Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Athletics at the 2019 African Games was held from 26 to 30 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

Athletics at the XII African Games
Dates	26–30 August
Host city	Rabat, Morocco
Venue	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Events	42
Participation	677 athletes from 52 nations
← 2015 Brazzaville 2023 Accra → 2019 African Games

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Raymond Ekevwo  Nigeria	9.96	Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast	9.97	Usheoritse Itsekiri  Nigeria	10.02
200 metres	Sydney Siame  Zambia	20.35	Divine Oduduru  Nigeria	20.54	Anaso Jobodwana  South Africa	20.56
400 metres	Leungo Scotch  Botswana	45.27	Thapelo Phora  South Africa	45.59	Chidi Okezie  Nigeria	45.61
800 metres	Abdessalem Ayouni  Tunisia	1:45.17 NR	Cornelius Tuwei  Kenya	1:45.41	Oussama Nabil  Morocco	1:45.42
1500 metres	George Manangoi  Kenya	3:38.27	Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti	3:38.44	Charles Simotwo  Kenya	3:38.51
5000 metres	Robert Kiprop  Kenya	13:30.96	Edward Zakayo  Kenya	13:31.40	Richard Yator  Kenya	13:31.41
10,000 metres	Berehanu Tsegu  Ethiopia	27:56.81	Aron Kifle  Eritrea	27:57.79	Jemal Yimer  Ethiopia	27:59.02
110 metres hurdles	Amine Bouanani  Algeria	13.60	Oyeniyi Abejoye  Nigeria	13.90	Louis-François Mendy  Senegal	14.05
400 metres hurdles	Abdelmalik Lahoulou  Algeria	49.08	Bienvenu Sawadogo  Burkina Faso	49.25 NR	Mohamed Amine Touati  Tunisia	49.29
3000 metres steeplechase	Benjamin Kigen  Kenya	8:12.39	Getnet Wale  Ethiopia	8:14.06	Soufiane El Bakkali  Morocco	8:19.45
4 × 100 metres relay	Ghana Sean Safo-Antwi Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku Martin Owusu-Antwi Joseph Amoah	38.30 GR	Nigeria Raymond Ekevwo Divine Oduduru Emmanuel Arowolo Usheoritse Itsekiri Ogho-Oghene Egwero Adeseye Ogunlewe	38.59	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Anaso Jobodwana Thando Dlodlo Chederick van Wyk Derrick Mokaleng	38.80
4 × 400 metres relay	Botswana Zibani Ngozi Ditiro Nzamani Onkabetse Nkobolo Leungo Scotch	3:02.55	South Africa Gardeo Isaacs Ranti Dikgale Thapelo Phora Derrick Mokaleng	3:03.18	Nigeria Shedrack Akpeki Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Chidi Okezie	3:03.42
20 kilometres walk	Samuel Gathimba  Kenya	1:22:48	Yohanis Algaw  Ethiopia	1:22:50	Wayne Snyman  South Africa	1:23:38
Half marathon	Titus Ekiru  Kenya	1:01:42 GR	Mohamed Reda El Aaraby  Morocco	1:02:44	Hamza Sahli  Morocco	1:02:45
High jump	Mpho Links  South Africa	2.20 m	Mathew Sawe  Kenya	2.15 m	Breyton Poole  South Africa	2.15 m
Pole vault	Hichem Khalil Cherabi  Algeria	5.00 m	Mejdi Chehata  Tunisia	4.70 m	Larbi Bourrada  Algeria	4.70 m
Long jump	Yasser Triki  Algeria	8.01 m	Marouane Kacimi  Morocco	7.79 m	Romeo N'tia  Benin	7.72 m
Triple jump	Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso	16.88 m	Yasser Triki  Algeria	16.71 m	Jonathan Drack  Mauritius	16.53 m
Shot put	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria	21.48 m GR	Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif  Egypt	20.85 m	Mostafa Amr Hassan  Egypt	20.74 m
Discus throw	Shehab Ahmed  Egypt	59.29 m	Ayomidotun Kelvin Ogundeji  Nigeria	57.82 m	Elbachir Mbarki  Morocco	56.92 m
Hammer throw	Mostafa El Gamel  Egypt	72.50 m	Alaa El-Ashry  Egypt	72.04 m	Islam Mohamed  Egypt	71.36 m
Javelin throw	Julius Yego  Kenya	87.73 m GR	Alexander Kiprotich  Kenya	77.50 m	Nnamdi Chinecherem  Nigeria	73.24 m
Decathlon	Larbi Bourrada  Algeria	7319 pts	Moustafa Ramadan  Egypt	7099 pts	Marouane Kacimi  Morocco	6607 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	11.09	Gina Bass  The Gambia	11.13	Bassant Hemida  Egypt	11.31 NR
200 metres	Gina Bass  The Gambia	22.58 NR	Bassant Hemida  Egypt	22.89	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	23.00
