1996 African Championships in Athletics explained

1996 African Championships
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Colour:	FFCD57
Host City:	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Dates:	13–16 June
Stadium:	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
Nations Participating:	33
Athletes Participating:	307
Events:	40
Previous:	1993 Durban
Next:	1998 Dakar

The 10th African Championships in Athletics were held in Yaoundé, Cameroon between 13 and 16 June 1996 at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.

Medal summary

Men's events

100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Seun Ogunkoya	10.45	Benjamin Sirimou	10.54	Sunday Emmanuel	10.66
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Oumar Loum	20.70	Joseph Loua	20.80	Justice Dipeba	20.90
400 metres	Ibrahima Wade	45.75	Simon Kemboi	46.00	Samson Kipchirchir Yego	46.14
800 metres	Fred Onyancha	1:46.69	Adem Hecini	1:47.17	Kipkemboi Lagat	1:47.35
1500 metres	Moses Kigen	3:39.78	Sammy Rono	3:40.47	Gilbert Mvuyekure	3:47.95
5000 metres	Paul Koech	13:35.13	Simon Chemoiywo	13:35.13	Faustin Ngézahayo	13:49.49
10,000 metres	Stephen Kiogora	29:16.40	William Kipchumba	29:22.30	Isidore Nzigiyimana	30:14.40
3000 metre steeplechase	Kipkemboi Cheruiyot	8:38.72	Faustin Ngézahayo	8:39.38	Thomas Toyi	8:48.99
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.2 m/s)	William Erese	13.7	Moses Oyiki Orode	13.8	Judex Lefou	13.9
400 metres hurdles	Ibou Faye	49.60	Ferrins Pieterse	49.95	El Hafni Abdel Maksoud Ibrahim	50.74
4 × 100 metres relay		39.7		39.9	Aimé-Issa Nthépé Benjamin Sirimou Alfred Moussambani Claude Toukéné-Guébogo	40.0
4 × 400 metres relay	Moustapha Diarra Abubakry Dia Hachim Ndiaye Ibou Faye	3:03.44		3:03.53	Gilbert Hashan Desiré Pierre-Louis Rudy Tirvengadum Eric Milazar	3:07.20
20 kilometre road walk	Hatem Ghoula	1:29:48	David Kimutai	1:30:05	Mohieddine Béni Daoud	1:31:10
High jump	Khemraj Naiko	2.16	Anthony Idiata	2.16	Olivier Sanou	2.13
Pole vault	Anis Riahi	4.60	Hassan Farouk Sayed	4.20
Long jump	Anis Gallali	7.81	Cheikh Touré	7.79	Pa Modou Gai	7.64
Triple jump	Paul Nioze	16.52	Oluyemi Sule	16.17	Roger Martial Ngouloubi	15.16
Shot put	Henk Booysen	17.34	Athanase Oloko	14.98	Serge Doh	14.84
Discus throw	Serge Doh	51.92	Christian Messi Alaga	48.58	Athanase Oloko	46.72
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi	69.32	Samir Haouam	65.32	Yacine Louail	52.34
Javelin throw	Pius Bazighe	74.78	Louis Fouché	74.54	Maher Ridane	72.60
Decathlon	Anis Riahi	7257	Hassan Farouk Sayed	6788	Sid Ali Sabour	5071

Women's events

100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Georgette Nkoma	11.67	Marliese Steyn	11.69	Myriam Léonie Mani	11.92
200 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Georgette Nkoma	23.1	Marliese Steyn	23.3	Myriam Léonie Mani	23.5
400 metres	Saidat Onanuga	52.85	Grace Birungi	53.40	Alimata Koné	54.31
800 metres	Naomi Mugo	2:02.80	Léontine Tsiba	2:09.10	Adama Njie	2:10.10
1500 metres	Naomi Mugo	4:12.30	Stéphanie Nicole Zanga	4:34.20	Léontine Tsiba	4:35.60
5000 metres	Florence Djépé	17:59.32	Marie Python	18:14.40	Cathreen Ngwang	19:27.39
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Glory Alozie	13.62	Lana Uys	13.78	Mame Tacko Diouf	14.21
400 metres hurdles	Saidat Onanuga	56.64	Lana Uys	57.05	Kleintjie Mogotsi	60.19
4 × 100 metres relay		44.7		45.5		46.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Saidat Onanuga Calister Uba Caroline Avbovbede Folashade Ogundemi	3:39.2	Myriam Leonie Mani Mireille Nguimgo Madeleine Ndongo Mbazoa Claudine Komgang	3:40.5	Genevieve Obone Fine Azogoua Patricia Obone Diane Zancy	3:54.8
5000 metre track walk	Dounia Kara	23:15.80	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali	24:05.40	Monica Akoth	24:05.70
High jump	Irène Tiendrébéogo	1.84	Lolita Nack	1.80	Jeanine Blé	1.75
Long jump	Grace Umelo	6.13	Béryl Laramé	5.98	Kéné Ndoye	5.85
Triple jump	Kéné Ndoye	12.99	Abiola Williams	12.68	Françoise Mbango Etone	12.51
Shot put	Hanan Ahmed Khaled	14.47	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi	14.24	Oumou Traoré	12.84
Discus throw	Monia Kari	53.00	Caroline Fournier	48.80	Felicia Nkiru Ojiego	45.58
Javelin throw	Fatma Zouhour Toumi	51.88	Lindy Leveaux	42.24	Monique Djikada	40.78
Heptathlon	Caroline Kola	5270	Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng	4372	Adélaïde Koudougnon	3453

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics