The athletics competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games

2007 All-Africa Games

The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there...

was held on the Stade 5 Juillet 1962

Stade 5 Juillet 1962

Stade 5 Juillet 1962 or 5 July 1962 Stadium , also known as El Djezair Stadium , is a football and athletics stadium located in Algiers, Algeria. The stadium was inaugurated in 1972 with a capacity of 105,000...

 in Algiers, Algeria between 18 July and 22 July 2007. Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 was the most successful nation of the competition having won nine golds and 24 medals in total. South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 was a close second with seven golds and also a total of 24 medals overall. Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

 and Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

 were the next most successful (both with five golds), although Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

 and 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...

 had greater medal hauls.

Track

100 m	Olusoji Fasuba Olusoji Fasuba Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds....    Nigeria	10.18	Eric Nkansah Eric Nkansah Eric Nkansah Appiah is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He is one of the current national record holders in 4 x 100 m relay with 38,12 seconds, achieved at the 1997 World Championships in Athens where the Ghanaian team finished fifth in the final.Participating in the 2004 Summer...    Ghana	10.35	Uchenna Emedolu Uchenna Emedolu Uchenna Emedolu is a Nigerian athlete specializing in short-distance sprints, particularly the 100 metres and the 200 metres. In 100 metres his personal best time is 9.97 seconds, achieved at the 2003 All-Africa Games where he finished second...    Nigeria	10.37
	July 19: The three athletes also shared the podium at the 2006 African Championships, with Fasuba defending the gold medal.
200 m	Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang...    South Africa	20.81	Seth Amoo Seth Amoo Seth Amoo is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Amoo represented Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...    Ghana	20.88	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....    Nigeria	20.94
	July 22: Julius moved up from the bronze medal position at the 2006 African Championships.
400 m	California Molefe California Molefe California Molefe is a Botswana sprinter runner who won a silver medal in 400 metres at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow, becoming the first Botswana athlete to win a major international medal....    Botswana	45.59	Young Talkmore Nyongani Young Talkmore Nyongani Young Talkmore Nyongani is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.96 seconds, achieved in March 2005 in Pretoria...    Zimbabwe	45.76	Mathieu Gnanligo Mathieu Gnanligo Mathieu Gnanligo is a Beninese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.88 seconds, achieved in the heats of the 2008 African Championships in Addis Ababa....    Benin	45.89
	July 20: Molefe won Botswana's second gold medal at the Games, just shortly after Amantle Montsho took the women's 400 m title. Gnanligo won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Benin.
800 m	Abubaker Kaki Khamis Abubaker Kaki Khamis Abubaker Kaki Khamis is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is a two-time World Indoor Champion over the distance and also won gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He represented Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...    Sudan	1:45.22	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	1:45.54	Justus Koech Justus Koech Justus Koech is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris and won a bronze medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja....    Kenya	1:45.80
	July 20: Big surprise victory as Kaki Khamis upset 2004 Olympic silver medallist Mulaudzi.
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...    Kenya	3:38.97	Antar Zerguelaine Antar Zerguelaine Antar Zerguelaïne is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Jijel.-Achievements:-External links:...    Algeria	3:39.04	Tarek Boukensa Tarek Boukensa Tarek Boukensa is an Algerian runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He was born in Annaba.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*800 metres - 1:46.10 min *1500 metres - 3:30.92 min *3000 metres - 7:43.23 min...    Algeria	3:39.18
	July 22: Running on home track, Zerguelaine was narrowly beaten to second while Boukensa defended his position from the 2006 African Championships.
5000 m	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...    Uganda	13:12:51	Josphat Kiprono Menjo   Kenya	13:12.64	Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele Tariku Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres. He is the younger brother of Kenenisa Bekele. He is the fourth fastest Ethiopian ever over 5000 m and 3000 metres...    Ethiopia	13:13.43
	July 22: Kipsiro won Uganda's first gold medal at the Games.
10,000 m	Zersenay Tadese   Eritrea	27:00.30 GR	Tadesse Tola   Ethiopia	27:28.08	Gebregziabher Gebremariam   Ethiopia	27:41.24
	July 19: Tadese won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Eritrea as the first non-Kenyan or Ethiopian to win a medal in the men's 10,000 metres. In addition, 27:00.30 was a new Games record. A number of Kenyans and Ethiopians were absent due to preparations for the 2007 World Championships.
