1998 African Championships in Athletics
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The 11th African Championships in Athletics
were held in Dakar
, Senegal
, from August 18 to August 22 in the Stade Leopold Senghor
.
African Championships in Athletics
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics. It is generally organised biennually, every other event is held same year as the Summer Olympics....
were held in Dakar
Dakar
Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...
, Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
, from August 18 to August 22 in the Stade Leopold Senghor
Stade Leopold Senghor
Stade Leopold Senghor is a multi-purpose stadium in Dakar, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has an athletics track. It serves as a home ground of ASC Jeanne d'Arc and the Senegal national football team. The stadium holds 60,000. It was built in 1985.-External...
.
Track
| 100 m | Seun Ogunkoya Seun Ogunkoya Seun Ogunkoya is a Nigerian sprinter and two-time African Championships gold medalist over 100 metres.-Career peak:He was born in Akure and is a cousin of Falilat Ogunkoya. He improved his personal bests from 10.43 seconds in 1995 to 10.15 seconds in April 1996 in Makurdi, at the 10th National...  Nigeria |
9.94 CR | Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist...  Namibia |
9.97 | Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He has won a gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games, a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 1998 African Championships. In 1999 he set a new African indoor record in 60 metres with 6.45 seconds...  Ghana |
10.10 |
| 200 m | Frankie Fredericks Frankie Fredericks Frank Fredericks is a former athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games , making him Namibia's first and so far only Olympic medalist... Namibia |
19.99 CR | Sunday Emmanuel Nigeria |
20.45 | Oumar Loum Oumar Loum Oumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...  Senegal |
20.59 |
| 400 m | Clement Chukwu Clement Chukwu Clement Chukwu is a former Nigerian athlete who specialised in the 200 and 400 metres.Chukwu attended Eastern Michigan University.... Nigeria |
44.65 CR | Davis Kamoga Davis Kamoga Davis Kamoga is a Ugandan athlete competing in 400 m. He won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....  Uganda |
44.79 | Ibrahima Wade Ibrahima Wade Ibrahima Wade is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He switched nationality from his birth country Senegal in 2000.His personal best time is 45.05 seconds, achieved in August 1998 in Dakar... Senegal |
45.05 |
| 800 m | Japheth Kimutai Japheth Kimutai Japheth Kimutai is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in 800 metres.In 1998 he won the gold medal at the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in a time of 1:43.82. In the same year he won the African Championships 800 metres in Dakar, Senegal...  Kenya |
1:45.82 | Patrick Ndururi Patrick Ndururi Patrick Ndururi Kinaga was a Kenyan middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.On 13 August 1997 he ran a personal best of 1:42.62 minutes, making him the twelfth fastest person in history over this distance... Kenya |
1:45.85 | Djabir Saïd-Guerni Djabir Saïd-Guerni Djabir Saïd-Guerni is a retired Algerian athlete who competed in the 800 metres.He announced his retirement on 6 May 2007, following injury problems...  Algeria |
1:46.31 |
| 1500 m | Laban Rotich Laban Rotich Laban Rotich is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. His personal best time is 3:29.91 minutes, achieved in August 1998 in Zürich. He holds the world's best indoor performance over one mile for men over 35 years with 3:53.18 minutes.-Achievements:-External links:*... Kenya |
3:45.03 | Adil Kaouch Adil Kaouch Adil Kaouch is a Moroccan middle distance runner.In 1998 he won the World Junior Championships over 1500 metres...  Morocco |
3:47.34 | Ali Saïdi Sief Algeria |
3:47.89 |
| 3000 m | Tom Nyariki Tom Nyariki Tom Nyariki is a long-distance runner from Kenya. Most notably he won a bronze medal on the 5,000 metres at the 1997 World Championships.Nyariki is married to Jackline Maranga... Kenya |
8:03.75 | Brahim Lahlafi Brahim Lahlafi Brahim Lahlafi is a retired long-distance runner who represented Morocco during his active career. He acquired French citizenship on 6 April 2002, but represented Morocco again from 15 March 2007.... Morocco |
8:05.00 | Fita Bayissa  Ethiopia |
8:05.16 |
