2008 African Championships in Athletics



























2008 African Championships
Host city
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia
Date(s) 30 April – 4 May
Main stadium Addis Ababa Stadium
Participation 543 athletes from
42 nations
Events 44

← 2006 Bambous


2010 Nairobi →




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


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




Contents






  • 1 Men's results


    • 1.1 Track


    • 1.2 Field




  • 2 Women's results


    • 2.1 Track


    • 2.2 Field




  • 3 Medals table


  • 4 Participating nations


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Men's results



Track































































































































Event
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze

100 m
details
Olusoji Fasuba
 Nigeria
 10.10 SB
Uchenna Emedolu
 Nigeria
 10.21 SB
Hannes Dreyer
 South Africa
 10.24 PB

200 m
details
Thuso Mpuang
 South Africa
 20.53 PB
Stéphan Buckland
 Mauritius
 20.62 SB
Samuel Kenosi
 Botswana
 20.72 NR

400 m
details
Ali Babiker Nagmeldin
 Sudan
 45.64 SB
Isaac Makwala
 Botswana
 45.64 PB
James Godday
 Nigeria
 45.77 SB

800 m
details
David Rudisha
 Kenya
 1:44.20 SB
Ismail Ahmed Ismail
 Sudan
 1:45.41 SB
Asbel Kiprop
 Kenya
 1:46.02

1500 m
details
Haron Keitany
 Kenya
 3:43.47
Gideon Gathimba
 Kenya
 3:43.56
Juan van Deventer
 South Africa
 3:43.63

5000 m
details
Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
 13:49.67
Isaac Songok
 Kenya
 13:49.91
Ali Abdosh
 Ethiopia
 13:50.64

10,000 m
details
Gebregziabher Gebremariam
 Ethiopia
 28:17.11 SB
Ibrahim Jeilan
 Ethiopia
 28:30.66 SB
Eshetu Wendimu
 Ethiopia
 28:56.36 SB

110 m hurdles
details
Hennie Kotze
 South Africa
 13.95
Samuel Okon
 Nigeria
 14.08
Selim Nurudeen
 Nigeria
 14.27

400 m hurdles
details
LJ van Zyl
 South Africa
 48.91 SB
Abderahmane Hammadi
 Algeria
 49.84 NR
Ibrahima Maïga
 Mali
 49.84 SB

3000 m s'chase
details
Richard Mateelong
 Kenya
 8:31.61
Michael Kipyego
 Kenya
 8:32.94
Willy Komen
 Kenya
 8:41.98

20 km walk
details
Mohamed Ameur
 Algeria
 1:22.55 PB
Hichem Medjeber
 Algeria
 1:23.29 PB
Hassanine Sebei
 Tunisia
 1:23.58 SB

4×100 m relay
details
Hannes Dreyer
Corne Du Plessis
Sergio Mullins
Thuso Mpuang
 South Africa
 38.75 CR
Togoh Victor
Allah Laryea-Akrong
Seth Amoo
Eric Nkansah
 Ghana
 40.30
Idrissa Adam
François Belinga
Alain Olivier Nyounai
Joseph Batangdon
 Cameroon
 40.60

4×400 m relay
details
Pieter Smith
Ockert Cilliers
Sibusiso Sishi
LJ van Zyl
 South Africa
 3:03.58
Rabah Yousif
Ali Babiker Nagmeldin
Ahmad Ismail
Abubaker Kaki
 Sudan
 3:04.00 NR
Mamadou Kasse Hann
Seth Mbow
Mamadou Gueye
Nouha Badji
 Senegal
 3:05.93


WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)



Field



























































































Event
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze

High jump
details
Kabelo Kgosiemang
 Botswana
 2.34 NR =CR
Mohammed Benhadja
 Algeria
 2.18
Boubacar Séré
 Burkina Faso
 2.18 SB

Pole vault
details
Mouhcine Cheaouri
 Morocco
 4.80 PB
Larbi Bouraada
 Algeria
 4.50
Willem Coertzen
 South Africa
 4.00 PB

Long jump
details
Yahya Berrabah
 Morocco
 8.04 SB
Jonathan Chimier
 Mauritius
 7.99 SB
Stephan Louw
 Namibia
 7.98

Triple jump
details
Ndiss Kaba Badji
 Senegal
 17.07 NR
Hugo Mamba
 Cameroon
 16.92 NR
Tarik Bouguetaïb
 Morocco
 16.82

Shot put
details
Abdu Moaty Moustafa
 Egypt
 18.06
Yasser Ibrahim Farag
 Egypt
 17.39
Janus Robberts
 South Africa
 16.44

