2016 African Championships in Athletics

The 20th African Championships in Athletics was held in Durban, South Africa from 22 to 26 June 2016.[1] It was the second time that Durban and South Africa hosted this competition. 720 athletes from 43 African national federations participated.[2]

2016 African Championships
Dates22 June – 26 June
Host cityDurban, South Africa South Africa
VenueKings Park Stadium
Events44
Records setChampionship records

Medal summary

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Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.4 m/s)
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Ben Youssef Meïté
  Ivory Coast
9.95 Mosito Lehata
  Lesotho
10.04 Akani Simbine
  South Africa
10.05
200 metres
(wind: +1.8 m/s)
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Wayde van Niekerk
  South Africa
20.02 Adama Jammeh
  Gambia
20.45 NR Emmanuel Matadi
  Liberia
20.55
400 metres
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Baboloki Thebe
  Botswana
44.70 Karabo Sibanda
  Botswana
45.40 Chidi Okezie
  Nigeria
45.80
800 metres
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Nijel Amos
  Botswana
1:45.11 Jacob Rozani
  South Africa
1:45.38 Reinhardt van Rensburg
  South Africa
1:46.15
1500 metres
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Fouad Elkaam
  Morocco
3:39.49 Timothy Cheroiyet
  Kenya
3:39.71 Vincent Letting
  Kenya
3:40.78
5000 metres
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Douglas Kipserem
  Kenya
13:13.35 Elroy Gelant
  South Africa
13:15.13 Mangata Ndiwa
  Kenya
13:16.85
10,000 metres
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Stephen Mokoka
  South Africa
28:02.97 Wilfred Kimitei
  Kenya
28:03.18 Namakwe Nkhasi
  Lesotho
28:06.33
110 metres hurdles
(wind: 0.0 m/s)
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Antonio Alkana
  South Africa
13.43 'CR' Tyron Akins
  Nigeria
13.74 Mohamed Koussi
  Morocco
13.94
400 metres hurdles
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Boniface Tumuti
  Kenya
49.20 Amadou Ndiaye
  Senegal
49.40 Haron Koech
  Kenya
49.40
3000 metres steeplechase
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Chala Beyo
  Ethiopia
8:21.02 Tolosa Nurgi
  Ethiopia
8:22.79 Abraham Kibiwot
  Kenya
8:24.19
4 × 100 metres relay
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  South Africa
Emile Erasmus
Wayde van Niekerk
Tlotliso Leotlela
Akani Simbine
38.84   Ivory Coast
Arthur Cissé
Wilfried Koffi Hua
Émilien Tchan Bi Chan
Ben Youssef Meïté
38.98   Zambia
Hazemba Chidamba
Brian Kasinda
Titus Kafunda Mukhala
Sydney Siame
39.77
4 × 400 metres relay
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  Botswana
Karabo Sibanda
Baboloki Thebe
Onkabetse Nkobolo
Leaname Maotoanong
3:02.20   Kenya
Boniface Tumuti
Alphas Kishoyian
Boniface Mweresa
Haron Koech
3:04.25   South Africa
Jon Seeliger
Shaun de Jager
Ofentse Mogawane
LJ van Zyl
3:04.73
20 kilometres walk
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Samuel Gathimba
  Kenya
1:19:24 'CR', NR Hassanine Sebei
  Tunisia
1:20:57 Lebogang Shange
  South Africa
1:21:41
High jump
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Mathieu Sawe
  Kenya
2.21 Keagan Fourie
  South Africa
2.18 Fernand Djoumessi
  Cameroon
2.15
Pole vault
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Hichem Khalil Cherabi
  Algeria
5.30 m Mohamed Romdhana
  Tunisia
5.20 m Jordan Yamoah
  Ghana
5.00 m
Long jump
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Ruswahl Samaai
  South Africa
8.40w Luvo Manyonga
  South Africa
8.23w Ruri Rammkolodi
  Botswana
7.90w
Triple jump
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Tosin Oke
  Nigeria
17.13 (+1.0 m/s) Fabrice Zango
  Burkina Faso
16.81 (+1.2 m/s) Khotso Mokoena
  South Africa
16.77 (+1.7 m/s)
Shot put
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Jaco Engelbrecht
  South Africa
20.00 Franck Elemba
  Congo
19.89 Stephen Mozia
  Nigeria
19.84
Discus throw
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Russell Tucker
  South Africa
61.44 Stephen Mozia
  Nigeria
59.16 Dewaald van Heerden
  South Africa
58.44
Hammer throw
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Eslam Ahmed Taha Ibrahim
  Egypt
68.92 Chris Harmse
  South Africa
67.67 Tshepang Makhethe
  South Africa
65.54
Javelin throw
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Phil-Mar van Rensburg
  South Africa
76.04 John Ampomah
  Ghana
75.22 Alex Kiprotich
  Kenya
74.08
Decathlon
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Fredriech Pretorius
  South Africa
7780 Atsu Nyamadi
  Ghana
7501 Ali Kamé
  Madagascar
6892

