2006 African Championships in Athletics

2006 African Championships
2006 African Championships
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Dates	9–13 August
Host city	Bambous, Mauritius
Venue	Stade Germain Comarmond
Events	44
Participation	about 438 athletes from ; 42 nations
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The 15th African Championships in Athletics were held in Mauritius between August 9 and August 13, 2006. The event was staged at Stade Germain Comarmond in Bambous, Rivière Noire District. This was the second time when the African Championships in Athletics were hosted in Mauritius, the first was in 1992.

Many world-class runners were competing, but in terms of the field events the standard was poor. In addition, some of those, especially the throwing events, had very few participants as African federations cannot afford to send large teams.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria	10.37	Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria	10.44	Eric Nkansah Ghana	10.65
100 m details	August 10:
200 m details	Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria	20.61	Stéphan Buckland Mauritius	20.67	Leigh Julius South Africa	20.82
200 m details	August 13:
400 m details	Gary Kikaya DR Congo	45.03	Paul Gorries South Africa	45.50	Young Talkmore Nyongani Zimbabwe	45.60
400 m details	August 11:
800 m details	Alex Kipchirchir Kenya	1:46.62	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Sudan	1:46.65	Alfred Kirwa Kenya	1:46.85
800 m details	August 11:
1500 m details	Alex Kipchirchir Kenya	3:46.54	Adil Kaouch Morocco	3:46.72	Tarek Boukensa Algeria	3:46.81
1500 m details	August 13:
5000 m details	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	14:03.41	Mike Kigen Kenya	14:05.12	Moses Kipsiro Uganda	14:05.20
5000 m details	August 9:
10,000 m details	Moses Kipsiro Uganda	28:03.46	Mike Kigen Kenya	28:03.70	Abebe Dinkesa Ethiopia	28:05.07
10,000 m details	August 13:
110 m hurdles details	Aymen Ben Ahmed Tunisia	13.77	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar	14.03	Ruan de Vries South Africa	14.05
110 m hurdles details	August 12:
400 m hurdles details	Louis van Zyl South Africa	49.43	Alwyn Myburgh South Africa	49.88	Kurt Couto Mozambique	50.72
400 m hurdles details	August 10:
3000 m s'chase details	Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya	8:11.03 (CR)	Abdelkader Hachlaf Morocco	8:33.52	Ruben Ramolefi South Africa	8:39.67
3000 m s'chase details	August 11: reigning Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi finished second but was disqualified.
20 km walk details	David Kimutai Kenya	1:23:58	Hatem Ghoula Tunisia	1:25:02	Hicham Mejbar Algeria	1:25:15
20 km walk details	August 13:
4 × 100 m relay details	Nigeria Peter Emelieze^[a] Uchenna Emedolu Adetoyi Durotoye Olusoji Fasuba	39.63	South Africa Hannes Dreyer Leigh Julius Lee-Roy Newton Sherwin Vries	39.68	Ghana Harry Adu Mfum Cyril Ferguson Seth Amoo Eric Nkansah	40.12
4 × 100 m relay details	August 11:
4 × 400 m relay details	Kenya George Kwoba Vincent Mumo Kiilu Sammy Rono Thomas Musembi	3:06.78	South Africa Alwyn Myburgh Ofentse Mogawane Ruben Majola Paul Gorries	3:07.65	Botswana Oganeditse Moseki California Molefe Gakologelwang Masheto Obakeng Ngwigwa	3:08.13
4 × 400 m relay details	August 13:
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

^a Many sources (including the IAAF)^[1] list the lead off runner as Grace Ebor, a female Nigerian middle-distance runner. This is incorrect as the lead off runner was actually Peter Emelieze.^[2]

