Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's decathlon explained

The men's decathlon event at the 2023 African Games was held on 18 and 19 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.^[1] Results book

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Fredriech Pretorius	Edwin Kipmutai Too	Dhiae Boudoumi

Results

100 metres

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1	5			10.87	890
2	7			11.04	852
3	6			11.10	838
4	4			11.39	776

Long jump

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			7.46	7.67	7.82	7.82	1015		1853
2			6.98w	7.18	7.45	7.45	922		1812
3			7.44	7.35	x	7.45	920		1696
4			7.05w	–	–	7.05w	826		1678

Shot put

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			13.31	13.10	13.46	13.46	695		2391
2			11.91	12.41	13.10	13.10	673		2351
3			10.15	9.83	10.93	10.93	542		2395
4			10.28	9.78	10.61	10.61	522		2334

High jump

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.72	1.75	1.78	1.81	1.84	1.87	1.90	1.93	1.96	1.99	2.02	2.05	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			–	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xo	xxo	xxo	xxx	2.02	822		3156
2			o	–	o	–	o	–	xxo	o	o	xxx			1.96	767		3118
3			–	–	–	–	–	xo	o	o	xo	xxx			1.96	767		3162
4			–	–	–	xo	–	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx			1.96	767		3158

400 metres

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes	Total
1	4			48.20	899		4055
2	5			48.90	866		4028
3	6			51.95	727		3885
4	3			53.34	667		3785

110 metres hurdles

Wind: +1.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes	Total
1	4			14.92	859		4744
2	6			15.47	794		4822
3	7			16.13	718		4773
4	5			17.14	610		4395

Discus throw

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			x	40.20	41.88	41.88	703		5447
2			x	39.04	x	39.04	645		5040
3			31.11	33.59	34.77	34.77	559		5381
4			x	27.58	26.68	27.58	417		5190

Pole vault

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	3.00	3.20	3.40	3.50	3.60	3.70	3.80	3.90	4.40	4.60	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	o	xxx	4.40	731		6178
2			–	–	–	o	–	o	xo	xxx			3.80	562		5752
3			–	–	–	–	–	o	xxx				3.70	535		5916
4			o	o	xo	–	xxx						3.40	457		5497

Javelin throw

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1			57.98	56.67	58.18	58.18	710		6888
2			46.20	48.08	x	48.08	560		6476
3			46.44	46.55	42.37	46.55	538		6035
4			35.49	36.30	40.07	40.07	443		6195

1500 metres

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1			4:29.55	748
2			4:34.82	713
3			4:42.66	664
4			4:42.92	662

Final standings

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
			11.39	7.44	13.46	1.96	51.95	14.92	41.88	4.40	58.18	4:42.92	7550
			11.10	7.82	10.93	1.96	48.90	15.47	34.77	3.70	48.08	4:42.66	7140
			10.87	7.45	10.61	2.02	48.20	16.13	27.58	3.80	40.07	4:29.55	6943
4			11.04	7.05	13.10	1.96	53.34	17.14	39.04	3.40	46.55	4:34.82	6748

Notes and References

1. Web site: Live results . 2024-03-20.