2014 African Championships in Athletics

2014 African Championships
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Host city	Marrakech, Morocco
Date(s)	10 August – 14 August
Main stadium	Stade de Marrakech
Participation	548 athletes from 47 nations
Events	44
Records set	Championship records
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The 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held in Marrakech, Morocco from 10 to 14 August 2014. The competition was the 19th edition of Africa senior championships. The competition served as preparation to African athletes for the next continental cup which is planned to hold on 13 and 14 September 2014 in Marrakech.^[1] It was the second time that Morocco had hosted the event.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Hua Wilfried Koffi  Ivory Coast	10.05	Mark Jelks  Nigeria	10.07	Monzavous Edwards  Nigeria	10.16
200 metres	Hua Wilfried Koffi  Ivory Coast	20.25	Isaac Makwala  Botswana	20.51	Carvin Nkanata  Kenya	20.53
400 metres	Isaac Makwala  Botswana	44.23 CR	Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa	45.00	Boniface Mucheru  Kenya	45.07
800 metres	Nijel Amos  Botswana	1:48.54	Mohammed Aman  Ethiopia	1:48.56	Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria	1:49.08
1500 metres	Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti	3:42.49	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya	3:42.58	Ronald Kwemoi  Kenya	3:42.59
5000 metres	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  Kenya	13:34.27	Isaiah Kiplangat Koech  Kenya	13:35.73	Abrar Osman Adem  Eritrea	13:36.42
10,000 metres	Nguse Amlosom  Eritrea	28:11.07	Mustapha El Aziz  Morocco	28:11.36	Josphat Bett  Kenya	28:11.61
110 m hurdles	Tyron Akins  Nigeria	13.57	Alex Al-Ameen  Nigeria	13.78	Martins Ogieriakhi  Nigeria	13.80
400 m hurdles	Cornel Fredericks  South Africa	48.78	Amaechi Morton  Nigeria	48.92	Nicholas Bett  Kenya	49.03
3000 m steeplechase	Jairus Birech  Kenya	8:34.79	Jonathan Ndiku  Kenya	8:37.67	Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya	8:39.30
4 × 100 m relay	Nigeria Ogho-Oghene Egwero Monzavous Edwards Obinna Metu Mark Jelks	38.80	Ghana Daniel Gyasi Solomon Afful Emmanuel Dassor Timothy Abeyie	39.28	Algeria Mahmoud Hammoudi Ali Bouguesba Skander Djamil Athmani Soufiane Bouhadda	39.89
4 × 400 m relay	Botswana Pako Seribe Nijel Amos Leaname Maotoanong Isaac Makwala	3:01.89	Nigeria Noah Akwu Robert Simmons Miles Ukaoma Amaechi Morton	3:03.09	Kenya Mark Mutai Solomon Buoga Nicholas Bett Boniface Mucheru	3:07.35
20 km walk	Lebogang Shange  South Africa	1:26.58	Samuel Ireri Gathimba  Kenya	1:27.11	Mohamed Ameur  Algeria	1:27.48
High jump	Kabelo Kgosiemang  Botswana	2.28	Fernand Djoumessi  Cameroon	2.25	Younis Mohamed  Sudan	2.22
Pole vault	Cheyne Rahme  South Africa	5.41 CR	Mohamed Amine Romdhana  Tunisia	5.00	Mouhcine Cheaouri  Morocco	5.00
Long jump	Zarck Visser  South Africa	8.08	Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.02	Ruswahl Samaai  South Africa	7.84
Triple jump	Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	17.03	Tosin Oke  Nigeria	16.97	Roger Haitengi  Namibia	16.72
Shot put	Orazio Cremona  South Africa	19.84	Jaco Engelbrecht  South Africa	18.87	Franck Owaka  Republic of the Congo	18.74
Discus throw	Victor Hogan  South Africa	62.87	Russell Tucker  South Africa	62.15	Stephen Mozia  Nigeria	57.11
Hammer throw	Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt	79.09 CR	Chris Harmse  South Africa	73.90	Driss Barid  Morocco	60.17
Javelin throw	Julius Yego  Kenya	84.72	Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed  Egypt	83.59	Robert Oosthuizen  South Africa	77.81
Decathlon	Larbi Bourrada  Algeria	8311 CR	Guillaume Thierry  Mauritius	7312	Atsu Nyamadi  Ghana	6946

