2006 African Championships in Athletics explained

2006 African Championships
Colour:	FFCD57
Dates:	9–13 August
Stadium:	Stade Germain Comarmond
Nations Participating:	42
Athletes Participating:	about 438
Events:	44
Previous:	2004 Brazzaville
Next:	2008 Addis Ababa

The 15th African Championships in Athletics were held in Mauritius between August 9 and August 13, 2006. The event was staged at Stade Germain Comarmond in Bambous, Rivière Noire District. This was the second time when the African Championships in Athletics were hosted in Mauritius, the first was in 1992.

Many world-class runners were competing, but in terms of the field events the standard was poor. In addition, some of those, especially the throwing events, had very few participants as African federations cannot afford to send large teams.

Men's results

Track

100 m	Olusoji Fasuba	10.37	Uchenna Emedolu	10.44	Eric Nkansah	10.65
100 m	August 10:
200 m	Uchenna Emedolu	20.61	Stéphan Buckland	20.67	Leigh Julius	20.82
200 m	August 13:
400 m	Gary Kikaya	45.03	Paul Gorries	45.50	Young Talkmore Nyongani	45.60
400 m	August 11:
800 m	Alex Kipchirchir	1:46.62	Ismail Ahmed Ismail	1:46.65	Alfred Kirwa	1:46.85
800 m	August 11:
1500 m	Alex Kipchirchir	3:46.54	Adil Kaouch	3:46.72	Tarek Boukensa	3:46.81
1500 m	August 13:
5000 m	Kenenisa Bekele	14:03.41	Mike Kigen	14:05.12	Moses Kipsiro	14:05.20
5000 m	August 9:
10,000 m	Moses Kipsiro	28:03.46	Mike Kigen	28:03.70	Abebe Dinkesa	28:05.07
10,000 m	August 13:
110 m hurdles	Aymen Ben Ahmed	13.77	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja	14.03	Ruan de Vries	14.05
110 m hurdles	August 12:
400 m hurdles	Louis van Zyl	49.43	Alwyn Myburgh	49.88	Kurt Couto	50.72
400 m hurdles	August 10:
3000 m s'chase	Paul Kipsiele Koech	8:11.03 (CR)	Abdelkader Hachlaf	8:33.52	Ruben Ramolefi	8:39.67
3000 m s'chase	August 11: reigning Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi finished second but was disqualified.
20 km walk	David Kimutai	1:23:58	Hatem Ghoula	1:25:02	Hicham Mejbar	1:25:15
20 km walk	August 13:
4 × 100 m relay	Peter Emelieze Uchenna Emedolu Adetoyi Durotoye Olusoji Fasuba	39.63		39.68		40.12
4 × 100 m relay	August 11:
4 × 400 m relay		3:06.78		3:07.65		3:08.13
4 × 400 m relay	August 13:

Many sources (including the IAAF)^[1] list the lead off runner as Grace Ebor, a female Nigerian middle-distance runner. This is incorrect as the lead off runner was actually Peter Emelieze.^[2]

Field

High jump	Kabelo Kgosiemang	2.30	Sere Boubakar	2.22	Ramsey Carelse	2.22
High jump	August 13:
Pole vault	Okkert Brits	5.20	Abderrahmane Tamada	5.15	Hamdi Dhouibi	4.80
Pole vault	August 12:
Long jump	Ignisious Gaisah	8.51 (+3.7)	Khotso Mokoena	8.45 (+4.2)	Issam Nima	8.37
Long jump	August 9:
Triple jump	Tarik Bouguetaïb	17.25 (+4.2)	Khotso Mokoena	16.67 (+3.6)	Younès Moudrik	16.58 (+3.7)
Triple jump	August 12:
Shot put	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	18.93	Janus Robberts	17.88	Mohammed Medded	17.87
Shot put	August 9:
Discus throw	Omar Ahmed ElGazaly	61.11	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	54.38	Chima Ugwu	51.56
Discus throw	August 10: Nabil Kirame of Morocco, who originally won the bronze, was later disqualified for doping.^[3]
Hammer throw	Chris Harmse	77.55 CR	Saber Souid	72.66	Mohsen El Anany	69.22
Hammer throw	August 12:
Javelin throw	Gerhardus Pienaar	77.55	Gerbrandt Grobler	75.95	Walid Adb El Wahab	69.86
Javelin throw	August 13:
Decathlon	Hamdi Dhouibi	7,566 points	Mourad Souissi	7,113 points	Terence Wepener	7,084 points
Decathlon

Women's results

Track

100 m	Vida Anim	11.58	Geraldine Pillay	11.67	Endurance Ojokolo	11.95
100 m	August 10:
200 m	Vida Anim	22.90	Geraldine Pillay	23.11	Fabienne Feraez	23.15
200 m	August 13:
400 m	Amy Mbacké Thiam	52.22	Amantle Montsho	52.68	Louise Ayetotche	52.92
400 m	August 11:
800 m	Janeth Jepkosgei	2 :00.64	Maria de Lurdes Mutola	2 :01.08	Nouria Merah Benida	2 :02.18
800 m	August 13:
1500 m	Nouria Merah Benida	4:23.26	Safa Issaoui	4:24.08	Berhane Herpassa	4:24.09
1500 m	August 11:
5000 m	Meseret Defar	15:56.00	Tirunesh Dibaba	15:56.04	Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet	15:57.14
5000 m	August 10:
10,000 m	Edith Masai	31:27.96 CR	Isabella Ochichi	31:29.43	Emily Chebet	31:33.39
10,000 m	August 12:
100 m hurdles	Toyin Augustus	13.44	Carole Me-ban Kaboud	13.85	Gnima Faye	13.95
100 m hurdles	August 10:
400 m hurdles	Janet Wienand	56.97	Houria Moussa	57.15	Aissafa Soulama	57.27
400 m hurdles	August 13:
3000 m s'chase	Jeruto Kiptum	10:00.02	Habiba Ghribi	10:10.93	Chaabi Bouchra	10:11.52
3000 m s'chase	August 11:
20 km walk	Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh	1:43:22	Arasa Asnaksh Abissa	1:45:31	Ghania Amzal	1:46:05
20 km walk	August 13:
4 × 100 m relay		44.43		44.52		46.43
4 × 100 m relay	August 11:
4 × 400 m relay		3:36.88		3:37.00		3:39.79
4 × 400 m relay	August 13:

Field

High jump	Rene van der Merwe	1.84	Nneka Ukuh	1.80	Sara Bouaoudia	1.75
High jump	August 11:
Pole vault	Syrine Balti	4.21	Nisrine Dinar	3.60	Lindi Roux	3.60
Pole vault	August 10:
Long jump	Joséphine Mbarga-Bikié	6.33 (+2.9)	Kéné Ndoye	6.30 (+1.8)	Chinazom Amadi	6.23 (+3.0)
Long jump	August 10:
Triple jump	Yamilé Aldama	14.71 (+2.6)	Kéné Ndoye	14.08 (+3.6)	Otonye Iworima	13.88 (+2.1)
Triple jump	August 13:
Shot put	Vivian Chukwuemeka	17.45	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi	15.48	Monique Ngo Ngoué-Poree	14.99
Shot put	August 13:
Discus throw	Elizna Naude	55.42	Vivian Chukwuemeka	49.63	Suzanne Kragbe	49.05
Discus throw	August 11:
Hammer throw	Marwa Hussein Arafat	62.16	Blessing Egwu	51.77	Menakshee Totah	36.68
Hammer throw	August 9: Egypt's Marwa Ahmed Arafat retained her African title, while Hayat El Ghazi of Morocco, who originally won the silver, was later disqualified for doping.^[4]
Javelin throw	Justine Robbeson	60.60 PB/AR	Sunette Viljoen	55.64	Lindy Leveau	54.41
Javelin throw	August 12:
Heptathlon	Janice Josephs	5876 points	Celine Laporte	4932 points	Nadege Foe Essama	3808 points
Heptathlon	August 11–12: