Junior African Athletics Championships 1994

1st African Youth Athletics Championships (U20)
city	Algiers , Algeria
Competitions	40
opening	July 6, 1994
Final day	July 8, 1994
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The 1st Junior African Athletics Championships took place from July 6th to 8th, 1994 in the Algerian capital, Algiers . It was the first hosting of the junior competitions on the African level and was organized by the African Athletics Federation (CAA). 40 competitions were held, 21 for men and 19 for women.

Results

Men

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Deji Aliu	NGR	10.61
2	Rudolph Louw	RSA	10.87
3	Etienne Roux	RSA	10.89
4th	Yacine Djellil	ALG	10.89
5	Tesfaye Jenbere	ETH	11.17
6th	Jacques Sambou	SEN	11.42
7th	Fethi Jedai	ALG	11.66

Finale: July 6th

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Deji Aliu	NGR	21.34
2	Jacques Sambou	SEN	21.85
3	Liod Kgopong	RSA	21.92
4th	Yacine Djellil	ALG	21.94
5	Etienne Roux	RSA	22.08
6th	Toufik Sekat	ALG	22.93
7th	Wissam Bouaicha	TO DO	23.22

Finale: July 8th

Wind: +3.5 m / s

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Riaan Dempers	RSA	46.92
2	Francis Obikwelu	NGR	47.22
3	Adem Hecini	ALG	47.56
4th	Vincent van Rooyen	NAM	48.17
5	Dirk Pretorius	RSA	48.56
6th	Wilson Ogbeide	NGR	48.73
7th	Bedasa Tafa	KEN	48.81
8th	Getahun Workesa	ETH	47.90

Finale: July 7th

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bekele Banbere	ETH	1: 48.43
2	Elijah Maru	KEN	1: 48.63
3	Mengesha Feyesa	ETH	1: 49.60
4th	Pieter van Tonder	RSA	1: 49.65
5	Clyde Colenso	RSA	1: 51.72
6th	Mohamed Kacemi	MAR	1: 52.39
7th	Vengeance Cupid	TO DO	1: 55.57

Finale: July 7th

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Philip Mosima	KEN	3: 44.52
2	Ali Hakimi	TO DO	3: 45.07
3	Bekele Banbere	ETH	3: 46.50
4th	Tesfaye Roba	ETH	3: 47.13
5	El-Hassan Lahssini	MAR	3: 49.51
6th	Mustapha Riyadh	MAR	3: 54.36
7th	Houari Bouregba	ALG	3: 57.73
8th	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	ALG	3: 59.00

8th of July

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Daniel Komen	KEN	13: 31.10
2	Got Jifar	ETH	13: 53.36
3	Mohamed Amyn	MAR	13: 54.36
4th	Salah el-Ghazi	MAR	13: 54.46
5	Tekalegne Shewaye	ETH	14: 22.01
6th	Hedi Khalfallah	TO DO	14: 31.26
7th	Mehdi Khelifi	TO DO	14: 38.26
8th	Nabil Jadi	ALG	15: 03.17

8th of July

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Got Jifar	ETH	30: 06.35
2	Tekalegne Shewaye	ETH	30: 06.76
3	Abdellah Maaraf	MAR	30: 24.29
4th	Aziz Driouche	TO DO	30: 33.09
5	Mohamed Bouguerra	TO DO	30: 53.35
6th	Moses Maasdorp	NAM	31: 31.80
7th	Youssouf Diallo	MLI	31: 43.92
8th	Bethold Karumendu	NAM	32: 59.4

July 6th

110 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Amine Harchouche	ALG	14.73
2	Samir Bouabcha	ALG	15.55

7th of July

Wind: +2.2 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Amine Harchouche	ALG	52.77
2	Jaco Jonker	RSA	52.92
3	Faycal Kacemi	MAR	53.54
4th	Pieter van Vuuren	NAM	54.98
5	Mohamed Lamine Hamdli	ALG	58.34

