2004 African Championships in Athletics

2004 African Championships
Dates	14–18 July
Host city	Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Venue	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
Events	44
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The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition was contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics. Thus some top athletes shunned the event. On the other hand, many athletes use the competition to prepare for the Olympics.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria	10.21	Idrissa Sanou Burkina Faso	10.37	Jaysuma Saidy Gambia	10.43
200 m	Joseph Batangdon Cameroon	20.46	Ambrose Ezenwa Nigeria	20.75	Morné Nagel South Africa	20.83
400 m	Eric Milazar Mauritius	45.03	Ezra Sambu Kenya	45.33	Young Talkmore Nyongani Zimbabwe	45.69
800 m	William Yiampoy Kenya	1:45.36	Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa	1:45.55	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Sudan	1:45.87
1500 m	Paul Korir Kenya	3:39.48	Peter Roko Ashak Sudan	3:41.31	Yassine Bensghir Morocco	3:41.49
5000 m	Zwedo Maregu Ethiopia	13:47.77	Boniface Songok Kenya	13:48.06	Hillary Chenonge Kenya	13:48.44
10,000 m	Charles Kamathi Kenya	28:07.83	Abebe Dinkesa Ethiopia	28:10.49	Yebeltal Admasu Ethiopia	28:28.59
3000 m s'chase	David Chemweno Kenya	8:17.31	Richard Matelong Kenya	8:26.34	Abdelatif Chemlal Morocco	8:31.01
110 m hurdles	Todd Matthews Jouda Sudan	13.70	Shaun Bownes South Africa	13.80	Frikkie van Zyl South Africa	13.81
400 m hurdles	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa	48.90	Julius Bungei Kenya	49.56	Ockert Cilliers South Africa	49.58
20 km walk	Julius Sawe Kenya	1:27:43	Hassanine Sebei Tunisia	1:28:35	Moussa Aouanouk Algeria	1:29:02
4 × 100 m relay	Nigeria Olusoji Fasuba Ambrose Ezenwa Aaron Egbele Chinedu Oriala	38.91	South Africa Morne Nagel Deon du Toit Clinton Venter Lee-Roy Newton	39.59	Cameroon Emmanuel Ngom Priso Idrissa Adam Alain Olivier Nyounai Joseph Batangdon	39.87
4 × 400 m relay	Zimbabwe Lloyd Zvasiya Lewis Banda Temba Ncube Talkmore Nyongani	3:02.38	Nigeria James Godday Saul Weigopwa Bola Lawal Enefiok Udo-Obong	3:02.66	South Africa Marcus La Grange Werner Botha Hendrick Mokganyetsi Arnaud Malherbe	3:03.81
High jump	Kabelo Mmono Botswana	2.17	Boubacar Séré Burkina Faso	2.10	Khemraj Naiko Mauritius	2.10
Pole vault	Béchir Zaghouani Tunisia	5.20	Karim Sène Senegal	5.00	Mohamed Karbib Morocco	4.60
Long jump	Jonathan Chimier Mauritius	8.06	Ndiss Kaba Badji Senegal	7.86	Nabil Adamou Algeria	7.72
Triple jump	Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso	16.31	Hamza Ménina Algeria	16.02	Thierry Adanabou Burkina Faso	15.93
Shot put	Janus Robberts South Africa	21.02	Burger Lambrechts South Africa	18.78	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt	18.51
Discus throw	Frantz Kruger South Africa	63.85	Hannes Hopley South Africa	63.50	Nabil Kiram Morocco	52.12
Hammer throw	Chris Harmse South Africa	75.90	Saber Souid Tunisia	70.71	Ahmed Abd El Raouf Egypt	67.87
Javelin throw	Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa	78.31	Gerbrandt Grobler South Africa	76.93	Willie Human South Africa	71.48
Decathlon	Anis Riahi Tunisia	7200 points	Selwyn Lieutier Mauritius	6882 points	Celestin Moussambote Kengué Congo	6478 points
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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Endurance Ojokolo Nigeria	11.33	Mercy Nku Nigeria	11.36	Geraldine Pillay South Africa	11.40
200 m	Geraldine Pillay South Africa	23.18	Kadiatou Camara Mali	23.22	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	23.29
400 m	Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal	50.62	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	50.80	Hortense Béwouda Cameroon	51.15
