2018 African Championships in Athletics

2018 African Championships
Dates	1–5 August
Host city	Asaba, Nigeria
Venue	Stephen Keshi Stadium
Events	44
Records set	7 CR
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The 21st African Championships in Athletics was held in Asaba, Nigeria from 1 to 5 August 2018 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium. It was the second time that Nigeria hosted this competition. 800 athletes from 52 African countries participated.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.1 m/s)	Akani Simbine South Africa	10.25	Arthur Cissé Ivory Coast	10.33	Simon Magakwe South Africa	10.35
200 metres	Ncincihli Titi South Africa	20.46	Divine Oduduru Nigeria	20.60	Luxolo Adams South Africa	20.60
400 metres	Baboloki Thebe Botswana	44.81	Thapelo Phora South Africa	45.14	Chidi Okezie Nigeria	45.65
800 metres	Nijel Amos Botswana	1:45.20	Emmanuel Korir Kenya	1:45.65	Mostafa Smaili Morocco	1:45.90
1500 metres	Elijah Manangoi Kenya	3:35.20 CR	Timothy Cheruiyot Kenya	3:35.93	Ronald Musagala Uganda	3:36.41
5000 metres	Edward Zakayo Kenya	13:48.58	Getaneh Molla Ethiopia	13:49.06	Yemane Haileselassie Eritrea	13:49.58
10,000 metres	Jemal Yimer Ethiopia	29:08.01	Andamlak Belihu Ethiopia	29:11.09	Timothy Toroitich Uganda	29:11.87
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Antonio Alkana South Africa	13.51	Oyeniyi Abejoye Nigeria	13.87	Welington Zaza Liberia	13.88
400 metres hurdles	Abdelmalik Lahoulou Algeria	48.47 NR	Cornel Fredericks South Africa	49.40	Zied Azizi Tunisia	49.48
3000 metres steeplechase	Conseslus Kipruto Kenya	8:26.38	Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco	8:28.01	Getnet Wale Ethiopia	8:30.87
4 × 100 metres relay	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Simon Magakwe Emile Erasmus Akani Simbine Ncincihli Titi*	38.25 CR	Nigeria Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ejowvokoghene Oduduru Emmanuel Arowolo Seye Ogunlewe Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke*	38.74	Ivory Coast Gnamien Nehemie N'Goran Wilfried Koffi Hua Arthur Cissé Ben Youssef Meïté	38.92
4 × 400 metres relay	Kenya Jared Momanyi Alphas Kishoyian Aron Koech Emmanuel Korir	3:00.92 CR	South Africa Zakithi Nene Cornel Fredericks Pieter Conradie Thapelo Phora Le Roux Hamman*	3:03.50	Nigeria Orukpe Eraiyokan Rilwan Alowonle Isah Salihu Chidi Okezie	3:04.88
20 kilometres walk	Samuel Gathimba Kenya	1:25:14	Lebogang Shange South Africa	1:25:25	Hassanine Sebei Tunisia	1:25:25
High jump	Mathew Sawe Kenya	2.30 m =NR	Chris Moleya South Africa	2.26 m	Mpho Links South Africa	2.15 m
Pole vault	Mohamed Romdhana Tunisia	5.20 m	Valko van Wyk South Africa	5.10 m	Mejdi Chehata Tunisia	5.10 m
Long jump	Rushwal Samaai South Africa	8.45 m CR	Luvo Manyonga South Africa	8.43 m	Yahya Berrabah Morocco	8.14 m w
Triple jump	Hugues Fabrice Zango Burkina Faso	17.11 m NR	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena South Africa	16.83 m	Yasser Triki Algeria	16.78 m
Shot put	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Nigeria	21.08 m CR	Mohamed Khalif Egypt	19.33 m	Kyle Blignaut South Africa	19.05 m
Discus throw	Victor Hogan South Africa	60.06 m	Werner Visser South Africa	58.22 m	Elbachir Mbarki Morocco	54.97 m
Hammer throw	Mostafa Al-Gamel Egypt	73.50 m	Islam Mohamed Egypt	70.32 m	Hassan Abdel Gawad Egypt	69.90 m
Javelin throw	Julius Yego Kenya	77.34 m	Phil-Mar van Rensburg South Africa	76.57 m	Kure Adams Nigeria	75.69 m
Decathlon	Larbi Bouraada Algeria	8101 pts	Fredriech Pretorius South Africa	7733 pts	Samuel Osadolor Nigeria	7095 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.3 m/s)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast	11.15	Janet Amponsah Ghana	11.54	Joy Udo-Gabriel Nigeria	11.58
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast	22.50	Germaine Abessolo Bivina Cameroon	23.36	Janet Amponsah Ghana	23.38
