2006 African Championships in Athletics

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, Black River 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 when it comes to most field events, the standard was poor. In addition, some of those events had very few participants as African federations cannot afford to send large teams.

Men's results

Track

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria	10.37	Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria	10.44	Eric Nkansah Ghana	10.65
100 m	August 10:
200 m	Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria	20.61	Stephane Buckland Mauritius	20.67	Leigh Julius South Africa	20.82
200 m	August 13:
400 m	Gary Kikaya Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.03	Paul Gorries South Africa	45.50	Young Talkmore Nyongani Zimbabwe	45.60
400 m	August 11:
800 m	Alex Kipchirchir Kenya	1:46.62	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Sudan	1:46.65	Alfred Kirwa Kenya	1:46.85
800 m	August 11:
1500 m	Alex Kipchirchir Kenya	3:46.54	Adil Kaouch Morocco	3:46.72	Tarek Boukensa Algeria	3:46.81
1500 m	August 13:
5000 m	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	14:03.41	Mike Kigen Kenya	14:05.12	Moses Kipsiro Uganda	14:05.20
5000 m	August 9:
10 000 m	Moses Kipsiro Uganda	28:03.46	Mike Kigen Kenya	28:03.70	Abebe Dinkessa Ethiopia	28:05.07
10 000 m	August 13:
110 m H	Eymen Ahmed Ben Tunisia	13.77	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar	14.03	Ruan de Vries South Africa	14.05
110 m H	August 12:
400 m H	Louis van Zyl South Africa	49.43	Alwyn Myburgh South Africa	49.88	Kurt Couto Mozambique	50.72
400 m H	August 10:
3000 m St.	Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya	8:11.74 (CR)	Abdelkader Hachlaf Morocco	8:33.52	Ruben Ramolefi South Africa	8:39.67
3000 m St.	August 11: reigning Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi finished second but was disqualified.
20 km Walk	David Kimutai Kenya	1:23:58	Hatem Ghoula Tunisia	1:25:02	Hicham Mejbar Algeria	1:25:15
20 km Walk	August 13:
4 X 100 m	Nigeria	39.63	South Africa	39.68	Ghana	40.12
4 X 100 m	August 11:
4 X 400 m	Kenya	3:06.78	South Africa	3:07.65	Botswana	3:08.13
4 X 400 m	August 13:
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Field

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Kabelo Kgosiemang Botswana	2.30	Sere Boubakar Burkina Faso	2.22	Ramsey Carelse South Africa	2.22
High Jump	August 13:
Long Jump	Ignisious Gaisah Ghana	8.51 (+3.7)	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	8.45 (+4.2)	Issam Nima Algeria	8.37
Long Jump	August 9:
Pole Vault	Okkert Brits South Africa	5.20	Abderrahmane Tamada Tunisia	5.15	Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia	4.80
Pole Vault	August 12:
Triple Jump	Tarik Bougtaib Morocco	17.25 (+4.2)	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	16.67 (+3.6)	Younès Moudrik Morocco	16.58 (+3.7)
Triple Jump	August 12:
Shot Put	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt	18.93	Janus Robberts South Africa	17.88	Mohammed Medded Tunisia	17.87
Shot Put	August 9:
Discus	Omar Ahmed ElGazaly Egypt	61.11	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt	54.38	Chima Ugwu Nigeria	51.56
Discus	August 10: Nabil Kirame of Morocco, who originally won the bronze, was later disqualified for doping.^[1]
Javelin	Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa	77.55	Gerbrandt Grobler South Africa	75.95	Walid Adb El Wahab Egypt	69.86
Javelin	August 13:
Hammer	Chris Harmse South Africa	77.55 CR	Saber Souid Tunisia	72.66	Mohsen El Anany Egypt	69.22
Hammer	August 12:
Decathlon	Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia	7,566 points	Mourad Souissi Algeria	7,113 points	Terence Wepener South Africa	7,084 points
Decathlon	insert write up:
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Women's results

Track

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
100 m	Vida Anim Ghana	11.58	Geraldine Pillay South Africa	11.67	Endurance Ojokolo Nigeria	11.95
100 m	August 10:
200 m	Vida Anim Ghana	22.90	Geraldine Pillay South Africa	23.11	Fabienne Feraez Benin	23.15
200 m	August 13:
400 m	Amy Mbacke Thiam Senegal	52.22	Amantle Montsho Botswana	52.68	Louise Ayetotche Côte d'Ivoire	52.92
400 m	August 11:
800 m	Janeth Jepkosgei Kenya	2 :00.64	Maria Mutola Mozambique	2 :01.08	Nouria Merah Benida Algeria	2 :02.18
800 m	August 13:
1500 m	Nouria Merah Benida Algeria	4:23.26	Safa Issaoui Tunisia	4:24.08	Berhane Hirphsa Ethiopia	4:24.09
1500 m	August 11:
5000 m	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	15:56.00	Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia	15:56.04	Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet Kenya	15:57.14
5000 m	August 10:
10 000 m	Edith Masai Kenya	31:27.96 CR	Isabella Ochichi Kenya	31:29.43	Emily Chebet Kenya	31:33.39
10 000 m	August 12:
100 m H	Toyin Augustus Nigeria	13.44	Carole Me-ban Kaboud Cameroon	13.85	Gnima Faye Senegal	13.95
100 m H	August 10:
400 m H	Janet Wienand South Africa	56.97	Houria Moussa Algeria	57.15	Aissafa Soulama Burkina Faso	57.27
400 m H	August 13:
3000 m St.	Jeruto Kiptum Kenya	10:00.02	Habiba Ghribi Tunisia	10:10.93	Chaabi Bouchra Morocco	10:11.52
3000 m St.	August 11:
20 km Walk	Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Egypt	1:43:22	Arasa Asnaksh Abissa Ethiopia	1:45:31	Ghania Amzal Algeria	1:46:05
20 km Walk	August 13:
4 X 100 m	Ghana Gifty Addy, Elizabeth Amolofo, Vida Anim, Esther Dankwah	44.43	Nigeria	44.52	Cameroon	46.43
4 X 100 m	August 11:
4 X 400 m	South Africa Amanda Kotze, Estie Wittstock, Janet Wienand, Heide Seyerling	3:36.88	Nigeria	3:37.00	Kenya	3:39.79
4 X 400 m	August 13:
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Field

Event:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
High Jump	Rene van der Merwe South Africa	1.84	Nneka Ukuh Nigeria	1.80	Sara Bouaoudia Algeria	1.75
High Jump	August 11:
Pole Vault	Syrine Balti Tunisia	4.21	Dinar Nisrine Morocco	3.60	Lindi Roux South Africa	3.60
Pole Vault	August 10:
Long Jump	Josephine Bike Mbarga Cameroon	6.33 (+2.9)	Kene Ndoye Senegal	6.30 (+1.8)	Chinazom Amadi Nigeria	6.23 (+3.0)
Long Jump	August 10:
Triple Jump	Yamilé Aldama Sudan	14.71 (+2.6)	Kene Ndoye Senegal	14.08 (+3.6)	Otonye Iworima Nigeria	13.88 (+2.1)
Triple Jump	August 13:
Shot Put	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	17.45	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	15.48	Monique Ngo Nguoe Cameroon	14.99
Shot Put	August 13:
Discus	Elizna Naude South Africa	55.42	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	49.63	Suzanne Kragbe Côte d'Ivoire	49.05
Discus	August 11:
Hammer	Marwa Hussein Arafat Egypt	62.16	Blessing Egwu Nigeria	51.77	Menakshee Totah Mauritius	36.68
Hammer	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.^[2]
Javelin	Justine Robbeson South Africa	60.60 PB/AR	Sunette Viljoen South Africa	55.64	Lindy Leveau Seychelles	54.41
Javelin	August 12:
Heptathlon	Janice Josephs South Africa	5876 points	Celine Laporte Seychelles	4932 points	Nadege Foe Essama Cameroon	3808 points
Heptathlon	August 11-12:
AR Area record \| CR championship record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB/PR personal best/record \| SB seasonal best \| WL world leading (in a given season) \| WR world record

Medals table

Position:	Nation:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1.	South Africa	10	11	6	27
2.	Kenya	6	3	4	13
3.	Nigeria	5	6	4	15
4.	Egypt	4	2	2	8
5.	Ghana	4	-	2	6
6.	Tunisia	3	5	2	10
7.	Ethiopia	2	2	2	6
8.	Morocco	1	3	2	6
9.	Algeria	1	2	6	9
10.	Senegal	1	2	1	4
11.	Cameroon	1	1	3	5
12.	Botswana	1	1	1	3
13.	Sudan	1	1	-	2
14.	Uganda	1	-	1	2
15.	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1	-	-	1
16.	Mauritius	-	1	1	2
16.	Burkina Faso	-	1	1	2
16.	Mozambique	-	1	1	2
16.	Seychelles	-	1	1	2
19.	Madagascar	-	1	-	1
20.	Côte d'Ivoire	-	-	1	1
20.	Benin	-	-	1	1
20.	Zimbabwe	-	-	1	1

External links

^ "Doping Rule Violation", IAAF, 18 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.
^ "Doping Rule Violation", IAAF, 17 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-01-21.

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