2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

Events at the 2008 African
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase		 men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
20 km walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men
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The women's heptathlon event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 2–3.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Patience Okoro
 Nigeria		 Florence Wasike
 Kenya		 Nadège Essama Foe
 Cameroon

Results

100 metres hurdles

Wind: –1.4 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 6 Béatrice Kamboulé  Burkina Faso 14.17 954
2 2 Florence Wasike  Kenya 14.67 886
3 5 Patience Okoro  Nigeria 14.73 878
4 4 Fatima Zahra Dkouk  Morocco 14.97 846
5 3 Nadège Essama Foe  Cameroon 15.23 811
6 7 Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho 15.38 792 NR

High jump

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.30 1.33 1.36 1.39 1.42 1.45 1.48 1.51 1.54 1.57 1.60 1.63 1.66 1.69 1.72 1.75 Result Points Notes Overall
1 Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho – – – – – – – o o o o xo o o xxo xxx 1.72 879 NR 1671
2 Béatrice Kamboulé  Burkina Faso – – – o o o o o o xo o o xxx 1.63 771 1725
3 Patience Okoro  Nigeria – – – – – o o o o o o xxx 1.60 736 1614
4 Fatima Zahra Dkouk  Morocco o – – o o o xo o xxx 1.51 632 1478
5 Florence Wasike  Kenya o o o o o o xx– x 1.45 566 1452
6 Nadège Essama Foe  Cameroon xo o – o xxx 1.39 502 1313

Shot put

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall
1 Patience Okoro  Nigeria x 12.41 12.34 12.41 688 2302
2 Nadège Essama Foe  Cameroon 12.07 12.05 11.78 12.07 666 1979
3 Béatrice Kamboulé  Burkina Faso 8.20 10.01 9.45 10.01 530 2255
4 Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho 9.42 9.18 8.98 9.42 492 2163
5 Florence Wasike  Kenya 8.66 8.64 9.20 9.20 477 1929
6 Fatima Zahra Dkouk  Morocco 7.43 8.19 8.27 8.27 417 1895

200 metres

Wind: -3.6 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes Overall
1 3 Florence Wasike  Kenya 25.09 879 2808
2 7 Béatrice Kamboulé  Burkina Faso 25.35 855 3110
3 2 Nadège Essama Foe  Cameroon 25.35 855 2834
4 6 Fatima Zahra Dkouk  Morocco 25.64 829 2724
5 5 Patience Okoro  Nigeria 25.96 801 3103
6 4 Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho 26.42 761 2924

Long jump

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall
1 Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho 5.49 5.54 5.56 5.56 717 NR 3641
2 Fatima Zahra Dkouk  Morocco 5.55 x x 5.55 715 3439
3 Florence Wasike  Kenya 5.45 x 5.22 5.45 686 3494
4 Patience Okoro  Nigeria 4.82 5.37 5.04 5.37 663 3766
5 Nadège Essama Foe  Cameroon 4.50 4.74 4.41 4.74 490 3324
6 Béatrice Kamboulé  Burkina Faso DNS 490 DNF

Javelin throw

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall
1 Patience Okoro  Nigeria 38.13 40.98 37.40 40.98 686 4452
2 Nadège Essama Foe  Cameroon 28.27 x 30.29 30.29 482 3806
3 Florence Wasike  Kenya x 26.44 29.85 29.85 474 3968
4 Fatima Zahra Dkouk  Morocco x 17.64 19.76 19.76 284 3723
5 Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho x x x NM 0 3641

800 metres

Rank Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 Florence Wasike  Kenya 2:14.53 899
2 Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho 2:24.56 763
3 Nadège Essama Foe  Cameroon 2:32.36 664
4 Patience Okoro  Nigeria 2:50.92 454
5 Fatima Zahra Dkouk  Morocco DNF 0

Final standings

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H HJ SP 200m LJ JT 800m Points Notes
1st Patience Okoro  Nigeria 14.73 1.60 12.41 25.96 5.37 40.98 2:50.92 4906
2nd Florence Wasike  Kenya 14.67 1.45 9.20 25.09 5.45 29.85 2:14.53 4867
3rd Nadège Essama Foe  Cameroon 15.23 1.39 12.07 25.35 4.74 30.29 2:32.36 4470
4 Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho 15.38 1.72 9.42 26.42 5.56 NM 2:24.56 4404 NR
5 Fatima Zahra Dkouk  Morocco 14.97 1.51 8.27 25.64 5.55 19.76 DNF 3723
6 Béatrice Kamboulé  Burkina Faso 14.17 1.63 10.01 25.35 DNS – – DNF

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