African Athletics Championships 2008

16. African Athletics Championships
city	Addis Ababa , Ethiopia
Stadion	Addis Ababa Stadium
Competitions	44
opening	April 30, 2008
Final day	May 3, 2008
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The 16th African Athletics Championships took place from April 30th to May 3rd, 2008 in the Addis Ababa Stadium in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa . Competitions were held in 22 disciplines each for men and women. A total of 645 athletes from 45 countries took part.

Results

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Olusoji Fasuba	NGR	10.10
2	Uchenna Emedolu	NGR	10.21
3	Hannes Dreyer	RSA	10.24

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Oludamola Osayomi	NGR	11.22
2	Vida Anim	GHA	11.43
3	Dolphins Atangana	CMR	11.46

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Thuso Mpuang	RSA	20.53
2	Stéphan Buckland	MRI	20.62
3	Fanuel Kenosi	BOT	20.72 (N)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Isabel Le Roux	RSA	22.69
2	Kadiatou Camara	MLI	22.70 (N)
3	Oludamola Osayomi	NGR	22.83

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ali Babiker Nagmeldin	SOUTH	45.64
2	Isaac Makwala	BOT	45.64
3	James Godday	NGR	45.77

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Amantle Montsho	BOT	49.83 (C)
2	Folashade Abugan	NGR	50.89
3	Racheal Nachula	ZAM	51.39 (N)

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	David Lekuta Rudisha	KEN	1: 44.20 (C)
2	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	SOUTH	1: 45.41
3	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	1: 46.02

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Pamela Jelimo	KEN	1: 58.70
2	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	MOZ	2: 00.47
3	Agnes Samaria	NAM	2: 00.62

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Haron Keitany	KEN	3: 43.47
2	Isaac Kiprono Songok	KEN	3: 43.56
3	Juan van Deventer	RSA	3: 43.63

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Wear burqa	ETH	4: 08.25 (C)
2	Masquerade Assefa	ETH	4: 10.40
3	Agnes Samaria	NAM	4: 13.91

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kenenisa Bekele	ETH	13: 49.67
2	Isaac Songok	KEN	13: 49.91
3	Ali Abdosh	ETH	13: 50.64

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meselech Melkamu	ETH	15: 49.81
2	Meseret Defar	ETH	15: 50.19
3	Grace Kwamboka Momanyi	KEN	15: 50.19

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	ETH	28: 17.11
2	Ibrahim Jeilan	ETH	28: 30.66
3	Eshetu Wondemu	ETH	28: 56.36

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	32: 49.08
2	Ejegayehu Dibaba	ETH	32: 50.36
3	Wude Ayalew	ETH	32: 55.17

110 m / 100 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hennie Kotze	RSA	13.95
2	Samuel Okon	NGR	14.08
3	Selim Nurudeen	NGR	14.27

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Fatmata Fofanah	GUI	13.10 (N)
2	Toyin Augustus	NGR	13.12
3	Carole Kaboud Mebam	CMR	13.52

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	LJ van Zyl	RSA	48.91
2	Abderahmane Hamadi	ALG	49.84 (N)
3	Ibrahim Abdoulaye Maiga	MLI	49.84 (N)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	NGR	55.92
2	Lamiae Lhabze	MAR	56.07
3	Aïssata Soulama	BUR	56.13

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong	KEN	8: 31.61
2	Michael Kipkorir Kipyego	KEN	8: 32.94
3	Willy Rutto Komen	KEN	8: 41.98

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Zemzem Ahmed	ETH	9: 44.58 (C)
2	Mekdes Bekele	ETH	9: 59.52
3	Ruth Bisibori Nyangau	KEN	10: 00.18

20 km walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Mohamed Ameur	ALG	1:22:55 (C)
2	Hichem Medjeber	ALG	1:23:29
3	Hassanine Sebai	TO DO	1:23:58

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Grace Wanjiru Njue	KEN	1:39:50 (C)
2	Arasa Asnaksh Abissa	ETH	1:40:12
3	Mary Njoki	KEN	1:41:15

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Kabelo Kgosiemang	BOT	2.34 (N)
2	Mohammed Benhadja	ALG	2.18
3	Boubacar Séré	BUR	2.18

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Anika Smit	RSA	1.88
2	Marcoleen Pretorius	RSA	1.84
3	Marizca Gertenbach	RSA	1.84

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yahya Berrabah	MAR	8.04
2	Jonathan Chimier	MRI	7.99
3	Stephan Louw	NAM	7.98

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Janice Josephs	RSA	6.64
2	Chinaza Amadi	NGR	6.31
3	Patricia Soman	CIV	6.13

