2006 African Championships in Athletics

2006 African Championships
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Host city Bambous, Mauritius Mauritius
Date(s) 9–13 August
Main stadium Stade Germain Comarmond
Participation about 438 athletes from
42 nations
Events 44

The 15th African Championships in Athletics were held in Mauritius between August 9 and August 13, 2006. The event was staged at Stade Germain Comarmond in Bambous, Rivière Noire District. This was the second time when the African Championships in Athletics were hosted in Mauritius, the first was in 1992.

Many world-class runners were competing, but in terms of the field events the standard was poor. In addition, some of those, especially the throwing events, had very few participants as African federations cannot afford to send large teams.

Men's results

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
Olusoji Fasuba
 Nigeria
10.37 Uchenna Emedolu
 Nigeria
10.44 Eric Nkansah
 Ghana
10.65
August 10:
200 m
Uchenna Emedolu
 Nigeria
20.61 Stéphan Buckland
 Mauritius
20.67 Leigh Julius
 South Africa
20.82
August 13:
400 m
Gary Kikaya
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
45.03 Paul Gorries
 South Africa
45.50 Young Talkmore Nyongani
 Zimbabwe
45.60
August 11:
800 m
Alex Kipchirchir
 Kenya
1:46.62 Ismail Ahmed Ismail
 Sudan
1:46.65 Alfred Kirwa
 Kenya
1:46.85
August 11:
1500 m
Alex Kipchirchir
 Kenya
3:46.54 Adil Kaouch
 Morocco
3:46.72 Tarek Boukensa
 Algeria
3:46.81
August 13:
5000 m
Kenenisa Bekele
 Ethiopia
14:03.41 Mike Kigen
 Kenya
14:05.12 Moses Kipsiro
 Uganda
14:05.20
August 9:
10,000 m
Moses Kipsiro
 Uganda
28:03.46 Mike Kigen
 Kenya
28:03.70 Abebe Dinkesa
 Ethiopia
28:05.07
August 13:
110 m hurdles
Aymen Ben Ahmed
 Tunisia
13.77 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja
 Madagascar
14.03 Ruan de Vries
 South Africa
14.05
August 12:
400 m hurdles
Louis van Zyl
 South Africa
49.43 Alwyn Myburgh
 South Africa
49.88 Kurt Couto
 Mozambique
50.72
August 10:
3000 m s'chase
Paul Kipsiele Koech
 Kenya
8:11.74 (CR) Abdelkader Hachlaf
 Morocco
8:33.52 Ruben Ramolefi
 South Africa
8:39.67
August 11: reigning Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi finished second but was disqualified.
20 km walk
David Kimutai
 Kenya
1:23:58 Hatem Ghoula
 Tunisia
1:25:02 Hicham Mejbar
 Algeria
1:25:15
August 13:
4 × 100 m relay
 Nigeria
Peter Emelieze[a]
Uchenna Emedolu
Adetoyi Durotoye
Olusoji Fasuba
39.63  South Africa
Hannes Dreyer
Leigh Julius
Lee-Roy Newton
Sherwin Vries
39.68  Ghana
Harry Adu Mfum
Cyril Ferguson
Seth Amoo
Eric Nkansah
40.12
August 11:
4 x 400 m relay
 Kenya
George Kwoba
Vincent Mumo Kiilu
Sammy Rono
Thomas Musembi
3:06.78  South Africa
Alwyn Myburgh
Ofentse Mogawane
Ruben Majola
Paul Gorries
3:07.65  Botswana
Oganeditse Moseki
California Molefe
Gakologelwang Masheto
Obakeng Ngwigwa
3:08.13
August 13:
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)
  • a Many sources (including the IAAF)[1] list the lead off runner as Grace Ebor, a female Nigerian middle-distance runner. This is incorrect as the lead off runner was actually Peter Emelieze.[2]

