The 2010 African Championships in Athletics

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....

was held in Nairobi

Nairobi

Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

, Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

 from 28 July to 1 August 2010.

Background

The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time. Previously two major athletics events have been held in Kenya, namely 1987 All-Africa Games

1987 All-Africa Games

The 4th All-Africa Games were played from August 1, 1987 to August 12, 1987 in Nairobi, Kenya. 42 countries participated in fourteen sports.From the beginning the intent had been to hold the African Games every four years. Economic difficulties and general civil unrest had never allowed this to...

 and 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held in Mombasa, Kenya on 24 March, 2007. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition...

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Preparations

The championships were awarded to Kenya at the April 2007 Confederation of African Athletics

Confederation of African Athletics

The Confederation of African Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Senegal. It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions.-Members:...

 Congress in Dakar

Dakar

Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

, Senega

Senega

Senega is the dried root of the Polygala senega, In 1911, it was official in the British and United States pharmacopoeias. Senega contains an active ingredient, saponin. Senega is used chiefly as a stimulating expectorant in chronic bronchitis. It is occasionally used as a diuretic in renal dropsy...

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The event was originally scheduled to be held from April 28 to May 2, 2010 but due to delayed preparations the event was moved forward . The Moi International Sports Centre

Moi International Sports Centre

Moi International Sports Centre is a multi-purpose stadium in Kasarani, outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. The stadium holds 60,000. It was built in 1987 for the All-Africa Games held in Nairobi. It is currently used mostly for football matches, the Kenya national football team plays most of its home...

 was initially set to become the host venue , but it was later changed to the smaller Nyayo Stadium .

