2006 African Championships in Athletics

Template:Infobox Athletics Championships The 15th African Championships in Athletics were held in Mauritius between August 9 and August 13, 2006. The event was staged at Stade Germain Comarmond in Bambous, Rivière Noire District. This was the second time when the African Championships in Athletics were hosted in Mauritius, the first was in 1992.

Many world-class runners were competing, but in terms of the field events the standard was poor. In addition, some of those, especially the throwing events, had very few participants as African federations cannot afford to send large teams.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m Template:DetailsLink	Olusoji Fasuba Template:Flagcountry	10.37	Uchenna Emedolu Template:Flagcountry	10.44	Eric Nkansah Template:Flagcountry	10.65
	August 10:
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Uchenna Emedolu Template:Flagcountry	20.61	Stéphan Buckland Template:Flagcountry	20.67	Leigh Julius Template:Flagcountry	20.82
	August 13:
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Gary Kikaya Template:Flagcountry	45.03	Paul Gorries Template:Flagcountry	45.50	Young Talkmore Nyongani Template:Flagcountry	45.60
	August 11:
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Alex Kipchirchir Template:Flagcountry	1:46.62	Ismail Ahmed Ismail Template:Flagcountry	1:46.65	Alfred Kirwa Template:Flagcountry	1:46.85
	August 11:
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Alex Kipchirchir Template:Flagcountry	3:46.54	Adil Kaouch Template:Flagcountry	3:46.72	Tarek Boukensa Template:Flagcountry	3:46.81
	August 13:
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Kenenisa Bekele Template:Flagcountry	14:03.41	Mike Kigen Template:Flagcountry	14:05.12	Moses Kipsiro Template:Flagcountry	14:05.20
	August 9:
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Moses Kipsiro Template:Flagcountry	28:03.46	Mike Kigen Template:Flagcountry	28:03.70	Abebe Dinkesa Template:Flagcountry	28:05.07
	August 13:
110 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Aymen Ben Ahmed Template:Flagcountry	13.77	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Template:Flagcountry	14.03	Ruan de Vries Template:Flagcountry	14.05
	August 12:
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Louis van Zyl Template:Flagcountry	49.43	Alwyn Myburgh Template:Flagcountry	49.88	Kurt Couto Template:Flagcountry	50.72
	August 10:
3000 m s'chase Template:DetailsLink	Paul Kipsiele Koech Template:Flagcountry	8:11.03 (CR)	Abdelkader Hachlaf Template:Flagcountry	8:33.52	Ruben Ramolefi Template:Flagcountry	8:39.67
	August 11: reigning Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi finished second but was disqualified.
20 km walk Template:DetailsLink	David Kimutai Template:Flagcountry	1:23:58	Hatem Ghoula Template:Flagcountry	1:25:02	Hicham Mejbar Template:Flagcountry	1:25:15
	August 13:
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry Peter Emelieze[a] Uchenna Emedolu Adetoyi Durotoye Olusoji Fasuba	39.63	Template:Flagcountry Hannes Dreyer Leigh Julius Lee-Roy Newton Sherwin Vries	39.68	Template:Flagcountry Harry Adu Mfum Cyril Ferguson Seth Amoo Eric Nkansah	40.12
	August 11:
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry George Kwoba Vincent Mumo Kiilu Sammy Rono Thomas Musembi	3:06.78	Template:Flagcountry Alwyn Myburgh Ofentse Mogawane Ruben Majola Paul Gorries	3:07.65	Template:Flagcountry Oganeditse Moseki California Molefe Gakologelwang Masheto Obakeng Ngwigwa	3:08.13
	August 13:
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)

• ^a Many sources (including the IAAF) list the lead off runner as Grace Ebor, a female Nigerian middle-distance runner. This is incorrect as the lead off runner was actually Peter Emelieze.

