Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games

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The Athletics competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games were held on the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria between 18 July and 22 July 2007.

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[edit] Men's results

[edit] Track

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Olusoji Fasuba
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
10.18 Eric Nkansah
Flag of Ghana Ghana
10.35 Uchenna Emedolu
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
10.37
July 19: The three athletes also shared the podium at the 2006 African Championships, with Fasuba defending the gold medal.
200 m Leigh Julius
Flag of South Africa South Africa
20.81 Seth Amoo
Flag of Ghana Ghana
20.88 Obinna Metu
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
20.94
July 22: Julius moved up from the bronze medal position at the 2006 African Championships.
400 m California Molefe
Flag of Botswana Botswana
45.59 Young Talkmore Nyongani
Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
45.76 Mathieu Gnanligo
Flag of Benin Benin
45.89
July 20: Molefe won Botswana's second gold medal at the Games, just shortly after Amantle Montsho took the women's 400 m title. Gnanligo won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Benin.
800 m Abubaker Kaki Khamis
Flag of Sudan Sudan
1:45.22 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi
Flag of South Africa South Africa
1:45.54 Justus Koech
Flag of Kenya Kenya
1:45.80
July 20: Big surprise victory as Kaki Khamis upset 2004 Olympic silver medallist Mulaudzi.
1500 m Asbel Kiprop
Flag of Kenya Kenya
3:38.97 Antar Zerguelaine
Flag of Algeria Algeria
3:39.04 Tarek Boukensa
Flag of Algeria Algeria
3:39.18
July 22: Running on home track, Zerguelaine was narrowly beaten to second while Boukensa defended his position from the 2006 African Championships.
5000 m Moses Kipsiro
Flag of Uganda Uganda
13:12:51 Kiprono Menjo
Flag of Kenya Kenya
13:12.64 Tariku Bekele
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
13:13.43
July 22: Kipsiro won Uganda's first gold medal at the Games.
10,000 m Zersenay Tadesse
Flag of Eritrea Eritrea
27:00.30 Tadesse Tola
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
27:28.08 Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
27:41.24
July 19: Tadesse won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Eritrea as the first non-Kenyan or Ethiopian to win a medal in the men's 10,000 metres. In addition, 27:00.30 was a new Games record. A number of Kenyans and Ethiopians were absent due to preparations for the 2007 World Championships.
Half marathon Deriba Merga
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
1:02:24 Martin Sulle
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania
1:03:01 Yonas Kifle
Flag of Eritrea Eritrea
1:03:19
July 20
110 m h Salim Nurudeen
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
13.59 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja
Flag of Madagascar Madagascar
13.72 Shaun Bownes
Flag of South Africa South Africa
13.81
July 19: Nurudeen established a new Games record.
400 m h L.J. van Zyl
Flag of South Africa South Africa
48.74 Pieter De Villiers
Flag of South Africa South Africa
48.91 Alwyn Myburgh
Flag of South Africa South Africa
48.91
July 21: South African dominance as De Villiers split van Zyl and Myburgh, winners of gold and silver respectively at the 2006 African Championships.
3000 m s'chase Willy Komen
Flag of Kenya Kenya
8:15.11 Ezekiel Kemboi
Flag of Kenya Kenya
8:16.93 Nahom Mesfin
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
8:39.67
July 18: The Kenyan dominance in the event continued as 2006 World Junior champion Komen upset 2004 Olympic champion Kemboi.
20 km walk Hatem Ghoula
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
1:22:33 David Kimutai
Flag of Kenya Kenya
1:24:16 Mohamed Ameur
Flag of Algeria Algeria
1:25:12
July 21
4 x 100 m Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
Isaac Uche,
Obinna Metu,
Chinedu Oriala,
Olusoji Fasuba
38.91 Flag of South Africa South Africa
Morne Nagel,
Leigh Julius,
Lee Roy Newton,
Sherwin Vries
39.11 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Ngonidzashe Makusha,
Gabriel Mvumvure,
Brian Dzingai,
Lewis Banda
39.16
July 20: Nigeria and South Africa defended their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
4 x 400 m Flag of Botswana Botswana
Zacharia Kamberuka,
Isaac Makwala,
Obakeng Ngwigwa,
Tshepo Kelaotse
3:03.16 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
Olusegun Ogunkule,
Edu Nkami,
Victor Isaiah,
Saul Weigopwa
3:03.99 Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Nelton Ndebele,
Young Talkmore Nyongani,
Gabriel Chikomo,
Lewis Banda
3:04.84
July 22