8th of July

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Irba Lakhal	MAR	8: 36.08
2	Paul Chemase	KEN	8: 36.81
3	Lemma Alemayehu	ETH	8: 43.67
4th	Ahmed Ould Bouchiba	ALG	9: 18.00
5	Malek Annane	ALG	9: 22.56

7th of July

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	South Africa	Etienne Roux Dirk Pretorius Rudolph Louw Riaan Dempers	41.12
2	Gambia	Yacine Djellil Fethi Jedai Toufik Sekat Djabir Saïd-Guerni	41.58
3	Namibia	Elroy Diegaart V. Rugen T. Adwinga Stephan Louw	41.63
4th	Morocco		43.52
5	Nigeria		43.52

8th of July

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	South Africa	Liod Kgopong Pieter van Tonder Dirk Pretorius Riaan Dempers	3: 09.66
2	Nigeria	Kunle Adejuyigbe Wilson Ogbeide Francis Obikwelu Sylvester Omodiale	3: 10.37
3	Algeria	Adem Hecini Amine Harchouche Mohamed-Lami Naamane Yacine Djellil	3: 14.65
4th	Ethiopia		3: 16.13
5	Namibia		3: 20.48
6th	Morocco		3: 26.35
7th	Tunisia		3: 30.31

8th of July

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Younès Moudrik	MAR	2.12
2	Abderahmane Hammad	ALG	2.09
3	Hassan Darwish	EGY	2.06
4th	Olubunmi Robin-Coker	SLE	2.03
5	Olivier Sanou	BFA	2.02
6th	Oumar Soulaké	MLI	1.95
7th	Michael Ochurub	NAM	1.90
7th	Christo Bronkhorst	NAM	1.85

7th of July

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Rafik Mefti	ALG	4.50
2	Mohamed Benyahia	ALG	4.40
3	Mohamed Bédioui	TO DO	4.00

7th of July

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	François Coetzee	RSA	7.54
2	Nabil Adamou	ALG	7.35
3	Younès Moudrik	MAR	7.31
4th	Elroy Diegaart	NAM	7.22
5	Stephan Louw	NAM	7.17
6th	Téko Folligan	TOG	7.04
7th	Djamel Smichet	ALG	6.85
8th	Assama Ibrahim	EGY	6.70

July 6th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Nabil Adamou	ALG	14.91
2	Assama Ibrahim	EGY	14.86
3	Djamel Smichet	ALG	14.78
4th	Olivier Sanou	BFA	14.69
5	Mehdi el-Ghazouani	MAR	14.48
6th	Ulrich Ockhuizen	NAM	14.16
7th	Mohamed Lazaar	MAR	14.15
8th	Salem Zarai	TO DO	13.73

7th of July

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Frantz Kruger	RSA	14.17
2	Walid Jamil Mustapha	EGY	13.95
3	Hisham el-Akhmawi	EGY	13.26
4th	Bouna Diop	SEN	12.54
5	Adel Betkha	ALG	12.15
6th	Abderrazak Yahiaoui	ALG	12.04

July 6th

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Frantz Kruger	RSA	55.86
2	Hisham el-Akhmawi	EGY	44.10
3	Abderrazak Yahiaoui	ALG	43.38
4th	Walid Jamil Mustapha	EGY	41.80
5	Nabil Bekhli	ALG	39.56

8th of July

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mohamed Karim Horchani	TO DO	61.84
2	Bounab Zaki	ALG	51.08
3	Samir Kacimi	ALG	48.84

7th of July

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Marius Corbett	RSA	74.42
2	Chemseddine Bel Hadj Amor	TO DO	59.12
3	Fahem Bel Hadj Mabrouk	TO DO	57.74
4th	Bouna Diop	SEN	54.64
5	Abdel Hak Maafi	ALG	53.90
6th	Adel Bentria	ALG	52.84

