Athletics at the 2019 African Games

International athletics championship event

Athletics at the XII African Games

Dates| 26–30 August
Host city| Rabat, Morocco
Venue| Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Events| 42
Participation| 677 athletes from
52 nations

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2019 African Games

Athletics at the 2019 African Games was held from 26 to 30 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

## Medal summary

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### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details | Raymond Ekevwo
Nigeria | 9.96  | Arthur Cissé
Ivory Coast | 9.97  | Usheoritse Itsekiri
Nigeria | 10.02
200 metres
details | Sydney Siame
Zambia | 20.35  | Divine Oduduru
Nigeria | 20.54  | Anaso Jobodwana
South Africa | 20.56
400 metres
details | Leungo Scotch
Botswana | 45.27  | Thapelo Phora
South Africa | 45.59  | Chidi Okezie
Nigeria | 45.61
800 metres
details | Abdessalem Ayouni
Tunisia | 1:45.17
NR | Cornelius Tuwei
Kenya | 1:45.41  | Oussama Nabil
Morocco | 1:45.42
1500 metres
details | George Manangoi
Kenya | 3:38.27  | Ayanleh Souleiman
Djibouti | 3:38.44  | Charles Simotwo
Kenya | 3:38.51
5000 metres
details | Robert Kiprop
Kenya | 13:30.96  | Edward Zakayo
Kenya | 13:31.40  | Richard Yator
Kenya | 13:31.41
10,000 metres
details | Berehanu Tsegu
Ethiopia | 27:56.81  | Aron Kifle
Eritrea | 27:57.79  | Jemal Yimer
Ethiopia | 27:59.02
110 metres hurdles
details | Amine Bouanani
Algeria | 13.60  | Oyeniyi Abejoye
Nigeria | 13.90  | Louis-François Mendy
Senegal | 14.05
400 metres hurdles
details | Abdelmalik Lahoulou
Algeria | 49.08  | Bienvenu Sawadogo
Burkina Faso | 49.25 NR | Mohamed Amine Touati
Tunisia | 49.29
3000 metres steeplechase
details | Benjamin Kigen
Kenya | 8:12.39  | Getnet Wale
Ethiopia | 8:14.06  | Soufiane El Bakkali
Morocco | 8:19.45
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  Ghana
Sean Safo-Antwi
Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku
Martin Owusu-Antwi
Joseph Amoah | 38.30 GR |  Nigeria
Raymond Ekevwo
Divine Oduduru
Emmanuel Arowolo
Usheoritse Itsekiri
Ogho-Oghene Egwero
Adeseye Ogunlewe | 38.59  |  South Africa
Henricho Bruintjies
Anaso Jobodwana
Thando Dlodlo
Chederick van Wyk
Derrick Mokaleng | 38.80
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  Botswana
Zibani Ngozi
Ditiro Nzamani
Onkabetse Nkobolo
Leungo Scotch | 3:02.55  |  South Africa
Gardeo Isaacs
Ranti Dikgale
Thapelo Phora
Derrick Mokaleng | 3:03.18  |  Nigeria
Shedrack Akpeki
Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel
Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli
Chidi Okezie | 3:03.42
20 kilometres walk
details | Samuel Gathimba
Kenya | 1:22:48  | Yohanis Algaw
Ethiopia | 1:22:50  | Wayne Snyman
South Africa | 1:23:38
Half marathon
details | Titus Ekiru
Kenya | 1:01:42
GR | Mohamed Reda El Aaraby
Morocco | 1:02:44  | Hamza Sahli
Morocco | 1:02:45
High jump
details | Mpho Links
South Africa | 2.20 m  | Mathew Sawe
Kenya | 2.15 m  | Breyton Poole
South Africa | 2.15 m
Pole vault
details | Hichem Khalil Cherabi
Algeria | 5.00 m  | Mejdi Chehata
Tunisia | 4.70 m  | Larbi Bourrada
Algeria | 4.70 m
Long jump
details | Yasser Triki
Algeria | 8.01 m  | Marouane Kacimi
Morocco | 7.79 m  | Romeo N'tia
Benin | 7.72 m
Triple jump
details | Hugues Fabrice Zango
Burkina Faso | 16.88 m  | Yasser Triki
Algeria | 16.71 m  | Jonathan Drack
Mauritius | 16.53 m
Shot put
details | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
Nigeria | 21.48 m
GR | Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif
Egypt | 20.85 m  | Mostafa Amr Hassan
Egypt | 20.74 m
Discus throw
details | Shehab Ahmed
Egypt | 59.29 m  | Ayomidotun Kelvin Ogundeji
Nigeria | 57.82 m  | Elbachir Mbarki
Morocco | 56.92 m
Hammer throw
details | Mostafa El Gamel
Egypt | 72.50 m  | Alaa El-Ashry [fr]
Egypt | 72.04 m  | Islam Mohamed
Egypt | 71.36 m
Javelin throw
details | Julius Yego
Kenya | 87.73 m
GR | Alexander Kiprotich
Kenya | 77.50 m  | Nnamdi Chinecherem
Nigeria | 73.24 m
Decathlon
details | Larbi Bourrada
Algeria | 7319 pts  | Moustafa Ramadan
Egypt | 7099 pts  | Marouane Kacimi
Morocco | 6607 pts

### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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100 metres
details | Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Ivory Coast | 11.09  | Gina Bass
The Gambia | 11.13  | Bassant Hemida
Egypt | 11.31 NR
200 metres
details | Gina Bass
The Gambia | 22.58 NR | Bassant Hemida
Egypt | 22.89  | Marie-Josée Ta Lou
Ivory Coast | 23.00
400 metres
details | Galefele Moroko
Botswana | 51.30  | Favour Ofili
Nigeria | 51.68  | Grace Obour
Ghana | 51.86
800 metres
details | Hirut Meshesha
Ethiopia | 2:03.16  | Rababe Arafi
Morocco | 2:03.20  | Halimah Nakaayi
Uganda | 2:03.55
1500 metres
details | Quailyne Jebiwott Kiprop
Kenya | 4:19.33  | Mary Kuria
Kenya | 4:20.19  | Lemlem Hailu
Ethiopia | 4:20.60
5000 metres
details | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk
Kenya | 15:33.63  | Hawi Feysa
Ethiopia | 15:33.99  | Alemitu Tariku
Ethiopia | 15:37.15
10,000 metres
details | Tsehay Gemechu
Ethiopia | 31:56.92  | Zeineba Yimer
Ethiopia | 31:57.95  | Dera Dida
Ethiopia | 31:58.78
100 metres hurdles
details | Tobi Amusan
Nigeria | 12.68
GR | Marthe Koala
Burkina Faso | 13.20  | Taylon Bieldt
South Africa | 13.40
400 metres hurdles
details | Vanice Nyagisera
Kenya | 56.95  | Lamiae Lhabze
Morocco | 56.97  | Uwemedino Abasiono Akpan
Nigeria | 57.66
3000 metres steeplechase
details | Mekides Abebe
Ethiopia | 9:35.18  | Mercy Gitahi
Kenya | 9:37.53  | Weynshet Ansa
Ethiopia | 9:38.56
4 × 100 metres relay
details |  Nigeria
Joy Udo-Gabriel
Mercy Ntia-Obong
Jasper Bukola Adekunle
Rosemary Chukwuma
Blessing Okagbare | 44.16  |  South Africa
Tebogo Mamathu
Tamzin Thomas
Patience Ntshingila
Taylon Bieldt
Lynique Beneke | 44.61  |  Kenya
Maximila Imali
Milcent Ndoro
Maureen Nyatichi Thomas
Joan Cherono [de]
| 45.44
4 × 400 metres relay
details |  Nigeria
Kemi Francis
Patience Okon George
Blessing Oladoye
Favour Ofili | 3:30.32  |  Botswana
Oarabile Babolayi
Oratile Nowe
Amantle Montsho
Galefele Moroko | 3:31.96  |  Uganda
Stella Wonruku
Nasiba Nabirye
Emily Nanziri
Leni Shida | 3:32.25
20 kilometres walk
details | Emily Ngii
Kenya | 1:34:41
GR | Grace Wanjiru
Kenya | 1:34:57  | Yehualeye Beletew
Ethiopia | 1:35:21
Half marathon
details | Yalemzerf Yehualaw
Ethiopia | 1:10:26
GR | Degitu Azimeraw
Ethiopia | 1:10:31  | Meseret Belete
Ethiopia | 1:12:08
High jump
details | Rose Yeboah
Ghana | 1.84 m  | Rhizlane Siba
Morocco | 1.81 m  | Ariyat Dibow Ubang
Ethiopia | 1.81 m
Pole vault
details | Dora Mahfoudhi
Tunisia | 4.31 m
GR, NR | Fatma Elbendary
Egypt | 4.10 m  | Dina Eltabaa
Egypt | 4.00 m
Long jump
details | Ese Brume
Nigeria | 6.69 m  | Deborah Acquah
Ghana | 6.37 m  | Lynique Beneke
South Africa | 6.30 m
Triple jump
details | Grace Anigbata
Nigeria | 13.75 m  | Jamaa Chnaik
Morocco | 13.69 m  | Zinzi Chabangu
South Africa | 13.59 m
Shot put
details | Ischke Senekal
South Africa | 16.18 m  | Mieke Strydom
South Africa | 14.64 m  | Odile Ahouanwanou
Benin | 13.77 m
Discus throw
details | Chioma Onyekwere
Nigeria | 59.91 m
GR | Yolandi Stander
South Africa | 57.75 m  | Ischke Senekal
South Africa | 53.95 m
Hammer throw
details | Lætitia Bambara
Burkina Faso | 65.28 m  | Temilola Ogunrinde
Nigeria | 64.68 m  | Zouina Bouzebra
Algeria | 63.34 m
Javelin throw
details | Kelechi Nwanaga
Nigeria | 55.88 m  | Jo-Ane van Dyk
South Africa | 55.38 m  | Sunette Viljoen
South Africa | 53.44 m
Heptathlon
details | Marthe Koala
Burkina Faso | 5866 pts  | Kemi Francis
Nigeria | 5683 pts  | Nada Chroudi
Tunisia | 5302 pts