400 metres	Caster Semenya South Africa	49.96 NR	Christine Botlogetswe Botswana	51.19	Yinka Ajayi Nigeria	51.34
800 metres	Caster Semenya South Africa	1:56.06 CR	Francine Niyonsaba Burundi	1:57.97	Habitam Alemu Ethiopia	1:58.86
1500 metres	Winny Chebet Kenya	4:14.02	Rababe Arafi Morocco	4:14.12	Malika Akkaoui Morocco	4:14.17
5000 metres	Hellen Obiri Kenya	15:47.18	Senbere Teferi Ethiopia	15:54.48	Meskerem Mamo Ethiopia	15:57.38
10,000 metres	Stacey Ndiwa Kenya	31:31.17	Alice Aprot Nawowuna Kenya	31:36.12	Gete Alemayehu Ethiopia	32:10.68
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.4 m/s)	Oluwatobiloba Amusan Nigeria	12.86	Rikenette Steenkamp South Africa	13.18	Rosvitha Okou Ivory Coast	13.39
400 metres hurdles	Glory Onome Nathaniel Nigeria	55.53	Lamiae Lhabze Morocco	56.66	Wenda Nel South Africa	57.04
3000 metres steeplechase	Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya	8:59.88 CR	Celliphine Chespol Kenya	9:09.61	Fancy Cherono Kenya	9:23.92
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Joy Udo-Gabriel Blessing Okagbare Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma	43.77	Ivory Coast Adeline Gouenon Karel Elodie Ziketh Rosvitha Okou Marie-Josée Ta Lou	44.40	Kenya Eunice Kadogo Millicent Ndoro Joan Cherono Fresha Mwangi	45.58
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Patience Okon George Abike Egbeniyi Folashade Abugan Yinka Ajayi	3:31.17	Kenya Maureen Jelagat Hellen Syombua Navian Michira Veronica Mutua	3:35.45	Zambia Quincy Malekani Abygirl Sepiso Rhodah Njobvu Majory Chisanga	3:38.18
20 kilometres walk	Yehualeye Beletew Ethiopia	1:31:47 NR	Grace Wanjiru Kenya	1:35:54	Chahinez Nasri Tunisia	1:37:28
High jump	Erika Seyama Eswatini	1.83 m †	Hoda Hagras Egypt	1.80 m	Ariyat Dibow Ubang Ethiopia	1.80 m
Pole vault	Dorra Mahfoudhi Tunisia	4.10 m	Dina Eltabaa Egypt	4.05 m	Nesrine Brinis Tunisia	3.90 m
Long jump	Ese Brume Nigeria	6.83 m	Marthe Koala Burkina Faso	6.54 m w	Lynique Beneke South Africa	6.38 m
Triple jump	Grace Anigbata Nigeria	14.02 m	Zinzi Chabangu South Africa	13.59 m	Lerato Sechele Lesotho	13.31 m
Shot put	Ischke Senekal South Africa	17.24 m	Jessica Inchude Guinea-Bissau	16.76 m	Meike Strydom South Africa	15.99 m
Discus throw	Chioma Onyekwere Nigeria	58.09 m	Chinwe Okoro Nigeria	57.37 m	Ischke Senekal South Africa	53.82 m
Hammer throw	Soukaina Zakour Morocco	68.28 m NR	Temi Ogunrinde Nigeria	67.39 m NR	Jennifer Batu Republic of the Congo	66.43 m NR
Javelin throw	Kelechi Nwanaga Nigeria	56.96 m	Jo-Ane van Dyk South Africa	53.72 m	Josephine Joyce Lalam Uganda	51.33 m
Heptathlon	Odile Ahouanwanou Benin	5999 pts	Marthe Koala Burkina Faso	5967 pts	Not awarded

† There was an error in the official results showing Ghizlane Siba as the winner. This article and this photo show that the gold was actually won by Erika Nonhlanhla Seyama of Swaziland, followed by Hoda Hagras of Egypt and Ariyat Dibow of Ethiopia. The medal table was adjusted to show this correction. A different view with this article from CAA as well as this photo.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	11	6	2	19
2	South Africa (RSA)	9	14	8	31
3	Nigeria (NGR)*	9	5	6	20
4	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	5	10
5	Ivory Coast (CIV)	2	2	2	6
6	Botswana (BOT)	2	1	0	3
7	Tunisia (TUN)	2	0	5	7
8	Algeria (ALG)	2	0	1	3
9	Egypt (EGY)	1	4	2	7
10	Morocco (MAR)	1	3	4	8
11	Burkina Faso (BFA)	1	2	0	3
12	Benin (BEN)	1	0	0	1
	Eswatini (SWZ)	1	0	0	1
14	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	0	1
	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	0	1	0	1
18	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	3	3
19	Congo (CGO)	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Lesotho (LES)	0	0	1	1
	Liberia (LBR)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		44	44	43	131

External links

• Official site
• Medals Board Archived 2019-03-26 at the Wayback Machine