Athletics_at_the_2023_African_Games

Athletics
at the 2023 African Games
Athletics ; at the 2023 African Games
Venue	Legon Sports Stadium
Dates	18–22 March 2024
Competitors	571 from 46 nations
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Athletics at the 2023 African Games

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Athletics at the 2023 African Games was held from 18 to 22 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.^[1]

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"African Games 2023: Know the venues for all 30 sporting disciplines". My Joy Online. 19 February 2024.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	11	6	5	22
2	Ethiopia (ETH)	7	7	4	18
3	South Africa (RSA)	7	1	3	11
4	Kenya (KEN)	6	6	8	20
5	Ghana (GHA)*	3	2	1	6
6	Algeria (ALG)	2	4	4	10
7	The Gambia (GAM)	2	0	0	2
8	Morocco (MAR)	1	2	0	3
8	Zambia (ZAM)	1	2	0	3
10	Cameroon (CMR)	1	1	4	6
11	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	3	5
12	Burkina Faso (BUR)	1	1	2	4
12	Senegal (SEN)	1	1	2	4
14	Benin (BEN)	1	0	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	1	0	0	1
	South Sudan (SSD)	1	0	0	1
17	Botswana (BOT)	0	3	3	6
18	Liberia (LBR)	0	2	1	3
18	Uganda (UGA)	0	2	1	3
20	Tunisia (TUN)	0	2	0	2
21	Guinea (GUI)	0	1	0	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	1	0	1
	Mali (MLI)	0	1	0	1
	Somalia (SOM)	0	1	0	1
25	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	2	2
25	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	2	2
27	Republic of the Congo (CGO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		47	47	46	140

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Emmanuel Eseme Cameroon	10.14	Usheoritse Itsekiri Nigeria	10.23	Gilbert Hainuca Namibia	10.29
200 metres details	Joseph Amoah Ghana	20.70	Claude Itoungue Bongogne Cameroon	20.74	Consider Ekanem Nigeria	20.80
400 metres details	Chidi Okezie Nigeria	45.06	Muzala Samukonga Zambia	45.37	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf Senegal	45.49
800 metres details	Aaron Cheminingwa Kenya	1:45.72	Ngeno Kipngetich Kenya	1:45.73	Tumo Nkape Botswana	1:46.04
1500 metres details	Brian Komen Kenya	3:39.19	Ermias Girma Ethiopia	3:39.40	Abel Kipsang Kenya	3:39.45
5000 metres details	Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia	13:38.12	Abdullahi Jama Mohamed Somalia	13:38.64	Cornelius Kemboi Kenya	13:40.61
10,000 metres details	Nibret Melak Ethiopia	29:45.37	Gemechu Dida Ethiopia	29:45.68	Evans Kiptum Kenya	29:47.61

110 metres hurdles details	Louis François Mendy Senegal	13.61	Amine Bouanani Algeria	13.69	Yousuf Badawy Sayed Egypt	13.83
400 metres hurdles details	Saad Hinti Morocco	48.82 NR	Victor Ntweng Botswana	49.38	Kemorena Tisang Botswana	50.09
3000 metres steeplechase details	Samuel Firewu Ethiopia	8:24.30	Amos Serem Kenya	8:25.77	Simon Koech Kenya	8:26.19

4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Israel Okon Sunday Consider Ekanem Alaba Akintola Usheoritse Itsekiri Edose Ibadin*	38.41	Ghana Edwin Gadayi Benjamin Azamati Solomon Hammond Joseph Amoah	38.43	Liberia John Sherman Emmanuel Matadi Jabez Reeves Joseph Fahnbulleh	38.73 NR
4 × 400 metres relay details	Zambia Patrick Nyambe Kennedy Luchembe David Mulenga Muzala Samukonga	2:59.12 GR, NR	Botswana Busang Kebinatshipi Leungo Scotch Boitumelo Masilo Bayapo Ndori Omphile Seribe*	2:59.32	Nigeria Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel Sikiru Adeyemi Chidi Okezie Dubem Nwachukwu*	3:01.84

Half marathon details	Samsom Amare Eritrea	1:05:04	William Amponsah Ghana	1:05:13	Isaac Mpofu Zimbabwe	1:05:37
20 kilometres walk details	Misgana Wakuma Ethiopia	1:28:05	Samuel Gathimba Kenya	1:28:06	Ismail Benhammouda Algeria	1:31:12

High jump details	Evans Yamoah Ghana	2.23 m	Saad Hammouda Morocco	2.21 m	Mpho Links South Africa	2.21 m
Pole vault details	Mehdi Amar Rouana Algeria	5.30 m	Boubacar Diallo Mali	5.00 m	Abera Alemu Ethiopia	4.00 m
Long jump details	Asande Mthembu South Africa	7.86 m	Yasser Triki Algeria	7.83 m w	Appolinaire Yinra Cameroon	7.71 m
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango Burkina Faso	16.97 m	Amath Faye Senegal	16.24 m	Yacouba Loué Burkina Faso	15.86 m
Shot put details	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Nigeria	21.06 m	Mostafa Amr Hassan Egypt	20.70 m	Mohamed Magdi Hamza Egypt	20.29 m
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan South Africa	62.56 m	Oussama Khennoussi Algeria	59.97 m	Ryan Williams Namibia	55.42 m
Hammer throw details	Mostafa El Gamel Egypt	73.65 m	Mohsen Mohamed Anani Tunisia	67.71 m	Allan Cumming South Africa	67.57 m
Javelin throw details	Nnamdi Chinecherem Nigeria	82.80 m NR	Julius Yego Kenya	81.74 m	Mustafa Mahmoud Abdel Khaliq Egypt	78.10 m