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...	Deriba Merga   Ethiopia	1:02:24	Martin Sulle Martin Sulle Martin Hhaway Sulle is a Tanzanian long-distance runner who specializes in the half marathon.He made his international debut at the 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where he was 15th in the junior race. He competed at the event the following year in Vilamoura, Portugal and was fifth in...    Tanzania	1:03:01	Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle Yonas Kifle is an Eritrean runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres, the half marathon and cross-country running. He was born in Adi Billai. He has represented Eritrea at the Olympics on three occasions; in 2000, 2004 and 2008...    Eritrea	1:03:19
	July 20
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...	Salim Nurudeen   Nigeria	13.59 GR	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	13.72	Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Heusden. This is the current African record. He also holds the African record in 60 metres hurdles with 7.52 seconds, achieved in February 2001 in Ghent.-Achievements:-External links:...    South Africa	13.81
	July 19: Nurudeen established a new Games record.
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...	L.J. van Zyl   South Africa	48.74	Pieter De Villiers Pieter de Villiers (hurdler) Pieter de Villiers is a South African hurdler.-Achievements:-References:...    South Africa	48.91	Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 48.09 seconds, achieved at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.66 s...    South Africa	48.91
	July 21: South African dominance as De Villiers split van Zyl and Myburgh, winners of gold and silver respectively at the 2006 African Championships.
3000 m s'chase	Willy Komen Willy Komen Willy Rutto Komen is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-References:...    Kenya	8:15.11	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...    Kenya	8:16.93	Nahom Mesfin   Ethiopia	8:39.67
	July 18: The Kenyan dominance in the event continued as 2006 World Junior champion Komen upset 2004 Olympic champion Kemboi.
20 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...	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	1:22:33	David Kimutai David Kimutai David Kimutai Rotich , is a race walker from Kenya. He is an African Champion, All-Africa Games winner, Commonwealth Games medalist and has competed twice at the Olympics....    Kenya	1:24:16	Mohamed Ameur Mohamed Ameur Mohamed Ameur is an Algerian race walker. Ameur competed in the 20 km Walk at the 2008 Olympic Games, he finished at a time of 1:32:21 and finished in 48th place.-Achievements:-External links:*...    Algeria	1:25:12
	July 21
4 x 100 m	Nigeria Isaac Uche Isaac Uche Isaac Uche is a Nigerian sprinter.He won the gold medal with the Nigerian 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2007 All-Africa Games. In 60 metres he finished sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships.... , 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.... , Chinedu Oriala Chinedu Oriala Chinedu Oriala is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Nigeria.Oriala represented Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Obinna Metu, Onyeabor Ngwogu and Uchenna Emedolu... , Olusoji Fasuba Olusoji Fasuba Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds....	38.91	South Africa Morne Nagel Morne Nagel Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.... , Leigh Julius Leigh Julius Leigh Ignatius Julius is a South African sprinter.Julius represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Hannes Dreyer, Ishmael Kumbane and Thuso Mpuang... , Lee Roy Newton Lee Roy Newton Lee Roy Newton is a South African sprinter. Together with Morne Nagel, Corne Du Plessis and Matthew Quinn he won a silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.... , Sherwin Vries Sherwin Vries Sherwin Vries is a sprinter who represents South Africa after switching from Namibia in 2003.He finished fifth at the 2001 Summer Universiade and fourth at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics, both over 200 metres...	39.11	Zimbabwe Ngonidzashe Makusha Ngonidzashe Makusha Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100m and Long Jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89s and 8.40m respectively. Both performances achieved during the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he completed the 100m long... , Gabriel Mvumvure, Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai Brian Dzingai is a Zimbabwean Olympic sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. He ran to his personal best time of 20.12 seconds in June 2004 at Austin. This is the current Zimbabwean record. He is an Old Georgian, and attended St George's College, Harare in Harare, Zimbabwe... , Lewis Banda Lewis Banda Lewis Simon Banda is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 44.58 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Tucson. This is the current Zimbabwean record. The same year he reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:*...	39.16 NR
	July 20: Nigeria and South Africa defended their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
4 x 400 m	Botswana Zacharia Kamberuka, Isaac Makwala Isaac Makwala Isaac Makwala is a Botswana sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-References:... , 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:... , Tshepo Kelaotse	3:03.16	Nigeria Olusegun Ogunkule, Edu Nkami, Victor Isaiah, Saul Weigopwa Saul Weigopwa Saul Weigopwa is a Nigerian athlete, who specializes in 400 metres, where his personal best is 45.00s ....	3:03.99	Zimbabwe Nelton Ndebele, Young Talkmore Nyongani Young Talkmore Nyongani Young Talkmore Nyongani is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 44.96 seconds, achieved in March 2005 in Pretoria... , Gabriel Chikomo, Lewis Banda Lewis Banda Lewis Simon Banda is a Zimbabwean sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 44.58 seconds, achieved in May 2004 in Tucson. This is the current Zimbabwean record. The same year he reached the semi-finals of the Olympic Games.-Achievements:-References:*...	3:04.84
	July 22

