2014 African Championships in Athletics explained

2014 African Championships
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Colour:	FFCD57
Host City:	Marrakech, Morocco
Dates:	10 August – 14 August
Stadium:	Stade de Marrakech
Nations Participating:	47
Athletes Participating:	548
Events:	44
Records Set:	Championship records
Previous:	2012
Next:	2016

The 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held in Marrakech, Morocco from 10 to 14 August 2014. The competition was the 19th edition of Africa senior championships. The competition served as preparation to African athletes for the next continental cup which is planned to hold on 13 and 14 September 2014 in Marrakech.^[1] It was the second time that Morocco had hosted the event.

Medal summary

Men

100 metres	Hua Wilfried Koffi	10.05	Mark Jelks	10.07	Monzavous Edwards	10.16
200 metres	Hua Wilfried Koffi	20.25	Isaac Makwala	20.51	Carvin Nkanata	20.53
400 metres	Isaac Makwala	44.23 CR	Wayde van Niekerk	45.00	Boniface Mucheru	45.07
800 metres	Nijel Amos	1:48.54	Mohammed Aman	1:48.56	Taoufik Makhloufi	1:49.08
1500 metres	Ayanleh Souleiman	3:42.49	Asbel Kiprop	3:42.58	Ronald Kwemoi	3:42.59
5000 metres	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku	13:34.27	Isaiah Kiplangat Koech	13:35.73	Abrar Osman Adem	13:36.42
10,000 metres	Nguse Amlosom	28:11.07	Mustapha El Aziz	28:11.36	Josphat Bett	28:11.61
110 m hurdles	Tyron Akins	13.57	Alex Al-Ameen	13.78	Martins Ogieriakhi	13.80
400 m hurdles	Cornel Fredericks	48.78	Amaechi Morton	48.92	Nicholas Bett	49.03
3000 m steeplechase	Jairus Birech	8:34.79	Jonathan Ndiku	8:37.67	Ezekiel Kemboi	8:39.30
4 × 100 m relay		38.80		39.28		39.89
4 × 400 m relay		3:01.89		3:03.09		3:07.35
20 km walk	Lebogang Shange	1:26.58	Samuel Ireri Gathimba	1:27.11	Mohamed Ameur	1:27.48
High jump	Kabelo Kgosiemang	2.28	Fernand Djoumessi	2.25	Younis Mohamed	2.22
Pole vault	Cheyne Rahme	5.41 CR	Mohamed Amine Romdhana	5.00	Mouhcine Cheaouri	5.00
Long jump	Zarck Visser	8.08	Khotso Mokoena	8.02	Ruswahl Samaai	7.84
Triple jump	Khotso Mokoena	17.03	Tosin Oke	16.97	Roger Haitengi	16.72
Shot put	Orazio Cremona	19.84	Jaco Engelbrecht	18.87	Franck Owaka	18.74
Discus throw	Victor Hogan	62.87	Russell Tucker	62.15	Stephen Mozia	57.11
Hammer throw	Mostafa Al-Gamel	79.09 CR	Chris Harmse	73.90	Driss Barid	60.17
Javelin throw	Julius Yego	84.72	Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed	83.59	Robert Oosthuizen	77.81
Decathlon	Larbi Bourrada	8311 CR	Guillaume Thierry	7312	Atsu Nyamadi	6946

Women

100 metres	Blessing Okagbare	11.00 CR	Murielle Ahouré	11.03	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	11.20
200 metres	Murielle Ahouré	22.36	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	22.87	Dominique Duncan	22.98
400 metres	Folashade Abugan	51.21	Kabange Mupopo	51.21	Patience Okon George	51.68
800 metres	Eunice Sum	1:59.45	Janeth Jepkosgei	1:59.74	Agatha Jeruto	1:59.84
1500 metres	Hellen Obiri	4:09.53	Dawit Seyaum	4:10.92	Rababe Arafi	4:12.08
5000 metres	Almaz Ayana	15:32.72 CR	Genzebe Dibaba	15:42.16	Janeth Kisa	15:54.04
10,000 metres	Joyce Chepkirui	32:45.27	Emily Chebet	32:45.28	Belaynesh Oljira	32:49.39
100 m hurdles	Rikenette Steenkamp	13.26	Rosvitha Okou	13.26	Nichole Denby	13.27
400 m hurdles	Wenda Nel	55.32	Amaka Ogoegbunam	55.46	Francisca Koki	55.84
3000 m steeplechase	Hiwot Ayalew	9:29.54 CR	Sofia Assefa	9:30.20	Salima El Ouali Alami	9:33.02
4 × 100 m relay		43.56		43.99		44.06
4 × 400 m relay		3:28.87		3:32.26		3:40.28
20 km walk	Grace Wanjiru Njue	1:37.04	Emily Ngii	1:38.12	Askale Tiksa	1:40.05
High jump	Rhizlane Siba	1.80	Besnet Mohamed	1.80	Ariyat Dibow	1.78
Pole vault	Syrine Balti	4.10	Nisrine Dinar	3.80	Dorra Mahfoudhi	3.70
Long jump	Ese Brume	6.50	Chinaza Amadi	6.40	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin	6.25
Triple jump	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin	14.02	Nadia Eke	13.40	Blessing Ibrahim	13.35
Shot put	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang	16.84	Chinwe Okoro	16.40	Lezaan Jordaan	15.31
Discus throw	Chinwe Okoro	59.79 CR	Nwanneka Okwelogu	51.66	Amina Moudden	48.21
Hammer throw	Lætitia Bambara	65.44	Amy Sène	64.66	Sarah Bensaad	60.97
Javelin throw	Sunette Viljoen	65.32 CR	Zuta Mary Nartey	52.57	Selma Rosun	48.04
Heptathlon	Marthe Koala	5454	Elizabeth Dadzie	5286	Bianca Erwee	5086

Participating nations

(25)
(8)
(11)
(16)
(5)
(5)
(20)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(4)
(1)
(4)
(12)
(2)
(11)
(69)
(1)
(2)
(24)
(1)
(1)
(11)
(55)
(1)
(7)
(3)
(11)
Mauritania (2)
(9)
(host) (55)
(1)
(6)
(41)
(18)
(1)
(14)
(8)
(37)
(1)
Swaziland (2)
(2)
(2)
(20)
(6)
(8)
(2)

References

Daily reports

Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-10). Amlosom makes history at African Championships – African champs, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-10.
Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-11). More gold medals and records for Okagbare and Bourrada at African Championships – African champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-11.
Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-12). Redemption for Makwala at African Championships – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-12.
Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-13). Viljoen wins fourth African title, more gold for Mokoena and Chepkirui – African champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-13.
Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-14). Souleiman, Ndiku and Ahoure among winners on final day of African Championships – African champs, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-14.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 19th Africa senior championships 2014 in Morocco . 2014-04-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140415035452/http://www.webcaa.org/en/index.php/82-evenements-majeurs/senior/180-19th-africa-senior-championships-2014-in-morocco . 2014-04-15 .