| 5000 m | Daniel Komen Daniel Komen Daniel Kipngetich Komen is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. Remembered for his rivalry with Haile Gebrselassie, Komen's most notable achievements came in a two-year period between 1996 and 1998, during which he broke a string of world records... Kenya |
13:35.70 | Hailu Mekonnen Hailu Mekonnen Hailu Mekonnen is an Ethiopian runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.His first medals came in 1998, when he took bronze and team gold at the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won a silver in the 5000 m at the 1998 African... Ethiopia |
13:38.19 | William Kalya Kenya |
13:39.17 |
| 3000 m st. | Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai Bernard Barmasai is an athlete from Kenya. He specialised in steeplechase running but is nowadays a marathoner.He set the new 3000 metres steeplechase world record of 7:55.72 on August 24, 1997 in Cologne. The record was broken by Brahim Boulami from Morocco in 2001... Kenya |
8:11.74 CR | Richard Limo Richard Limo Richard Kipkemei Limo is a Kenyan athlete. He specializes in long distance track events. He won the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.... Kenya |
8:20.67 | Brahim Boulami Brahim Boulami Brahim Boulami is a Moroccan athlete who had set two world records in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 7:55.28 and 7:53.17. The latter was overturned because he tested positive for the banned performance enhancing drug EPO... Morocco |
8:29.52 |
| 110 m H 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight... |
Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Heusden. This is the current African record. He also holds the African record in 60 metres hurdles with 7.52 seconds, achieved in February 2001 in Ghent.-Achievements:-External links:...  South Africa |
13.72 | William Erese William Erese William Erese is a retired male hurdler from Nigeria. His personal best time is 13.42 seconds, achieved in July 2003 in Mals, . This is the current Nigerian record.-Achievements:-External links:... Nigeria |
13.92 | Doudou Félou Sow Senegal |
14.57 |
| 400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
Samuel Matete Samuel Matete Samuel Matete is a retired male track and field athlete from Zambia, who competed mainly in 400 meter hurdles. Noted for his exceptionally fast finish, he was one of the world's leading hurdlers in the early 1990s, and became the first Zambian track and field world champion in 1991...  Zambia |
48.58 | Ken Harnden Ken Harnden Ken Harnden is a Zimbabwean hurdler who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 48.05 seconds, achieved in July 1998 in Paris...  Zimbabwe |
49.39 | Ibou Faye Ibou Faye Ibou Faye is a Senegalese athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres hurdles.- Achievements :*2003 All-Africa Games - bronze medal*1999 All-Africa Games - gold medal - 48.30 seconds, personal best... Senegal |
49.59 |
| 20 km Walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times... |
Hatem Ghoula Hatem Ghoula Hatem Ghoula is a Tunisian race walker.He holds the African records in both 20,000 metres, 20 km and 50 km walk.-Achievements:-References:**...  Tunisia |
1:31:28 | Moussa Aouanouk Algeria |
1:32:18 | Getachew Demisse Ethiopia |
1:34:19 |
| 4 x 100 m |  Côte d'Ivoire |
38.76 | Nigeria |
38.88 |  Cameroon |
39.61 |
| 4 x 400 m | Senegal |
3:04.20 | Zimbabwe |
3:04.47 | Nigeria |
3:05.18 |
Field
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Abderrahmane Hammad Zaheer is a former Algerian track and field athlete who competed in the high jump. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics in 2000, taking the bronze medal and made a second appearance at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His personal best of 2.34 m is the Algerian... Algeria |
2.21 | Khemraj Naiko Khemraj Naiko Khemraj Naiko is a retired Mauritian high jumper.His personal best jump is 2.28 metres, achieved at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. This is the Mauritian record.-Achievements:-References:...  Mauritius |
2.18 | Gavin Lendis South Africa |
2.15 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Hatem Mersal Hatem Mersal Hatem Mohamed Mersal is an Egyptian long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.31 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Oslo. This is the current national record.-Achievements:-References:...  Egypt |
8.13 | Anis Gallali Anis Gallali Anis Gallali is a retired Tunisian long jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1996 African Championships and the silver medal at the 1998 African Championships, the latter in 8.01 metres. This remained his lifetime best jump, and is also the Tunisian record.He became Tunisian champion in 1993, 1995... Tunisia |
