Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games

Athletics at the IX All-Africa Games
Dates	18–22 July
Host city	Algiers, Algeria
Venue	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
Events	46
Participation	628 athletes from 50 nations
Records set	4 Games records
← 2003 Abuja 2011 Maputo → 2007 All-Africa Games

The athletics competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held on the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria between 18 July and 22 July 2007. Nigeria was the most successful nation of the competition having won nine golds and 24 medals in total. South Africa was a close second with seven golds and also a total of 24 medals overall. Tunisia and Botswana were the next most successful (both with five golds), although Ethiopia and Kenya had greater medal hauls.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria	10.18	Eric Nkansah Ghana	10.35	Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria	10.37
	July 19: The three athletes also shared the podium at the 2006 African Championships, with Fasuba defending the gold medal.
200 m	Leigh Julius South Africa	20.81	Seth Amoo Ghana	20.88	Obinna Metu Nigeria	20.94
	July 22: Julius moved up from the bronze medal position at the 2006 African Championships.
400 m	California Molefe Botswana	45.59	Young Talkmore Nyongani Zimbabwe	45.76	Mathieu Gnanligo Benin	45.89
	July 20: Molefe won Botswana's second gold medal at the Games, just shortly after Amantle Montsho took the women's 400 m title. Gnanligo won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Benin.
800 m	Abubaker Kaki Khamis Sudan	1:45.22	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa	1:45.54	Justus Koech Kenya	1:45.80
	July 20: Big surprise victory as Kaki Khamis upset 2004 Olympic silver medallist Mulaudzi.
1500 m	Asbel Kiprop Kenya	3:38.97	Antar Zerguelaine Algeria	3:39.04	Tarek Boukensa Algeria	3:39.18
	July 22: Running on home track, Zerguelaine was narrowly beaten to second while Boukensa defended his position from the 2006 African Championships.
5000 m	Moses Kipsiro Uganda	13:12:51	Josphat Kiprono Menjo Kenya	13:12.64	Tariku Bekele Ethiopia	13:13.43
	July 22: Kipsiro won Uganda's first gold medal at the Games.
10,000 m	Zersenay Tadese Eritrea	27:00.30 GR	Tadesse Tola Ethiopia	27:28.08	Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia	27:41.24
	July 19: Tadese won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Eritrea as the first non-Kenyan or Ethiopian to win a medal in the men's 10,000 metres. In addition, 27:00.30 was a new Games record. A number of Kenyans and Ethiopians were absent due to preparations for the 2007 World Championships.
Half marathon	Deriba Merga Ethiopia	1:02:24	Martin Sulle Tanzania	1:03:01	Yonas Kifle Eritrea	1:03:19
	July 20
110 m h	Salim Nurudeen Nigeria	13.59 GR	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar	13.72	Shaun Bownes South Africa	13.81
	July 19: Nurudeen established a new Games record.
400 m h	L.J. van Zyl South Africa	48.74	Pieter De Villiers South Africa	48.91	Alwyn Myburgh South Africa	48.91
	July 21: South African dominance as De Villiers split van Zyl and Myburgh, winners of gold and silver respectively at the 2006 African Championships.
3000 m s'chase	Willy Komen Kenya	8:15.11	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya	8:16.93	Nahom Mesfin Ethiopia	8:39.67
	July 18: The Kenyan dominance in the event continued as 2006 World Junior champion Komen upset 2004 Olympic champion Kemboi.
20 km walk	Hatem Ghoula Tunisia	1:22:33	David Kimutai Kenya	1:24:16	Mohamed Ameur Algeria	1:25:12
	July 21
4 x 100 m	Nigeria Isaac Uche, Obinna Metu, Chinedu Oriala, Olusoji Fasuba	38.91	South Africa Morne Nagel, Leigh Julius, Lee Roy Newton, Sherwin Vries	39.11	Zimbabwe Ngonidzashe Makusha, Gabriel Mvumvure, Brian Dzingai, Lewis Banda	39.16 NR
