1996 African Championships in Athletics

Men's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Seun Ogunkoya Seun Ogunkoya Seun Ogunkoya is a Nigerian sprinter and two-time African Championships gold medalist over 100 metres.-Career peak:He was born in Akure and is a cousin of Falilat Ogunkoya. He improved his personal bests from 10.43 seconds in 1995 to 10.15 seconds in April 1996 in Makurdi, at the 10th National... Nigeria	10.45	Benjamin Sirimou Benjamin Sirimou Benjamin Sirimou is a Cameroonian sprinter.At the 1996 African Championships he won the silver medals in the 100 metres. He also competed at the World Championships in 1995 and 1997, as well as in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.-References:... Cameroon	10.54	Sunday Emmanuel Nigeria	10.66
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Oumar Loum Oumar Loum Oumar Loum is a former Senegalese sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... Senegal	20.70	Joseph Loua Joseph Loua Joseph Loua is a retired Guinean sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.He won a silver medal in this event at the 1996 African Championships. He also entered the World Championships in 1995, 1997 and 1999 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000, but never reached the final... Guinea	20.80	Justice Dipeba Botswana	20.90
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Ibrahima Wade Ibrahima Wade Ibrahima Wade is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He switched nationality from his birth country Senegal in 2000.His personal best time is 45.05 seconds, achieved in August 1998 in Dakar... Senegal	45.75	Simon Kemboi Simon Kemboi Simon Kemboi is a retired sprinter from Kenya. He specialised in 400 metres. He is a World Championships and African Championships medalist, and competed at the Olympics.-Career:... Kenya	46.00	Samson Kipchirchir Yego Kenya	46.14
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Fred Onyancha Fred Onyancha Frederick Onyancha is a Kenyan 800 metres runner who won the bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta in a personal best time of 1:42.79 minutes.-External links:... Kenya	1:46.69	Adem Hecini Adem Hecini Adem Hecini is an Algerian athlete who specializes in the 400 and 800 metres.In the 800 metres he won the silver medal at the 1996 African Championships, and the gold medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at three World Championships as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000... Algeria	1:47.17	Kipkemboi Lagat Kenya	1:47.35
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Moses Kigen Kenya	3:39.78	Sammy Rono Kenya	3:40.47	Gilbert Mvuyekure Burundi	3:47.95
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Paul Koech Paul Koech Paul Koech is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1998 and finished first place... Kenya	13:35.13	Simon Chemoiywo Kenya	13:35.13	Faustin Ngézahayo Burundi	13:49.49
10000 metres 10000 metres The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...	Stephen Kiogora Stephen Kiogora Stephen "Baba" Kiogora is a Kenyan former long-distance runner who competed in marathon races. His personal best for the distance is 2:08:24 hours . He has had top three finishes at the Boston Marathon, New York City Marathon and Frankfurt Marathon. The sole marathon win of his career came at the... Kenya	29:16.40	William Kipchumba Kenya	29:22.30	Isidore Nzigiyimana Burundi	30:14.40
3000 metre steeplechase	Kipkemboi Cheruiyot Kenya	8:38.72	Faustin Ngézahayo Burundi	8:39.38	Thomas Toyi Burkina Faso	8:48.99
110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is incuded in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metre hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres in height are evenly spaced along a straight...	William Erese William Erese William Erese is a retired male hurdler from Nigeria. His personal best time is 13.42 seconds, achieved in July 2003 in Mals, . This is the current Nigerian record.-Achievements:-External links:... Nigeria	13.7	Moses Oyiki Orode Nigeria	13.8	Judex Lefou Mauritius	13.9
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Ibou Faye Ibou Faye Ibou Faye is a Senegalese athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres hurdles.- Achievements :2003 All-Africa Games - bronze medal1999 All-Africa Games - gold medal - 48.30 seconds, personal best... Senegal	49.60	Ferrins Pieterse South Africa	49.95	El Hafni Abdel Maksoud Ibrahim Egypt	50.74
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Khemraj Naiko Khemraj Naiko Khemraj Naiko is a retired Mauritian high jumper.His personal best jump is 2.28 metres, achieved at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. This is the Mauritian record.-Achievements:-References:... Mauritius	2.16	Anthony Idiata Anthony Idiata Anthony Idiata is a Nigerian high jumper.He holds the African indoor record in high jump with 2.32 metres, achieved in February 2000 in Patras.- Achievements :*1999 All-Africa Games - gold medal - 2.27 metres, personal best... Nigeria	2.16	Olivier Sanou Olivier Sanou Olivier Sanou is a Burkinan athlete. He was a high jumper before specializing in the triple jump in the late 1990s. A double African champion, Sanou has made his mark in Africa... Burkina Faso	2.13
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Anis Riahi Anis Riahi Anis Riahi is a retired Tunisian decathlete.-Career:Riahi won the gold medal in pole vault at the 1996 African Championships... Tunisia	4.60	Hassan Farouk Sayed Egypt	4.20	\|
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Anis Gallali Anis Gallali Anis Gallali is a retired Tunisian long jumper.He won the gold medal at the 1996 African Championships and the silver medal at the 1998 African Championships, the latter in 8.01 metres. This remained his lifetime best jump, and is also the Tunisian record.He became Tunisian champion in 1993, 1995... Tunisia	7.81	Cheikh Touré Cheikh Touré Cheikh Tidiane Touré is a Senegal-born French athlete who specialised in the long jump. He retired after the 2003 season.His best international performance came in the 1997 World Championships, where he finished 7th.... Senegal	7.79	Pa Modou Gai The Gambia	7.64
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Paul Nioze Seychelles	16.52	Oluyemi Sule Nigeria	16.17	Roger Martial Ngouloubi Republic of the Congo	15.16
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Henk Booysen South Africa	17.34	Athanase Oloko Cameroon	14.98	Serge Doh Côte d'Ivoire	14.84
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Serge Doh Côte d'Ivoire	51.92	Christian Messi Alaga Cameroon	48.58	Athanase Oloko Cameroon	46.72
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...	Hakim Toumi Hakim Toumi Hakim Toumi is a retired male hammer thrower from Algeria.Toumi twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. He set his personal best distance of 74.76 metres on August 8, 1998 in Algiers.-Achievements:-References:*... Algeria	69.32	Samir Haouam Algeria	65.32	Yacine Louail Algeria	52.34
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Pius Bazighe Pius Bazighe Pius Bazighe is a retired male javelin thrower from Nigeria, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He set his personal best on June 16, 1999 at a meet in Athens, Greece, breaking the Nigerian national record.-Achievements:-References:*... Nigeria	74.78	Louis Fouché Louis Fouché Louis A. Fouché is a South African athlete who competed in the 1938 British Empire Games.In 1936 he won the gold medal in the shot put event.-External links:*... South Africa	74.54	Maher Ridane Tunisia	72.60
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Anis Riahi Anis Riahi Anis Riahi is a retired Tunisian decathlete.-Career:Riahi won the gold medal in pole vault at the 1996 African Championships... Tunisia	7257	Hassan Farouk Sayed Egypt	6788	Sid Ali Sabour Algeria	5071
20 kilometre road walk	Hatem Ghoula Hatem Ghoula Hatem Ghoula is a Tunisian race walker.He holds the African records in both 20,000 metres, 20 km and 50 km walk.-Achievements:-References:**... Tunisia	1:29:48	David Kimutai David Kimutai David Kimutai Rotich , is a race walker from Kenya. He is an African Champion, All-Africa Games winner, Commonwealth Games medalist and has competed twice at the Olympics.... Kenya	1:30:05	Mohieddine Béni Daoud Tunisia	1:31:10
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Nigeria	39.7	Senegal	39.9	Cameroon	40.0
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Senegal	3:03.44	Kenya	3:03.53	Mauritius	3:07.20