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....    Botswana	2.27	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	2.24	Mohamed Benhedia   Algeria Arinze Obiora   Nigeria	2.20
	July 22: Kosiemang defended his title from the 2006 African Championships, ahead of veteran Hammad.
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...	Abderrahmane Tamada   Tunisia	5.10	Karim Sène   Senegal	5.10	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...    Tunisia	4.90
	July 21: Tamada moved up one place from the 2006 African Championships, while decathlete Dhouibi defended his bronze medal from then. Only six athletes entered the competition.
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...	Gable Garenamotse Gable Garenamotse Gable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....    Botswana	8.08 (+0.7)	Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette is a Mauritian long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fifth at the 2006 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000...    Mauritius	8.03 (+1.4)	Khotso Mokoena   South Africa	7.99 (+0.6)
	July 22: A tight competition where Mokoena made it to the podium in his last jump, surpassing Issam Nima, before Garenamotse surpassed Casquette. Ignisious Gaisah did not start due to injury.
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...	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...    Senegal	16.80 (+0.0)	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...    Cameroon	16.61 (+0.0)	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	16.32 (+1.0)
	July 19: Khotso Mokoena exited the competition after three invalid attempts.
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....	Yasser Fathy 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....    Egypt	19.20	Roelie Potgieter   South Africa	19.02	Mohammed Medded   Tunisia	17.94
	July 19: Farag, who also won the discus throw silver medal, retained his title from the 2006 African Championships.
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...	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...    Egypt	62.28	Yasser Fathy 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....    Egypt	61.58	Hannes Hopley Hannes Hopley Johannes Hopley is a South African discus thrower. His personal best throw is 67.66 metres, achieved in May 2004 in College Station.-Achievements:-External links:...    South Africa	57.79
	July 18: El Ghazaly and Farag retained their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
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...	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....    South Africa	76.73	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...    Egypt	72.00	Saber Souid   Tunisia	70.01
	July 21: Harmse became the fifth athlete to win three All-Africa Games titles in a row. El Anany and Souid switched places compared to the 2006 African Championships.
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...	John Robert Oosthuizen John Robert Oosthuizen Robert Oosthuizen is a South African javelin thrower. He is a second generation athlete following in his father [Johan Oosthuizen]'s footstep...    South Africa	78.05	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...    South Africa	76.70	Mohamed Ali Kebabou   Tunisia	71.77
	July 22
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...	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...    Tunisia	7838 points GR	Boualem Lamri   Algeria	7473 points	Larbi Bouraada   Algeria	7349 points
	July 18-19: Dhouibi continued his dominance in African decathlon, this time beating the old Games record from 1999 of 7497 points.