7th of July

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Donny Magnan	SEY	6360
2	Mohamed Halima Mansour	ALG	6222
3	Mehdi Mekki	TO DO	5975
4th	Behidj allele	ALG	5614
5	Khaled Ahmed	EGY	5176

6./7. July

Women

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Philomena Mensah	GHA	11.47
2	Heide Seyerling	RSA	11.69
3	Mercy Nku	NGR	11.71
4th	Endurance Ojokolo	NGR	11.90
5	Tamaryn Sawyer	RSA	11.92
6th	Saliha Hammadi	ALG	12.45
7th	Ahlam Allali	ALG	12.59
	Seynabou N'diaye	SEN	12.3

Finale: July 6th

Wind: −0.2 m / s

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Heide Seyerling	RSA	23.59
2	Philomena Mensah	GHA	23.88
3	Tamaryn Sawyer	RSA	24.09
4th	Mercy Nku	NGR	24.70
5	Endurance Ojokolo	CIV	25.21
6th	Kaltouma Nadjina	CHA	25.34
7th	Ola Buwaro	GAM	24.86
8th	Nahida Touhami	ALG	25.35

Finale: July 8th

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Olabisi Afolabi	NGR	53.59
2	Florence Ekpo-Umoh	NGR	54.25
3	Yolande Venter	RSA	55.00
4th	Tacko Diouf	SEN	57.19
5	Ahlam Allali	ALG	58.71
6th	Doreen Julie	SEY	59.90

7th of July

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Marie-Louise Henning	RSA	2: 05.82
2	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	2: 07.79
3	Shura Hotesa	ETH	2: 07.81
4th	Nawel Benhamoun	MAR	2: 11.79
5	Hasna Benhassi	MAR	2: 14.72
6th	Samar Doui	ALG	2: 21.64
7th	Wassila Hellal	ALG	2: 23.19

7th of July

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sally Barsosio	KEN	4: 16.61
2	Kutre Dulecha	ETH	4: 18.13
3	Rose Cheruiyot	KEN	4: 22.38
4th	Shura Hotesa	ETH	4: 28.73
5	Bouchra Benthami	MAR	4: 30.28
6th	Kheira Arfa	ALG	4: 32.79
7th	Saliha Kacemi	ALG	4: 39.27
8th	Mercy Emmanuel	NGR	4: 48.99

8th of July

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Sally Barsosio	KEN	08: 53.40
2	Rose Cheruiyot	KEN	09: 04.80
3	Birhan Dagne	ETH	09: 10.47
4th	Getenesh Tamirat	ETH	09: 38.74
5	Fatiha Klilech	MAR	10: 01.16
6th	Hind Chahid	MAR	10: 07.14

July 6th

10,000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Birhan Dagne	ETH	33: 49.10
2	Getenesh Tamirat	ETH	34: 56.88
3	Fatiha Klilech	MAR	36: 11.36

8th of July

5000 m walk

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yakobe Amsale	ETH	24: 11.45
2	Nagwa Ibrahim	EGY	25: 28.03
3	Nadia el-Aaouni	MAR	26: 22.71
4th	Sonia Farjaoui	TO DO	26: 47.70
5	Mériem Bousaad	ALG	26: 51.36
6th	Fatiha Bouaziz	ALG	27: 17.41
7th	Latifa Hamdi	TO DO	27: 28.91

7th of July

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Adri van der Merwe	RSA	13.95
2	Nadine Fensham	RSA	14.07
3	Willa van Schalkwyk	NAM	15.12
4th	Leila Bouguerra	ALG	15.52
5	Hella Ezzaier	TO DO	15.71
6th	Sadjia Rouag	ALG	16.46

7th of July

Wind: −0.7 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ronelle Ullrich	RSA	59.62
2	Amina Belkrochi	MAR	60.24
3	Adri van der Merwe	RSA	60.84
4th	Aldjia Hameg	ALG	65.61
5	Leila Bouguerra	ALG	73.36