Field

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
Kabelo Kgosiemang
 Botswana
2.30 Sere Boubakar
 Burkina Faso
2.22 Ramsey Carelse
 South Africa
2.22
August 13:
Pole vault
Okkert Brits
 South Africa
5.20 Abderrahmane Tamada
 Tunisia
5.15 Hamdi Dhouibi
 Tunisia
4.80
August 12:
Long jump
Ignisious Gaisah
 Ghana
8.51 (+3.7) Khotso Mokoena
 South Africa
8.45 (+4.2) Issam Nima
 Algeria
8.37
August 9:
Triple jump
Tarik Bouguetaïb
 Morocco
17.25 (+4.2) Khotso Mokoena
 South Africa
16.67 (+3.6) Younès Moudrik
 Morocco
16.58 (+3.7)
August 12:
Shot put
Yasser Ibrahim Farag
 Egypt
18.93 Janus Robberts
 South Africa
17.88 Mohammed Medded
 Tunisia
17.87
August 9:
Discus throw
Omar Ahmed ElGazaly
 Egypt
61.11 Yasser Ibrahim Farag
 Egypt
54.38 Chima Ugwu
 Nigeria
51.56
August 10: Nabil Kirame of Morocco, who originally won the bronze, was later disqualified for doping.[3]
Hammer throw
Chris Harmse
 South Africa
77.55 CR Saber Souid
 Tunisia
72.66 Mohsen El Anany
 Egypt
69.22
August 12:
Javelin throw
Gerhardus Pienaar
 South Africa
77.55 Gerbrandt Grobler
 South Africa
75.95 Walid Adb El Wahab
 Egypt
69.86
August 13:
Decathlon
Hamdi Dhouibi
 Tunisia
7,566 points Mourad Souissi
 Algeria
7,113 points Terence Wepener
 South Africa
7,084 points
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's results

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 m
Vida Anim
 Ghana
11.58 Geraldine Pillay
 South Africa
11.67 Endurance Ojokolo
 Nigeria
11.95
August 10:
200 m
Vida Anim
 Ghana
22.90 Geraldine Pillay
 South Africa
23.11 Fabienne Feraez
 Benin
23.15
August 13:
400 m
Amy Mbacke Thiam
 Senegal
52.22 Amantle Montsho
 Botswana
52.68 Louise Ayetotche
 Ivory Coast
52.92
August 11:
800 m
Janeth Jepkosgei
 Kenya
2 :00.64 Maria de Lurdes Mutola
 Mozambique
2 :01.08 Nouria Merah Benida
 Algeria
2 :02.18
August 13:
1500 m
Nouria Merah Benida
 Algeria
4:23.26 Safa Issaoui
 Tunisia
4:24.08 Berhane Hirphsa
 Ethiopia
4:24.09
August 11:
5000 m
Meseret Defar
 Ethiopia
15:56.00 Tirunesh Dibaba
 Ethiopia
15:56.04 Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet
 Kenya
15:57.14
August 10:
10,000 m
Edith Masai
 Kenya
31:27.96 CR Isabella Ochichi
 Kenya
31:29.43 Emily Chebet
 Kenya
31:33.39
August 12:
100 m hurdles
Toyin Augustus
 Nigeria
13.44 Carole Me-ban Kaboud
 Cameroon
13.85 Gnima Faye
 Senegal
13.95
August 10:
400 m hurdles
Janet Wienand
 South Africa
56.97 Houria Moussa
 Algeria
57.15 Aissafa Soulama
 Burkina Faso
57.27
August 13:
3000 m s'chase
Jeruto Kiptum
 Kenya
10:00.02 Habiba Ghribi
 Tunisia
10:10.93 Chaabi Bouchra
 Morocco
10:11.52
August 11:
20 km walk
Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh
 Egypt
1:43:22 Arasa Asnaksh Abissa
 Ethiopia
1:45:31 Ghania Amzal
 Algeria
1:46:05
August 13:
4 × 100 m relay
 Ghana
Gifty Addy,
Elizabeth Amolofo,
Vida Anim,
Esther Dankwah
44.43  Nigeria
Toyin Augustus
Francisca Idoko
Gloria Kemasuode
Endurance Ojokolo
44.52  Cameroon
Esther Solange Ndoumbe
Carole Kaboud Me-Bam
Josephine Mbarga Bikie
Leonie Myriam Mani
46.43
August 11:
4 × 400 m relay
 South Africa
Amanda Kotze,
Estie Wittstock,
Janet Wienand,
Heide Seyerling
3:36.88  Nigeria
Alice Nwosu
Mary Onyemuwa
Kate Obilor
Christiana Ekpukhon
3:37.00  Kenya
Josephine Nyarunda
Elizabeth Muthuka
Annet Mwanzi Lukhuyi
Florence Wasike
3:39.79
August 13:
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