Decathlon details	Fredriech Pretorius South Africa	7550 pts	Edwin Kimutai Too Kenya	7140 pts NR	Dhiae Boudoumi Algeria	6943 pts

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Gina Bass The Gambia	11.36	Maia McCoy Liberia	11.49	Olayinka Olajide Nigeria	11.55
200 metres details	Gina Bass The Gambia	23.13	Olayinka Olajide Nigeria	23.18	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi Republic of the Congo	23.42
400 metres details	Mary Moraa Kenya	50.57	Esther Elo Joseph Nigeria	51.61	Sita Sibiri Burkina Faso	51.74 NR
800 metres details	Tsige Duguma Ethiopia	1:57.73	Halima Nakaayi Uganda	1:58.59	Vivian Chebet Kiprotich Kenya	2:00.27
1500 metres details	Hirut Meshesha Ethiopia	4:05.71 GR	Hawi Abera Ethiopia	4:06.09	Mary Ekiru Kenya	4:06.22
5000 metres details	Medina Eisa Ethiopia	15:04.32	Birtukan Molla Ethiopia	15:05.32	Melknat Wudu Ethiopia	15:07.04
10,000 metres details	Janeth Chepngetich Kenya	33:37.00	Wede Kefale Ethiopia	33:38.37	Tekan Berhe Ethiopia	33:51.50

100 metres hurdles details	Tobi Amusan Nigeria	12.89	Sidonie Fiadanantsoa Madagascar	13.19	Ashley Kamangirira Zimbabwe	13.59
400 metres hurdles details	Rogail Joseph South Africa	55.39	Noura Ennadi Morocco	55.85	Linda Angounou Cameroon	56.41
3000 metres steeplechase details	Beatrice Chepkoech Kenya	9:15.61 GR	Peruth Chemutai Uganda	9:16.07	Lomi Muleta Ethiopia	9:26.63

4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan Olayinka Olajide Moforehan Abinusawa Tobi Amusan Chisom Onyebuchi* Blessing Ogundiran*	43.05	Liberia Ebony Morrison Destiny Smith-Barnett Maia McCoy Shania Collins	44.02	Ghana Mary Boakye Janet Mensah Doris Mensah Halutie Hor Benedicta Kwartemaa*	44.21
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Esther Elo Joseph Patience Okon George Brittany Ogunmokun Omolara Ogunmakinju	3:27.29	Zambia Niddy Mingilishi Quincy Malekani Abygirl Sepiso Rhoda Njobvu	3:31.85 NR	Botswana Tlhomphang Basele Lydia Jele Obakeng Kamberuka Oratile Nowe	3:33.44

Half marathon details	Loliha Atalena South Sudan	1:14:36	Zewditu Aderaw Ethiopia	1:14:40	Nancy Chepleting Meli Kenya	1:15:07
20 kilometres walk details	Emily Wamusyi Ngii Kenya		Sintayehu Masire Ethiopia		Souad Azzi Algeria

High jump details	Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah Ghana	1.90 m	Fatoumata Balley Guinea	1.81 m	Darina Hadil Rezik Algeria	1.78 m
Pole vault details	Miré Reinstorf South Africa	4.35 m GR	Dorra Mahfoudhi Tunisia	3.70 m	Not awarded as the event had 2 athletes
Long jump details	Ese Brume Nigeria	6.92 m w	Marthe Koala Burkina Faso	6.81 m w	Prestina Ochonogor Nigeria	6.67 m w
Triple jump details	Ruth Usoro Nigeria	13.80 m	Winny Bii Kenya	13.64 m	Saly Sarr Senegal	13.60 m
Shot put details	Ashley Erasmus South Africa	16.98 m	Oyesade Olatoye Nigeria	16.61 m	Ischke Senekal South Africa	16.38 m
Discus throw details	Obiageri Amaechi Nigeria	58.93 m	Chioma Onyekwere Nigeria	58.03 m	Nora Monie Cameroon	56.11 m
Hammer throw details	Zahra Tatar Algeria	69.65 m GR, NR	Zouina Bouzebra Algeria	68.97 m	Oyesade Olatoye Nigeria	68.92 m
Javelin throw details	Jo-Ane van Dyk South Africa	60.80 m GR	Jana van Schalkwyk South Africa	57.64 m	Josephine Joyce Lalam Uganda	57.01 m NR

Heptathlon details	Odile Ahouanwanou Benin	5616 pts	Kemi Francis-Petersen Nigeria	5268 pts	Adèle Mafogang Cameroon	5181 pts

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