8th of July

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Nigeria	Mercy Nku Endurance Ojokolo Olabisi Afolabi Florence Ekpo-Umoh	46.15
2	South Africa	Tamaryn Sawyer Ronelle Ullrich Nadine Fensham Heide Seyerling	46.15
3	Algeria	Baya Rahouli Ahlam Allali Nahida Touhami Leila Kabouss	48.58

7th of July

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	South Africa	Yolande Venter Marie-Louise Henning Ronelle Ullrich Adri van der Merwe	3: 45.25
2	Nigeria	Mercy Nku Endurance Ojokolo Olabisi Afolabi Florence Ekpo-Umoh	3: 45.41
3	Morocco	Nawel Benhamoun Hasna Benhassi M. Klilech Amina Belkrochi	3: 57.42
4th	Algeria		3: 58.64

8th of July

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Orla Venter	NAM	1.68
2	Irène Tiendrébéogo	BFA	1.65
3	Annerie De Klerk	NAM	1.60
4th	Erica Nioze	SEY	1.60
5	Rym Achour	TO DO	1.60
6th	Souad Bouchouika	ALG	1.55
7th	Yasmine Bensalem	ALG	1.50

8th of July

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Endurance Ojokolo	NGR	5.56
2	Baya Rahouli	RSA	5.41
3	Salimata Sylla	MLI	5.40
4th	Chantal Ouoba	BFA	5.39
5	Erica Nioze	SEY	5.29
6th	Yasmine Bensalema	ALG	4.99
7th	Nabila Jaouhara	MAR	4.90

7th of July

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Baya Rahouli	ALG	12.02
2	Chantal Ouoba	BFA	11.96
3	Radia Mellal	ALG	11.15

July 6th

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Iman Mahrous	EGY	11.99
2	Saadia Amloud	MAR	11.99
3	Malika Hammou	ALG	11.03
4th	Karima Tenzer	ALG	10.70

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Saadia Amloud	MAR	43.46
2	Malika Hammou	ALG	34.20
3	Nadia Saichi	ALG	29.80
4th	Iman Mahrous	EGY	28.14

April 18

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Malika Hammou	ALG	39.78
2	Marie-Antoinette Marchal	BFA	37.26
3	Aida Sellam	TO DO	36.28
4th	Rachida Dahmani	ALG	32.60

7th of July

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Marie-Antoinette Marchal	BFA	4793
2	Hamida Rahouli	ALG	4235
3	Sana Drid	TO DO	4232
4th	Saida Ahmani	ALG	3241

7th / 8th July

Abbreviations

WR = world record WJR = junior world record OR = Olympic record YOR = Olympic youth record AR = continental record AJR = junior continental record NR = national record NJR = national junior record CR = championship record MR = event record

WB = world best WJB = Junior World Best WYB = youth world best AB = continent best AJB = Junior Continental Best AYB = youth continental best NB = national best NJR = national youth best performance NYB = national youth record

PB = personal best SB = personal season best QB = best qualification WL = world annual best WJL = Junior World Year's Best WYL = youth world annual best DSQ = disqualified (engl. Disqualified ) DNS = competition not started ( Did Not Start ) DNF = competition not finished ( Did Not Finish )

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	South Africa	12	5	5	22nd
02	Algeria	6th	10	9	25th
03	Nigeria	5	4th	1	10
04th	Ethiopia	4th	5	5	14th
05	Kenya	4th	3	1	8th
06th	Morocco	3	2	7th	12
07th	Egypt	1	4th	2	7th
08th	Burkina Faso	1	3	0	4th
09	Tunisia	1	2	5	8th
10	Ghana	1	1	0	2
11	Namibia	1	0	3	4th
12	Seychelles	1	0	0	1
13	Senegal	0	1	0	1
14th	Mali	0	0	1	1
total		40	40	39	119

Web links

• Website of the Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme (English)
• Results [1]