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ndiss Kaba Badji	SEN	17.07 (N)
2	Hugo Mamba-Schlick	CMR	16.92 (N)
3	Tarik Bouguetaïb	MAR	16.82

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Françoise Mbango	CMR	14.76
2	Yamilé Aldama	SOUTH	14.36
3	Chinonye Ohadugha	NGR	14.14

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Mouhsin Cheouari	MAR	4.80
2	Larbi Bourrada	ALG	4.50
3	Willem Coertzen	RSA	4.00

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Leila Ben Youssef	TO DO	4.00
2	Nisrine dinars	MAR	3.80
3	Laetitia Berthier	BUR	3.70

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Hannes Hopley	RSA	56.98
2	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	EGY	56.06
3	Nabil Kiram	MAR	52.99

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Elizna Naudé	RSA	55.34
2	Suzanne Kragbé	CIV	49.52
3	Simoné du Toit	RSA	47.10

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Abdu Moaty Moustafa	EGY	18.06
2	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	EGY	17.39
3	Janus Robberts	RSA	16.44

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Vivian Chukwuemeka	NGR	17.50
2	Kasey Onmuchekwa	NGR	16.29
3	Veronica Abrahamse	RSA	16.00

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Chris Harmse	RSA	77.72 (C)
2	Mostafa el-Gamel	EGY	69.70
3	Ahmed Abd El Raouf	EGY	68.15

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marwa Hussein	EGY	62.26
2	Florence Ezeh	TOG	61.26
3	Spark Adeoye	NGR	57.02

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mohamed Ali Kbabou	TO DO	74.20
2	Kenechukwu Ezeofor	NGR	72.53
3	Sammy Keskeny	KEN	69.84

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	55.17
2	Lindy Leveau	SEY	52.92
3	Hana'a Ramadhan Omar	EGY	52.32

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Time (s)
1	South Africa Hannes Dreyer Corné du Plessis Sergio Mullins Thuso Mpuang	38.75 (C)
2	Ghana Togoh Victor Akrong Allah Laryea Seth Amoo Eric Nkansah	40.30
3	Cameroon Idrissa Adam François Belinga Alain Olivier Nyounai Joseph Batangdon	40.60

space	country	Time (s)
1	Nigeria Endurance Ojokolo Gloria Kemasuode Susan Akene Oludamola Osayomi	43.79
2	Ghana Gifty Addy Elizabeth Amolofo Esther Dankwah Vida Anim	44.12
3	South Africa Tsholofelo Thipe Isabel le Roux Christine Ras Geraldine Pillay	44.28

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Time (min)
1	South Africa Pieter Smith Ockert Cilliers Sibusiso Sishi L. J. van Zyl	3: 03.58
2	Sudan Rabah Yusif Ali Babiker Nagmeldin Ahmad Ismail Abubaker Kaki	3:04.00
3	Senegal Mamadou till Hann Seth Mbow Mamadou Gueye Nouha Badji	3: 05.93

space	country	Time (min)
1	Nigeria Oluoma Nwoke Folashade Abugan Endurance Abinuwa Joy Eze	3: 30.07
2	Kenya Florence Wasike Charity Wandia Joy Nakhumicha Sakari Pamela Jelimo	3: 37.67
3	Senegal Fatou Diabaye Mame Fatou Faye Maty Salame Souma Fatou	3: 38.42

Decathlon / heptathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Larbi Bourrada	ALG	7574
2	Willem Coertzen	RSA	7374
3	Boualem Lamri	ALG	6919

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Patience okoro	NGR	4906
2	Florence Wasike	KEN	4867
3	Nadege Essama Foe	CMR	4470

Medal table

Medal table final after 44 decisions
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	South Africa	12	2	8th	22nd
2	Nigeria	7th	7th	5	19th
3	Ethiopia	6th	6th	3	15th
4th	Kenya	5	5	6th	16
5	Algeria	2	4th	1	7th
6th	Egypt	2	3	2	7th
7th	Morocco	2	2	2	6th
8th	Botswana	2	1	1	4th
9	Tunisia	2	0	1	3
10	Sudan	1	3	0	4th
11	Cameroon	1	1	4th	6th
12	Senegal	1	0	2	3
13	Guinea	1	0	0	1
14th	Ghana	0	3	0	3
15th	Mauritius	0	2	0	2
16	Ivory Coast	0	1	1	2
16	Mali	0	1	1	2
18th	Mozambique	0	1	0	1
18th	Seychelles	0	1	0	1
18th	Togo	0	1	0	1
21st	Namibia	0	0	3	3
22nd	Burkina Faso	0	0	2	2
23	Burundi	0	0	1	1
23	Zambia	0	0	1	1

Web links

• Results of the African Athletics Championships 2008 ( Memento from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
• Website of the African Athletics Federation CAA