Athletics at the 2019 African Games

Athletics at the XII African Games
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

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

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Raymond Ekevwo Nigeria	9.96	Arthur Cissé Ivory Coast	9.97	Usheoritse Itsekiri Nigeria	10.02
200 metres details	Sydney Siame Zambia	20.35	Divine Oduduru Nigeria	20.54	Anaso Jobodwana South Africa	20.56
400 metres details	Leungo Scotch Botswana	45.27	Thapelo Phora South Africa	45.59	Chidi Okezie Nigeria	45.61
800 metres details	Abdessalem Ayouni Tunisia	1:45.17 NR	Cornelius Tuwei Kenya	1:45.41	Oussama Nabil Morocco	1:45.42
1500 metres details	George Manangoi Kenya	3:38.27	Ayanleh Souleiman Djibouti	3:38.44	Charles Simotwo Kenya	3:38.51
5000 metres details	Robert Kiprop Kenya	13:30.96	Edward Zakayo Kenya	13:31.40	Richard Yator Kenya	13:31.41
10,000 metres details	Berehanu Tsegu Ethiopia	27:56.81	Aron Kifle Eritrea	27:57.79	Jemal Yimer Ethiopia	27:59.02

110 metres hurdles details	Amine Bouanani Algeria	13.60	Oyeniyi Abejoye Nigeria	13.90	Louis-François Mendy Senegal	14.05
400 metres hurdles details	Abdelmalik Lahoulou Algeria	49.08	Bienvenu Sawadogo Burkina Faso	49.25 NR	Mohamed Amine Touati Tunisia	49.29
3000 metres steeplechase details	Benjamin Kigen Kenya	8:12.39	Getnet Wale Ethiopia	8:14.06	Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco	8:19.45

4 × 100 metres relay details	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 details	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 details	Samuel Gathimba Kenya	1:22:48	Yohanis Algaw Ethiopia	1:22:50	Wayne Snyman South Africa	1:23:38
Half marathon details	Titus Ekiru Kenya	1:01:42 GR	Mohamed Reda El Aaraby Morocco	1:02:44	Hamza Sahli Morocco	1:02:45

High jump details	Mpho Links South Africa	2.20 m	Mathew Sawe Kenya	2.15 m	Breyton Poole South Africa	2.15 m
Pole vault details	Hichem Khalil Cherabi Algeria	5.00 m	Mejdi Chehata Tunisia	4.70 m	Larbi Bourrada Algeria	4.70 m
Long jump details	Yasser Triki Algeria	8.01 m	Marouane Kacimi Morocco	7.79 m	Romeo N'tia Benin	7.72 m
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango Burkina Faso	16.88 m	Yasser Triki Algeria	16.71 m	Jonathan Drack Mauritius	16.53 m
Shot put details	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Nigeria	21.48 m GR	Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif Egypt	20.85 m	Mostafa Amr Hassan Egypt	20.74 m
Discus throw details	Shehab Ahmed Egypt	59.29 m	Ayomidotun Kelvin Ogundeji Nigeria	57.82 m	Elbachir Mbarki Morocco	56.92 m
Hammer throw details	Mostafa El Gamel Egypt	72.50 m	Alaa El-Ashry [fr] Egypt	72.04 m	Islam Mohamed Egypt	71.36 m
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego Kenya	87.73 m GR	Alexander Kiprotich Kenya	77.50 m	Nnamdi Chinecherem Nigeria	73.24 m

Decathlon details	Larbi Bourrada Algeria	7319 pts	Moustafa Ramadan Egypt	7099 pts	Marouane Kacimi Morocco	6607 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast	11.09	Gina Bass The Gambia	11.13	Bassant Hemida Egypt	11.31 NR
200 metres details	Gina Bass The Gambia	22.58 NR	Bassant Hemida Egypt	22.89	Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast	23.00
400 metres details	Galefele Moroko Botswana	51.30	Favour Ofili Nigeria	51.68	Grace Obour Ghana	51.86
800 metres details	Hirut Meshesha Ethiopia	2:03.16	Rababe Arafi Morocco	2:03.20	Halimah Nakaayi Uganda	2:03.55
1500 metres details	Quailyne Jebiwott Kiprop Kenya	4:19.33	Mary Kuria Kenya	4:20.19	Lemlem Hailu Ethiopia	4:20.60
5000 metres details	Lilian Kasait Rengeruk Kenya	15:33.63	Hawi Feysa Ethiopia	15:33.99	Alemitu Tariku Ethiopia	15:37.15
10,000 metres details	Tsehay Gemechu Ethiopia	31:56.92	Zeineba Yimer Ethiopia	31:57.95	Dera Dida Ethiopia	31:58.78

100 metres hurdles details	Tobi Amusan Nigeria	12.68 GR	Marthe Koala Burkina Faso	13.20	Taylon Bieldt South Africa	13.40
400 metres hurdles details	Vanice Nyagisera Kenya	56.95	Lamiae Lhabze Morocco	56.97	Uwemedino Abasiono Akpan Nigeria	57.66
3000 metres steeplechase details	Mekides Abebe Ethiopia	9:35.18	Mercy Gitahi Kenya	9:37.53	Weynshet Ansa Ethiopia	9:38.56

4 × 100 metres relay details	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 [de]	45.44
4 × 400 metres relay details	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 details	Emily Ngii Kenya	1:34:41 GR	Grace Wanjiru Kenya	1:34:57	Yehualeye Beletew Ethiopia	1:35:21
Half marathon details	Yalemzerf Yehualaw Ethiopia	1:10:26 GR	Degitu Azimeraw Ethiopia	1:10:31	Meseret Belete Ethiopia	1:12:08

High jump details	Rose Yeboah Ghana	1.84 m	Rhizlane Siba Morocco	1.81 m	Ariyat Dibow Ubang Ethiopia	1.81 m
Pole vault details	Dora Mahfoudhi Tunisia	4.31 m GR, NR	Fatma Elbendary Egypt	4.10 m	Dina Eltabaa Egypt	4.00 m
Long jump details	Ese Brume Nigeria	6.69 m	Deborah Acquah Ghana	6.37 m	Lynique Beneke South Africa	6.30 m
Triple jump details	Grace Anigbata Nigeria	13.75 m	Jamaa Chnaik Morocco	13.69 m	Zinzi Chabangu South Africa	13.59 m
Shot put details	Ischke Senekal South Africa	16.18 m	Mieke Strydom South Africa	14.64 m	Odile Ahouanwanou Benin	13.77 m
Discus throw details	Chioma Onyekwere Nigeria	59.91 m GR	Yolandi Stander South Africa	57.75 m	Ischke Senekal South Africa	53.95 m
Hammer throw details	Lætitia Bambara Burkina Faso	65.28 m	Temilola Ogunrinde Nigeria	64.68 m	Zouina Bouzebra Algeria	63.34 m
Javelin throw details	Kelechi Nwanaga Nigeria	55.88 m	Jo-Ane van Dyk South Africa	55.38 m	Sunette Viljoen South Africa	53.44 m

Heptathlon details	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
15	Eritrea (ERI)	0	1	0	1
17	Benin (BEN)	0	0	2	2
17	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	2	2
19	Mauritius (MRI)	0	0	1	1
19	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		46	46	46	138

Schedule

●	1st day	●	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				●	●