Track

100 m	Damola Osayemi   Nigeria	11.20	Constance Mkenku   South Africa	11.27	Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum 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.Anim represented Ghana at the...    Ghana	11.33
	July 19: Mkenku won the first All-Africa Games 100 metres medal for a country other than Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.
200 m	Damola Osayemi   Nigeria	23.21	Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum 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.Anim represented Ghana at the...    Ghana	23.29	Amandine Allou Affoue   Côte d'Ivoire	23.44
	July 22: Osayemi won her second gold medal at the Games. Anim added a silver medal to her bronze and gold medals won in the 100 m and 4x100 m relay respectively.
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...    Botswana	51.13	Joy Eze Joy Eze Joy Eze is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 51.20 seconds, set during the 2007 All-Africa Games....    Nigeria	51.20	Folashade Abugan Folashade Abugan Folashade Abugan is a female Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was the 400 m bronze medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games and improved to the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships, where she set a personal best time of 50.89 seconds...    Nigeria	51.44
	July 20: Montsho won Botswana's first gold medal at the Games.
800 m	Leonor Piuza Leonor Piuza Leonor Piuza is a Mozambican runner, who specializes in the 800 metres.Piuza won the gold medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games and finished sixth at the 2008 African Championships. She also competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....    Mozambique	2:02.83	Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...    Namibia	203.17	Nahida Touhami Nahida Touhami Nahida Touhami is an Algerian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 and 1500 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 24.85 s *400 metres - 53.08 s *800 metres - 1:59.65 min...    Algeria	2:03.79
	July 19: Piuza continued the Mozambican dominance of the event, following Maria Mutola's wins in 1991, 1995 and 1999.
1500 m	Gelete Burika   Ethiopia	4:06.89	Veronica Nyaruai Veronica Nyaruai Veronica Nyaruai Wanjiru is a Kenyan runner who specialises in 1500 metres. She now lives in Kaptagat, where she attends PACE training camp....    Kenya	4:09.11	Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria Agnes Samaria is a Namibian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She was born in Otjiwarongo.Samaria has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2005.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*400 metres - 53.83 s...    Namibia	4:09.18
	July 22: Samaria won her second medal at the Games.
5000 m	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	15:02.72	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...    Ethiopia	15:03.86	Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet   Kenya	15:06.39
	July 18: Defar and Kibet defended their medals from the 2006 African Championships.
10,000 m	Mestawet Tufa Mestawet Tufa Mestawet Tufa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She was the winner of the women's 10,000 metres at the 2007 All-Africa Games and the runner up in the senior women's race at the 2008 World Cross Country Championships.She competed at the Olympic Games, but did not finish her 10,000 metres...    Ethiopia	31:26.05	Edith Masai Edith Masai Edith Chewangel Masai is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who specialised in cross country and track races, then road races in her late career. She represented Kenya at the 2004 Summer Olympics.. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2011-11-07...    Kenya	31:31.18	Irene Kipchumba   Kenya	31:36.78
	July 21: World leader Tufa beat 40-year-old Masai.
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...	Souad Ait 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	1:13:35	Atsede Baysa Atsede Baysa Atsede Baysa Tesema, also known as Atsede Bayisa, is an Ethiopian long distance runner who specialises in road running events. She has won the Paris Marathon twice consecutively, and has also won at the Xiamen International Marathon and the Istanbul Marathon...    Ethiopia	1:13:54	Kenza Dahmani   Algeria	1:14:10
	July 20: The first athletics gold medal for the host country.
