2017 Junior African Athletics Championships

13th African Youth Athletics Championships (U20)
city	Tlemcen , Algeria
Stadion	Stade Lalla Setti
Competitions	43
opening	June 26, 2017
Final day	2nd July 2017
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The 13th Junior African Athletics Championships took place from June 26th. to July 2nd, 2017 in the Stade Lalla Setti in Tlemcen , Algeria .

Results

Men

100 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Thembo Monareng	RSA	10.41
2	Tinotenda Matiyenga	ZIM	10.50
3	Sharry Dodin	SEY	10.58
4th	Aobakwe Malau	BOT	10.62
5	Mohamed Mahdi Zekraoui	ALG	10.62
6th	Moffat Ngari Wanjiru	KEN	10.70
7th	Mamadou case Sarr	SEN	10.72
8th	Thabiso Sekgopi	BOT	10.76

Final: June 30th

Wind: +2.8 m / s

200 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Clarence Munyai	RSA	20.22 CR
2	Kundai Maguranyanga	ZIM	21.11
3	Tinotenda Matiyenga	ZIM	21.14
4th	Aobakwe Malau	BOT	21.43
5	Mohamed Mahdi Zekraoui	ALG	21.48
6th	Thabiso Sekgopi	BOT	21.49
7th	Henok Birhanu Kasa	ETH	21.59
8th	Moffat Ngari Wanjiru	KEN	21.62

Finale: July 2nd

Wind: +1.1 m / s

400 m

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Waves Tucho	ETH	47.65
2	Tumo Nkape	BOT	47.83
3	Ephrem Mekonnen	ETH	48.87
4th	Onneile Phokedi	BOT	49.49
5	Aouar el-Oufi	MAR	49.50
6th	Alaeddine Kebsi	TO DO	49.84
7th	Stephano Bibi	SEY	49.85
	Giant Motswedi	BOT	DNS

Final: June 30th

800 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Solomon Lekuta	KEN	1: 48.04
2	Teddy bear Lemi	ETH	1: 48.76
3	Adisu Girma	ETH	1: 49.15
4th	Tshepiso Masalela	BOT	1: 50.73
5	Oussama Cherrad	ALG	1: 51.31
6th	Iskander Jhinaoui	TO DO	1: 51.41
7th	Edrissa Marong	GAM	1: 51.51
8th	Amanuel Ghirmay	ERI	1: 59.86

Finale: July 2nd

1500 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Welde Tufa	ETH	3: 44.39
2	Boaz Kiprugut	KEN	3: 44.78
3	Weretaw Esthete	ETH	3: 45.56
4th	Hicham Akankam	MAR	3: 46.13
5	Daniel Welltnsae	ERI	3: 52.91
6th	Ali Kaddechi	TO DO	3: 54.36
7th	Abdour Mahamoud Houssein	DJI	3: 55.35
8th	Hamzi Ahmed Abdillahi	DJI	3: 57.91

June 30th

5000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Selemon Barega	ETH	13: 51.43
2	Tesfahun Aklnew	ETH	13: 52.91
3	Nicholas Kimeli	KEN	13: 54.24
4th	Gizachew Hailu Negasa	ETH	14: 10.20
5	Kokob Ghebru	ERI	14: 38.40
6th	Mouhcine Outalha	MAR	14: 44.28
7th	Mohamed el-Machtoub	MAR	14: 58.18
8th	Given Titus Kwemoi	UGA	15: 07.88

2nd July

10,000 m

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Nicholas Kimeli	KEN	29: 52.15
2	Gizachew Hailu	ETH	29: 52.20
3	Taddesse Tesfahu	ETH	30: 13.95
4th	Fouad Aboud	ALG	31: 40.24
5	Kagiso Kebatshawaretse	BOT	31: 43.74
6th	Abdessalam Sahraoui	ALG	31: 45.67

June 29th

10,000 m walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Yonanis Algaw	ETH	44: 43.47
2	Bahaeddine Gatri	TO DO	44: 43.47
3	Said Touche	ALG	45: 37.41
4th	Billal Djafri	ALG	46: 13.26
5	Ayoub Zaroual	MAR	46: 29.63
6th	Othman Chibani	ALG	48: 40.08
	Birara Alem Cheko	ETH	DSQ

