2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon explained

The men's decathlon at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 27 and 28 June.

Medalists

Gold	Ali Kamé
Silver	Mourad Souissi
Bronze	Guillaume Thierry

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record		9039	Eugene, United States	23 June 2012
African record		8332	Ratingen, Germany	15 June 2012
Championship record		8148	Nairobi, Kenya	29 July 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 June 2012	12:15	100 metres
27 June 2012	13:00	Long jump
27 June 2012	14:00	Shot put
27 June 2012	15:15	High jump
27 June 2012	17:25	400 metres
28 June 2012	11:00	110 metres hurdles
28 June 2012	11:45	Discus throw
28 June 2012	13:00	Pole vault
28 June 2012	15:00	Javelin throw
28 June 2012	16:50	1500 metres
28 June 2012		Final standings

Results

100 metres

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	1	6			11.03		854
2	2	2			11.18		821
3	2	3			11.33		789
4	1	4			11.59		734
5	1	5			11.59		734
6	1	2			11.74		703
7	2	6			11.91		669
	1	3
	2	4
	2	5

Long jump

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes	Points
1			7.16	7.09	7.32	7.32		891
2			6.97	6.80	6.78	6.97		807
3			6.97		6.75	6.97		807
4			6.57	6.94	6.84	6.94		799
5				6.75	6.93	6.93		797
6			6.53	6.90	6.80	6.90		790
7			6.55		6.73	6.73		750

Shot put

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes	Points
1			13.57	14.04	14.33	14.33		749
2			14.00	13.47	14.32	14.32		748
3				13.06	12.11	13.06		671
4			13.04	12.94	12.77	13.04		670
5			12.01	11.79	11.77	12.01		607
6			11.02	11.41	11.33	11.41		571
7			10.76	10.63	11.00	11.00		546

High jump

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.73	1.76	1.79	1.82	1.85	1.88	1.91	1.94	1.97	2.00	2.03	2.06	2.09	2.12	2.15	Result	Notes	Points
1			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xxo	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.12		915
2			–	–	–	–	xo	xo	xo	o	xxx								1.91		723
3			–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	xxx								1.91		723
4			o	o	xo	o	xo	o	xxo	xxx									1.88		696
5			o	–	o	–	o	xo	xxx										1.85		696
6			–	o	o	o	xxx												1.79		619
7			xxo	xxo	o	xxx													1.76		593

400 metres

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	5			49.32		846
2	6			50.16		807
3	1			51.03		768
4	3			51.32		755
5	4			52.32		711
6	2			55.20		591
7	7			58.07		481

110 metres hurdles

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	Points
1	4			15.32		811
2	5			15.42		799
3	3			15.44		797
4	6			15.62		776
5	7			15.63		775
6	2			18.35		491
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Discus throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes	Points
1			40.79	34.44	31.95	40.79		681
2			37.15	35.20	38.35	38.35		631
3			33.42	35.61	34.51	35.61		576
4			34.29		33.06	34.29		549
5			34.02		31.15	34.02		544
6			31.48	24.15	25.22	31.48		494
						DNS

Pole vault

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes	Points
1			4.30		702
2			4.30		702
3			4.00		617
4			2.50		242

Javelin throw

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes	Points
1			60.07		56.76	60.07		739
2			50.09	52.47	55.55	55.55		671
3			51.07		52.58	52.58		627
4				46.67	45.86	46.67		539
5			36.78	36.58	43.06	43.06		487

1500 metres

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes	Points
1			4:36.51		702
2			4:36.52		702
3			4:38.76		688
4			4:53.84		596
5			4:56.22		582

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Points	Notes
			7252
			7000
			6955
			6459
			5932
			DNS
			DNS
			DNS
			DNF
			DNF

References

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