8.01 | Mark Anthony Awere Mark Anthony Awere Mark Anthony Awere is a Ghanaian long jumper.He won bronze medals at the 1998 African Championships and the 1999 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the 2000 Olympic Games.... Ghana |
7.77 |
| Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... |
Okkert Brits Okkert Brits Okkert Brits is a South African athlete competing in the pole vault. His current personal best of 6.03m, set in 1995, is also the African record. He has won numerous medals at international events. He has competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing 7th in 2000... South Africa |
5.40 =CR | Kersley Gardenne Kersley Gardenne Kersley Gardenne is a retired Mauritian pole vaulter.His personal best jump is 5.50 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Dreux. This is the Mauritian record. He did however have a better indoor mark with 5.60 metres, achieved in January 1998 in Liévin.-Achievements:-References:... Mauritius |
5.20 | Mohamed Bédoui Tunisia |
4.80 |
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Andrew Owusu Andrew Owusu Andrew Owusu is a Ghanaian athlete who competes in the triple jump.His personal best was 17.23 metres, achieved in August 1998 in Dakar. This is the Ghanaian record as well as the fourth best triple jump result in Africa, behind Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa , Ajayi Agbebaku and Khotso Mokoena... Ghana |
17.23 CR | Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa Ndabazinhle Mdhlongwa is a retired Zimbabwean triple jumper. He was the African record holder with 17.34 metres from 1998 to 2007.... Zimbabwe |
17.19 | Oluyemi Sule Nigeria |
16.37 |
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Burger Lambrechts Burger Lambrechts Burger Lambrechts is a South African shot putter.He attended Laerskool Nelspruit, where he was head-boy in 1986 and Hoërskool Waterkloof, where he was vice head-boy in 1991.... South Africa |
19.78 | Dhia Kamel Ahmed Egypt |
17.61 | Quentin Soné Ehawa Cameroon |
15.51 |
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger is a South African born Finnish discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion... South Africa |
62.17 | Frits Potgieter South Africa |
60.50 | Mickael Conjungo Mickaël Conjungo Mickaël Conjungo is a French discus thrower. He formerly represented his birth country of the Central African Republic....  Central African Republic |
57.52 |
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... |
Marius Corbett Marius Corbett Marius Corbett is a South African javelin thrower. He won a surprise gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics, improving his personal best with 4.50 m during the contest... South Africa |
79.82 | Khaled Es Sayed Yassin Egypt |
72.84 | Bouna Diop Senegal |
72.66 |
| Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Chris Harmse Chris Harmse Christiaan Harmse is a South African hammer thrower. He has broken the African record seven times, and holds the championship record for both the African Championships and All-Africa Games.... South Africa |
72.11 CR | Hakim Toumi Hakim Toumi Hakim Toumi is a retired male hammer thrower from Algeria.Toumi twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. He set his personal best distance of 74.76 metres on August 8, 1998 in Algiers.-Achievements:-References:*... Algeria |
69.36 | Samir Haouam Algeria |
68.79 |
| Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not... |
Rédouane Youcef Rédouane Youcef Rédouane Youcef is a retired Algerian decathlete.He won gold medals at the 1998 and 2000 African Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2002 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games and the bronze medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games... Algeria |
7352 points | Mohamed Benyahia Algeria |
7093 points | Issam Abdelatif Saber Egypt |
6420 points |
Track
| 100 m | Mary Onyali Nigeria |
11.05 CR | Endurance Ojokolo Endurance Ojokolo Endurance Ojokolo is a Nigerian athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*60 metres - 7.08 s *100 metres - 11.06 s *200 metres - 23.09 s -References:... Nigeria |
11.08 | Rose Aboaje Nigeria |
11.31 |
| 200 m | Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in... Nigeria |
22.22 CR | Rose Aboaje Nigeria |
22.83 | Heide Seyerling South Africa |
22.89 |