June 30th

110 m hurdles (99 cm)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mpho Tladi	RSA	13.78
2	Louis François Mendy	SEN	14.24
3	Ibrahim Jemal	ETH	14.27
4th	Panashe Majuru	ZIM	14.35
5	Amenallah Ben Rhouma	TO DO	14.38
6th	Mooketsi Montshiwa	BOT	14.98
7th	Tapiwanashe Warara	ZIM	15.75
	Michel Evenor	SEY	DNS

Finale: July 2nd

Wind: +2.4 m / s

400 m hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Merid Alemu	ETH	53.51
2	Oussama Hammi	MAR	54.50
3	Mooketsi Montshiwa	BOT	55.03
4th	Bryan Police	MRI	55.54
5	Charef Eddine Mimoune	ALG	55.97
6th	Edson Mussacate	MOZ	56.06
7th	Yasir Abuh	SOUTH	62.44

June 30th

3000 m obstacle

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Takele Nigate	ETH	8: 31.36
2	Tesfaye Deriba	ETH	8: 33.67
3	Nickson Kiplagat	KEN	8: 42.15
4th	Abdelkrim Benzahra	MAR	8: 43.19
5	Hamdi Ayouni	TO DO	9: 39.42
6th	Oussama Bentouti	ALG	9: 54.93
	Abdeldjalil Khennoussi	ALG	DNF

June 29th

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Zimbabwe	Dickson Kapandura Tinotenda Matiyenga Donovan Mutariswa Kundai Maguranyanga	40.64
2	Gambia	Ansumana Bojang Momodou Sey Sengan Jobe Sulayman Touray	41.07
3	Algeria	Mohamed Mahdi Zekraoui Islam Boukhatem Islam Zaoui Mehdi Ani Nait Abdelaziz	41.34
4th	Botswana	Thusu Machara Thabiso Sekgopi Gaone Rakwatla Aobakwe Malau	42.15
5	Senegal	Gaoussou Faty Mamadou Case Sarr Lamine Diallo Louis François Mendy	DNF
6th	Morocco	Mouhcine Khoua Aymane Bouriga Abdelouahed Bouhila Aouar el-Oufi	DSQ

July 1

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Ethiopia	Ephrem Mekonnen Waves Tucho Ashanafi Debele Abdurehman Abdo	3: 11.89
2	Botswana	Lee Eppie Tshepiso Masalela Onneile Phokedi Tumo Nkape	3: 16.64
3	Morocco	Hamimi Ossama Hicham Akankam Anouar el-Aoufi Achraf el-Maliky	3: 18.08
4th	Gambia	Sulayman Touray Edrissa Marong Ansumana Bojang Tony Sylva	3: 18.14
5	Algeria	Abdendur Bendjemaa Abdelatif Bouguerra Abdelaziz Kaodouri Slimane Moula	3: 20.04
6th	Senegal	Mamadou case Sarr Gaoussou Faty Louis François Mendy Lamine Diallo	3: 22.34

2nd July

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Fadi Chehab	TO DO	2.00
2	Aobakwe Nkobela	BOT	1.90
3	David Deng	ETH	1.90
4th	Abdelghani Tebani	ALG	1.90

2nd July

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Reda Boudechiche	ALG	4.30
2	Youcef Oucheni	ALG	4.00
3	Abdelrahman Sassi	TO DO	3.20

July 1

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Soufiane Zakour	MAR	7.36
2	Mouhcine Khoua	MAR	7.33
3	Aaron Pedro	RSA	7.10
4th	Abdelouahed Bouhila	MAR	7.05
5	Birhanu Mosisa Fire	ETH	7.01
6th	Chengetayi Mapaya	ZIM	6.98
7th	Adir Gur Ochalla	ETH	6.88
8th	Khaled Sawadogo	BFA	6.64

June 29th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Chengetayi Mapaya	ZIM	16.30 CR
2	Adir Gur	ETH	15.65
3	Soufiane Zakour	MAR	15.13
4th	Alexandre Gentil	MRI	15.00
5	Terry Berger	MRI	14.98
6th	Birhanu Mosisa Fire	ETH	14.66
7th	Khaled Sawadogo	BFA	14.59
8th	Najeh Adem	TO DO	14.29