Event Gold Silver Bronze
High jump
Rene van der Merwe
 South Africa
1.84 Nkeka Ukuh
 Nigeria
1.80 Sara Bouaoudia
 Algeria
1.75
August 11:
Pole vault
Syrine Balti
 Tunisia
4.21 Nisrine Dinar
 Morocco
3.60 Lindi Roux
 South Africa
3.60
August 10:
Long jump
Joséphine Mbarga-Bikié
 Cameroon
6.33 (+2.9) Kéné Ndoye
 Senegal
6.30 (+1.8) Chinazom Amadi
 Nigeria
6.23 (+3.0)
August 10:
Triple jump
Yamilé Aldama
 Sudan
14.71 (+2.6) Kéné Ndoye
 Senegal
14.08 (+3.6) Otonye Iworima
 Nigeria
13.88 (+2.1)
August 13:
Shot put
Vivian Chukwuemeka
 Nigeria
17.45 Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi
 Egypt
15.48 Monique Ngo Ngoué-Poree
 Cameroon
14.99
August 13:
Discus throw
Elizna Naude
 South Africa
55.42 Vivian Chukwuemeka
 Nigeria
49.63 Suzanne Kragbe
 Ivory Coast
49.05
August 11:
Hammer throw
Marwa Hussein Arafat
 Egypt
62.16 Blessing Egwu
 Nigeria
51.77 Menakshee Totah
 Mauritius
36.68
August 9: Egypt's Marwa Ahmed Arafat retained her African title, while Hayat El Ghazi of Morocco, who originally won the silver, was later disqualified for doping.[4]
Javelin throw
Justine Robbeson
 South Africa
60.60 PB/AR Sunette Viljoen
 South Africa
55.64 Lindy Leveau
 Seychelles
54.41
August 12:
Heptathlon
Janice Josephs
 South Africa
5876 points Celine Laporte
 Seychelles
4932 points Nadege Foe Essama
 Cameroon
3808 points
August 11-12:
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medals table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa (RSA)1011627
2 Kenya (KEN)63413
3 Nigeria (NGR)56415
4 Egypt (EGY)4228
5 Ghana (GHA)4026
6 Tunisia (TUN)35210
7 Ethiopia (ETH)2226
8 Morocco (MAR)1326
9 Algeria (ALG)1269
10 Senegal (SEN)1214
11 Cameroon (CMR)1135
12 Botswana (BOT)1113
13 Sudan (SUD)1102
14 Uganda (UGA)1012
15 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)1001
16 Burkina Faso (BFA)0112
 Mauritius (MUS)0112
 Mozambique (MOZ)0112
 Seychelles (SEY)0112
20 Madagascar (MAD)0101
21 Benin (BEN)0011
 Ivory Coast (CIV)0011
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)0011
Totals (23 nations)424443129


Participating nations

See also

References

  1. 4x100 Metres Relay - men - senior - outdoor - 2006. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.
  2. Career Highlights Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine.. Peter Emelieze. Retrieved on 2013-09-10.
  3. "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
  4. "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF. 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
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