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

[edit] Field

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
High jump Kabelo Kgosiemang
Flag of Botswana Botswana
2.27 Abderrahmane Hammad
Flag of Algeria Algeria
2.24 Mohamed Benhedia
Flag of Algeria Algeria
Arinze Obiora
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
2.20
July 22: Kosiemang defended his title from the 2006 African Championships, ahead of veteran Hammad.
Long jump Gable Garenamotse
Flag of Botswana Botswana
8.08 (+0.7) Arnaud Casquette
Flag of Mauritius Mauritius
8.03 (+1.4) Khotso Mokoena
Flag of South Africa South Africa
7.99 (+0.6)
July 22: A tight competition where Mokoena made it to the podium in his last jump, surpassing Issam Nima, before Garenamotse surpassed Casquette. Ignisious Gaisah did not start due to injury.
Pole vault Abderrahmane Tamada
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
5.10 Karim Sène
Flag of Senegal Senegal
5.10 Hamdi Dhouibi
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
4.90
July 21: Tamada moved up one place from the 2006 African Championships, while decathlete Dhouibi defended his bronze medal from then. Only six athletes entered the competition.
Triple jump Ndiss Kaba Badji
Flag of Senegal Senegal
16.80 (+0.0) Hugo Mamba-Schlick
Flag of Cameroon Cameroon
16.61 (+0.0) Andrew Owusu
Flag of Ghana Ghana
16.32 (+1.0)
July 19: Khotso Mokoena exited the competition after three invalid attempts.
Shot put Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag
Flag of Egypt Egypt
19.20 Roelie Potgieter
Flag of South Africa South Africa
19.02 Mohammed Medded
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
17.94
July 19: Farag, who also won the discus throw silver medal, retained his title from the from the 2006 African Championships.
Discus Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly
Flag of Egypt Egypt
62.28 Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag
Flag of Egypt Egypt
61.58 Hannes Hopley
Flag of South Africa South Africa
57.79
July 18: El Ghazaly and Farag retained their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
Javelin John Robert Oosthuizen
Flag of South Africa South Africa
78.05 Gerhardus Pienaar
Flag of South Africa South Africa
76.70 Mohamed Ali Kbabou
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
71.77
July 22
Hammer Chris Harmse
Flag of South Africa South Africa
76.73 Mohsen El Anany
Flag of Egypt Egypt
72.00 Saber Souid
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
70.01
July 21: Harmse became the fifth athlete to win three All-Africa Games titles in a row. El Anany and Souid switched places compared to the 2006 African Championships.
Decathlon Hamdi Dhouibi
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
7838 points Boualem Lamri
Flag of Algeria Algeria
7473 points Larbi Bouraada
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7349 points
July 18-19: Dhouibi continued his dominance in African decathlon, this time beating the old Games record from 1999 of 7497 points.