400 metres	Galefele Moroko  Botswana	51.30	Favour Ofili  Nigeria	51.68	Grace Obour  Ghana	51.86
800 metres	Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia	2:03.16	Rababe Arafi  Morocco	2:03.20	Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda	2:03.55
1500 metres	Quailyne Jebiwott Kiprop  Kenya	4:19.33	Mary Kuria  Kenya	4:20.19	Lemlem Hailu  Ethiopia	4:20.60
5000 metres	Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya	15:33.63	Hawi Feysa  Ethiopia	15:33.99	Alemitu Tariku  Ethiopia	15:37.15
10,000 metres	Tsehay Gemechu  Ethiopia	31:56.92	Zeineba Yimer  Ethiopia	31:57.95	Dera Dida  Ethiopia	31:58.78
100 metres hurdles	Tobi Amusan  Nigeria	12.68 GR	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	13.20	Taylon Bieldt  South Africa	13.40
400 metres hurdles	Vanice Nyagisera  Kenya	56.95	Lamiae Lhabze  Morocco	56.97	Uwemedino Abasiono Akpan  Nigeria	57.66
3000 metres steeplechase	Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia	9:35.18	Mercy Gitahi  Kenya	9:37.53	Weynshet Ansa  Ethiopia	9:38.56
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria Joy Udo-Gabriel Mercy Ntia-Obong Jasper Bukola Adekunle Rosemary Chukwuma Blessing Okagbare	44.16	South Africa Tebogo Mamathu Tamzin Thomas Patience Ntshingila Taylon Bieldt Lynique Beneke	44.61	Kenya Maximila Imali Milcent Ndoro Maureen Nyatichi Thomas Joan Cherono	45.44
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Kemi Francis Patience Okon George Blessing Oladoye Favour Ofili	3:30.32	Botswana Oarabile Babolayi Oratile Nowe Amantle Montsho Galefele Moroko	3:31.96	Uganda Stella Wonruku Nasiba Nabirye Emily Nanziri Leni Shida	3:32.25
20 kilometres walk	Emily Ngii  Kenya	1:34:41 GR	Grace Wanjiru  Kenya	1:34:57	Yehualeye Beletew  Ethiopia	1:35:21
Half marathon	Yalemzerf Yehualaw  Ethiopia	1:10:26 GR	Degitu Azimeraw  Ethiopia	1:10:31	Meseret Belete  Ethiopia	1:12:08
High jump	Rose Yeboah  Ghana	1.84 m	Rhizlane Siba  Morocco	1.81 m	Ariyat Dibow Ubang  Ethiopia	1.81 m
Pole vault	Dora Mahfoudhi  Tunisia	4.31 m GR, NR	Fatma Elbendary  Egypt	4.10 m	Dina Eltabaa  Egypt	4.00 m
Long jump	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.69 m	Deborah Acquah  Ghana	6.37 m	Lynique Beneke  South Africa	6.30 m
Triple jump	Grace Anigbata  Nigeria	13.75 m	Jamaa Chnaik  Morocco	13.69 m	Zinzi Chabangu  South Africa	13.59 m
Shot put	Ischke Senekal  South Africa	16.18 m	Mieke Strydom  South Africa	14.64 m	Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin	13.77 m
Discus throw	Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria	59.91 m GR	Yolandi Stander  South Africa	57.75 m	Ischke Senekal  South Africa	53.95 m
Hammer throw	Lætitia Bambara  Burkina Faso	65.28 m	Temilola Ogunrinde  Nigeria	64.68 m	Zouina Bouzebra  Algeria	63.34 m
Javelin throw	Kelechi Nwanaga  Nigeria	55.88 m	Jo-Ane van Dyk  South Africa	55.38 m	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	53.44 m
Heptathlon	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	5866 pts	Kemi Francis  Nigeria	5683 pts	Nada Chroudi  Tunisia	5302 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	10	7	3	20
2	Nigeria (NGR)	9	7	5	21
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	5	5	8	18
4	Algeria (ALG)	5	1	2	8
5	Burkina Faso (BUR)	3	2	0	5
6	Botswana (BOT)	3	1	0	4
7	South Africa (RSA)	2	6	9	17
8	Egypt (EGY)	2	5	4	11
9	Tunisia (TUN)	2	1	2	5
10	Ghana (GHA)	2	1	1	4
11	Ivory Coast (CIV)	1	1	1	3
12	The Gambia (GAM)	1	1	0	2
13	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	0	1
14	Morocco (MAR)*	0	6	5	11
15	Djibouti (DJI)	0	1	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	1	0	1
17	Benin (BEN)	0	0	2	2
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	2	2
19	Mauritius (MRI)	0	0	1	1
	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		46	46	46	138