	July 20: Nigeria and South Africa defended their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
4 x 400 m	Botswana Zacharia Kamberuka, Isaac Makwala, Obakeng Ngwigwa, Tshepo Kelaotse	3:03.16	Nigeria Olusegun Ogunkule, Edu Nkami, Victor Isaiah, Saul Weigopwa	3:03.99	Zimbabwe Nelton Ndebele, Young Talkmore Nyongani, Gabriel Chikomo, Lewis Banda	3:04.84
	July 22
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	Kabelo Kgosiemang Botswana	2.27	Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria	2.24	Mohamed Benhedia Algeria Arinze Obiora Nigeria	2.20
	July 22: Kosiemang defended his title from the 2006 African Championships, ahead of veteran Hammad.
Pole vault	Abderrahmane Tamada Tunisia	5.10	Karim Sène Senegal	5.10	Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia	4.90
	July 21: Tamada moved up one place from the 2006 African Championships, while decathlete Dhouibi defended his bronze medal from then. Only six athletes entered the competition.
Long jump	Gable Garenamotse Botswana	8.08 (+0.7)	Arnaud Casquette Mauritius	8.03 (+1.4)	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	7.99 (+0.6)
	July 22: A tight competition where Mokoena made it to the podium in his last jump, surpassing Issam Nima, before Garenamotse surpassed Casquette. Ignisious Gaisah did not start due to injury.
Triple jump	Ndiss Kaba Badji Senegal	16.80 (+0.0)	Hugo Mamba-Schlick Cameroon	16.61 (+0.0)	Andrew Owusu Ghana	16.32 (+1.0)
	July 19: Khotso Mokoena exited the competition after three invalid attempts.
Shot put	Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag Egypt	19.20	Roelie Potgieter South Africa	19.02	Mohammed Medded Tunisia	17.94
	July 19: Farag, who also won the discus throw silver medal, retained his title from the 2006 African Championships.
Discus	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly Egypt	62.28	Yasser Fathy Ibrahim Farag Egypt	61.58	Hannes Hopley South Africa	57.79
	July 18: El Ghazaly and Farag retained their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
Hammer	Chris Harmse South Africa	76.73	Mohsen El Anany Egypt	72.00	Saber Souid Tunisia	70.01
	July 21: Harmse became the fifth athlete to win three All-Africa Games titles in a row. El Anany and Souid switched places compared to the 2006 African Championships.
Javelin	John Robert Oosthuizen South Africa	78.05	Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa	76.70	Mohamed Ali Kebabou Tunisia	71.77
	July 22
Decathlon	Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia	7838 points GR	Boualem Lamri Algeria	7473 points	Larbi Bouraada Algeria	7349 points
	July 18–19: Dhouibi continued his dominance in African decathlon, this time beating the old Games record from 1999 of 7497 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's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Damola Osayemi Nigeria	11.20	Constance Mkenku South Africa	11.27	Vida Anim Ghana	11.33
	July 19: Mkenku won the first All-Africa Games (Women's) 100 metres medal for a country other than Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon.
200 m	Damola Osayemi Nigeria	23.21	Vida Anim Ghana	23.29	Amandine Allou Affoue Ivory Coast	23.44
	July 22: Osayemi won her second gold medal at the Games. Anim added a silver medal to her bronze and gold medals won in the 100 m and 4x100 m relay respectively.
400 m	Amantle Montsho Botswana	51.13	Joy Eze Nigeria	51.20	Folashade Abugan Nigeria	51.44
	July 20: Montsho won Botswana's first gold medal at the Games.
800 m	Leonor Piuza Mozambique	2:02.83	Agnes Samaria Namibia	203.17	Nahida Touhami Algeria	2:03.79
	July 19: Piuza continued the Mozambican dominance of the event, following Maria Mutola's wins in 1991, 1995 and 1999.
1500 m	Gelete Burika Ethiopia	4:06.89	Veronica Nyaruai Kenya	4:09.11	Agnes Samaria Namibia	4:09.18
	July 22: Samaria won her second medal at the Games.