Discus throw
details
Hannes Hopley
 South Africa
 56.98
Yasser Ibrahim Farag
 Egypt
 56.06 SB
Nabil Kiram
 Morocco
 52.99

Hammer throw
details
Chris Harmse
 South Africa
 77.72 SB
Mostafa Al-Gamel
 Egypt
 69.70
Ahmed Abd El Raouf
 Egypt
 68.15

Javelin throw
details
Mohamed Ali Kebabou
 Tunisia
 74.20 PB
Kenechukwu Ezeofor
 Nigeria
 72.53 PB
Sammy Keskeny
 Kenya
 69.84 SB

Decathlon
details
Larbi Bouraada
 Algeria
 7574 PB
Willem Coertzen
 South Africa
 7374
Boualem Lamri
 Algeria
 6919 SB


WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)



Women's results



Track































































































































Event
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze

100 m
details
Damola Osayomi
 Nigeria
 11.22
Vida Anim
 Ghana
 11.43
Delphine Atangana
 Cameroon
 11.46

200 m
details
Isabel le Roux
 South Africa
 22.69 PB
Kadiatou Camara
 Mali
 22.70 NR
Damola Osayomi
 Nigeria
 22.83 PB

400 m
details
Amantle Montsho
 Botswana
 49.83 NR,CR
Sade Abugan
 Nigeria
 50.89
Racheal Nachula
 Zambia
 51.39 NR, NJR

800 m
details
Pamela Jelimo
 Kenya
 1:58.70 NJR
Maria de Lurdes Mutola
 Mozambique
 2:00.47 SB
Agnes Samaria
 Namibia
 2:00.62 SB

1500 m
details
Gelete Burka
 Ethiopia
 4:08.25
Meskerem Assefa
 Ethiopia
 4:10.40
Agnes Samaria
 Namibia
 4:13.91

5000 m
details
Meselech Melkamu
 Ethiopia
 15:49.81
Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
 15:50.19
Grace Momanyi
 Kenya
 15:50.19

10,000 m
details
Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
 32:49.08
Ejegayehu Dibaba
 Ethiopia
 32:50.36
Wude Ayalew
 Ethiopia
 32:55.17

100 m hurdles
details
Fatmata Fofanah
 Guinea
 13.10 NR
Toyin Augustus
 Nigeria
 13.12
Carole Kaboud Mebam
 Cameroon
 13.52

400 m hurdles
details
Joke Odumosu
 Nigeria
 55.92 SB
Lamiae Lhabze
 Morocco
 56.07 PB
Aïssata Soulama
 Burkina Faso
 56.13 SB

3000 m s'chase
details
Zemzem Ahmed
 Ethiopia
 9:44.58 PB
Mekdes Bekele
 Ethiopia
 9:59.52 SB
Ruth Bosibori
 Kenya
 10:00.18 SB

20 km walk
details
Grace Wanjiru
 Kenya
 1:39.50 NR
Ararissa Abissa Asnakch
 Ethiopia
 1:40.12 NR
Mary Njoki
 Kenya
 1:41.15 PB

4 x 100 m relay
details
Endurance Ojokolo
Gloria Kemasuode
Susan Akene
Damola Osayomi
 Nigeria
 43.79
Gifty Addy
Elizabeth Amolofo
Esther Dankwah
Vida Anim
 Ghana
 44.12
Tsholofelo Thipe
Isabel le Roux
Christine Ras
Geraldine Pillay
 South Africa
 44.28

4 x 400 m relay
details
Oluoma Nwoke
Sade Abugan
Endurance Abinuwa
Joy Eze
 Nigeria
 3:30.07
Florence Wasike
Charity Wandia
Joyce Zakari
Pamela Jelimo
 Kenya
 3:37.67
Fatou Diabaye
Mame Fatou Faye
Maty Salame
Souma Fatou
 Senegal
 3:38.42


WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)



Field



























































































Event
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze

High jump
details
Anika Smit
 South Africa
 1.88
Marcoleen Pretorius
 South Africa
 1.84
Marizca Gertenbach
 South Africa
 1.84

Pole vault
details
Leila Ben Youssef
 Tunisia
 4.00
Nisrine Dinar
 Morocco
 3.80
Laetitia Berthier
 Burkina Faso
 3.70

Long jump
details
Janice Josephs
 South Africa
 6.64
Chinaza Amadi
 Nigeria
 6.31
Patricia Soman
 Ivory Coast
 6.13

Triple jump
details
Françoise Mbango
 Cameroon
 14.76 SB
Yamilé Aldama
 Sudan
 14.36 SB
Chinonye Ohadugha
 Nigeria
 14.14 SB

Shot put
details
Vivian Chukwuemeka
 Nigeria
 17.50
Kasey Onmuchekwa
 Nigeria
 16.29
Veronica Abrahamse
 South Africa
 16.00