Track

100 m	Ben-Youssef Méité Ben-Youssef Méité Ben-Youssef Méité is a sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the gold medal, with a personal best of 10.08 seconds.-Achievements:-References:...	10.08 PB	Abdul Aziz Zakari	10.12 SB	Simon Magakwe Simon Magakwe Simon Petrus Magakwe is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.-References:...	10.14 SB
200 m	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	20.36 NR	Ben-Youssef Méité Ben-Youssef Méité Ben-Youssef Méité is a sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the gold medal, with a personal best of 10.08 seconds.-Achievements:-References:...	20.39 SB	Simon Magakwe Simon Magakwe Simon Petrus Magakwe is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.-References:...	20.56
400 m	Mohamed Khouaja Mohamed Khouaja Mohamed Ashour Khouaja is a Libyan sprinter, specialising in the 400 metres.He finished seventh in his semi-final heat of the men's 400 metres at the 2009 World Championships, his first World Championship...    Libya	44.98 NR	Rabah Yousif	45.18	Gary Kikaya Gary Kikaya Gary Kikaya is an athlete competing internationally for the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 400 metres. He was born in Lubumbashi....	45.28
800 m	David Rudisha David Rudisha David Lekuta Rudisha is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event.-Early life:...	1:42.84 CR	Alfred Kirwa Yego	1:44.85 SB	Jackson Kivuva Jackson Kivuva Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 800 metres. His surname is sometimes spelled as Kivuna....	1:45.47 SB
1500 m	Asbel Kiprop Asbel Kiprop Asbel Kiprop is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. Kiprop was awarded the 1500 m gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics after the original winner, Rashid Ramzi, tested positive for doping...	3:36.19 CR	Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou is a male middle distance runner from Morocco, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics on two occasions; in 2004 and 2008. He began his career as an 800 metres specialist and made his global debut at the 2003 World...	3:36.38	Mekonnen Gebremedhin Mekonnen Gebremedhin Mekonnen Gebremedhin is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres....	3:36.65
5000 m	Edwin Soi Edwin Soi Edwin Cheruiyot Soi is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 and 5000 metres.His earliest honours were team gold medals with Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 2006 and 2007...	13:30.46 SB	Vincent Yator	13:30.53 SB	Mark Kiptoo Mark Kiptoo Mark Kosgey Kiptoo is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres.He was born in Lugari. One of his earliest major events was the 2007 Military World Games, where he won the 5000 m and took second place behind compatriot John Cheruiyot Korir over 10,000 metres...	13:32.45 SB
10,000 m	Wilson Kiprop Wilson Kiprop Wilson Kiprop is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres and half marathon. He was the world champion at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 2010 and was the 10,000 m gold medalist at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics.He started competing at the...	27:32.91	Moses Kipsiro Moses Kipsiro Moses Ndiema Kipsiro is a Ugandan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres. He was the bronze medallist in the event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics...	27:33.37	Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions...	27:33.83
110 m hurdles	Othmane Hadj Lazib Othmane Hadj Lazib Othmane Hadj Lazib is a hurdler from Algeria. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles with a time of 13.77.-External links:...	13.77	Selim Nurudeen Selim Nurudeen Selim Nurudeen is a hurdler from Nigeria. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the silver medal in the 110 metre hurdles with a time of 13.83 seconds.-References:...	13.83	Ruan de Vries Ruan de Vries Ruan de Vries is a hurdler from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in the 110 metre hurdles with a time of 13.98 seconds.-References:...	13.98
400 m hurdles	L. J. van Zyl L. J. van Zyl Louis Jacob van Zyl, known as L.J. van Zyl, is a South African athlete competing in the 400 metre hurdles. He is the South African record holder in the event with a personal best of 47.66 seconds...	48.51 SB	Cornel Fredericks Cornel Fredericks Cornel Edwin Fredericks is a South African track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles. His personal best for the event is 48.14 seconds....	48.79 SB	Mamadou Kasse Hann	49.10 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Richard Mateelong Richard Mateelong Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metre steeplechase. He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and he has two World Championship medals in the discipline.-Career:He was born in Lenape village, near Narok town in 1983. He...	8:23.54	Ezekiel Kemboi Ezekiel Kemboi Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is a Kenyan athlete, winner of the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2004 Summer Olympics, the 2009 World Championships and the 2011 World Championships. He became African Junior Champion in 2001 and came to prominence with a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games...	8:26.13	Roba Gary Chubeta	8:27.15
20 km walk	Hassanine Sebei Hassanine Sebei Hassanine Sebei, , is a Tunisian racewalker who specialises in the 20 kilometres race walk. He was the 2010 African champion and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics....	1:20:36 CR	David Kimutai Rotich	1:21:07 SB	Hichem Medjeber	1:22:53 PB