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Kabelo Kgosiemang Botswana	2.30	Sere Boubakar Burkina Faso	2.22	Ramsey Carelse South Africa	2.22
High jump details	August 13:
Pole vault details	Okkert Brits South Africa	5.20	Abderrahmane Tamada Tunisia	5.15	Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia	4.80
Pole vault details	August 12:
Long jump details	Ignisious Gaisah Ghana	8.51 (+3.7)	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	8.45 (+4.2)	Issam Nima Algeria	8.37
Long jump details	August 9:
Triple jump details	Tarik Bouguetaïb Morocco	17.25 (+4.2)	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	16.67 (+3.6)	Younès Moudrik Morocco	16.58 (+3.7)
Triple jump details	August 12:
Shot put details	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt	18.93	Janus Robberts South Africa	17.88	Mohammed Medded Tunisia	17.87
Shot put details	August 9:
Discus throw details	Omar Ahmed ElGazaly Egypt	61.11	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt	54.38	Chima Ugwu Nigeria	51.56
Discus throw details	August 10: Nabil Kirame of Morocco, who originally won the bronze, was later disqualified for doping.^[3]
Hammer throw details	Chris Harmse South Africa	77.55 CR	Saber Souid Tunisia	72.66	Mohsen El Anany Egypt	69.22
Hammer throw details	August 12:
Javelin throw details	Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa	77.55	Gerbrandt Grobler South Africa	75.95	Walid Adb El Wahab Egypt	69.86
Javelin throw details	August 13:
Decathlon details	Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia	7,566 points	Mourad Souissi Algeria	7,113 points	Terence Wepener South Africa	7,084 points
Decathlon details
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Vida Anim Ghana	11.58	Geraldine Pillay South Africa	11.67	Endurance Ojokolo Nigeria	11.95
100 m details	August 10:
200 m details	Vida Anim Ghana	22.90	Geraldine Pillay South Africa	23.11	Fabienne Feraez Benin	23.15
200 m details	August 13:
400 m details	Amy Mbacké Thiam Senegal	52.22	Amantle Montsho Botswana	52.68	Louise Ayetotche Ivory Coast	52.92
400 m details	August 11:
800 m details	Janeth Jepkosgei Kenya	2 :00.64	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique	2 :01.08	Nouria Merah Benida Algeria	2 :02.18
800 m details	August 13:
1500 m details	Nouria Merah Benida Algeria	4:23.26	Safa Issaoui Tunisia	4:24.08	Berhane Herpassa Ethiopia	4:24.09
1500 m details	August 11:
5000 m details	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	15:56.00	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	15:56.04	Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet Kenya	15:57.14
5000 m details	August 10:
10,000 m details	Edith Masai Kenya	31:27.96 CR	Isabella Ochichi Kenya	31:29.43	Emily Chebet Kenya	31:33.39
10,000 m details	August 12:
100 m hurdles details	Toyin Augustus Nigeria	13.44	Carole Me-ban Kaboud Cameroon	13.85	Gnima Faye Senegal	13.95
100 m hurdles details	August 10:
400 m hurdles details	Janet Wienand South Africa	56.97	Houria Moussa Algeria	57.15	Aissafa Soulama Burkina Faso	57.27
400 m hurdles details	August 13:
3000 m s'chase details	Jeruto Kiptum Kenya	10:00.02	Habiba Ghribi Tunisia	10:10.93	Chaabi Bouchra Morocco	10:11.52
3000 m s'chase details	August 11:
20 km walk details	Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Egypt	1:43:22	Arasa Asnaksh Abissa Ethiopia	1:45:31	Ghania Amzal Algeria	1:46:05
20 km walk details	August 13:
4 × 100 m relay details	Ghana Gifty Addy, Elizabeth Amolofo, Vida Anim, Esther Dankwah	44.43	Nigeria Toyin Augustus Francisca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Endurance Ojokolo	44.52	Cameroon Esther Solange Ndoumbe Carole Kaboud Me-Bam Josephine Mbarga Bikie Leonie Myriam Mani	46.43
4 × 100 m relay details	August 11:
4 × 400 m relay details	South Africa Amanda Kotze, Estie Wittstock, Janet Wienand, Heide Seyerling	3:36.88	Nigeria Alice Nwosu Mary Onyemuwa Kate Obilor Christiana Ekpukhon	3:37.00	Kenya Josephine Nyarunda Elizabeth Muthuka Annet Mwanzi Lukhuyi Florence Wasike	3:39.79
4 × 400 m relay details	August 13:
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump details	Rene van der Merwe South Africa	1.84	Nneka Ukuh Nigeria	1.80	Sara Bouaoudia Algeria	1.75
High jump details	August 11:
Pole vault details	Syrine Balti Tunisia	4.21	Nisrine Dinar Morocco	3.60	Lindi Roux South Africa	3.60
Pole vault details	August 10:
Long jump details	Joséphine Mbarga-Bikié Cameroon	6.33 (+2.9)	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	6.30 (+1.8)	Chinazom Amadi Nigeria	6.23 (+3.0)
Long jump details	August 10:
Triple jump details	Yamilé Aldama Sudan	14.71 (+2.6)	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	14.08 (+3.6)	Otonye Iworima Nigeria	13.88 (+2.1)
Triple jump details	August 13:
Shot put details	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	17.45	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	15.48	Monique Ngo Ngoué-Poree Cameroon	14.99
Shot put details	August 13:
Discus throw details	Elizna Naude South Africa	55.42	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	49.63	Suzanne Kragbe Ivory Coast	49.05
Discus throw details	August 11:
Hammer throw details	Marwa Hussein Arafat Egypt	62.16	Blessing Egwu Nigeria	51.77	Menakshee Totah Mauritius	36.68
Hammer throw details	August 9: Egypt's Marwa Ahmed Arafat retained her African title, while Hayat El Ghazi of Morocco, who originally won the silver, was later disqualified for doping.^[4]
Javelin throw details	Justine Robbeson South Africa	60.60 PB/AR	Sunette Viljoen South Africa	55.64	Lindy Leveau Seychelles	54.41
Javelin throw details	August 12:
Heptathlon details	Janice Josephs South Africa	5876 points	Celine Laporte Seychelles	4932 points	Nadege Foe Essama Cameroon	3808 points
Heptathlon details	August 11–12:
WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)