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[edit] Women's results

[edit] Track

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Damola Osayemi
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
11.20 Constance Mkenku
Flag of South Africa South Africa
11.27 Vida Anim
Flag of Ghana Ghana
11.33
July 19: Mkenku won the first All-Africa Games 100 metres medal for a country other than Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.
200 m Damola Osayemi
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
23.21 Vida Anim
Flag of Ghana Ghana
23.29 Amandine Allou Affoue
Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
23.44
July 22: Osayemi won her second gold medal at the Games. Anim added a silver medal to her bronze and gold medals won in the 100 m and 4x100 m relay respectively.
400 m Amantle Montsho
Flag of Botswana Botswana
51.13 Joy Eze
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
51.20 Folashade Abugan
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
51.44
July 20: Montsho won Botswana's first gold medal at the Games.
800 m Leonor Piuza
Flag of Mozambique Mozambique
2:02.83 Agnes Samaria
Flag of Namibia Namibia
203.17 Nahida Touhami
Flag of Algeria Algeria
2:03.79
July 19: Piuza continued the Mozambican dominance of the event, following Maria Mutola's wins in 1991, 1995 and 1999.
1500 m Gelete Burika
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
4:06.89 Veronica Nyaruai
Flag of Kenya Kenya
4:09.11 Agnes Samaria
Flag of Namibia Namibia
4:09.18
July 22: Samaria won her second medal at the Games.
5000 m Meseret Defar
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
15:02.72 Meselech Melkamu
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
15:03.86 Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet
Flag of Kenya Kenya
15:06.39
July 18: Defar and Kibet defended their medals from the 2006 African Championships.
10,000 m Mestawet Tufa
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
31:26.05 Edith Masai
Flag of Kenya Kenya
31:31.18 Irene Kipchumba
Flag of Kenya Kenya
31:36.78
July 21: World leader Tufa beat 40-year-old Masai.
Half marathon Souad Ait Salem
Flag of Algeria Algeria
1:13:35 Bayisa Atsede
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
1:13:54 Kenza Dahmani
Flag of Algeria Algeria
1:14:10
July 20: The first athletics gold medal for the host country.
100 m h Toyin Augustus
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
13.23 Jessica Ohanaja
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
13.27 Fatmata Fofanah
Flag of Guinea Guinea
13.51
July 20: Augustus defended her title from the 2006 African Championships. Fofanah won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Guinea.
400 m h Muna Jabir Adam
Flag of Sudan Sudan
54.93 Aissata Soulama
Flag of Burundi Burundi
55.49 Ajoke Odumosu
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
55.80
July 22: Soulama became the first Burundian woman, and the fourth Burundian in total, to win an All-Africa Games medal.
3000 m s'chase Ruth Bosibori
Flag of Kenya Kenya
9:31.99 Mekdes Bekele Tadese
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
9:49.95 Netsanet Achamo
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
9:51.63
July 20: The event was staged for the first time.
20 km walk Chïma Trabelsi
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
1:49:13 Mercy Njoki
Flag of Kenya Kenya
1:49:18 Arasa Asnaksh Abissa
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia
1:49:29
July 19
4 x 100 m Flag of Ghana Ghana
Mariama Salifu,
Esther Dankwah,
Gifty Addy,
Vida Anim
43.84 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
Gladys Nwabani,
Endurance Ojokolo,
Damola Osayemi,
Emem Edem
43.85 Flag of Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire
Judith Djaman Brah,
Louise Ayetotche,
Cynthia Niako,
Amandine Allou Affoue
44.48
July 20: Ghana and Nigeria defended their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
4 x 400 m Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
Joy Eze,
Folashade Abugan,
Sekinat Adesanya,
Christy Ekpukhon
3:29.74 Flag of South Africa South Africa
Estie Wittstock,
Amanda Kotze,
Tihanna Vorster,
Tsholofelo Selemela
3:33.62 Flag of Sudan Sudan
Nawal El Jack,
Faiza Omar,
Mohamed Hind,
Muna Jabir Adam
3:39.79
July 22: Nigeria and South Africa switched places compared to the 2006 African Championships, while Sudan won their first relay medal.

AR Area record | CR championship record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB/PR personal best/record | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season) | WR world record

[edit] Field

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
High jump Doreen Amata
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
1.89 Anika Smit
Flag of South Africa South Africa
1.89 Marcoleen Pretorius
Flag of South Africa South Africa
1.83
July 19: Amata established a new national record to upset Smit and claim Nigeria's first gold medal at the Games.
Pole vault Leila Ben Youssef
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
3.85 Ahmed Eman Nesrim
Flag of Egypt Egypt
3.60 Eva Thornton
Flag of South Africa South Africa
3.40
July 19: Five athletes entered the competition. First-time competitor Leila Ben Youssef of Tunisia claimed the gold.
Long jump Janice Josephs
Flag of South Africa South Africa
6.79 (+0.1) Blessing Okagbare
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
6.46 (+1.8) Kaita Yah
Flag of Mali Mali
6.35w (+2.2)
July 21
Triple jump Yamilé Aldama
Flag of Sudan Sudan
14.46 (+0.5) Chinonye Ohadugha
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
14.21 (-0.1) Otonye Iworima
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
13.83 (+0.9)
July 18: Aldama and Iworima defended their medals from the 2006 African Championships, while Ohadugha set a new Nigerian record.
Shot put Vivian Chukwuemeka
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
17.60 Simoné du Toit
Flag of South Africa South Africa
16.77 Veronica Abrahamse
Flag of South Africa South Africa
15.75
July 22: Chukwuemeka became the sixth athlete to win three All-Africa Games titles in a row. Abrahamse had won two silver medals in a row, but was beaten by her young countryfellow.
Discus Elizna Naude
Flag of South Africa South Africa
58.40 Monia Kari
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia
55.15 Vivian Chukwuemeka
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
52.52
July 21
Hammer Marwa Ahmed Hussein Arafat
Flag of Egypt Egypt
65.70 Funke Adeoye
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
64.04 Florence Ezeh
Flag of Togo Togo
59.55
July 19: Arafat retained her title from the 2006 African Championships. Five athletes entered the competition.
Javelin Justine Robbeson
Flag of South Africa South Africa
58.09 Lindy Leveau
Flag of the Seychelles Seychelles
56.49 Sunette Viljoen
Flag of South Africa South Africa
54.46
July 20: The three athletes also shared the podium at the 2006 African Championships, with Robbeson defending the gold medal.
Heptathlon Margaret Simpson
Flag of Ghana Ghana
6278 points Patience Okoro
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria
5161 points Beatrice Kamboule
Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
4994 points
July 20-21: Simpson improved her own Games record.

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[edit] References

[edit] Results

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