800 m	Saïda El Mehdi Morocco	2:03.52	Charity Wandia Kenya	2:04.08	Caroline Chepkwony Kenya	2:04.58
1500 m	Nancy Lagat Kenya	4:24.56	Saïda El Mehdi Morocco	4:24.87	Jeruto Kiptum Kenya	4:25.85
5000 m	Etalemahu Kidane Ethiopia	16:25.83	Priscah Jepleting Kenya	16:26.15	Angele Haronsimana Burundi	16:55.99
10,000 m	Eyerusalem Kuma Ethiopia	31:56.77	Irene Kwambai Kenya	31:57.54	Catherine Kirui Kenya	32:35.71
100 m hurdles	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar	13.73	Carole Kaboud Mebam Cameroon	14.07	Alima Soura Burkina Faso	14.38
400 m hurdles	Surita Febbraio South Africa	55.12	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	55.62	Zahra Lachgar Morocco	57.12
3000 m St.	Bouchra Chaabi Morocco	9:53.46 CR	Nawal Baïbi Morocco	10:11.42	Tebogo Masehla South Africa	10:34.40
20 km walk	Grace Wanjiru Kenya	1:42:45	Nicolene Cronje South Africa	1:43:57	Bahia Boussad Algeria	1:46:12
4 × 100 m relay	Nigeria Gloria Kemasuode Mercy Nku Oludamola Osayomi Endurance Ojokolo	44.32	South Africa Dikeledi Moropane Heide Seyerling Adri Shoeman Geraldine Pillay	44.42	Senegal Fatoumata Coly Aida Diop Aissatou Badjo Aminata Diouf	45.21
4 × 400 m relay	Senegal Fatou Bintou Fall Tacko Diouf Aida Diop Amy Mbacké Thiam	3:29.41	South Africa Surita Febbraio Adri Shoeman Heide Seyerling Estie Wittstock	3:30.12	Cameroon Hortense Bewouda Carole Kaboud Muriel Noah Delphine Atangana	3:30.77
High jump	Hestrie Cloete South Africa	1.95	Samantha Dodd South Africa	1.60	Janice Josephs South Africa	1.50
Pole vault	Syrine Balti Tunisia	4.00	Samantha Dodd South Africa	3.80	Nancy Cheekoussen Mauritius	3.70
Long jump	Kene Ndoye Senegal	6.64	Kadiatou Camara Mali	6.29	Yah Koïta Mali	6.27
Triple jump	Yamilé Aldama Sudan	14.90	Kene Ndoye Senegal	14.44	Mariette Mien Burkina Faso	12.61
Shot put	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	15.53	Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia	15.45	Alifatou Djibril Togo	15.16
Discus throw	Elizna Naude South Africa	57.50	Alifatou Djibril Togo	52.62	Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari Egypt	50.58
Hammer throw	Marwa Hussein Arafat Egypt	66.14 CR	Mouna Dani Morocco	57.98	Hayat El Ghazi Morocco	57.67
Javelin throw	Sunette Viljoen South Africa	60.13	Aïda Sellam Tunisia	54.68	Cecilia Kiplagat Kenya	48.78
Heptathlon	Margaret Simpson Ghana	6154 points	Janice Josephs South Africa	5785 points	Céline Laporte Seychelles	5172 points
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)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	10	12	8	30
2	Kenya (KEN)	7	7	5	19
3	Nigeria (NGR)	4	3	0	7
4	Senegal (SEN)	3	4	1	8
5	Tunisia (TUN)	3	4	0	7
6	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	1	1	5
7	Morocco (MAR)	2	3	6	11
8	Mauritius (MRI)	2	1	2	5
9	Sudan (SUD)	2	1	1	4
10	Egypt (EGY)	2	0	3	5
11	Burkina Faso (BFA)	1	2	3	6
12	Cameroon (CMR)	1	1	3	5
13	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	0	1	2
14	Botswana (BOT)	1	0	0	1
	Ghana (GHA)	1	0	0	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	1	0	0	1
17	Mali (MLI)	0	2	1	3
18	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	3	4
19	Chad (CHA)	0	1	1	2
	Togo (TOG)	0	1	1	2
21	Burundi (BDI)	0	0	1	1
	Congo (COG)	0	0	1	1
	Gambia (GAM)	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		44	44	44	132

See also

• 2004 in athletics (track and field)

References

• African Championships – Day One. IAAF (2004-07-15). Retrieved on 2010-11-29.
• African Championships – Day Two. IAAF (2004-07-16). Retrieved on 2010-11-29.
• African Championships – Day Three. IAAF (2004-07-17). Retrieved on 2010-11-29.
• African Championships - Final Day - Batangdon and Herbert shine. IAAF (2004-07-19). Retrieved on 2010-11-29.

External links

• Medalists – GBR Athletics
• Partial results