Medals table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	10	11	6	27
2	Kenya (KEN)	8	3	4	15
3	Nigeria (NGR)	5	6	4	15
4	Egypt (EGY)	4	2	2	8
5	Ghana (GHA)	4	0	2	6
6	Tunisia (TUN)	3	5	2	10
7	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	2	2	6
8	Morocco (MAR)	1	3	2	6
9	Algeria (ALG)	1	2	6	9
10	Senegal (SEN)	1	2	1	4
11	Cameroon (CMR)	1	1	3	5
12	Botswana (BOT)	1	1	1	3
13	Sudan (SUD)	1	1	0	2
14	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	1	2
15	DR Congo (COD)	1	0	0	1
16	Burkina Faso (BFA)	0	1	1	2
	Mauritius (MUS)	0	1	1	2
	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	1	1	2
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	1	1	2
20	Madagascar (MAD)	0	1	0	1
21	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	0	2	2
22	Benin (BEN)	0	0	1	1
22	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		44	44	44	132

Participating nations

Algeria (20)
Benin (8)
Botswana (13)
Burkina Faso (7)
Burundi (4)
Cameroon (11)
Cape Verde (1)
Central African Republic (3)
Chad (1)
Comoros (1)
Ivory Coast (7)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (3)
Egypt (14)
Eritrea (4)
Ethiopia (23)
Gabon (2)
Ghana (20)
Kenya (36)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (10)
Madagascar (6)
Malawi (1)
Mali (8)
Mauritius (33)
Morocco (25)
Mozambique (6)
Namibia (6)
Nigeria (32)
Republic of the Congo (4)
Rwanda (5)
Senegal (20)
Seychelles (14)
Somalia (1)
Swaziland (2)
South Africa (53)
Sudan (2)
Tanzania (4)
Togo (2)
Tunisia (12)
Uganda (4)
Zambia (4)
Zimbabwe (4)

References

^ 4x100 Metres Relay - men - senior - outdoor - 2006. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.
^ Career Highlights Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine. Peter Emelieze. Retrieved on 2013-09-10.
^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2007-01-21.
^ "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF. 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2007-01-21.

Day reports

Ouma, Mark (2006-08-07). Mauritius expects star studded African Championships - Preview. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
Ouma, Mark (2006-08-10). Bekele and Gaisah victorious - two titles for Egypt - African Champs Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
Ouma, Mark (2006-08-11). Defar defeats Dibaba; Van Zyl surges to victory – African Champs Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
Ouma, Mark (2006-08-12). Kenyan wins by Kipsiele Koech, Kiptum, Kipchirchir - African Champs Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
Ouma, Mark (2006-08-13). South Africans steal the show - African Championships report - Day Four. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
Ouma, Mark (2006-08-14). Anim and Kipchirchir complete doubles in Mauritius - African Champs Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.

External links

Full results Archived 2006-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
Confederation of African Athletics
Association Mauricienne d'Athlétisme amateur Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
Official results report

[1] 4x100 Metres Relay - men - senior - outdoor - 2006. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.

[2] Career Highlights Archived 2012-11-02 at the Wayback Machine. Peter Emelieze. Retrieved on 2013-09-10.

[3] "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF. 2007-01-18. Retrieved 2007-01-21.

[4] "Doping Rule Violation". IAAF. 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2007-01-21.

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Medals table

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