2018 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon explained

The men's decathlon event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 2 and 3 August in Asaba, Nigeria.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Larbi Bourrada	Fredriech Pretorius	Samuel Osadolor

Results

100 metres

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1	3			10.72	924
2	7			10.94	874
3	1			11.04	852
4	2			11.27	801
5	6			11.33	789
6	5			11.35	784
7	4			12.00	651

Long jump

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			x	7.48	7.51	7.51	937		1738
2			x	7.41w	x	7.41w	913		1787
3			6.44	6.83	6.60	6.83	774		1626
4			6.81	6.60	x	6.81	769		1693
5			x	6.61	6.80	6.80	767		1556
6			x	6.22	6.57	6.57	713		1364
7			x	x	6.52	6.52	702		1487

Shot put

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1						13.81	717		2455
2						13.14	676		2040
3						12.81	656		2443
4						12.68	648		2204
5						12.48	636		2123
6						11.84	597		2290
7						11.66	586		2212

High jump

Rank	Athlete	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	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	xo	xx	2.06	859		3302
2			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xo	xxx			2.00	803		3258
3			–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xo	o	?					1.94	749		2872
4			–	–	–	o	–	xxo	o	o	xxx						1.91	723		2935
5			–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	xx						1.91	723		2763
6			o	–	o	–	xxo	xxo	o	xxx							1.88	696		2986
7			o	o	xo	o	o	xxx									1.82	644		2848

400 metres

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes	Total
1	8			48.39	890		4192
2	7			48.86	868		3854
3	2			49.42	842		3777
4	4			49.48	839		3687
5	6			50.72	782		3654
6	3			51.23	759		4017
7	5			53.37	666		3429

110 metres hurdles

Wind: ? m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes	Total
1			14.08	964		4818
2			14.43	920		4697
3			14.70	886		5078
4			14.97	853		4870
5			15.51	789		4476
6			15.63	775		4204
7			16.26	704		4357

Discus throw

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			38.48	40.27	36.80	40.27	670		5748
2			?	38.63	?	39.88	662		5532
3			?	37.98	37.43	37.98	624		4828
4			36.13	x	37.64	37.64	617		4974
5			x	35.64	37.41	37.41	612		5430
6			?	36.55	?	36.57	595		5292
7			36.30	35.81	?	36.30	590		5066

Pole vault

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	3.00	3.20	3.30	3.40	3.50	3.80	4.00	4.20	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.60	4.70	4.80	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	o	o	xxx	4.70	819		6567
2			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	–	xxx	4.60	790		6322
3			–	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	o	xxx		4.60	790		5618
4			–	–	–	–	–	–	o	o	–	o	–	xxx			4.40	731		6023
5			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	xo	–	o	–	xxx			4.40	731		5705
6			–	xo	–	xxo	xxx										3.40	457		5887
7			o	o	xo	xxx											3.30	431		5497

Javelin throw

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1						66.87	842		7409
2						61.21	756		6461
3						59.84	735		7057
4						57.08	694		6191
5						54.47	655		6274
6						47.83	557		6444
7						40.73	453		6476

1500 metres

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1			4:24.11	784
2			4:38.42	690
3			4:41.16	673
4			4:44.76	651
5			4:45.41	647
6			4:59.41	563
7			5:03.48	540

Final standings

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
			10.94	7.41w	12.81	2.06	48.39	14.70	40.27	4.70	66.87	4:38.42	8099
			11.27	7.51	13.81	2.00	51.23	14.97	39.88	4.60	59.84	4:41.16	7730
			10.72	6.81	11.84	1.88	48.86	14.08	37.41	3.40	47.83	4:44.76	7095
4			11.04	6.83	11.66	1.91	49.42	14.43	36.57	4.40	40.73	4:59.41	7039
5			11.35	6.52	12.48	1.94	50.72	16.26	37.64	4.40	61.21	5:03.48	7001
6			11.33	6.80	12.68	1.82	49.48	15.51	36.30	3.30	57.08	4:24.11	6975
7			12.00	6.57	13.14	1.91	53.37	15.63	37.98	4.60	54.47	4:45.41	6920

Notes and References

http://www.africathle.com/2018/08/01/african-championships-asaba-nigeria-1-5082018/ Results