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Morocco)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Kenya (KEN)| 10| 7| 3| 20
2|  Nigeria (NGR)| 9| 7| 5| 21
3|  Ethiopia (ETH)| 5| 5| 8| 18
4|  Algeria (ALG)| 5| 1| 2| 8
5|  Burkina Faso (BUR)| 3| 2| 0| 5
6|  Botswana (BOT)| 3| 1| 0| 4
7|  South Africa (RSA)| 2| 6| 9| 17
8|  Egypt (EGY)| 2| 5| 4| 11
9|  Tunisia (TUN)| 2| 1| 2| 5
10|  Ghana (GHA)| 2| 1| 1| 4
11|  Ivory Coast (CIV)| 1| 1| 1| 3
12|  The Gambia (GAM)| 1| 1| 0| 2
13|  Zambia (ZAM)| 1| 0| 0| 1
14|  Morocco (MAR)*| 0| 6| 5| 11
15|  Djibouti (DJI)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Eritrea (ERI)| 0| 1| 0| 1
17|  Benin (BEN)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Uganda (UGA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
19|  Mauritius (MRI)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Senegal (SEN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (20 entries)| 46| 46| 46| 138

## Schedule

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● | 1st day  | ● | Final day  | H | Heats  | Q | Qualification  | S | Semifinals  | F | Finals

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Event↓/Date → | 26th
Mon | 27th
Tue | 28th
Wed | 29th
Thu | 30th
Fri