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...	Toyin Augustus Toyin Augustus Olutoyin "Toyin" Augustus is a Nigerian hurdler who competes in the 100 metres hurdles.She began her career with a win at the African Championships in Athletics in 2006, easily beating the opposition to the 100 m hurdles title. She went on to represent Africa at the 2006 IAAF World Cup, where...    Nigeria	13.23	Jessica Ohanaja   Nigeria	13.27	Fatmata Fofanah Fatmata Fofanah Fatmata Fofanah is a Guinean athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. Born in Sierra Leone duiring the Civil War, she grew up in Guinea and the United States...    Guinea	13.51
	July 20: Augustus defended her title from the 2006 African Championships. Fofanah won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Guinea.
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...	Muna Jabir Adam Muna Jabir Adam Muna Jabir Adam is a Sudanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.88 s - national record.*400 metres - 53.34 s...    Sudan	54.93 (NR)	Aissata Soulama Aïssata Soulama Aïssata Soulama is a Burkinabé athlete who specialises in the 400m hurdles.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in the 400 metre hurdles, where she marginally qualified for the second round, being the slowest of the qualifiers with a time of 56.37 seconds.- External links :*...    Burkina Faso	55.49 (NR)	Ajoke Odumosu   Nigeria	55.80
	July 22
3000 m s'chase	Ruth Bosibori Ruth Bosibori Ruth Bosibori Nyangau is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase....    Kenya	9:31.99	Mekdes Bekele Tadese Mekdes Bekele Tadese Mekdes Bekele Tadese is an Ethiopian runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*3000 metres steeplechase - 9:32.05 min *5000 metres - 15:49.71 min...    Ethiopia	9:49.95	Netsanet Achamo   Ethiopia	9:51.63
	July 20: The event was staged for the first time.
20 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...	Chaima Trabelsi   Tunisia	1:49:13	Mercy Njoki   Kenya	1:49:18	Arasa Asnaksh Abissa   Ethiopia	1:49:29
	July 19
4 x 100 m	Ghana Mariama Salifu, Esther Dankwah Esther Dankwah Esther Dankwah is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. She lives in the Netherlands since 2003.She won the bronze medal with the African 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2006 IAAF World Cup... , Gifty Addy Gifty Addy Gifty Addy is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.82 s *200 metres - 24.18 s *400 metres - 54.00 s-References:... , Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum 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.Anim represented Ghana at the...	43.84	Nigeria Gladys Nwabani, Endurance Ojokolo Endurance Ojokolo Endurance Ojokolo is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*60 metres - 7.08 s *100 metres - 11.06 s *200 metres - 23.09 s -References:... , Damola Osayemi, Emem Edem	43.85	Côte d'Ivoire Judith Djaman Brah, Louise Ayetotche Louise Ayétotché Louise Ayétotché is a Côte d'Ivoire sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.35 s *200 metres - 22.76 s - national record.*400 metres - 52.92 s... , Cynthia Niako Cynthia Niako Cynthia Niako is a Côte d'Ivoire sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.She finished seventh in the 200 metres at the 2006 African Championships, and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2007 All-Africa Games.-References:... , Amandine Allou Affoue	44.48
	July 20: Ghana and Nigeria defended their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
4 x 400 m	Nigeria Joy Eze Joy Eze Joy Eze is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. Her personal best time is 51.20 seconds, set during the 2007 All-Africa Games.... , Folashade Abugan Folashade Abugan Folashade Abugan is a female Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was the 400 m bronze medalist at the 2007 All-Africa Games and improved to the silver medal at the 2008 African Championships, where she set a personal best time of 50.89 seconds... , Sekinat Adesanya Sekinat Adesanya Sekinat Adesanya Akinpelu is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 52.48 seconds, achieved during the 2006 World Junior Championships.-Achievements:-References:... , Christy Ekpukhon Christy Ekpukhon Christy Ekpukhon Ihunaegbo is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 51.11 seconds, achieved in May 2007 in Brazzaville....	3:29.74	South Africa Estie Wittstock, Amanda Kotze, Tihanna Vorster, Tsholofelo Selemela	3:33.62	Sudan Nawal El Jack Nawal El Jack Nawal El Jack is a Sudanese sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.97 s *400 metres - 51.19 s *400 metres hurdles - 57.86 s -References:... , Faiza Omar, Mohamed Hind, Muna Jabir Adam Muna Jabir Adam Muna Jabir Adam is a Sudanese athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*200 metres - 23.88 s - national record.*400 metres - 53.34 s...	3:39.79
	July 22: Nigeria and South Africa switched places compared to the 2006 African Championships, while Sudan won their first relay medal.

