2016 African Championships in Athletics

International athletics championship event

2016 African Championships

Dates| 22 June – 26 June
Host city| Durban, South Africa
Venue| Kings Park Stadium
Events| 44
Records set| Championship records

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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]

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
(wind: +2.4 m/s)
details | 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)
details | Wayde van Niekerk
South Africa | 20.02  | Adama Jammeh
Gambia | 20.45 NR | Emmanuel Matadi
Liberia | 20.55
400 metres
details | Baboloki Thebe
Botswana | 44.70  | Karabo Sibanda
Botswana | 45.40  | Chidi Okezie
Nigeria | 45.80
800 metres
details | Nijel Amos
Botswana | 1:45.11  | Jacob Rozani
South Africa | 1:45.38  | Reinhardt van Rensburg
South Africa | 1:46.15
1500 metres
details | Fouad Elkaam
Morocco | 3:39.49  | Timothy Cheroiyet
Kenya | 3:39.71  | Vincent Letting
Kenya | 3:40.78
5000 metres
details | Douglas Kipserem
Kenya | 13:13.35  | Elroy Gelant
South Africa | 13:15.13  | Mangata Ndiwa
Kenya | 13:16.85
10,000 metres
details | 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)
details | Antonio Alkana
South Africa | 13.43 'CR'  | Tyron Akins
Nigeria | 13.74  | Mohamed Koussi
Morocco | 13.94
400 metres hurdles
details | Boniface Tumuti
Kenya | 49.20  | Amadou Ndiaye
Senegal | 49.40  | Haron Koech
Kenya | 49.40
3000 metres steeplechase
details | Chala Beyo
Ethiopia | 8:21.02  | Tolosa Nurgi
Ethiopia | 8:22.79  | Abraham Kibiwot
Kenya | 8:24.19
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  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
details |  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
details | Samuel Gathimba
Kenya | 1:19:24 'CR', NR | Hassanine Sebei
Tunisia | 1:20:57  | Lebogang Shange
South Africa | 1:21:41
High jump
details [3] | Mathieu Sawe
Kenya | 2.21  | Keagan Fourie
South Africa | 2.18  | Fernand Djoumessi
Cameroon | 2.15
Pole vault
details | Hichem Khalil Cherabi
Algeria | 5.30 m  | Mohamed Romdhana
Tunisia | 5.20 m  | Jordan Yamoah
Ghana | 5.00 m
Long jump
details | Ruswahl Samaai
South Africa | 8.40w  | Luvo Manyonga
South Africa | 8.23w  | Ruri Rammkolodi
Botswana | 7.90w
Triple jump
details | 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
details | Jaco Engelbrecht
South Africa | 20.00  | Franck Elemba
Congo | 19.89  | Stephen Mozia
Nigeria | 19.84
Discus throw
details | Russell Tucker
South Africa | 61.44  | Stephen Mozia
Nigeria | 59.16  | Dewaald van Heerden
South Africa | 58.44
Hammer throw
details | Eslam Ahmed Taha Ibrahim
Egypt | 68.92  | Chris Harmse
South Africa | 67.67  | Tshepang Makhethe
South Africa | 65.54
Javelin throw
details | Phil-Mar van Rensburg
South Africa | 76.04  | John Ampomah
Ghana | 75.22  | Alex Kiprotich
Kenya | 74.08
Decathlon
details | 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

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100 metres
(wind: +2.0 m/s)
details | 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)
details | Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Ivory Coast | 22.81  | Alyssa Conley
South Africa | 22.84  | Gina Bass
Gambia | 22.92 NR
400 metres
details | Kabange Mupopo
Zambia | 51.56  | Margaret Wambui
Kenya | 52,24  | Patience Okon George
Nigeria | 52.33
800 metres
details | Caster Semenya
South Africa | 1:58.20  | Malika Akkaoui
Morocco | 2:00.24  | Emily Cherotich
Kenya | 2:00.70
1500 metres
details | Caster Semenya
South Africa | 4:01.99 CR | Rabab Arafi
Morocco | 4:03.95  | Adanech Anbesa
Ethiopia | 4:05.22
5000 metres
details | Sheila Chepkirui
Kenya | 15:05.45 CR | Margaret Chelimo
Kenya | 15:07.56  | Dera Dida
Ethiopia | 15:15.26
10,000 metres
details | 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)
details | Claudia Heunis
South Africa | 13.35  | Marthe Koala
Burkina Faso | 13.36  | Maryke Brits
South Africa | 13.47
400 metres hurdles
details | Wenda Nel
South Africa | 54.86  | Maureen Jelegat
Kenya | 56.12  | Tameka Jameson
Nigeria | 57.17
3000 metres steeplechase
details | Norah Jeruto
Kenya | 9:25.07 CR | Agnes Chesang
Kenya | 9:27.22  | Weyneshet Ansa
Ethiopia | 9:39.89
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  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
details |  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
details | Grace Wanjiru
Kenya | 1:30:43 CR, AR | Yehualeye Beleew
Ethiopia | 1:31:58 NR | Chahinez Nasri
Tunisia | 1:34:45
High jump
details | Lissa Labiche
Seychelles | 1.85 m  | Doreen Amata
Nigeria | 1.82 m  | Basant Hassan
Egypt | 1.79 m
Pole vault
details | Syrine Balti
Tunisia | 4.00 m  | Dora Mahfoudi
Tunisia | 3.80 m  | Nisrine Dinar
Morocco | 3.60 m
Long jump
details | 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
details | 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
details | Auriol Dongmo
Cameroon | 17.64 m  | Nwanneka Okwelogu
Nigeria | 17.07 m  | Chioma Onyekwere
Nigeria | 15.71 m
Discus throw
details | Nwanneka Okwelogu
Nigeria | 56.75 m  | Chinwe Okoro
Nigeria | 55.67 m  | Chioma Onyekwere
Nigeria | 53.91 m
Hammer throw
details | Amy Sène
Senegal | 68.35 m CR | Lætitia Bambara
Burkina Faso | 68.12 m  | Sarah Bensaad
Tunisia | 62.53 m
Javelin throw
details | Sunette Viljoen
South Africa | 64.08 m  | Jo-ane Van Dyk
South Africa | 56.22 m  | Pascaline Adanhoegbe
Benin | 54.88 m NR
Heptathlon
details | 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)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  South Africa (RSA)*| 16| 9| 8| 33
2|  Kenya (KEN)| 8| 8| 8| 24
3|  Nigeria (NGR)| 4| 5| 7| 16
4|  Ivory Coast (CIV)| 3| 1| 2| 6
5|  Botswana (BOT)| 3| 1| 1| 5
6|  Ghana (GHA)| 1| 3| 2| 6
Tunisia (TUN)| 1| 3| 2| 6
8|  Ethiopia (ETH)| 1| 2| 3| 6
9|  Cameroon (CMR)| 1| 2| 2| 5
Morocco (MAR)| 1| 2| 2| 5
11|  Senegal (SEN)| 1| 1| 0| 2
12|  Egypt (EGY)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Zambia (ZAM)| 1| 0| 1| 2
14|  Algeria (ALG)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Seychelles (SEY)| 1| 0| 0| 1
16|  Burkina Faso (BUR)| 0| 4| 0| 4
17|  Gambia (GAM)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Lesotho (LES)| 0| 1| 1| 2
19|  Congo (CGO)| 0| 1| 0| 1
20|  Benin (BEN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Liberia (LBR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Madagascar (MAD)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (22 entries)| 44| 44| 44| 132

## See also

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* 2016 European Athletics Championships

## 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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