2014 African Championships in Athletics

2014 African Championships
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Dates	10 August – 14 August
Host city	Marrakech, Morocco
Venue	Stade de Marrakech
Events	44
Participation	548 athletes from 47 nations
Records set	Championship records
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The 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held in Marrakech, Morocco from 10 to 14 August 2014. The competition was the 19th edition of Africa senior championships. The competition served as preparation to African athletes for the next continental cup which is planned to hold on 13 and 14 September 2014 in Marrakech.^[1] It was the second time that Morocco had hosted the event.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Hua Wilfried Koffi  Ivory Coast	10.05	Mark Jelks  Nigeria	10.07	Monzavous Edwards  Nigeria	10.16
200 metres details	Hua Wilfried Koffi  Ivory Coast	20.25	Isaac Makwala  Botswana	20.51	Carvin Nkanata  Kenya	20.53
400 metres details	Isaac Makwala  Botswana	44.23 CR	Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa	45.00	Boniface Mucheru  Kenya	45.07
800 metres details	Nijel Amos  Botswana	1:48.54	Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia	1:48.56	Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria	1:49.08
1500 metres details	Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti	3:42.49	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya	3:42.58	Ronald Kwemoi  Kenya	3:42.59
5000 metres details	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  Kenya	13:34.27	Isaiah Kiplangat Koech  Kenya	13:35.73	Abrar Osman Adem  Eritrea	13:36.42
10,000 metres details	Nguse Amlosom  Eritrea	28:11.07	Mustapha El Aziz  Morocco	28:11.36	Josphat Bett  Kenya	28:11.61
110 m hurdles details	Tyron Akins  Nigeria	13.57	Alex Al-Ameen  Nigeria	13.78	Martins Ogieriakhi  Nigeria	13.80
400 m hurdles details	Cornel Fredericks  South Africa	48.78	Amaechi Morton  Nigeria	48.92	Nicholas Bett  Kenya	49.03
3000 m steeplechase details	Jairus Birech  Kenya	8:34.79	Jonathan Ndiku  Kenya	8:37.67	Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya	8:39.30
4 × 100 m relay details	Nigeria Ogho-Oghene Egwero Monzavous Edwards Obinna Metu Mark Jelks	38.80	Ghana Daniel Gyasi Solomon Afful Emmanuel Dassor Timothy Abeyie	39.28	Algeria Mahmoud Hammoudi Ali Bouguesba Skander Djamil Athmani Soufiane Bouhadda	39.89
4 × 400 m relay details	Botswana Pako Seribe Nijel Amos Leaname Maotoanong Isaac Makwala	3:01.89	Nigeria Noah Akwu Robert Simmons Miles Ukaoma Amaechi Morton	3:03.09	Kenya Mark Mutai Solomon Buoga Nicholas Bett Boniface Mucheru	3:07.35
20 km walk details	Lebogang Shange  South Africa	1:26.58	Samuel Ireri Gathimba  Kenya	1:27.11	Mohamed Ameur  Algeria	1:27.48
High jump details	Kabelo Kgosiemang  Botswana	2.28	Fernand Djoumessi  Cameroon	2.25	Younis Mohamed  Sudan	2.22
Pole vault details	Cheyne Rahme  South Africa	5.41 CR	Mohamed Amine Romdhana  Tunisia	5.00	Mouhcine Cheaouri  Morocco	5.00
Long jump details	Zarck Visser  South Africa	8.08	Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.02	Ruswahl Samaai  South Africa	7.84
Triple jump details	Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	17.03	Tosin Oke  Nigeria	16.97	Roger Haitengi  Namibia	16.72
Shot put details	Orazio Cremona  South Africa	19.84	Jaco Engelbrecht  South Africa	18.87	Franck Owaka  Republic of the Congo	18.74
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan  South Africa	62.87	Russell Tucker  South Africa	62.15	Stephen Mozia  Nigeria	57.11
Hammer throw details	Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt	79.09 CR	Chris Harmse  South Africa	73.90	Driss Barid  Morocco	60.17
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego  Kenya	84.72	Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed  Egypt	83.59	Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa	77.81
Decathlon details	Larbi Bourrada  Algeria	8311 CR	Guillaume Thierry  Mauritius	7312	Atsu Nyamadi  Ghana	6946

