2009 African Junior Athletics Championships Explained

9th African Junior Championships
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Colour:	A9F5A9
Host City:	Bambous, Mauritius
Dates:	30 July – 2 August
Stadium:	Stade Germain Comarmond
Events:	40
Level:	Under-20
Previous:	2007 Ouagadougou
Next:	2011 Gaborone

The 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships were held in Bambous, Mauritius from 30 July to 2 August. There were 40 events in total, of which 20 were contested by male athletes and 20 by female athletes. Multiple gold medallists Caster Semenya and Amaka Ogoegbunam broke championships records, but also created controversy at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics later that year. Semenya was asked to take a gender test and Ogoegbunam tested positive for anabolic steroids.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Key:	WR — World record AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record WL — World leading

100 metres		10.75		10.86		10.94
200 metres		22.47		22.58		22.66
400 metres		46.56		47.16		47.43
800 metres		1:48.82		1:48.91		1:49.82
1500 metres		3:37.05 CR		3:37.63		3:41.24
5000 metres		13:42.53		13:42.88		13:43.94
10,000 metres		28.46.74		28:47.89		28:53.64
110 metres hurdles		14.36		14.42		14.73
400 metres hurdles		50.05 CR		52.44		52.61
3000 metres steeplechase		8:28.83		8:35.97		8:39.53
4×100 metres relay	valign=top	Ayobani Oyebiyi Abiola Onakoya Adeola Efunsile Nathaniel Oletu	41.17	valign=top	Waide Jootse Brent Stevens Patrick Vosloo Ethan Floris	41.33	valign=top	Baptiste Brasse Aldo Lutchmun Garik Maureemootoo Unknown runner	42.08
4×400 metres relay	valign=top	Okeudo Jonathan Mmaju Elvis Ukale Peter Njoteah Abiola Onakoya	3:13.50	valign=top	Shaun de Jager Cornel Fredericks Peter Marx Neil de Beer	3:13.95	valign=top	Otlaadisa Segosebe Daniel Lagamang Pako Seribe Thapelo Ketlogetswe	3:15.08
High jump		2.09 m		2.09 m		2.02 m
Pole vault		5.30 m CR		4.35 m		3.95 m
Long jump		7.67 m		7.52 m		7.49 m
Triple jump		16.16 m CR PB		15.62 m PB		15.53 m
Shot put		17.90 m		16.38 m		15.03 m
Discus throw		58.91 m		46.02 m		43.14 m
Hammer throw		75.59 m CR		42.81 m		31.64 m
Javelin throw		73.51 m		67.69 m		60.46 m
Decathlon		6400 pts PB NR		6359 pts PB		6030 pts

100 metres		11.78		12.17		12.23
200 metres		25.55		25.63		25.86
400 metres		52.02 CR		53.34		54.03 PB
800 metres		1:56.72 NR CR PB WL		2:01.36 PB		2:02.17 NR
1500 metres		4:08.01 PB CR		4:09.36		4:17.38
3000 metres		8:54.96		9:09.22		9:25.31
5000 metres		16:11.85		16:12.65		16:13.09
100 metres hurdles		15.95		16.21	none awarded
400 metres hurdles		1:00.09		1:01.30		1:06.31
3000 metres steeplechase		9:58.55		10:03.75		10:09.00
4×100 metres relay	valign=top	Joanelle Janvier Elodie Pierrelouis Stephanie Guillaume Emilie Tambanivoule	48.04	valign=top	Giesele Tchoupou Tchoupa Marie Rodrigue Ngono Zibi Sylvie Zimbere Blandin Loise Tsouga Eb	48.58	valign=top	Melissa Hewitt Caster Semenya Rorisang Rammonye Alyssa Conley	48.73
4×400 metres relay	valign=top	Shiela Chepkirui Fancy Cherotich Winny Chebet Betty Chelangat	?	valign=top	Edlette Espiegle Stephanie Guillaume Emile Tambanivoule Dorothy Aristide	?	valign=top	Marie Rodrigue Ngono Zibi Blandin Loise Tsouga Eb Sylvie Zimbere Giesele Tchoupou Tchoupa	?
High jump		1.69 m		1.55 m		1.40 m
Long jump		5.82 m		5.78 m		5.75 m
Triple jump		12.89 m		12.12 m		12.00 m
Shot put		14.47 m		13.97 m		12.84 m
Discus throw		43.24 m		34.93 m		31.04 m
Hammer throw		57.53 m CR		54.47 m		47.92 m
Javelin throw		54.55 m		49.54 m		44.42 m
Heptathlon		4336 pts		3933 pts		3811 pts

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