July 1

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Kyle Blignaut	RSA	20.08
2	Patrick Duvenage	RSA	18.31
3	Zegye Moga	ETH	17.02
4th	Mohamed Chachi	MAR	16.94
5	Akrem Sassi	TO DO	15.09
6th	Ali Abassi	ALG	14.05
7th	Nicholas Schmolke	ZIM	10.48

June 30th

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Patrick Duvenage	RSA	59.46
2	Werner Visser	RSA	58.70
3	Mohamed Chachi	MAR	50.61
4th	Akrem Sassi	TO DO	48.57
5	Ali Abassi	ALG	47.04
6th	Oussama Khennoussi	ALG	40.62
7th	Rufero Chikwaira	ZIM	31.76

June 29th

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Carel Haasbroek	RSA	68.91
2	Sid Ali Aboudi	ALG	59.65
3	Oualid Araba	MAR	56.53

July 1

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Werner Dames	RSA	72.75
2	Hernu van Vuuren	RSA	72.74
3	Kereyu Gulala	ETH	68.49
4th	Yassine Khalfaoui	TO DO	57.45
5	James Mutenje	ZIM	53.56
6th	Zakaria Kobbi	MAR	52.37
7th	Nicholas Schmolke	ZIM	46.18

2nd July

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Tarek Rahmani	TO DO	5770
2	Wassim Seksaf	ALG	5709
3	Hakim Mekerri	ALG	5129

29./30. June

girl

100 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mgbemena Kelechi Cabri	ZIM	12.08
2	Severine Moutia	MRI	12.44
3	Abissie Kebede	ETH	12.45
4th	Menana Djihene Benselka	ALG	12.64
5	Naila Ismail	SOUTH	12.81
6th	Masciline Watama	ZIM	12.90

June 30th

Wind: +0.9 m / s

200 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ola Buwaro	GAM	24.60
2	Tsige Duguma	ETH	24.71
3	Mgbemena Kelechi Cabri	ZIM	24.71
4th	Haddy Kujabi	GAM	25.11
5	Séverine Moutia	MRI	25.19
6th	Fatou Sanneh	GAM	25.51
7th	Naila Ismail	SOUTH	25.99
8th	Safa Abdelkarim	SOUTH	26.16

Finale: July 2nd

Wind: +0.5 m / s

400 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Frehiywot Wondie	ETH	54.43
2	Mahilet Fikre	ETH	55.45
3	Nomatter Kafudzaruma	ZIM	56.88
4th	Ndeye Binta Mane	SEN	61.58

June 30th

800 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tigist Ketema	ETH	2: 05.85
2	Josephine Chelangat	KEN	2: 06.48
3	Khadidja Benkacem	MAR	2: 08.26
4th	Faten Laribi	ALG	2: 08.71
5	Dink Firdesa Dufera	ETH	2: 11.10
6th	Sarra Houaouti	ALG	2: 14.56
7th	Amina Dahmani	ALG	2: 15.76

June 30th

1500 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Joyline Cherotich	KEN	4: 30.57
2	Fantu Worku	ETH	4: 30.76
3	Alemaz Samuel	ETH	4: 31.59
4th	Imane el-Bouhali	MAR	4: 39.70
5	Semira Mebrahtu	ERI	4: 41.39
6th	Beatha Nishimwe	RWA	4: 42.58
7th	Hela Hamdi	TO DO	4: 44.88
8th	Sarra Houaouti	ALG	4: 46.73

17th April

3000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Joyline Cherotich	KEN	09: 27.11
2	Sandra Chebet	KEN	09: 27.59
3	Meselu Berhe	ETH	09: 28.10
4th	Fancy Cherono	KEN	09: 38.16

June 29th

5000 m

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Meskerem Mamo	ETH	15: 37.13
2	Sandra Chebet	KEN	15: 41.64
3	Kalkidan Fentie	ETH	15: 49.63
4th	Meselu Berhe Kahsay	ETH	16: 19.36
5	Jeannette Uwambajimana	RWA	17: 23.38

July 1

10,000 m walking

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ayalnesh Dejene	ETH	52: 14.73
2	Yehualeye Beletew	ETH	52: 15.14
3	Souhila Azzi	ALG	53: 49.98
4th	Souad Azzi	ALG	54: 13.12
5	Meriem Amel Zoubiri	ALG	59: 06.79
6th	Soukaina Bouaoud	MAR	63: 18.08

2nd July

100 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Taylon Bieldt	RSA	13.82
2	Asmaa Baya Araibia	ALG	13.98
3	Gebeyanesh Gedecha	ETH	15.03 PB
	Mounia Bellahsene	ALG	DNF
	Chaima Ouanis	ALG	DNF

June 30th

400 m hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sara el-Hachimi	MAR	60.62
2	Deme Abu	ETH	61.18
3	Chaima Ouanis	ALG	63.16
4th	Fatoumata Koala	BFA	64.03
5	Rumbidzai Kavanda	ZIM	64.85
6th	Yvette Motsi	ZIM	78.37

2nd July

3000 m obstacle

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mekides Abebe	ETH	10: 11.80
2	Maritu Ketema	ETH	10: 12.83

July 1

4 × 100 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Algeria	Menana Djihene Benselka Asmaa Baya Araibia Abdelaziz Ait Chaima Ouanis	48.44
2	Zimbabwe	Alice Agostino Gabri Mgbemena Kudzai Violet Nyachiya Masciline Watama	51.19

July 1

4 × 400 m relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Ethiopia	Mahilet Fikre Shimbira Niguse Zinash Dogs Frehiywot Wondie	3: 48.19
2	Algeria	Marjoa Kahli Chaima Ouanis Manel Bendaska Faten Laribi	4: 03.09

2nd July

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Yvonne Robson	RSA	1.74
2	Fatima Zahra el-Alaoui	MAR	1.68
3	Khadidja Manel Ameur	ALG	1.65
4th	Ouidad Yesli	ALG	1.60
5	Natacha Chetty	SEY	1.55

June 30th

Pole vault

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	May Massika Mezioud	ALG	2.80
2	Hassiba Kasmi	ALG	2.60
	Souleyma Ghannay	TO DO	NM

June 29th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Asmaa Baya Araibia	ALG	6.02
2	Zineb Ajalal	MAR	5.68
3	Fatimata Zougrana	BFA	5.41
4th	Fatou Badji	SEN	5.40 w
5	Hanane Kouri	ALG	5.40
6th	Ajuba Oumede Ochan	ETH	5.29
7th	Souleyma Ghannay	TO DO	5.12 w
8th	Meryam look	MAR	5.11

2nd July

Triple jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Fatimata Zougrana	BFA	12.55 w
2	Ajuba Oumede	ETH	11.94
3	Fatou Badji	SEN	11.91
4th	Meryam look	MAR	11.82

June 30th

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jana Steinman	RSA	13.15
2	Yolandi Stander	RSA	12.72
3	Ouidad Yesli	ALG	11.68
4th	Manissa Ayadi	ALG	10.70

June 29th

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Yolandi Stander	RSA	49.13
2	Katia Hammoumraoui	ALG	38.17
3	Naila Dehamnia	ALG	35.05
4th	Jana Steinman	RSA	34.93

2nd July

Hammer throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Samira Addi	MAR	56.29
2	Juliane Claire	MRI	45.55
3	Azza Diff	TO DO	43.94
	Essayeh Ritaj Salem	LBY	DSQ

June 30th

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Jone Kruger	RSA	4850
2	Afaf Benhadja	ALG	4552
3	Souleyma Ghannay	TO DO	3718
4th	Fatimata Zougrana	BFA	3672

1./2. 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	Ethiopia	13	13	12	38
02	South Africa	12	4th	1	17th
03	Algeria	4th	8th	8th	20th
04th	Kenya	4th	4th	2	10
05	Morocco	3	4th	5	12
06th	Zimbabwe	3	3	3	9
07th	Tunisia	2	1	3	6th
08th	Gambia	1	1	0	2
09	Burkina Faso	1	0	1	2
10	Botswana	0	3	1	4th
11	Mauritius	0	2	0	2
12	Senegal	0	1	1	2
13	Seychelles	0	0	1	1
total		43	44	38	125

Web links

• Website of the Confédération Africaine d'Athlétisme (English)
• Overall results