African Athletics Championships 2006

The 15th African Athletics Championships took place from July 9th to 13th, 2006 at the Stade Germain Comarmond in the Mauritian city ​​of Bambous . Competitions were held in 22 disciplines each for men and women. A total of 456 athletes from 41 countries took part.

Results

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Olusoji Fasuba	NGR	10.37
2	Uchenna Emedolu	NGR	10.44
3	Eric Nkansah	GHA	10.65

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Vida Anim	GHA	11.58
2	Geraldine Pillay	RSA	11.67
3	Endurance Ojokolo	NGR	11.95

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Uchenna Emedolu	NGR	20.61
2	Stéphan Buckland	MRI	20.67
3	Leigh Julius	RSA	20.82

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Vida Anim	GHA	22.90
2	Geraldine Pillay	RSA	23.11
3	Fabienne Féraez	BEN	23.15

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gary Kikaya	COD	45.03
2	Paul Gorries	RSA	45.56
3	Talkmore Nyongani	ZIM	45.60

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Amy Mbacke Thiam	SEN	51.22
2	Amantle Montsho	BOT	52.20
3	Fatou Bintou case	SEN	52.32

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alex Kipchirchir Rono	KEN	1: 46.62
2	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SOUTH	1: 46.65
3	Alfred Kirwa Yego	KEN	1: 46.85

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei	KEN	2: 00.64
2	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	2: 01.08
3	Nouria Mérah-Benida	ALG	2: 02.18

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Alex Kipchirchir Rono	KEN	3: 46.54
2	Adil Kaouch	MAR	3: 46.72
3	Tarek Boukensa	ALG	3: 46.81

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Nouria Mérah-Benida	ALG	4: 23.26
2	Safa Issaoui	TO DO	4: 24.08
3	Berhane Hirphsa	ETH	4: 24.09

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	14: 03.41
2	Mike Kipruto Kigen	KEN	14: 05.12
3	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	UGA	14: 05.20

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meseret Defar	ETH	15: 56.00
2	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	15: 56.04
3	Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet	KEN	15: 57.14

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Moses Ndiema Kipsiro	UGA	28: 03.46
2	Mike Kipruto Kigen	KEN	28: 03.70
3	Abebe Dinkessa	ETH	28: 05.07

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Edith Masai	KEN	31: 27.96
2	Isabella Ochichi	KEN	31: 29.43
3	Emily Chebet Muge	KEN	31: 33.39

110 m / 100 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Eymen Ahmed Ben	TO DO	13.77
2	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja	MAD	14.03
3	Ruan de Vries	RSA	14.05

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Toyin Augustus	NGR	13.44
2	Carole Me-ban Kaboud	CMR	13.85
3	Gnima Faye	SEN	13.95

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	LJ van Zyl	RSA	49.43
2	Alwyn Myburgh	RSA	49.88
3	Leonel Kurt Couto	MOZ	50.72

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Janet Wienand	RSA	56.97
2	Houria Moussa	ALG	57.15
3	Aissafa Soulama	BUR	57.27

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Paul Kipsiele Koech	KEN	8: 11.74
2	Abdelkader Hachlaf	MAR	8: 33.52
3	Ruben Ramolefi	RSA	8: 39.67

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jeruto Kiptum	KEN	10:00:02
2	Habiba Ghribi	TO DO	10: 10.93
3	Chaabi Bouchra	MAR	10: 11.52

20 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	David Kimutai Rotich	KEN	1:23:58
2	Hatem Ghoula	TO DO	1:25:02
3	Hicham Mejbar	ALG	1:25:15

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh	EGY	1:43:22
2	Asnakch Ararissa Abissa	ETH	1:45:31
3	Ghania Amzal	ALG	1:46:05

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Kabelo Kgosiemang	BOT	2.30
2	Sere Boubakar	BUR	2.22
3	Ramsey Carelse	RSA	2.22