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Men's 100 m | H | S | F |  |  |
Men's 200 m |  |  |  | H | S | F
Men's 400 m | H | S | F |  |
Men's 800 m | H | S | F |  |
Men's 1500 m |  |  |  |  | F
Men's 5000 m |  |  |  |  | F
Men's 10,000 m |  | F |  |  |
Men's 110 m hurdles | H | F |  |  |
Men's 400 m hurdles |  |  | H | F |
Men's 3000 m steeplechase | F |  |  |  |
Men's 4 × 100 m relay |  | H | F |  |
Men's 4 × 400 m relay |  |  |  |  | F
Men's half marathon |  |  |  |  | F
Men's 20 km walk |  |  | F |  |
Men's high jump |  |  |  |  | F
Men's pole vault |  |  |  | F |
Men's long jump |  |  | Q |  | F
Men's triple jump |  | F |  |  |
Men's shot put |  | F |  |  |
Men's discus throw | F |  |  |  |
Men's hammer throw |  |  |  | F |
Men's javelin throw |  |  |  |  | F
Men's decathlon | ● | ● |  |  |
Women's 100 m | H | S | F |  |  |
Women's 200 m |  |  |  | H | S | F
Women's 400 m | H | S | F |  |
Women's 800 m | H | F |  |  |
Women's 1500 m |  |  |  |  | F
Women's 5000 m | F |  |  |  |
Women's 10,000 m |  |  |  | F |
Women's 100 m hurdles |  | H | F |  |
Women's 400 m hurdles |  |  |  | H | F
Women's 3000 m steeplechase |  |  | F |  |
Women's 4 × 100 m relay |  | H | F |  |
Women's 4 × 400 m relay |  |  |  |  | F
Women's half marathon |  |  |  |  | F
Women's 20 km walk |  |  | F |  |
Women's high jump |  | F |  |  |
Women's pole vault |  | F |  |  |
Women's long jump |  |  |  | F |
Women's triple jump | F |  |  |  |
Women's shot put |  |  |  |  | F
Women's discus throw |  |  |  | F |
Women's hammer throw |  | F |  |  |
Women's javelin throw |  |  | F |  |
Women's heptathlon |  |  | ● | ● |

## Participating nations

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*  Algeria (11)
*  Angola (3)
*  Benin (5)
*  Botswana (23)
*  Burkina Faso (15)
*  Burundi (7)
*  Cameroon (13)
*  Cape Verde (5)
*  Central African Republic (1)
*  Chad (6)
*  Democratic Republic of the Congo (8)
*  Djibouti (9)
*  Egypt (30)
*  Equatorial Guinea (6)
*  Eritrea (15)
*  Eswatini (3)
*  Ethiopia (80)
*  Gabon (2)
*  The Gambia (9)
*  Ghana (16)
*  Guinea (3)
*  Ivory Coast (11)
*  Kenya (69)
*  Lesotho (7)
*  Liberia (1)
*  Libya (2)
*  Madagascar (4)
*  Malawi (7)
*  Mali (11)
*  Mauritania (1)
*  Mauritius (13)
*  Morocco (44)
*  Mozambique (2)
*  Namibia (17)
*  Niger (3)
*  Nigeria (48)
*  Republic of the Congo (10)
*  Rwanda (2)
*  São Tomé and Príncipe (4)
*  Senegal (13)
*  Seychelles (8)
*  Sierra Leone (10)
*  Somalia (2)
*  South Africa (33)
*  South Sudan (8)
*  Sudan (4)
*  Tanzania (6)
*  Togo (6)
*  Tunisia (14)
*  Uganda (25)
*  Zambia (7)
*  Zimbabwe (15)

## References

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* Results book

## External links

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* Official results
* Results book

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* World Athletics Championships
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* IAU World Championships
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Regional|

| Championships|

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Age group|

* African U18 and U20
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Other series|

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