ndoye Kéné Ndoye is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Senegal |
6.39 | Elisa Cossa  Mozambique |
6.20 | Béryl Laramé Seychelles |
6.18 |
| Triple Jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Baya Rahouli Baya Rahouli Baya Rahouli is an Algerian athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a former African record holder in this event, and has two African championship titles, beating Françoise Mbango Etone and Kéné Ndoye on both occasions... Algeria |
14.23 | Françoise Mbango Etone Françoise Mbango Etone Françoise Mbango Etone is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for France, formerly of the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with an Olympic record distance of 15.39m at the Beijing... Cameroon |
13.87 | Kéné Ndoye Kene Ndoye Kéné Ndoye is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Senegal |
13.81 |
| Shot Put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Hanaa Salah El Melegi Egypt |
16.01 | Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia |
15.39 | Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi -Achievements:-References:... Egypt |
14.97 |
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Monia Kari Monia Kari Monia Kari is a Tunisian discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 61.74 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Tunis. This is the current African record.-Achievements:-References:*... Tunisia |
58.46 | Ndoumbé Gaye Senegal |
50.81 | Felicia Nkiru Ojiego Nigeria |
49.65 |
| Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Caroline Fournier Mauritius |
59.60 | Marwa Hussein Marwa Hussein Marwa Ahmed Hussein Arafat is an Egyptian hammer thrower. Her personal best throw is 68.48 metres, achieved in February 2005 in Cairo. This is the current African record.... Egypt |
57.15 | Djida Yalloulène Algeria |
49.72 |
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Aïda Sellam Aïda Sellam Aïda Sellam is a Tunisian javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 60.87 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Tunis.-Achievements:-External links:... Tunisia |
53.35 | Lindy Leveaux Seychelles |
50.88 | Hanaa Salah El Melegi Egypt |
42.31 |
| Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:... |
Yasmina Kettab Algeria |
5837 points | Maralize Fouché South Africa |
5726 points | Patience Itanyi Nigeria |
5611 points |
Medal table
| 1 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 25 | |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 7 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 13= | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 13= | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 17= | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
External links
- Results - GBR Athletics