2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon explained

The men's decathlon at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held on July 28–29.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Larbi Bouraada	Mourad Souissi	Guillaume Thierry

Results

100 metres

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
	1			10.78	910
	1			11.09	841
	2			11.12	834	PB
	2			11.23	810
	2			11.39	776	SB
	2			11.42	769	SB
	1			11.43	767
	1			11.50	753	=PB
	2			11.83	685
10	1			12.44	567
	1				0
	2				0

Long jump

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
			7.43	7.42	–	7.43	918		1828
			7.22	7.10	7.09	7.22	866	PB	1700
			7.04	7.09	7.16	7.16	852	SB	1628
			6.93	X	7.02	7.02	818	SB	1659
			6.75	6.79	6.97	6.97	807		1560
			6.85	6.71	6.91	6.91	792	SB	1561
			6.58	6.86	6.74	6.86	781		1591
			6.57	X	X	6.57	713		1398
			5.85	5.90	5.96	5.96	578		1345
10			5.45	5.73	5.43	5.73	529		1096

Shot put

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
			13.79	13.88	14.53	14.53	761	PB	2461
			14.00	14.22	13.81	14.22	742	SB	2401
			12.71	12.91	13.68	13.68	709		2269
			13.59	13.15	12.38	13.59	703	PB	2531
			13.34	12.50	13.18	13.34	688	SB	2249
			11.68	11.96	12.31	12.31	625		2216
			12.27	11.63	12.20	12.27	623		2251
			10.40	10.69	10.75	10.75	531		1627
			10.03			10.03	487		1832
10							464		1862

High jump

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.65	1.68	1.71	1.74	1.77	1.80	1.83	1.86	1.89	1.92	1.95	1.98	2.01	2.04	2.07	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	o	xo	xxo	x	2.04	840	SB	3371
			–	–	–	o	–	xo	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	o	xx		2.01	813	PB	3064
			–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.98	785	SB	3034
			–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	o	xxx				1.95	758	SB	3159
			–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx					1.92	731		2947
			–	–	–	–	o	o	–	o	o	xo	xxx					1.92	731	SB	3192
			–	–	–	xo	o	o	xo									1.83	653		2922
			–	o	o	o	o	o										1.80	627		2459
			o	o	o	xo	o											1.77	602		2464
10			o	xo	xxo	xo	o											1.77	602		2229

400 metres

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes	Overall
	2			47.35	941		4312
	1			47.64	927	PB	4119
	2			48.98	862		4021
	1			49.83	822		3769
	2			50.00	815		3274
	1			51.46	749	SB	3783
	2			52.14	719		3183
	2			52.34	710		3632
	1			52.70	694		2923
10	1			55.86	565		3629

110 metres hurdles

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes	Overall
	1			14.55	905	SB	5024
	1			14.66	891		4660
	2			14.82	871	SB	5183
	1			15.00	850		4871
	1			15.06	842	SB	4625
	2			15.09	839	SB	4468
	2			15.35	808	PB	4440
	2			16.29	700		3974
	1			17.66	557		3480
10	2			18.11	514		3697

Discus throw

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
			43.88	X	41.04	43.88	744		5615
			42.12	X	X	42.12	708		4188
			35.25	41.19	41.73	41.73	700	SB	5724
			41.03	X	39.48	41.03	686		5126
			31.87	35.90	36.38	36.38	591		5059
			33.44	36.36	X	36.36	591	SB	5216
			X	36.30	X	36.30	590		5773
			X	34.56	32.99	34.56	555		5215
			29.76	31.43	29.94	31.43	493		4190
10			28.42	26.36	27.40	28.42	433		4407

Pole vault

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	2.50	2.60	2.70	2.80	2.90	3.00	3.20	3.30	3.60	3.80	4.00	4.10	4.20	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.60	4.70	4.80	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	o	o	o	xo	o	4.80	849	PB	6622
			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	–	xxo	–	xo	xo	xxx		4.60	790	PB	6514
			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxo	o	o	x–	o	xo	xxx					4.30	702	SB	5761
			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	xxx					4.20	673		5799
			–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xx												3.20	406		4596
			o	xo	o	o	xxx															2.80	309		4716
			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxx										0		5615
			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxx										0		5216
			xxx																				0		4188
																							0

Javelin throw

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Overall
1			62.01	65.53	–	65.53	821	PB	7443
2			60.99	56.66	57.52	60.99	753	SB	6552
3			57.07	57.35	54.19	57.35	698		6459
4			56.41	50.49	48.26	56.41	684	PB	5900
5			49.78	–	54.31	54.31	653	SB	7167
6			X	X	47.90	47.90	558		6173
7			X	41.89	45.45	45.45	522		4710
8			44.19	X	40.26	44.19	503		5219
							0

1500 metres

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1			4:19.72	813
2			4:33.60	721
3			4:36.04	705	SB
4			4:44.74	651	SB
5			4:50.86	613
6			5:01.98	548
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				0

Final results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
			10.78	7.43	13.59	2.04	47.35	15.82	36.30	4.80	65.53	4:36.04	8148	CR
			11.12	7.22	14.53	1.92	47.64	14.55	41.73	4.60	54.31	4:44.74	7818	PB
			11.50	6.97	13.68	1.83	52.34	15.35	41.03	4.20	60.99	5:01.98	7100
			11.39	7.16	12.27	2.01	55.86	15.09	36.38	4.30	57.35	4:50.86	7072
			11.43	5.96	10.03	1.80	50.00	16.29	28.42	2.80	44.19	4:33.60	5940
			12.44	5.73	10.75	1.77	52.70	17.66	42.12		45.45	4:19.72	5523
			11.09	7.02	14.22	1.95	48.98	15.00	43.88		47.90
			11.42	6.91	13.34	1.98	51.46	15.06	36.36		56.41
			11.83	6.57		1.77	52.14	18.11	31.43	3.20
			11.23	6.86	12.31	1.92	49.83	14.66	34.56

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