Discus throw
details
Elizna Naude
 South Africa
 55.34
Suzanne Kragbé
 Ivory Coast
 49.52
Simoné du Toit
 South Africa
 47.10

Hammer throw
details
Marwa Hussein
 Egypt
 62.26
Florence Ezeh
 Togo
 61.26
Funke Adeoye
 Nigeria
 57.02

Javelin throw
details
Sunette Viljoen
 South Africa
 55.17
Lindy Leveau-Agricole
 Seychelles
 52.92 SB
Hana'a Hassan Omar
 Egypt
 52.32

Heptathlon
details
Patience Okoro
 Nigeria
 4906
Florence Wasike
 Kenya
 4867
Nadege Essama Foe
 Cameroon
 4470


WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)



Medals table

















































































































































































































Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1
 South Africa (RSA)
 12 2 8 22
2
 Nigeria (NGR)
 7 7 5 19
3
 Ethiopia (ETH)
 6 6 3 15
4
 Kenya (KEN)
 5 5 6 16
5
 Algeria (ALG)
 2 4 1 7
6
 Egypt (EGY)
 2 3 2 7
7
 Morocco (MAR)
 2 2 2 6
8
 Botswana (BOT)
 2 1 1 4
9
 Tunisia (TUN)
 2 0 1 3
10
 Sudan (SUD)
 1 3 0 4
11
 Cameroon (CMR)
 1 1 4 6
12
 Senegal (SEN)
 1 0 2 3
13
 Guinea (GUI)
 1 0 0 1
14
 Ghana (GHA)
 0 3 0 3
15
 Mauritius (MRI)
 0 2 0 2
16
 Ivory Coast (CIV)
 0 1 1 2

 Mali (MLI)
 0 1 1 2
18
 Mozambique (MOZ)
 0 1 0 1

 Seychelles (SEY)
 0 1 0 1

 Togo (TOG)
 0 1 0 1
21
 Namibia (NAM)
 0 0 3 3
22
 Burkina Faso (BUR)
 0 0 2 2
23
 Burundi (BDI)
 0 0 1 1

 Zambia (ZAM)
 0 0 1 1
Totals (24 nations) 44 44 44 132




Participating nations












See also


  • 2008 in athletics (track and field)


References



  • Results (archived)


External links




  • Official website (archived)

  • Official results









-

Popular posts from this blog

Shashamane

Image
city in Oromia, Ethiopia Shashamane ሻሸመኔ (in Amharic) , Shashemane (in Oromo) Shashe city Main Street Shashamane Shashamane Location within Ethiopia Coordinates: 7°12′N 38°36′E  /  7.200°N 38.600°E  / 7.200; 38.600 Country Ethiopia Region Oromia Zone Mirab Arsi Population (2012)  • Total 122,046 Time zone UTC+3 (EAT) Climate Cwb Shashamane (or Shashemene , Oromo) is a town and a separate woreda in West Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. The town lies on the Trans-African Highway 4 Cairo-Cape Town, about 150 miles (240 km) from the capital of Addis Ababa. It has a latitude of 7° 12' north and a longitude of 38° 36' east. The 2007 national census reported a total population for this town of 100,454, of whom 50,654 were men and 49,800 were women. A plurality of the inhabitants practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, with 43.44% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 31.15% of the population said
Read more

Carrot

Image
Root vegetable, usually orange in color This article is about the cultivated vegetable. For other uses, see Carrot (disambiguation). Carrot Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade : Angiosperms Clade : Eudicots Clade : Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Daucus Species: D. carota Subspecies: D. c. subsp. sativus Trinomial name Daucus carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G. Martens The carrot ( Daucus carota subsp. sativus ) is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist. [1] Carrots are a domesticated form of the wild carrot, Daucus carota , native to Europe and southwestern Asia. The plant probably originated in Persia and was originally cultivated for its leaves and seeds. The most commonly eaten part of the plant is the taproot, although the stems and leaves are eaten as well. The domestic carrot ha
Read more

Deprivation index

Image
Deprivation indices are a measure of the level of deprivation in an area. Examples include: Indices of deprivation 2004 (ID2004) Indices of deprivation 2007 (ID2007) Underprivileged area score Carstairs index Department of Environment Index v t e Indices of Deprivation National (general deprivation) Carstairs index Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 (IMD2000) Indices of deprivation 2004 (ID2004) Indices of deprivation 2007 (ID2007) Indices of deprivation 2010 (ID2010) National (subject specific deprivation) Underprivileged area score Department of Environment Index This economics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e This sociology-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e This page is only for reference, If you need detailed information, please check here
Read more