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Rene van der Merwe	RSA	1.84
2	Nneka Ukuh	NGR	1.80
3	Sara Bouaoudia	ALG	1.75

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ignisious Gaisah	GHA	8.51
2	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	RSA	8.45
3	Issam Nima	ALG	8.37

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Josephine Bike Mbarga	CMR	6.33
2	Kéné Ndoye	SEN	6.30
3	Chinaza Amadi	NGR	6.23

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tarik Bouguetaïb	MAR	17.25
2	Khotso Mokoena	RSA	16.67
3	Younes Moudrik	MAR	16.58

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yamilé Aldama	SOUTH	14.71
2	Kéné Ndoye	SEN	14.08
3	Otonye Iworima	NGR	13.88

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Occert Brits	RSA	5.20
2	Abderamme Tamada	TO DO	5.15
3	Hamdi Dhouibi	TO DO	4.80

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Syrine Balti	TO DO	4.21
2	Nisrine dinars	MAR	3.60
3	Lindi Roux	RSA	3.60

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gerhardus Pienaar	RSA	77.55
2	Gerbrandt Grobler	RSA	75.95
3	Walid Adb El Wahab	EGY	69.86

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Justine Robbeson	RSA	60.60
2	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	55.64
3	Lindy Leveau	SEY	54.41

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	EGY	61.11
2	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	EGY	54.38
3	Nabil Kiram	MAR	53.41

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Elizna Naudé	RSA	55.42
2	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	49.63
3	Suzanne Kragbe	CIV	49.05

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	EGY	18.93
2	Janus Robberts	RSA	17.88
3	Mohammed Medded	TO DO	17.87

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.45
2	Ismael Wafaa Baghdady	EGY	15.48
3	Monique Ngo Nguoe	CMR	14.99

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Chris Harmse	RSA	77.55
2	Saber souid	TO DO	72.66
3	Mohammed Ana Mohsen	EGY	69.22

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marwa Hussein	EGY	62.16
2	Hayat Elghazi	MAR	59.33
3	Blessing Egwu	NGR	51.77

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Time (s)
1	Nigeria	39.63
2	South Africa	39.68
3	Ghana	40.12

space	country	Time (s)
1	Ghana	44.43
2	Nigeria	44.52
3	Cameroon	46.43

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Time (min)
1	Kenya	3: 06.78
2	South Africa	3: 07.65
3	Botswana	3: 08.13

space	country	Time (min)
1	South Africa	3: 36.88
2	Nigeria	3: 37.00
3	Kenya	3: 39.79

Decathlon / heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Hamdi Dhouibi	TO DO	7566
2	Mourad Souissi	ALG	7113
3	Terence Wepener	RSA	7084

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Janice Josephs	RSA	5876
2	Celine Laporte	SEY	4932
3	Nadege Foe Essama	CMR	3808

Medal table

Medal table final after 44 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	South Africa	10	11	6th	27
2.	Kenya	8th	3	4th	15th
3.	Nigeria	5	6th	4th	15th
4th	Egypt	4th	2	2	8th
5.	Ghana	4th	-	2	6th
6th	Tunisia	3	5	2	10
7th	Ethiopia	2	2	2	6th
8th.	Morocco	1	3	2	6th
9.	Algeria	1	2	6th	9
10.	Senegal	1	2	1	4th
11.	Cameroon	1	1	3	5
12.	Botswana	1	1	1	3
13.	Sudan	1	1	-	2
14th	Uganda	1	-	1	2
15th	DR Congo	1	-	-	1
16.	Mauritius	-	1	1	2
16.	Burkina Faso	-	1	1	2
16.	Mozambique	-	1	1	2
16.	Seychelles	-	1	1	2
20th	Madagascar	-	1	-	1
21st	Ivory Coast	-	-	2	2
22nd	Benin	-	-	1	1
22nd	Zimbabwe	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results of the Athletics Championships 2006
• Website of the African Athletics Federation CAA