2002 African Championships in Athletics

2002 African Championships
Host stadium in Radès
Dates	6–10 August
Host city	Radès, Tunisia
Venue	Stade 7 November
Events	43
Participation	412 athletes from 42 nations
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The 13th African Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia in August, 2002.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 3.8 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	9.93 w	Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria	10.00 w	Idrissa Sanou Burkina Faso	10.16 w
200 metres (wind: 2.4 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	20.10 w	Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana	20.33 w	Oumar Loum Senegal	20.37 w
400 metres	Eric Milazar Mauritius	45.67	Sofiène Labidi Tunisia	45.87	Marcus la Grange South Africa	45.95
800 metres	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria	1:45.52	William Yiampoy Kenya	1:45.79	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa	1:46.20
1500 metres	Bernard Lagat Kenya	3:38.11	Laban Rotich Kenya	3:38.60	Abdelkader Hachlaf Morocco	3:38.78
5000 metres	Paul Bitok Kenya	13:31.95	Benjamin Limo Kenya	13:32.10	Mohamed Amine Morocco	13:33.98
10,000 metres	Paul Malakwen Kosgei Kenya	28:44.81	John Cheruiyot Korir Kenya	28:45.23	Benjamin Maiyo Kenya	28:45.24
3000 metres steeplechase	Brahim Boulami Morocco	8:19.51	Wilson Boit Kipketer Kenya	8:20.92	Stephen Cherono Kenya	8:23.85
110 metres hurdles (wind: 4.8 m/s)	Shaun Bownes South Africa	13.36 w	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar	13.80 w	Sultan Tucker Liberia	13.98 w
400 metres hurdles	Llewellyn Herbert South Africa	49.76	Willie Smith Namibia	50.03	Héni Kechi Tunisia	50.44
20 kilometres walk	Hatem Ghoula Tunisia	1:26:42	Moussa Aouanouk Algeria	1:30:27	Karim Boudhiba Tunisia	1:35:05
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Taiwo Ajibade Chinedu Oriala Sunday Emmanuel Uchenna Emedolu	39.76	Senegal Malang Sané Abdou Demba Lam Jacques Sambou Oumar Loum	40.08	Mauritius David Victoire Fernando Augustin Arnaud Casquette Eric Milazar	40.27
4 × 400 metres relay	Morocco Abdellatif El Ghazaoui Nabil Jabir Ismael Daif Abdelkrim Khoudri	3:09.72	Mauritius Jean-François Degrâce Fernando Augustin Kursley Montimerdo Eric Milazar	3:10.14	Senegal Ousmane Niang Seydina Doucouré Jacques Sambou Oumar Loum	3:14.40
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	Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria	2.25	Kabelo Mmono Botswana	2.10	Mohamed Bradai Algeria	2.10
Pole vault	Karim Sène Senegal	5.00	Béchir Zaghouani Tunisia	4.90	Mohamed Benyahia Algeria	4.80
Long jump	Younès Moudrik Morocco	8.06 w	Hatem Mersal Egypt	8.02 w	Nabil Adamou Algeria	7.98 w
Triple jump	Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso	17.06 w	Andrew Owusu Ghana	17.02 w	Abdou Demba Lam Senegal	16.34 w
Shot put	Janus Robberts South Africa	19.73	Hicham Aït Aha Morocco	17.18	Mohamed Meddeb Tunisia	16.40
Discus throw	Janus Robberts South Africa	54.32	Walid Boudaoui Algeria	49.49	Omar Ahmed El Ghazali Egypt	48.17
Hammer throw	Chris Harmse South Africa	76.07	Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim Egypt	69.19	Saber Souid Tunisia	68.40
Javelin throw	Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa	78.63	Walid Abderrazak Mohamed Egypt	70.86	Mohamed Ali Ben Zina Tunisia	66.69
Decathlon	Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia	7965 points	Anis Riahi Tunisia	7363 points	Rédouane Youcef Algeria	7089 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 results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: 4.1 m/s)	Endurance Ojokolo Nigeria	11.15 w	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	11.29 w	Chinedu Odozor Nigeria	11.32 w
200 metres (wind: 2.2 m/s)	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	22.80 w	Aïda Diop Senegal	23.29 w	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	23.30 w
400 metres	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	51.09	Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon	51.61	Awatef Ben Hassine Tunisia	52.22 (NR)
800 metres	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique	2:03.11	Agnes Samaria Namibia	2:03.63	Mina Aït Hammou Morocco	2:03.94