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	11.00 CR	Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast	11.03	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	11.20
200 metres details	Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast	22.36	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	22.87	Dominique Duncan  Nigeria	22.98
400 metres details	Folashade Abugan  Nigeria	51.21	Kabange Mupopo  Zambia	51.21	Patience Okon George  Nigeria	51.68
800 metres details	Eunice Sum  Kenya	1:59.45	Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	1:59.74	Agatha Jeruto  Kenya	1:59.84
1500 metres details	Hellen Obiri  Kenya	4:09.53	Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia	4:10.92	Rababe Arafi  Morocco	4:12.08
5000 metres details	Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia	15:32.72 CR	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia	15:42.16	Janeth Kisa  Kenya	15:54.04
10,000 metres details	Joyce Chepkirui  Kenya	32:45.27	Emily Chebet  Kenya	32:45.28	Belaynesh Oljira  Ethiopia	32:49.39
100 m hurdles details	Rikenette Steenkamp  South Africa	13.26	Rosvitha Okou  Ivory Coast	13.26	Nichole Denby  Nigeria	13.27
400 m hurdles details	Wenda Nel  South Africa	55.32	Amaka Ogoegbunam  Nigeria	55.46	Francisca Koki  Kenya	55.84
3000 m steeplechase details	Hiwot Ayalew  Ethiopia	9:29.54 CR	Sofia Assefa  Ethiopia	9:30.20	Salima El Ouali Alami  Morocco	9:33.02
4 × 100 m relay details	Nigeria Gloria Asumnu Lawreta Ozoh Dominique Duncan Blessing Okagbare	43.56	Ivory Coast Tryphene Kouame Adjoua Mireille Gaha Nanzie Adeline Gouenon Marie-Josée Ta Lou	43.99	Ghana Flings Owusu-Agyapong Gemma Acheampong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah	44.06
4 × 400 m relay details	Nigeria Patience Okon George Regina George Ada Benjamin Folashade Abugan	3:28.87	Kenya Jacinter Shikanda Francisca Koki Janeth Jepkosgei Maureen Jelagat	3:32.26	Botswana Goitseone Seleka Lydia Mashila Loungo Matlhaku Christine Botlogetswe	3:40.28
20 km walk details	Grace Wanjiru Njue  Kenya	1:37.04	Emily Ngii  Kenya	1:38.12	Askale Tiksa  Ethiopia	1:40.05
High jump details	Rhizlane Siba  Morocco	1.80	Besnet Mohamed  Egypt	1.80	Ariyat Dibow  Ethiopia	1.78
Pole vault details	Syrine Balti  Tunisia	4.10	Nisrine Dinar  Morocco	3.80	Dorra Mahfoudhi  Tunisia	3.70
Long jump details	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.50	Chinaza Amadi  Nigeria	6.40	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin  Cameroon	6.25
Triple jump details	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin  Cameroon	14.02	Nadia Eke  Ghana	13.40	Blessing Ibrahim  Nigeria	13.35
Shot put details	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang  Cameroon	16.84	Chinwe Okoro  Nigeria	16.40	Lezaan Jordaan  South Africa	15.31
Discus throw details	Chinwe Okoro  Nigeria	59.79 CR	Nwanneka Okwelogu  Nigeria	51.66	Amina Moudden  Morocco	48.21
Hammer throw details	Lætitia Bambara  Burkina Faso	65.44	Amy Sène  Senegal	64.66	Sarah Bensaad  Tunisia	60.97
Javelin throw details	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	65.32 CR	Zuta Mary Nartey  Ghana	52.57	Selma Rosun  Mauritius	48.04
Heptathlon details	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	5454	Elizabeth Dadzie  Ghana	5286	Bianca Erwee  South Africa	5086

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	10	5	4	19
2	Nigeria (NGR)	8	9	7	24
3	Kenya (KEN)	7	8	10	25
4	Botswana (BOT)	4	1	1	6
5	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3	4	1	8
6	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	4	2	8
7	Cameroon (CMR)	2	1	1	4
8	Burkina Faso (BUR)	2	0	0	2
9	Morocco (MAR)*	1	2	5	8
10	Egypt (EGY)	1	2	0	3
11	Tunisia (TUN)	1	1	2	4
12	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	3	4
13	Djibouti (DJI)	1	0	1	2
	Eritrea (ERI)	1	0	1	2
15	Ghana (GHA)	0	4	2	6
16	Mauritius (MRI)	0	1	1	2
17	Senegal (SEN)	0	1	0	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	1	0	1
19	Congo (CGO)	0	0	1	1
	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	1	1
	Sudan (SUD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		44	44	44	132

Participating nations

See also

• 2014 European Athletics Championships

References

Daily reports

• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-10). Amlosom makes history at African Championships – African champs, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-10.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-11). More gold medals and records for Okagbare and Bourrada at African Championships – African champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-11.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-12). Redemption for Makwala at African Championships – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-12.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-13). Viljoen wins fourth African title, more gold for Mokoena and Chepkirui – African champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-13.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-14). Souleiman, Ndiku and Ahoure among winners on final day of African Championships – African champs, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-14.

External links

• Official website
• Results
• Confederation of African Athletics website

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