2000 African Championships in Athletics explained

2000 African Championships
Colour:	FFCD57
Host City:	Algiers, Algeria
Dates:	12–15 July
Stadium:	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Nations Participating:	43
Athletes Participating:	411
Events:	43
Previous:	1998 Dakar
Next:	2002 Radès

The 12th African Championships in Athletics were held in Algiers, Algeria between 12 and 15 July 2000 at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962.

Men's results

100 m (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Abdul Aziz Zakari	10.13	Stéphan Buckland	10.20	Kenneth Andam	10.33
200 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)	Abdul Aziz Zakari	20.23	Joseph Batangdon	20.31 =NR	Oumar Loum	20.76
400 m	Eric Milazar	45.62	Malik Louahla	45.78	Sofiène Labidi	45.81
800 m	Djabir Saïd-Guerni	1:45.88	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	1:46.28	Mouhssin Chehibi	1:46.47
1500 m	Youssef Baba	3:42.07	Adil Kaouch	3:42.53	Mohamed Khaldi	3:42.77
5000 m	Ali Saïdi Sief	13:26.86	Saïd Bérioui	13:31.75	Mohamed Saïd El Wardi	13:30.01 (???)
10,000 m	Abraha Hadush	28:40.51	Dejene Berhanu	28:41.11	Kamel Kohil	28:48.98
3000 m St.	Lotfi Turki	8:33.29	Laïd Bessou	8:35.89	David Chepkisa	8:39.00
110 m H (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja	13.99	Doudou Félou Sow	14.38	Toufik Dahmani	15.10
400 m H	Sylvester Omodiale	49.81	Jean-Dominique Dième	50.29	Yvon Rakotoarimiandry	50.39
4 X 100 m		39.90		40.07		40.53
4 X 400 m		3:05.45		3:06.07		3:06.53
20 km Walk	Hatem Ghoula	1:25:38 CR	Moussa Aouanouk	1:25:42	Merzak Abbès	1:32:37

Field

High jump	Abderrahmane Hammad	2.34 CR	Malcolm Hendriks	2.20	Eugène Ernesta	2.20 NR
Long jump	Younès Moudrik	8.34	Hatem Mersal	7.90	Mehdi El Ghazouani	7.88
Pole vault	Rafik Mefti	5.00	Karim Sène	4.80	Mohamed Benyahia	4.65
Triple jump	Andrew Owusu	16.69	Samuel Okantey	16.69	Olivier Sanou	16.31
Shot put	Chima Ugwu	19.02	John Sullivan	17.46	Hicham Aïtaha	16.91
Discus	Frits Potgieter	60.35	Mickael Conjungo	59.58	Chima Ugwu	57.91
Javelin	Maher Ridane	72.51	Khaled Es Sayed Yassin	72.01	Walid Abderrazak Mohamed	71.67
Hammer	Samir Haouam	69.38	Mohamed Karim Horchani	63.68	Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim	63.71
Decathlon	Rédouane Youcef	7129 points	Mada Ndiaye	6981 points	Adil Chakri	6715 points

Women's results

Track

100 m (wind: -0.6 m/s)	Myriam Léonie Mani	11.21	Aïda Diop	11.46	Monica Twum	11.47
200 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Myriam Léonie Mani	22.54	Aïda Diop	23.01	Fatima Yusuf	23.27
400 m	Claudine Komgang	51.35	Mireille Nguimgo	51.81	Nadjina Kaltouma	52.27
800 m	Hasna Benhassi	1:59.01	Nouria Mérah-Benida	1:59.73	Gladys Wamuyu	2:00.32
1500 m	Nouria Mérah-Benida	4:16.14	Gladys Wamuyu	4:16.56	Berhane Herpassa	4:16.87
5000 m	Asmae Leghzaoui	15:43.46	Meseret Defar	15:49.86	Merima Denboba	15:53.68
10,000 m	Souad Aït Salem	34:02.28	Genet Teka	34:05.18	Bouchra Chaabi	34:08.79
100 m H (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Glory Alozie	13.09	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy	13.21	Maria-Joëlle Conjungo	13.77
400 m H	Mame Tacko Diouf	57.48	Gnima Touré	58.96	Nabila Jami	62.45
4 X 100 m		43.99		44.62		46.97
4 X 400 m		3:32.89		3:42.91		3:51.01
10 km Walk	Bahia Boussad	49:33	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali	50:15	Dounia Kara	50:55

Field

High jump	Hind Bounouar	1.75	Amina Lemgherbi	1.70	Hamida Benhocine	1.70
Pole vault	Syrine Balti	3.85	Annelie van Wyk	3.80	Rasha Abdel Khalek	3.10
Long jump	Kéné Ndoye	6.39	Elisa Cossa	6.20	Béryl Laramé	6.18
Triple jump	Baya Rahouli	14.23	Françoise Mbango Etone	13.87	Kéné Ndoye	13.81
Shot put	Hanaa Salah El Melegi	16.01	Amel Ben Khaled	15.39	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi	14.97
Discus	Monia Kari	58.46	Ndoumbé Gaye	50.81	Felicia Nkiru Ojiego	49.65
Hammer	Caroline Fournier	59.60	Marwa Hussein	57.15	Djida Yalloulène	49.72
Javelin	Aïda Sellam	53.35	Lindy Leveaux	50.88	Hanaa Salah El Melegi	42.31
Heptathlon	Yasmina Kettab	5837 points	Maralize Fouché	5726 points	Patience Itanyi	5611 points

See also

• 2000 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics