2010 African Championships in Athletics explained

2010 African Championships
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Colour:	FFCD57
Host City:	Nairobi, Kenya
Dates:	28 July – 1 August
Stadium:	Nyayo Stadium
Nations Participating:	46
Athletes Participating:	587
Events:	44
Records Set:	6 Championship records
Previous:	2008 Addis Ababa
Next:	2012 Porto Novo

The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi, Kenya from, 28 July to 1 August 2010.

Background

The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time. Previously two major athletics events have been held in Kenya, namely 1987 All-Africa Games and 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Preparations

The championships were awarded to Kenya at the April 2007 Confederation of African Athletics Congress in Dakar, Senegal.^[1]

The event was originally scheduled to be held from April 28 to May 2, 2010, but due to delayed preparations the event was moved forward.^[2] The Moi International Sports Centre was initially set to become the host venue,^[3] but it was later changed to the smaller Nyayo Stadium.^[4]

Men's results

Track

100 m	Ben-Youssef Méité	10.08 PB	Abdul Aziz Zakari	10.12 SB	Simon Magakwe	10.14 SB
200 m	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud	20.36 NR	Ben-Youssef Méité	20.39 SB	Simon Magakwe	20.56
400 m		44.98 NR	Rabah Yousif	45.18	Gary Kikaya	45.28
800 m	David Rudisha	1:42.84 CR	Alfred Kirwa Yego	1:44.85 SB	Jackson Kivuva	1:45.47 SB
1500 m	Asbel Kiprop	3:36.19 CR	Amine Laâlou	3:36.38	Mekonnen Gebremedhin	3:36.65
5000 m	Edwin Soi	13:30.46 SB	Vincent Yator	13:30.53 SB	Mark Kiptoo	13:32.45 SB
10,000 m	Wilson Kiprop	27:32.91	Moses Kipsiro	27:33.37	Geoffrey Mutai	27:33.83
110 m hurdles	Othmane Hadj Lazib	13.77	Selim Nurudeen	13.83	Ruan de Vries	13.98
400 m hurdles	L. J. van Zyl	48.51 SB	Cornel Fredericks	48.79 SB	Mamadou Kasse Hann	49.10 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Richard Mateelong	8:23.54	Ezekiel Kemboi	8:26.13	Roba Gary Chubeta	8:27.15
20 km walk	Hassanine Sebei	1:20:36 CR	David Kimutai Rotich	1:21:07 SB	Hichem Medjeber	1:22:53 PB
4 × 100 m relay	Hannes Dreyer Simon Magakwe Lehann Fourie Thuso Mpuang	39.12	Fred Agbaje Benjamin Adukwu Ogho-Oghene Egwero Obinna Metu	39.22	Emmanuel Kubi Nana Kofi Sanah Godwin Hukporti Aziz Zakari	39.31
4 × 400 m relay	Geoffrey Ngeno Vincent Koskei Julius Kirwa Mark Mutai	3:02.96	Isaac Makwala Thapelo Ketlogetswe Pako Seribe Obakeng Ngwigwa	3:05.16	Saul Weigopwa James Godday Tobi Ogunmola Isah Salihu	3:06.53

Field

High jump	Kabelo Kgosiemang	2.19	Bong Matogno	2.15 SB	Fernand Djoumessi Mohamed Idris	2.15
Pole vault	Hamdi Dhouibi	4.70	Larbi Bouraada	4.60	Mourad Souissi	4.40
Long jump	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	8.23 SB	Ndiss Kaba Badji	8.10	Stanley Gbagbeke	8.06
Triple jump	Tosin Oke	17.22	Hugo Mamba-Schlick	16.78 SB	Tumelo Thagane	16.64
Shot put	Burger Lambrechts	18.63	Roelof Potgieter	18.62	Orazio Cremona	18.27
Discus throw	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	59.30	Yasser Ibrahim Farag	58.71	Victor Hogan	58.11
Hammer throw	Mohsen Mohamed Anani	74.72	Chris Harmse	72.56	Mostafa Al-Gamel	71.40
Javelin throw	Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman	78.02 SB	Gerhardus Pienaar	75.96	Julius Yego	74.51 SB
Decathlon	Larbi Bouraada	8148 CR	Mourad Souissi	7818 PB	Guillaume Thierry	7100

Women's results

Track

100 m	Blessing Okagbare	11.03 CR	Ruddy Zang Milama	11.15 NR	Oludamola Osayomi	11.22 SB
200 m	Oludamola Osayomi	23.36 SB	Estie Wittstock	23.50 SB	Ruddy Zang Milama	23.59 PB
400 m	Amantle Montsho	50.03 SB	Amy Mbacké Thiam	51.32 SB	Shade Abugan	51.63
800 m	Zahra Bouras	2:00.22	Janeth Jepkosgei	2:00.50	Malika Akkaoui	2:01.01 PB
1500 m	Nancy Jebet Lagat	4:10.43	Gelete Burka Bati	4:11.12	Btissam Lakhouad	4:11.81
5000 m	Vivian Cheruiyot	16:18.72	Meseret Defar	16:20.54	Sentayehu Ejigu	16:22.32
10,000 m	Tirunesh Dibaba	31:51.39	Meselech Melkamu	31:55.50	Linet Masai	31:59.36 SB
100 m hurdles	Seun Adigun	13.14 SB	Gnima Faye	13.67	Amina Ferguen	13.87
400 m hurdles	Hayat Lambarki	55.96 PB	Ajoke Odumosu	55.97	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo	56.74 SB
3000 m steeplechase	Milcah Chemos Cheywa	9:32.18 CR	Sofia Assefa	9:32.58	Lydiah Rotich	9:37.32 SB
20 km walk	Grace Wanjiru Njue	1:34:19 AR	Chaima Trabelsi	1:35:33	Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe	1:41:46 SB
4 × 100 m relay	Lawretta Ozoh Agnes Osazuwa Damola Osayomi Blessing Okagbare	43.45 CR	Fanny Appes Ekanga Charlotte Mebenga Amombo Carole Made Kaboud Mebam Delphine Atangana	44.90	Rosina Amenebede Elizabeth Amolofo Beatrice Gyaman Flings Owusu-Agyapong	45.40
4 × 400 m relay	Shade Abugan Margaret Etim Bukola Abogunloko Ajoke Odumosu	3:29.26	Grace Miroyo Kidake Catherine Nandi Maureen Jelagat Maiyo Janeth Jepkosgei	3:35.12	Ndeye Fatou Soumah Fatou Diabaye Marietou Badji Amy Mbacké Thiam	3:35.55

Field

High jump	Selloane Tsoaeli	1.75	Lissa Labiche	1.70	Cherotich Koech	1.55
Pole vault	Nisrine Dinar	3.70	Laetitia Berthier	3.50	Sinali Alima Outtara	3.40
Long jump	Blessing Okagbare	6.62	Comfort Onyali	6.42	Jamaa Chnaik	6.30
Triple jump	Sarah Nambawa	13.95 NR	Nkurika Domeke	13.71 SB	Otonye Iworima	13.65 SB
Shot put	Mirian Ibekwe	13.67	Priscilla Isiao	13.62 SB	Doris Ratsimbazafy	13.56
Discus throw	Elizna Naude	56.74	Kazai Suzanne Kragbe	55.53	Sarah Hasseib Dardiri	46.51
Hammer throw	Amy Sène	64.11 NR	Marwa Hussein	62.36 SB	Florence Ezeh	57.94 NR
Javelin throw	Sunette Viljoen	63.33	Justine Robbeson	60.24	Hana'a Hassan Omar	55.14
Heptathlon	Margaret Simpson	6031 CR	Janet Wienand	5500	Selloane Tsoaeli	5302

Participating nations

(16)
(6)
(5)
(14)
(12)
(8)
(12)
(1)
(10)
(11)
(2)
(14)
(2)
(6)
(63)
(2)
(3)
(14)
(2)
(106)
(2)
(5)
Libya (3)
(6)
Malawi (1)
(5)
(15)
(19)
(5)
(6)
(37)
(7)
(14)
(13)
(14)
(1)
(5)
(41)
(7)
Swaziland (1)
(21)
(4)
(7)
(27)
(9)
(4)

References

Daily reports

Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-27). High powered rivalries expected in Nairobi – African Championships preview . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-28). Kiprop takes men’s 10,000m as African championships begin in Nairobi . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-29). Meite, Okagbare take 100m titles, Cheruiyot over Defar again in the 5000m - African champs Day 2 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-30). Rudisha sizzles 1:42.84 in Nairobi as Kenya collects three golds in Nairobi - African champs, day 3 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-31). Dibaba takes down Masai in 10,000m to notch first Ethiopian gold in Nairobi - African champs, day 4 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
Negash, Elshadai (2010-08-01). Kenya captures five gold medals as African champs conclude in Nairobi - African champs, day 5 . IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-01.

External links

Notes and References

Daily Nation, July 26, 2010: On your marks, set...Kenya ready on eve of Games
The Standard, September 26, 2009: African Championships dates changed
The Standard, July 14, 2009: African Athletics Championships event organisers in race against time
Daily Nation, December 22, 2009: Nyayo it is for continental athletics fete