1500 metres	Jackline Maranga Kenya	4:18.91	Abir Nakhli Tunisia	4:19.02	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	4:20.15
5000 metres	Berhane Adere Ethiopia	15:51.08	Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda	15:54.22	Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia	15:56.02
10,000 metres	Susan Chepkemei Kenya	31:45.14	Leah Malot Kenya	32:00.78	Eyerusalem Kuma Ethiopia	32:21.60
100 metres hurdles (wind: 2.5 m/s)	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar	13.13w	Angela Atede Nigeria	13.16w	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	13.72w
400 metres hurdles	Zahra Lachgar Morocco	57.91	Carole Kaboud Mebam Cameroon	58.11	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	58.86
10 kilometres walk	Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali Egypt	49:26	Bahia Boussad Algeria	49:57	Grace Wanjiru Kenya	51:35
4 × 100 metres relay	South Africa Dikeledi Moropane Geraldine Pillay Dominique Koster Janice Josephs	45.60	Ivory Coast Christiane Yao Makaridja Sanganoko Matagari Diazasouba Amandine Allou Affoue	47.15	Ghana Georgina Sowah Vida Bruce Gifty Addy Aisha Primang	47.41
4 × 400 metres relay	Cameroon Hortense Béwouda Carole Kaboud Mebam Myriam Léonie Mani Mireille Nguimgo	3:35.33	Nigeria Hajarat Yusuf Oluyemi Fagbamila Pauline Ibeagha Kudirat Akhigbe	3:38.25	Algeria Houria Moussa Sarah Bouaoudia Nahida Touhami Sarah Arrous	3:39.70 (NR)
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	Hestrie Cloete South Africa	1.95	Amina Lemgherbi Algeria	1.70	Hanen Dhouibi Tunisia	1.70
Pole vault	Syrine Balti Tunisia	4.06	Aïda Mohsni Tunisia	3.60	Asma Akkari Tunisia	3.40
Long jump	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	6.68 w	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	6.45 w	Chinedu Odozor Nigeria	6.39
Triple jump	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	14.95	Kene Ndoye Senegal	14.28	Baya Rahouli Algeria	13.78
Shot put	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	17.60	Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia	15.94	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	15.43
Discus throw	Monia Kari Tunisia	55.28	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	54.12	Elizna Naudé South Africa	51.89
Hammer throw	Marwa Hussein Arafat Egypt	61.64	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	58.39	Hayat El Ghazi Morocco	58.27
Javelin throw	Aïda Sellam Tunisia	55.46	Sorochukwu Ihuefo Nigeria	55.30 (NR)	Bernadette Ravina Mauritius	51.49
Heptathlon	Margaret Simpson Ghana	6105 points	Stéphanie Domaingue Mauritius	5206 points	Imen Chatbri Tunisia	5103 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)	8	0	3	11
2	Tunisia (TUN)	5	6	9	20
3	Kenya (KEN)	5	6	3	14
4	Morocco (MAR)	4	1	5	10
5	Nigeria (NGR)	3	5	2	10
6	Cameroon (CMR)	3	3	1	7
7	Algeria (ALG)	2	4	6	12
8	Egypt (EGY)	2	3	2	7
9	Namibia (NAM)	2	2	0	4
10	Chad (CHA)	2	0	0	2
11	Senegal (SEN)	1	4	5	10
12	Mauritius (MRI)	1	3	2	6
13	Ghana (GHA)	1	2	1	4
14	Madagascar (MAD)	1	1	0	2
15	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	2	3
16	Burkina Faso (BFA)	1	0	1	2
17	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
18	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1
	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
21	Liberia (LBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		43	43	43	129

Participating nations

• Algeria (50)
• Angola (3)
• Benin (7)
• Botswana (10)
• Burkina Faso (5)
• Burundi (4)
• Cameroon (8)
• Cape Verde (1)
• Chad (3)
• Comoros (1)
• Djibouti (3)
• Egypt (14)
• Equatorial Guinea (1)
• Eritrea (13)
• Ethiopia (17)
• Gabon (4)
• Ghana (10)
• Guinea (2)
• Ivory Coast (11)
• Kenya (22)
• Liberia (8)
• Libya (15)
• Madagascar (4)
• Mali (3)
• Mauritania (2)
• Mauritius (16)
• Morocco (37)
• Mozambique (1)
• Namibia (9)
• Nigeria (17)
• Republic of the Congo (1)
• Rwanda (4)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
• Senegal (22)
• Seychelles (2)
• Somalia (5)
• South Africa (15)
• Sudan (2)
• Togo (3)
• Tunisia (53)
• Uganda (2)
• Zimbabwe (1)

See also

• 2002 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Medalists - GBR Athletics
• Full results