5000 m	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	15:02.72	Meselech Melkamu Ethiopia	15:03.86	Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet Kenya	15:06.39
	July 18: Defar and Kibet defended their medals from the 2006 African Championships.
10,000 m	Mestawet Tufa Ethiopia	31:26.05	Edith Masai Kenya	31:31.18	Irene Kipchumba Kenya	31:36.78
	July 21: World leader Tufa beat 40-year-old Masai.
Half marathon	Souad Ait Salem Algeria	1:13:35	Atsede Baysa Ethiopia	1:13:54	Kenza Dahmani Algeria	1:14:10
	July 20: The first athletics gold medal for the host country.
100 m h	Toyin Augustus Nigeria	13.23	Jessica Ohanaja Nigeria	13.27	Fatmata Fofanah Guinea	13.76
	July 20: Augustus defended her title from the 2006 African Championships. Fofanah won the first All-Africa Games athletics medal for Guinea.
400 m h	Muna Jabir Adam Sudan	54.93 NR	Aissata Soulama Burkina Faso	55.49 NR	Ajoke Odumosu Nigeria	55.80
	July 22
3000 m s'chase	Ruth Bosibori Kenya	9:31.99	Mekdes Bekele Tadese Ethiopia	9:49.95	Netsanet Achamo Ethiopia	9:51.63
	July 20: The event was staged for the first time.
20 km walk	Chaima Trabelsi Tunisia	1:49:13	Mercy Njoki Kenya	1:49:18	Arasa Asnaksh Abissa Ethiopia	1:49:29
	July 19
4 x 100 m	Ghana Mariama Salifu, Esther Dankwah, Gifty Addy, Vida Anim	43.84	Nigeria Gladys Nwabani, Endurance Ojokolo, Damola Osayemi, Emem Edem	43.85	Ivory Coast Judith Djaman Brah, Louise Ayetotche, Cynthia Niako, Amandine Allou Affoue	44.48
	July 20: Ghana and Nigeria defended their positions from the 2006 African Championships.
4 x 400 m	Nigeria Joy Eze, Folashade Abugan, Sekinat Adesanya, Christy Ekpukhon	3:29.74	South Africa Estie Wittstock, Amanda Kotze, Tihanna Vorster, Tsholofelo Selemela	3:33.62	Sudan Nawal El Jack, Faiza Omar, Mohamed Hind, Muna Jabir Adam	3:39.79
	July 22: Nigeria and South Africa switched places compared to the 2006 African Championships, while Sudan won their first relay medal.
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	Doreen Amata Nigeria	1.89	Anika Smit South Africa	1.89	Marcoleen Pretorius South Africa	1.83
	July 19: Amata established a new national record to upset Smit and claim Nigeria's first gold medal at the Games.
Pole vault	Leila Ben Youssef Tunisia	3.85	Ahmed Eman Nesrim Egypt	3.60	Eva Thornton South Africa	3.30
	July 19: Five athletes entered the competition. First-time competitor Leila Ben Youssef of Tunisia claimed the gold.
Long jump	Janice Josephs South Africa	6.79 (+0.1)	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	6.46 (+1.8)	Yah Koïta Mali	6.35w (+2.2)
	July 21
Triple jump	Yamilé Aldama Sudan	14.46 (+0.5)	Chinonye Ohadugha Nigeria	14.21 (-0.1) NR	Otonye Iworima Nigeria	13.83 (+0.9)
	July 18: Aldama and Iworima defended their medals from the 2006 African Championships, while Ohadugha set a new Nigerian record.
Shot put	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	17.60	Simoné du Toit South Africa	16.77	Veronica Abrahamse South Africa	15.75
	July 22: Chukwuemeka became the sixth athlete to win three All-Africa Games titles in a row. Abrahamse had won two silver medals in a row, but was beaten by her young countryfellow.
Discus	Elizna Naude South Africa	58.40	Monia Kari Tunisia	55.15	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	52.52
	July 21
Hammer	Marwa Ahmed Hussein Arafat Egypt	65.70	Funke Adeoye Nigeria	64.04	Florence Ezeh Togo	59.55
	July 19: Arafat retained her title from the 2006 African Championships. Five athletes entered the competition.
Javelin	Justine Robbeson South Africa	58.09	Lindy Leveau Seychelles	56.49	Sunette Viljoen South Africa	54.46
	July 20: The three athletes also shared the podium at the 2006 African Championships, with Robbeson defending the gold medal.
Heptathlon	Margaret Simpson Ghana	6278 points GR	Patience Okoro Nigeria	5161 points	Beatrice Kamboule Burkina Faso	4994 points NR
	July 20–21: Simpson improved her own Games record.
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