Women

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Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(wind: +2.0 m/s)
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Murielle Ahouré
  Ivory Coast
10.99 CR Carina Horn
  South Africa
11.07 Marie-Josée Ta Lou
  Ivory Coast
11.15
200 metres
(wind: +1.2 m/s)
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Marie-Josée Ta Lou
  Ivory Coast
22.81 Alyssa Conley
  South Africa
22.84 Gina Bass
  Gambia
22.92 NR
400 metres
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Kabange Mupopo
  Zambia
51.56 Margaret Wambui
  Kenya
52,24 Patience Okon George
  Nigeria
52.33
800 metres
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Caster Semenya
  South Africa
1:58.20 Malika Akkaoui
  Morocco
2:00.24 Emily Cherotich
  Kenya
2:00.70
1500 metres
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Caster Semenya
  South Africa
4:01.99 CR Rabab Arafi
  Morocco
4:03.95 Adanech Anbesa
  Ethiopia
4:05.22
5000 metres
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Sheila Chepkirui
  Kenya
15:05.45 CR Margaret Chelimo
  Kenya
15:07.56 Dera Dida
  Ethiopia
15:15.26
10,000 metres
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Alice Aprot
  Kenya
30:26.94 CR Jackline Chepngeno
  Kenya
31:27.7 Joyline Jepkosgei
  Kenya
31:28.3
100 metres hurdles
(wind: +1.6 m/s)
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Claudia Heunis
  South Africa
13.35 Marthe Koala
  Burkina Faso
13.36 Maryke Brits
  South Africa
13.47
400 metres hurdles
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Wenda Nel
  South Africa
54.86 Maureen Jelegat
  Kenya
56.12 Tameka Jameson
  Nigeria
57.17
3000 metres steeplechase
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Norah Jeruto
  Kenya
9:25.07 CR Agnes Chesang
  Kenya
9:27.22 Weyneshet Ansa
  Ethiopia
9:39.89
4 × 100 metres relay
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  South Africa
Tebogo Mamathu
Alyssa Conley
Tamzin Thomas
Carina Horn
43.66   Ghana
Flings Owusu-Agyapong
Gemima Acheampong
Beatrice Gyaman
Janet Amponsah
44.05   Ivory Coast
Adeline Gouenon
Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Nene Kanaté
Murielle Ahouré
44.29
4 × 400 metres relay
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  South Africa
Jeanelle Griesel
Wenda Nel
Justine Palframan
Caster Semenya
3:28.49 CR NR   Nigeria
Omolara Omotosho
Regina George
Yinka Ajayi
Patience Okon George
3:29.94   Kenya
Jacinta Shikanda
Maureen Jelagat
Maureen Thomas
Margaret Wambui
3:30.21
20 kilometres walk
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Grace Wanjiru
  Kenya
1:30:43 CR, AR Yehualeye Beleew
  Ethiopia
1:31:58 NR Chahinez Nasri
  Tunisia
1:34:45
High jump
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Lissa Labiche
  Seychelles
1.85 m Doreen Amata
  Nigeria
1.82 m Basant Hassan
  Egypt
1.79 m
Pole vault
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Syrine Balti
  Tunisia
4.00 m Dora Mahfoudi
  Tunisia
3.80 m Nisrine Dinar
  Morocco
3.60 m
Long jump
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Ese Brume
  Nigeria
6.57 m (w) (+ 2.8 m/s) Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin
  Cameroon
6.39 m (w) (+ 2.6 m/s) Sarah Ngongoa
  Cameroon
6.34 m (w) (+ 2.7 m/s)
Triple jump
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Nadia Eke
  Ghana
13.42 m w Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin
  Cameroon
13.37 m (+0.8 m/s) Patience Ntshingila
  South Africa
13.24 m (+0.8 m/s)
Shot put
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Auriol Dongmo
  Cameroon
17.64 m Nwanneka Okwelogu
  Nigeria
17.07 m Chioma Onyekwere
  Nigeria
15.71 m
Discus throw
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Nwanneka Okwelogu
  Nigeria
56.75 m Chinwe Okoro
  Nigeria
55.67 m Chioma Onyekwere
  Nigeria
53.91 m
Hammer throw
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Amy Sène
  Senegal
68.35 m CR Lætitia Bambara
  Burkina Faso
68.12 m Sarah Bensaad
  Tunisia
62.53 m
Javelin throw
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Sunette Viljoen
  South Africa
64.08 m Jo-ane Van Dyk
  South Africa
56.22 m Pascaline Adanhoegbe
  Benin
54.88 m NR
Heptathlon
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Uhunoma Osazuwa
  Nigeria
6153 pts CR Marthe Koala
  Burkina Faso
5952 pts Elizabeth Dadzie
  Ghana
5730 pts

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Host nation)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Africa (RSA)*169833
2  Kenya (KEN)88824
3  Nigeria (NGR)45716
4  Ivory Coast (CIV)3126
5  Botswana (BOT)3115
6  Ghana (GHA)1326
  Tunisia (TUN)1326
8  Ethiopia (ETH)1236
9  Cameroon (CMR)1225
  Morocco (MAR)1225
11  Senegal (SEN)1102
12  Egypt (EGY)1012
  Zambia (ZAM)1012
14  Algeria (ALG)1001
  Seychelles (SEY)1001
16  Burkina Faso (BUR)0404
17  Gambia (GAM)0112
  Lesotho (LES)0112
19  Congo (CGO)0101
20  Benin (BEN)0011
  Liberia (LBR)0011
  Madagascar (MAD)0011
Totals (22 entries)444444132

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Official schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ^ Morocco World News. "African Championships in Athletics: Moroccan Rabab Arafi Wins Silver in 1.500m". Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Men's High Jump Results". CAA. 24 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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