| 400 m | Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya Falilat Ogunkoya is a Nigerian athlete.Ogunkoya has won a number of national championships, including a gold medal in 1996 in the 400 metres, gold in the 200 metres and 400 m in 1998, and gold again in 1999 and 2001 in the 400 m. At the 1987 All Africa Games in Kenya she won the silver medal in... Nigeria |
50.07 CR | Charity Opara Charity Opara Charity Opara is a former Nigerian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres. She was in particular a successful relay runner, winning the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics.... Nigeria |
50.13 | Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy Ony Paule Ratsimbazafy is a retired Malagasy sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.In 1998 she won the bronze medal at the African Championships, and was therefore selected to represent Africa in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1998 IAAF World Cup...  Madagascar |
52.11 |
| 800 m | Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique |
1:57.95 | Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi Hasna Benhassi is a Moroccan middle distance athlete.She first came to international prominence at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning a surprise silver medal behind Kelly Holmes. She repeated this feat by winning silver at the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki,... Morocco |
2:01.24 | Julia Sakara Julia Sakara - Achievements :In addition she competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.-External links:... Zimbabwe |
2:01.55 |
| 1500 m | Jackline Maranga Jackline Maranga Jackline Maranga is a retired Kenyan middle distance runner. She won a silver medal at the World Junior Championships at the age of 15, and also won silver medals in the two following Championships, being the only athlete to do so.She is perhaps best known for winning the 1500 metres gold at the... Kenya |
4:11.75 CR | Julia Sakara Julia Sakara - Achievements :In addition she competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997 as well as the 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the finals.-External links:... Zimbabwe |
4:13.64 | Bouchra Benthami Morocco |
4:17.83 |
| 3000 m | Zahra Ouaziz Zahra Ouaziz Zahra Ouaziz is a retired Moroccan long-distance runner. She was the African record holder at 3000 metres and 5000 metres.-Career:Ouaziz broke the 5000 metres African Record in 1998, timing 14:40.19... Morocco |
8:53.75 | Genet Gebregiorgis Genet Gebregiorgis Genet Gebregioris is an Ethiopian middle distance runner who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.She won a bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 1995 All-Africa Games held in Harare... Ethiopia |
9:13.47 | Yemenashu Taye Ethiopia |
9:13.59 |
| 5000 m | Berhane Adere Berhane Adere Berhane Adere is an athlete from Ethiopia.Adere held the African record for 10,000 metres in a time of 30:04.18, set at the 2003 World Championships, where she won gold... Ethiopia |
15:54.31 CR | Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio Sally Barsosio is a Kenyan distance runner. , Barsosio is the youngest ever medallist at the World Junior Championships in Athletics... Kenya |
15:59.12 | Merima Denboba Merima Denboba Merima Denboba is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.Denboba won the 2003 Oeiras International Cross Country, beating two time champion Leah Malot in the process... Ethiopia |
16:11.16 |
| 100 m H 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner... |
Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Oluchi is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling. The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a major international event... Nigeria |
12.77 CR | Mame Tacko Diouf Mame Tacko Diouf -Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres hurdles - 12.94 s *400 metres hurdles - 54.75 s *200 metres - 23.43 s *400 metres - 53.96 s -External links:... Senegal |
13.08 | Corien Botha South Africa |
13.25 |
| 400 m H 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly... |
Nezha Bidouane Nezha Bidouane Nezha Bidouane is a retired Moroccan hurdler.She won the 400 m hurdles gold medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens... Morocco |
54.24 CR | Mame Tacko Diouf Mame Tacko Diouf -Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres hurdles - 12.94 s *400 metres hurdles - 54.75 s *200 metres - 23.43 s *400 metres - 53.96 s -External links:... Senegal |
55.06 | Saidat Onanuga Nigeria |
56.84 |