Women's events

100 metres 100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...	Georgette Nkoma Georgette Nkoma Georgette Nkoma is a Cameroonian sprinter.At the 1996 African Championships she won gold medals in both 100 and 200 metres. She also competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997, as well as in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.-References:... Cameroon	11.67	Marliese Steyn South Africa	11.69	Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the... Cameroon	11.92
200 metres 200 metres A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...	Georgette Nkoma Georgette Nkoma Georgette Nkoma is a Cameroonian sprinter.At the 1996 African Championships she won gold medals in both 100 and 200 metres. She also competed at the World Championships in 1993, 1995 and 1997, as well as in 4 x 100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.-References:... Cameroon	23.1	Marliese Steyn South Africa	23.3	Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the... Cameroon	23.5
400 metres 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Saidat Onanuga Nigeria	52.85	Grace Birungi Grace Birungi Grace Birungi is an Ugandan runner who specialized in the 800 metres and to a lesser extent 400 metres.She won a silver medal in 400 m at the 1996 African Championships in Yaoundé and a bronze medal in 800 m at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg... Uganda	53.40	Alimata Koné Côte d'Ivoire	54.31
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and cross-country running.She was the 1999 winner of the Cross Internacional de Soria competition.-Achievements:-Personal bests:... Kenya	2:02.80	Léontine Tsiba Republic of the Congo	2:09.10	Adama Njie Adama Njie Adama Njie is a retired Gambian middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.She won the bronze medal in this event at the 1996 African Championships... The Gambia	2:10.10
1500 metres 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo Naomi Mugo is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres and cross-country running.She was the 1999 winner of the Cross Internacional de Soria competition.-Achievements:-Personal bests:... Kenya	4:12.30	Stéphanie Nicole Zanga Cameroon	4:34.20	Léontine Tsiba Republic of the Congo	4:35.60
5000 metres 5000 metres The 5000 metres is a popular running distance also known as 5 km or 5K in American English. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "5000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "5K" usually refers to a roadrace or cross country event...	Florence Djépé Cameroon	17:59.32	Marie Python Cameroon	18:14.40	Cathreen Ngwang Cameroon	19:27.39
100 metres hurdles 100 metres hurdles The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...	Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Glory Alozie Oluchi is a Spanish athlete competing mostly in hurdling. The world junior second placer from 1996, she went on to have a successful senior career, although she has never won a major international event... Nigeria	13.62	Lana Uys South Africa	13.78	Mame Tacko Diouf Mame Tacko Diouf -Achievements:-Personal bests:100 metres hurdles - 12.94 s 400 metres hurdles - 54.75 s 200 metres - 23.43 s 400 metres - 53.96 s -External links:... Senegal	14.21
400 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...	Saidat Onanuga Nigeria	56.64	Lana Uys South Africa	57.05	Kleintjie Mogotsi South Africa	60.19
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Irène Tiendrébéogo Irène Tiéndrebeogo Irène Dimwaogdo Tiendrébéogo is a Burkinabé high jumper. Tiéndrebeogo competed at the 1995, 1997 and 1999 World Championships in Athletics in the Women's high jump. She also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:... Burkina Faso	1.84	Lolita Nack Cameroon	1.80	Jeanine Blé Côte d'Ivoire	1.75
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Grace Umelo Nigeria	6.13	Béryl Laramé Seychelles	5.98	Kéné Ndoye Kene Ndoye Kéné Ndoye is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Senegal	5.85
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Kéné Ndoye Kene Ndoye Kéné Ndoye is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for Senegal. She was 14th in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Senegal	12.99	Abiola Williams Nigeria	12.68	Françoise Mbango Etone Françoise Mbango Etone Françoise Mbango Etone is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for France, formerly of the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with an Olympic record distance of 15.39m at the Beijing... Cameroon	12.51
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Hanan Ahmed Khaled Hanan Ahmed Khaled is an Egyptian female athlete The most successful female athlete in the history Egyptian athletics winning a total of two gold medals in All-Africa Games, four gold, five silver and two Bronze medals in African Athletic championships in discus throw and shot put.She also played... Egypt	14.47	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi -Achievements:-References:... Egypt	14.24	Oumou Traoré Mali	12.84
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Monia Kari Monia Kari Monia Kari is a Tunisian discus thrower.Her personal best throw is 61.74 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Tunis. This is the current African record.-Achievements:-References:*... Tunisia	53.00	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	48.80	Felicia Nkiru Ojiego Nigeria	45.58
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Fatma Zouhour Toumi Tunisia	51.88	Lindy Leveaux Seychelles	42.24	Monique Djikada Cameroon	40.78
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Caroline Kola Kenya	5270	Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng Cameroon	4372	Adelaïde Koudougnon Côte d'Ivoire	3453
5000 metre track walk	Dounia Kara Algeria	23:15.80	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt	24:05.40	Monica Akoth Kenya	24:05.70
4 x 100 metres relay 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...	Cameroon	44.7	Côte d'Ivoire	45.5	Senegal	46.8
4 x 400 metres relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Nigeria	3:39.20	Cameroon	3:40.50	Gabon	3:54.80

Medal table

1	Nigeria	9	4	2	15
2	Kenya	8	6	3	17
3	Tunisia	6	0	2	8
4	Senegal	5	2	3	10
5	Cameroon	4	8	7	19
6	Algeria	2	2	2	6
7	South Africa	1	6	1	8
8	Egypt	1	4	1	6
9	Seychelles	1	2	0	3
10	Côte d'Ivoire	1	1	4	6
11	Mauritius	1	1	2	4
12	Burkina Faso	1	0	2	3
13	Burundi	0	1	3	4
14	Republic of the Congo	0	1	2	3
15	Guinea	0	1	0	1
15	Uganda	0	1	0	1
17	The Gambia	0	0	2	2
18	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Mali	0	0	1	1
	Gabon	0	0	1	1

External links

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