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....	Doreen Amata Doreen Amata Doreen Amata is a female track and field athlete from Nigeria. She specialised in the high jump event.Amata represented Nigeria at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing in 16th place in the overall-rankings. She claimed a gold medal for her native West African country at the 2007 All-Africa...    Nigeria	1.89	Anika Smit   South Africa	1.89	Marcoleen Pretorius   South Africa	1.83
	July 19: Amata established a new national record to upset Smit and claim Nigeria's first gold medal at the Games.
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...	Leila Ben Youssef   Tunisia	3.85	Ahmed Eman Nesrim   Egypt	3.60	Eva Thornton   South Africa	3.30
	July 19: Five athletes entered the competition. First-time competitor Leila Ben Youssef of Tunisia claimed the gold.
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...	Janice Josephs Janice Josephs Janice Josephs is a South African heptathlete.She finished nineteenth at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the latter in a personal best score of 6181 points. On the regional level she won a silver medal at the 2004 African Championships and the gold at the 2006...    South Africa	6.79 (+0.1)	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...    Nigeria	6.46 (+1.8)	Yah Koïta   Mali	6.35w (+2.2)
	July 21
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...	Yamilé Aldama Yamilé Aldama Yamilé Aldama Pozo is a Cuban-born triple jumper currently competing for Great Britain after formerly representing Cuba and Sudan.Aldama was born in Havana, Cuba, and initially represented her country of birth...    Sudan	14.46 (+0.5)	Chinonye Ohadugha Chinonye Ohadugha Chinonyelum Ohadugha is a Nigerian triple jumper.In 2006 she finished fourth at the Commonwealth Games. In 2007 she won the silver medal at the All-Africa Games with a jump of 14.21 metres, a new Nigerian record. She did not reach the final round at the 2007 World Championships, but won the bronze...    Nigeria	14.21 (-0.1) (NR)	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...    Nigeria	13.83 (+0.9)
	July 18: Aldama and Iworima defended their medals from the 2006 African Championships, while Ohadugha set a new Nigerian record.
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....	Vivian Chukwuemeka Vivian Chukwuemeka Vivian Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian shot putter and two-time Olympian. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has won three consecutive titles at the All-Africa Games from 1999 to 2007. She was the African Champion in the event in 2002, 2006 and 2008...    Nigeria	17.60	Simoné du Toit Simoné du Toit Simoné du Toit is a South African shot putter.Her personal best throw is 17.13 metres, achieved in October 2005 in Naboomspruit. In the discus throw she has 53.07 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Roodepoort.-Achievements:...    South Africa	16.77	Veronica Abrahamse   South Africa	15.75
	July 22: Chukwuemeka became the sixth athlete to win three All-Africa Games titles in a row. Abrahamse had won two silver medals in a row, but was beaten by her young countryfellow.
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...	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....    South Africa	58.40	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	55.15	Vivian Chukwuemeka Vivian Chukwuemeka Vivian Chukwuemeka is a Nigerian shot putter and two-time Olympian. She won the gold medal in the shot put at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and has won three consecutive titles at the All-Africa Games from 1999 to 2007. She was the African Champion in the event in 2002, 2006 and 2008...    Nigeria	52.52
	July 21
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...	Marwa Ahmed Hussein Arafat   Egypt	65.70	Funke Adeoye   Nigeria	64.04	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:...    Togo	59.55
	July 19: Arafat retained her title from the 2006 African Championships. Five athletes entered the competition.
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...	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...    South Africa	58.09	Lindy Leveau   Seychelles	56.49	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...    South Africa	54.46
	July 20: The three athletes also shared the podium at the 2006 African Championships, with Robbeson defending the gold medal.
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 (athlete) Margaret Simpson is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process...    Ghana	6278 points GR	Patience Okoro   Nigeria	5161 points	Beatrice Kamboule  Burkina Faso	4994 points NR
	July 20-21: Simpson improved her own Games record.

Medal table

Key:

1	Nigeria	9	8	7	24
2	South Africa	7	9	8	24
3	Tunisia	5	1	4	10
4	Botswana	5	0	0	5
5	Ethiopia	4	4	5	13
6	Kenya	3	6	3	12
7	Egypt	3	3	0	6
8	Sudan	3	0	1	4
9	Ghana	2	3	2	7
10	Algeria	1	3	6	10
11	Senegal	1	1	0	2
12	Eritrea	1	0	1	2
13=	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
13=	Uganda	1	0	0	1
15	Zimbabwe	0	1	2	3
16=	Burkina Faso	0	1	1	2
16=	Namibia	0	1	1	2
18=	Cameroon	0	1	0	1
18=	Madagascar	0	1	0	1
18=	Mauritius	0	1	0	1
18=	Seychelles	0	1	0	1
18=	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
23	Côte d'Ivoire	0	0	2	2
24=	Benin	0	0	1	1
24=	Guinea	0	0	1	1
24=	Mali	0	0	1	1
24=	Togo	0	0	1	1
Total		46	46	47	139

Participating nations

Results

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