4 x 100 m relay	Hannes Dreyer Hannes Dreyer Johannes "Hannes" Jacobus Gerhardu Dreyer is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Dreyer represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang... Simon Magakwe Simon Magakwe Simon Petrus Magakwe is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.-References:... Lehann Fourie Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang Thuso Mpuang is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Mpuang represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Leigh Julius, Ishmael Kumbane and Hannes Dreyer. In their qualification heat they did not finish...	39.12	Fred Agbaje Benjamin Adukwu Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ogho-Oghene Omano Egwero is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.... Obinna Metu Obinna Metu Joseph Obinna Metu is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in July 2008 in Leverkusen....	39.22	Emmanuel Appiah Kubi Nana Kofi Sanah Godwin Hukporti Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark.Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he...	39.31
4 x 400 m relay	Geoffrey Ngeno Vincent Koskei Julius Kirwa Julius Kirwa Julius Kirwa is a Kenyan runner who mainly runs 400 metres races.He represented Kenya at the 2006 Commonwealth Games at the age of 16... Mark Mutai Mark Mutai Mark Kiprotich Mutai is a runner from Kenya, who specializes in 400 metres. He is a Commonwealth Games gold medallist.He competed at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, Germany, but did not advance heats....	3:02.96	Isaac Makwala Isaac Makwala Isaac Makwala is a Botswana sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-References:... Thapelo Ketlogetswe Pako Seribe Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ngwigwa Obakeng Ambrose Ngwigwa is a Botswana sprinter.He won the bronze medal over 400 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a personal best and national junior record of 45.97 seconds.-External links:...	3:05.16	Saul Weigopwa Saul Weigopwa Saul Weigopwa is a Nigerian athlete, who specializes in 400 metres, where his personal best is 45.00s .... James Godday James Godday James Godday is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in 400 metres. He was born in Kaduna.Godday was a part of the Nigerian team that won the bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics 4 x 400 metres relay. In the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, he competed in 400 metres where he was knocked out in the... Tobi Ogunmola Isah Salihu	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....	Kabelo Kgosiemang Kabelo Kgosiemang Kabelo Kgosiemang is a male high jumper from Botswana. He won the 2006 African Championships in Athletics with a personal best jump of 2.30 metres, the best result since Abderrahmane Hammad won with 2.34 m in 2000....	2.19	Bong Matogno	2.15 SB	Fernand Djoumessi  & Mohamed Idris	2.15
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...	Hamdi Dhouibi Hamdi Dhouibi Hamdi Dhouibi is a Tunisian decathlete.He held the African record with 8023 points, achieved at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. The record was broken by Larbi Bouraada of Algeria at the 2009 World Championships...	4.70	Larbi Bouraada	4.60	Mourad Souissi	4.40
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...	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena Godfrey Khotso Mokoena is a South African athlete who specializes in the long jump and triple jump.-Early Life and Family:...	8.23 SB	Ndiss Kaba Badji Ndiss Kaba Badji Ndiss Kaba Badji is a Senegalese athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He is the Senegalese record holder for triple jump, with 17.07 metres achieved when he won the 2008 African Championships...	8.10	Stanley Gbagbeke	8.06
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...	Tosin Oke Tosin Oke Tosin Oke is a Nigerian triple jumper. He formerly represented Britain & is sponsored by Mizuno.He began competing in 1997 for Cambridge Harriers, South-east London, and was coached by Guy Spencer...	17.22	Hugo Mamba-Schlick Hugo Mamba-Schlick Hugo Lucien Mamba-Schlick is a Cameroonian triple jumper.He finished sixth at the 2006 African Championships won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games and won the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships without reaching...	16.78 SB	Tumelo Thagane	16.64
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....	Burger Lambrechts Burger Lambrechts Burger Lambrechts is a South African shot putter.He attended Laerskool Nelspruit, where he was head-boy in 1986 and Hoërskool Waterkloof, where he was vice head-boy in 1991....	18.63	Roelof Potgieter	18.62	Orazio Cremona	18.27
Discus throw 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...	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly is an Egyptian discus thrower.In 1999 he was recruited by former African shot put champion Nagui Asaad, who was setting up a throwing school that also included hammer thrower Mohsen El Anany and shot putter Yasser Fathy...	59.30	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Yasser Ibrahim Farag Yasser Ibrahim Farag is an Egyptian shot putter.He has also taken part in discus throw competitions. In 2003 he was the Egyptian champion in both shot put and discus throw....	58.71	Victor Hogan	58.11
Hammer throw 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...	Mohsen El Anany Mohsen El Anany Mohsen El Anany is an Egyptian hammer thrower. He was born in Tunis, Tunisia.He started as a runner and was chosen for the throw events by the Egyptian coach Emad Fayez, following that El Anany was recruited by former African shot put champion Nagui Asaad, who was setting up a throwing school...	74.72	Chris Harmse Chris Harmse Christiaan Harmse is a South African hammer thrower. He has broken the African record seven times, and holds the championship record for both the African Championships and All-Africa Games....	72.56	Mostafa Hesham El Gamel	71.40
Javelin throw 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...	Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman	78.02 SB	Gerhardus Pienaar Gerhardus Pienaar Gerhardus Pienaar is a South African javelin thrower and former Junior World Champion from South Africa. His personal best throw is 84.50 metres, achieved in October 2003 in Hyderabad...	75.96	Julius Yego	74.51 SB
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...	Larbi Bouraada	8148 CR	Mourad Souissi	7818 PB	Guillaume Thierry	7100