Schedule

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1st day

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Final day

H

Heats

Q

Qualification

S

Semifinals

F

Finals

Event↓/Date →	26th Mon		27th Tue	28th Wed	29th Thu		30th Fri
Men's 100 m	H	S	F
Men's 200 m					H	S	F
Men's 400 m	H		S	F
Men's 800 m	H		S	F
Men's 1500 m							F
Men's 5000 m							F
Men's 10,000 m			F
Men's 110 m hurdles	H		F
Men's 400 m hurdles				H	F
Men's 3000 m steeplechase	F
Men's 4 × 100 m relay			H	F
Men's 4 × 400 m relay							F
Men's half marathon							F
Men's 20 km walk				F
Men's high jump							F
Men's pole vault					F
Men's long jump				Q			F
Men's triple jump			F
Men's shot put			F
Men's discus throw	F
Men's hammer throw					F
Men's javelin throw							F
Men's decathlon	●		●
Women's 100 m	H	S	F
Women's 200 m					H	S	F
Women's 400 m	H		S	F
Women's 800 m	H		F
Women's 1500 m							F
Women's 5000 m	F
Women's 10,000 m					F
Women's 100 m hurdles			H	F
Women's 400 m hurdles					H		F
Women's 3000 m steeplechase				F
Women's 4 × 100 m relay			H	F
Women's 4 × 400 m relay							F
Women's half marathon							F
Women's 20 km walk				F
Women's high jump			F
Women's pole vault			F
Women's long jump					F
Women's triple jump	F
Women's shot put							F
Women's discus throw					F
Women's hammer throw			F
Women's javelin throw				F
Women's heptathlon				●	●

Participating nations

•  Algeria (11)
•  Angola (3)
•  Benin (5)
•  Botswana (23)
•  Burkina Faso (15)
•  Burundi (7)
•  Cameroon (13)
•  Cape Verde (5)
•  Central African Republic (1)
•  Chad (6)
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo (8)
•  Djibouti (9)
•  Egypt (30)
•  Equatorial Guinea (6)
•  Eritrea (15)
•  Eswatini (3)
•  Ethiopia (80)
•  Gabon (2)
•  The Gambia (9)
•  Ghana (16)
•  Guinea (3)
•  Ivory Coast (11)
•  Kenya (69)
•  Lesotho (7)
•  Liberia (1)
•  Libya (2)
•  Madagascar (4)
•  Malawi (7)
•  Mali (11)
•  Mauritania (1)
•  Mauritius (13)
•  Morocco (44)
•  Mozambique (2)
•  Namibia (17)
•  Niger (3)
•  Nigeria (48)
•  Republic of the Congo (10)
•  Rwanda (2)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe (4)
•  Senegal (13)
•  Seychelles (8)
•  Sierra Leone (10)
•  Somalia (2)
•  South Africa (33)
•  South Sudan (8)
•  Sudan (4)
•  Tanzania (6)
•  Togo (6)
•  Tunisia (14)
•  Uganda (25)
•  Zambia (7)
•  Zimbabwe (15)

References

• Results book

External links

• Official results
• Results book