Eighteen-year-old Abubaker Kaki scored a gold for Sudan.

Moses Kipsiro took the 5000 m gold, Uganda's only medal of the tournament.

Asbel Kiprop was one of three Kenyan gold medallists.

  *   Host nation (Algeria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	9	8	7	24
2	South Africa	7	9	8	24
3	Tunisia	5	1	4	10
4	Botswana	5	0	0	5
5	Ethiopia	4	4	5	13
6	Kenya	3	6	3	12
7	Egypt	3	3	0	6
8	Sudan	3	0	1	4
9	Ghana	2	3	2	7
10	Algeria*	1	3	6	10
11	Senegal	1	1	0	2
12	Eritrea	1	0	1	2
13	Mozambique	1	0	0	1
	Uganda	1	0	0	1
15	Zimbabwe	0	1	2	3
16	Burkina Faso	0	1	1	2
	Namibia	0	1	1	2
18	Cameroon	0	1	0	1
	Madagascar	0	1	0	1
	Mauritius	0	1	0	1
	Seychelles	0	1	0	1
	Tanzania	0	1	0	1
23	Ivory Coast	0	0	2	2
24	Benin	0	0	1	1
	Guinea	0	0	1	1
	Mali	0	0	1	1
	Togo	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		46	46	47	139

Participating nations

• Algeria (55)
• Angola (5)
• Benin (6)
• Botswana (16)
• Burkina Faso (12)
• Burundi (8)
• Cameroon (13)
• Central African Republic (7)
• Chad (9)
• Comoros (1)
• Ivory Coast (10)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (9)
• Djibouti (2)
• Egypt (13)
• Equatorial Guinea (4)
• Eritrea (23)
• Ethiopia (35)
• Gabon (5)
• Gambia (9)
• Ghana (16)
• Guinea (8)
• Guinea-Bissau (4)
• Kenya (48)
• Lesotho (6)
• Liberia (10)
• Libya (7)
• Madagascar (5)
• Malawi (2)
• Mali (10)
• Mauritania (3)
• Mauritius (11)
• Mozambique (6)
• Namibia (8)
• Niger (2)
• Nigeria (57)
• Republic of the Congo (2)
• Rwanda (13)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
• Senegal (21)
• Seychelles (1)
• Sierra Leone (1)
• South Africa (76)
• Sudan (15)
• Swaziland (1)
• Tanzania (5)
• Togo (3)
• Tunisia (14)
• Uganda (9)
• Zambia (5)
• Zimbabwe (16)

References

Results

• Results
• Results
• All-Africa Games - GBR Athletics

Daily reports

• Powell, David (2007-07-18). "Defar retains title, Kemboi upset - All Africa Games day 1". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
• Powell, David (2007-07-19). "In Algiers, another landmark for Tadesse - All Africa Games day 2". IAAF.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
• Powell, David (2007-07-21). "Kaki surprises Mulaudzi in Algiers - All Africa Games Day 3". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
• Powell, David (2007-07-21). "Van Zyl leads South African gold parade in Algiers – All Africa Games Day 4". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
• Powell, David (2007-07-22). "Compelling races and a pair of upsets as All Africa Games conclude". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2007-07-26.