Track

100 m	Blessing Okagbare Blessing Okagbare Blessing Okagbare is a Nigerian long and triple jumper and short sprinter.In May 2007, at the All-Africa Games trials in Lagos, she established a Nigerian record of 14.13 metres in the triple jump. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she won the silver medal in the long jump and finished fourth in the...	11.03 CR	Ruddy Zang Milama	11.15 NR	Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Bolanle Osayomi is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Olympic bronze medal with Nigeria in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...	11.22 SB
200 m	Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Bolanle Osayomi is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Olympic bronze medal with Nigeria in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...	23.36 SB	Estie Wittstock	23.50 SB	Ruddy Zang Milama	23.59 PB
400 m	Amantle Montsho Amantle Montsho Amantle Montsho is a female sprinter from Botswana who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the final at the latter edition...	50.03 SB	Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam is a Senegalese athlete competing in the 400 metres. She has won medals in two World Championships, but at the 2004 Olympics she was knocked out in the heats...	51.32 SB	Shade Abugan	51.63
800 m	Zahra Bouras	2:00.22	Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world champion.- Early career :Janeth, nicknamed "Eldoret Express" is from Kabirirsang, near Kapsabet. Famous athletes Wilson Kipketer and Wilfred Bungei are also from the same village. She started athletics while at Kapsumbeiywo Primary...	2:00.50	Malika Akkaoui	2:01.01 PB
1500 m	Nancy Jebet Lagat	4:10.43	Gelete Burka Bati	4:11.12	Btissam Lakhouad Btissam Lakhouad Btissam Lakhouad is a Moroccan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.A Khouribga native, she competed in the 1500 m at both the 2007 and 2008 World Athletics Finals, finishing in sixth and eleventh place, respectively...	4:11.81
5000 m	Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot Vivian Cheruiyot is an athlete from Kenya who specialises in long distance running. She represented Kenya at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics...	16:18.72	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...	16:20.54	Sentayehu Ejigu Sentayehu Ejigu Sentayehu Ejigu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 3000 and 5000 metres...	16:22.32
10,000 m	Tirunesh Dibaba Tirunesh Dibaba Tirunesh Dibaba also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete and the outdoor 5000 metres world record holder. She is the current Olympic 5000 metres and 10,000 metres champion...	31:51.39	Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross-country events...	31:55.50	Linet Masai Linet Masai Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events...	31:59.36 SB
100 m hurdles	Seun Adigun	13.14 SB	Gnima Faye	13.67	Amina Ferguen	13.87
400 m hurdles	Hayat Lambarki	55.96 PB	Ajoke Odumosu	55.97	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo	56.74 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Milcah Chemos Cheywa Milcah Chemos Cheywa Milcah Chemos Cheywa is a runner from Kenya who specialises in 3000 metres steeplechase. She won bronze medals at the distance at both the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in Athletics....	9:32.18 CR	Sofia Assefa Sofia Assefa Sofia Assefa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.She finished thirteenth at the 2009 World Championships and fourth at the 2009 World Athletics Final...	9:32.58	Lydiah Rotich	9:37.32 SB
20 km walk	Grace Wanjiru Njue	1:34:19 AR	Chaima Trabelsi	1:35:33	Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe	1:41:46 SB
4 x 100 m relay	Laureta Ozoh Agnes Osazuwa Agnes Osazuwa Agnes Osazuwa is a female track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.Osazuwa represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay together with Gloria Kemasuode, Oludamola Osayomi and Ene Franca Idoko she also took part in the... Damola Osayemi Blessing Okagbare Blessing Okagbare Blessing Okagbare is a Nigerian long and triple jumper and short sprinter.In May 2007, at the All-Africa Games trials in Lagos, she established a Nigerian record of 14.13 metres in the triple jump. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she won the silver medal in the long jump and finished fourth in the...	43.45	Fanny Appes Ekanga Charlotte Mebenga Amombo Carole Made Kaboud Mebam Delphine Atangana Delphine Atangana Delphine Atangana is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won the bronze medal in the 100 metres and finished seventh in the 200 metres. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships and the 2008 World Indoor...	44.90	Rosina Amenebede Elizabeth Amolofo Elizabeth Amolofo Elizabeth Amolofo is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-References:... Beatrice Gyaman Flings Owusu-Agyapong	45.40
4 x 400 m relay	Shade Abugan Margaret Etim Bukola Abogunloko Ajoke Odumosu	3:29.26	Grace Miroyo Kidake Catherine Nandi Maureen Jelagat Maiyo Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei Janeth Jepkosgei is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world champion.- Early career :Janeth, nicknamed "Eldoret Express" is from Kabirirsang, near Kapsabet. Famous athletes Wilson Kipketer and Wilfred Bungei are also from the same village. She started athletics while at Kapsumbeiywo Primary...	3:35.12	Ndeye Fatou Seck Soumah Fatou Diabaye Marietou Badji Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam Amy Mbacke Thiam is a Senegalese athlete competing in the 400 metres. She has won medals in two World Championships, but at the 2004 Olympics she was knocked out in the heats...	3:35.55