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	11.00 CR	Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast	11.03	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	11.20
200 metres	Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast	22.36	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	22.87	Dominique Duncan  Nigeria	22.98
400 metres	Folashade Abugan  Nigeria	51.21	Kabange Mupopo  Zambia	51.21	Patience Okon George  Nigeria	51.68
800 metres	Eunice Sum  Kenya	1:59.45	Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	1:59.74	Agatha Jeruto  Kenya	1:59.84
1500 metres	Hellen Obiri  Kenya	4:09.53	Dawit Seyaum  Ethiopia	4:10.92	Rababe Arafi  Morocco	4:12.08
5000 metres	Almaz Ayana  Ethiopia	15:32.72 CR	Genzebe Dibaba  Ethiopia	15:42.16	Janeth Kisa  Kenya	15:54.04
10,000 metres	Joyce Chepkirui  Kenya	32:45.27	Emily Chebet  Kenya	32:45.28	Belaynesh Oljira  Ethiopia	32:49.39
100 m hurdles	Rikenette Steenkamp  South Africa	13.26	Rosvitha Okou  Ivory Coast	13.26	Nichole Denby  Nigeria	13.27
400 m hurdles	Wenda Nel  South Africa	55.32	Amaka Ogoegbunam  Nigeria	55.46	Francisca Koki  Kenya	55.84
3000 m steeplechase	Hiwot Ayalew  Ethiopia	9:29.54 CR	Sofia Assefa  Ethiopia	9:30.20	Salima El Ouali Alami  Morocco	9:33.02
4 × 100 m relay	Nigeria Gloria Asumnu Lawreta Ozoh Dominique Duncan Blessing Okagbare	43.56	Ivory Coast Tryphene Kouame Adjoua Mireille Gaha Nanzie Adeline Gouenon Marie-Josée Ta Lou	43.99	Ghana Flings Owusu-Agyapong Gemma Acheampong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah	44.06
4 × 400 m relay	Nigeria Patience Okon George Regina George Ada Benjamin Folashade Abugan	3:28.87	Kenya Jacinter Shikanda Francisca Koki Janeth Jepkosgei Maureen Jelagat	3:32.26	Botswana Goitseone Seleka Lydia Mashila Loungo Matlhaku Christine Botlogetswe	3:40.28
20 km walk	Grace Wanjiru Njue  Kenya	1:37.04	Emily Ngii  Kenya	1:38.12	Askale Tiksa  Ethiopia	1:40.05
High jump	Rhizlane Siba  Morocco	1.80	Besnet Mohamed  Egypt	1.80	Ariyat Dibow  Ethiopia	1.78
Pole vault	Syrine Balti  Tunisia	4.10	Nisrine Dinar  Morocco	3.80	Dorra Mahfoudhi  Tunisia	3.70
Long jump	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.50	Chinaza Amadi  Nigeria	6.40	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin  Cameroon	6.25
Triple jump	Joelle Mbumi Nkouindjin  Cameroon	14.02	Nadia Eke  Ghana	13.40	Blessing Ibrahim  Nigeria	13.35
Shot put	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang  Cameroon	16.84	Chinwe Okoro  Nigeria	16.40	Lezaan Jordaan  South Africa	15.31
Discus throw	Chinwe Okoro  Nigeria	59.79 CR	Nwanneka Okwelogu  Nigeria	51.66	Amina Moudden  Morocco	48.21
Hammer throw	Laetitia Bambara  Burkina Faso	65.44	Amy Sène  Senegal	64.66	Sarah Bensaad  Tunisia	60.97
Javelin throw	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	65.32 CR	Zuta Mary Nartey  Ghana	52.57	Selma Rosun  Mauritius	48.04
Heptathlon	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	5454	Elizabeth Dadzie  Ghana	5286	Bianca Erwee  South Africa	5086

Medal table

Host stadium in Marrakech.

  Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	10	5	4	19
2	Nigeria	8	9	7	24
3	Kenya	7	8	10	25
4	Botswana	4	1	1	6
5	Côte d'Ivoire	3	4	1	8
6	Ethiopia	2	4	2	8
7	Cameroon	2	1	1	4
8	Burkina Faso	2	0	0	2
9	Morocco	1	2	5	8
10	Egypt	1	2	0	3
11	Tunisia	1	1	2	4
12	Algeria	1	0	3	4
13	Djibouti	1	0	1	2
13	Eritrea	1	0	1	2
15	Ghana	0	4	2	6
16	Mauritius	0	1	1	2
17	Senegal	0	1	0	1
17	Zambia	0	1	0	1
19	Congo	0	0	1	1
19	Namibia	0	0	1	1
19	Sudan	0	0	1	1
	Total	44	44	44	132

Participating nations

See also

• 2014 European Athletics Championships

References

Daily reports

• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-10). Amlosom makes history at African Championships – African champs, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-10.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-11). More gold medals and records for Okagbare and Bourrada at African Championships – African champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-11.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-12). Redemption for Makwala at African Championships – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-12.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-13). Viljoen wins fourth African title, more gold for Mokoena and Chepkirui – African champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-13.
• Jon Mulkeen (2014-08-14). Souleiman, Ndiku and Ahoure among winners on final day of African Championships – African champs, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-08-14.

External links

• Official website
• Results
• Confederation of African Athletics website

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