2012 French Athletics Championships Explained

2012 French Athletics Championships
Size:	250
Events:	38
Dates:	15–17 June
Next:	2013

The 2012 French Athletics Championships was the 124th edition of the national championship in outdoor track and field for France. It was held on 15–17 June at the Stade du Lac de Maine in Angers. A total of 38 events (divided evenly between the sexes) were contested over the three-day competition.

Results

Men

100 metres		9.94		10.05		10.10
200 metres		20.31		20.58		20.58
400 metres		45.39		45.68		46.23
800 metres		1:48.52		1:48.93		1:49.02
1500 metres		3:46.90		3:47.07		3:47.09
5000 metres		13:51.81		13:56.76		14:03.22
10,000 m walk		39:46.74		40:56.23		42:51.73
110 m hurdles		13.28		13.56		13.56
400 m hurdles^[1]		49.91		50.08		50.09
3000 m s'chase		8:27.80		8:30.74		8:32.82
4 × 100 m relay	AS Aix-Les-Bains Manuel Reynaert Christophe Lemaitre Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux Ryan Aifa	39.74^[2]	Grand Angoulême Athlétisme	40.24	US Créteil	40.51
High jump		2.25 m		2.22 m		2.18 m
Pole vault		5.85 m		5.62 m		5.55 m
Long jump^[3]		8.01 m		7.98 m		7.58 m
Triple jump		16.74 m		16.69 m		16.54 m
Shot put		19.23 m		18.87 m		18.01 m
Discus throw		57.04 m		56.98 m		55.87 m
Hammer throw		75.21 m		73.19 m		72.73 m
Javelin throw		75.06 m		70.66 m		69.51 m
Decathlon		8118 pts		7709 pts		7668 pts

Women

100 metres^[4]		11.21		11.34		11.40
200 metres		22.74		22.74		23.00
400 metres		52.17		52.36		52.55
800 metres		2:03.79		2:04.61		2:04.93
1500 metres^[5]		4:18.60		4:18.99		4:21.92
5000 metres^[6]		15:48.38		15:50.30		15:57.85
10,000 m walk		47:32.57		47:40.18		48:04.88
100 m hurdles		12.88		12.88		12.97
400 m hurdles		55.97		58.07		59.13
3000 m s'chase^[7]		9:51.62		9:54.69		10:16.76
4 × 100 m relay	AS Aix-Les-Bains	45.88	Amiens UC	46.40	Nice-Côte d'Azur athlétisme	47.46
High jump		1.91 m		1.85 m		1.82 m
Pole vault		4.40 m		4.35 m		4.30 m
Long jump		6.45 m		6.05 m		6.04 m
Triple jump		14.27 m		13.97 m		13.79 m
Shot put		16.93 m		16.13 m		15.11 m
Discus throw		60.57 m		54.45 m		52.01 m
Hammer throw		70.57 m		69.66 m		69.10 m
Javelin throw		56.34 m		54.46 m		53.04 m
Heptathlon		5935 pts		5858 pts		5404 pts

References

Results

Notes and References

1. Senegal's Mamadou Kassé Hann placed first in the men's 400 m hurdles with 49.04.
2. Web site: Championnats de France.Lemaitre sacré sur 4x100 m à Angers. Thomas Bregardis. ouest-france.fr. 15 June 2012. 27 June 2012.
3. Senegal's Ndiss Kaba Badji placed first in the men's long jump with 8.02 m.
4. Gabonese runner Ruddy Zang Milama was first in the women's 100 m in 11.03 seconds.
5. Alice Rocquain was fifth in the women's 1500 m behind Malagasy Eliane Saholinirina and Algeria's Hayet Ferahtia.
6. Clémence Calvin was fourth in the women's 5000 m behind Swiss Sabine Fischer.
7. Meriem Mered was fourth in the women's steeplechase behind Malagasy athlete Eliane Saholinirina.