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....	Selloane Tsoaeli	1.75	Lissa Labiche	1.70	Cherotich Koech	1.55
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...	Nisrin Dinar	3.70	Laetitia Berthier	3.50	Sinali Alima Outtara	3.40
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...	Blessing Okagbare Blessing Okagbare Blessing Okagbare is a Nigerian long and triple jumper and short sprinter.In May 2007, at the All-Africa Games trials in Lagos, she established a Nigerian record of 14.13 metres in the triple jump. At the 2007 All-Africa Games she won the silver medal in the long jump and finished fourth in the...	6.62	Comfort Onyali	6.42	Jamaa Chnaik	6.30
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...	Sarah Nambawa	13.95 NR	Nkurika Domeke	13.71 SB	Otonye Iworima Otonye Iworima Otonye Iworima is a Nigerian triple jumper.In 2006 she finished second at the Commonwealth Games and third at the African Championships. For these achievements the The Athletics Federation of Nigeria chose her as the Nigerian Female Athlete of the Year. In 2007 she won another bronze medal, at...	13.65 SB
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....	Mirian Ibekwe	13.67	Priscilla Isiao	13.62 SB	Doris Ratsimbazafy	13.56
Discus throw 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...	Elizna Naude Elizna Naudé Elizna Naudé is a South African discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.87 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Stellenbosch. She is a teacher at Vaalpark Primary School, Sasolburg, South Africa....	56.74	Kazai Suzanne Kragbe	55.53	Sarah Hasseib Dardiri	46.51
Hammer throw 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...	Amy Sene	64.11 NR	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....	62.36 SB	Florence Ezeh Florence Ezeh Florence Edem Apefa Ezeh is a female hammer thrower from Togo, who previously represented France during her career. She set her personal best on August 9, 2002 at the European Championships in Munich. Ezeh attended the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.-Achievements:-References:...	57.94 NR
Javelin throw 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...	Sunette Viljoen Sunette Viljoen Sunette Stella Viljoen is a South African javelin thrower, who has won gold at the Commonwealth Games and African Championships. She also made one Women's Test cricket and 17 Women's One Day International appearances for South Africa between 2000 and 2002.She won gold at the 2009 Summer...	63.33	Justine Robbeson Justine Robbeson Justine Gail Robbeson is a South African athlete who specialises in the javelin throw. She previously competed in the heptathlon, achieving a personal best of 5868 in 2004...	60.24	Hana'a Hassan Omar	55.14
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:...	Margaret Simpson Margaret Simpson Margaret Simpson is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process...	6031 CR	Janet Wienand	5500	Selloane Tsoaeli	5302

Medal table

1	Kenya	10	7	8	25
2	Nigeria	8	5	5	18
3	South Africa	6	7	6	19
4	Egypt	4	2	3	9
5	Algeria	3	2	3	8
6	Morocco	2	1	3	6
7	Botswana	2	1	0	3
7	Tunisia	2	1	0	3
9	Ethiopia	1	4	4	9
10	Senegal	1	3	2	6
11	Côte d'Ivoire	1	2	1	4
12	Ghana	1	1	2	4
13	Uganda	1	1	0	2
14	Lesotho	1	0	1	2
15	Libya	1	0	0	1
16	Cameroon	0	3	1	4
17	Sudan	0	1	1	2
17	Gabon	0	1	1	2
19	Burundi	0	1	0	1
19	Seychelles	0	1	0	1
21	Togo	0	0	1	1
21	Madagascar	0	0	1	1
21	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
21	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0	0	1	1
	Total	44	44	44	132

• Source: http://www.dbresults.net/sitof/risultati/at/2010/Nairobi2807201001/at/stampe/Medagliere.pdf

Participating nations

(16) (6) (5) (14) (12) (8) (12) (1) (10) (11) (2) (14) (2) (6) (63) (2)
(3) (15) (2) (106) (2) (5) (3) (6) (1) (5) (15) (19) (5) (6) (37) (7)
(14) (13) (14) (1) (5) (41) (7) (1) (21) (4) (7) (27) (9) (4)

External links

• Results
• Confederation of African Athletics website