| 5000 m walk Race walking Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance athletic event. Although it is a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times... |
Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt |
24:28.42 | Dounia Kara Algeria |
25:17.17 | Anne-Hortense Ebéna Cameroon |
25:33.11 |
| 4 x 100 m | Nigeria |
43.75 | Madagascar |
43.78 | Ghana |
43.89 |
| 4 x 400 m | Nigeria |
3:31.07 CR | Senegal |
3:31.07 | Cameroon |
3:33.85 |
Field
| High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years.... |
Hestrie Storbeck South Africa |
1.92 | Irène Tiendrébéogo Irène Tiéndrebeogo Irène Dimwaogdo Tiendrébéogo is a Burkinabé high jumper. Tiéndrebeogo competed at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics in the Women's high jump. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:...  Burkina Faso |
1.84 | Nkechinyere Mbaoma Nigeria |
1.75 |
| Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point... |
Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa , is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team. She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event... Nigeria |
6.78 =CR | Chinedu Odozor Nigeria |
6.45 | Baya Rahouli Baya Rahouli Baya Rahouli is an Algerian athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a former African record holder in this event, and has two African championship titles, beating Françoise Mbango Etone and Kéné Ndoye on both occasions... Algeria |
6.36 |
| Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a... |
Baya Rahouli Baya Rahouli Baya Rahouli is an Algerian athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a former African record holder in this event, and has two African championship titles, beating Françoise Mbango Etone and Kéné Ndoye on both occasions... Algeria |
13.96 CR | Françoise Mbango Etone Françoise Mbango Etone Françoise Mbango Etone is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for France, formerly of the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with an Olympic record distance of 15.39m at the Beijing... Cameroon |
13.80 | Kéné Ndoye Kene Ndoye Kéné Ndoye is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Senegal |
13.30 |
| Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action.... |
Veronica Abrahamse South Africa |
15.07 | Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia |
14.83 | Hanan Ahmed Khaled Hanan Ahmed Khaled Hanan Ahmed Khaled is an Egyptian female athlete The most successful female athlete in the history Egyptian athletics winning a total of two gold medals in All-Africa Games, four gold, five silver and two Bronze medals in African Athletic championships in discus throw and shot put.She also played... Egypt |
14.68 |
| Discus Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus... |
Elizna Naudé Elizna Naudé Elizna Naudé is a South African discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 64.87 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Stellenbosch. She is a teacher at Vaalpark Primary School, Sasolburg, South Africa.... South Africa |
50.28 | Caroline Fournier Mauritius |
50.28 | Hanan Ahmed Khaled Hanan Ahmed Khaled Hanan Ahmed Khaled is an Egyptian female athlete The most successful female athlete in the history Egyptian athletics winning a total of two gold medals in All-Africa Games, four gold, five silver and two Bronze medals in African Athletic championships in discus throw and shot put.She also played... Egypt |
42.82 |
| Hammer Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... |
Caroline Fournier Mauritius |
54.29 | Marwa Ahmed Hussein Egypt |
47.55 | Djida Yalloulène Algeria |
47.43 |
| Javelin Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon... (old type) |
Lindy Leveaux  Seychelles |
47.56 | Bernadette Ravina Mauritius |
46.79 | Monique Djikada Cameroon |
45.61 |
| Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:... |
Patience Itanyi Nigeria |
5376 points | Mary Dolly Zé Oyono Cameroon |
5211 points | Paulette Mendy Senegal |
4716 points |
Medal table
| 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 22 | |
| 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 13= | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13= | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13= | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13= | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 18 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20= | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20= | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
External links
- Results - GBR Athletics