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump Template:DetailsLink	Kabelo Kgosiemang Template:Flagcountry	2.30	Sere Boubakar Template:Flagcountry	2.22	Ramsey Carelse Template:Flagcountry	2.22
	August 13:
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Okkert Brits Template:Flagcountry	5.20	Abderrahmane Tamada Template:Flagcountry	5.15	Hamdi Dhouibi Template:Flagcountry	4.80
	August 12:
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Ignisious Gaisah Template:Flagcountry	8.51 (+3.7)	Khotso Mokoena Template:Flagcountry	8.45 (+4.2)	Issam Nima Template:Flagcountry	8.37
	August 9:
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Tarik Bouguetaïb Template:Flagcountry	17.25 (+4.2)	Khotso Mokoena Template:Flagcountry	16.67 (+3.6)	Younès Moudrik Template:Flagcountry	16.58 (+3.7)
	August 12:
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Template:Flagcountry	18.93	Janus Robberts Template:Flagcountry	17.88	Mohammed Medded Template:Flagcountry	17.87
	August 9:
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Omar Ahmed ElGazaly Template:Flagcountry	61.11	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Template:Flagcountry	54.38	Chima Ugwu Template:Flagcountry	51.56
	August 10: Nabil Kirame of Morocco, who originally won the bronze, was later disqualified for doping.
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Chris Harmse Template:Flagcountry	77.55 CR	Saber Souid Template:Flagcountry	72.66	Mohsen El Anany Template:Flagcountry	69.22
	August 12:
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Gerhardus Pienaar Template:Flagcountry	77.55	Gerbrandt Grobler Template:Flagcountry	75.95	Walid Adb El Wahab Template:Flagcountry	69.86
	August 13:
Decathlon Template:DetailsLink	Hamdi Dhouibi Template:Flagcountry	7,566 points	Mourad Souissi Template:Flagcountry	7,113 points	Terence Wepener Template:Flagcountry	7,084 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 Template:DetailsLink	Vida Anim Template:Flagcountry	11.58	Geraldine Pillay Template:Flagcountry	11.67	Endurance Ojokolo Template:Flagcountry	11.95
	August 10:
200 m Template:DetailsLink	Vida Anim Template:Flagcountry	22.90	Geraldine Pillay Template:Flagcountry	23.11	Fabienne Feraez Template:Flagcountry	23.15
	August 13:
400 m Template:DetailsLink	Amy Mbacké Thiam Template:Flagcountry	52.22	Amantle Montsho Template:Flagcountry	52.68	Louise Ayetotche Template:Flagcountry	52.92
	August 11:
800 m Template:DetailsLink	Janeth Jepkosgei Template:Flagcountry	2 :00.64	Maria de Lurdes Mutola Template:Flagcountry	2 :01.08	Nouria Merah Benida Template:Flagcountry	2 :02.18
	August 13:
1500 m Template:DetailsLink	Nouria Merah Benida Template:Flagcountry	4:23.26	Safa Issaoui Template:Flagcountry	4:24.08	Berhane Herpassa Template:Flagcountry	4:24.09
	August 11:
5000 m Template:DetailsLink	Meseret Defar Template:Flagcountry	15:56.00	Tirunesh Dibaba Template:Flagcountry	15:56.04	Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet Template:Flagcountry	15:57.14
	August 10:
10,000 m Template:DetailsLink	Edith Masai Template:Flagcountry	31:27.96 CR	Isabella Ochichi Template:Flagcountry	31:29.43	Emily Chebet Template:Flagcountry	31:33.39
	August 12:
100 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Toyin Augustus Template:Flagcountry	13.44	Carole Me-ban Kaboud Template:Flagcountry	13.85	Gnima Faye Template:Flagcountry	13.95
	August 10:
400 m hurdles Template:DetailsLink	Janet Wienand Template:Flagcountry	56.97	Houria Moussa Template:Flagcountry	57.15	Aissafa Soulama Template:Flagcountry	57.27
	August 13:
3000 m s'chase Template:DetailsLink	Jeruto Kiptum Template:Flagcountry	10:00.02	Habiba Ghribi Template:Flagcountry	10:10.93	Chaabi Bouchra Template:Flagcountry	10:11.52
	August 11:
20 km walk Template:DetailsLink	Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Template:Flagcountry	1:43:22	Arasa Asnaksh Abissa Template:Flagcountry	1:45:31	Ghania Amzal Template:Flagcountry	1:46:05
	August 13:
4 × 100 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry Gifty Addy, Elizabeth Amolofo, Vida Anim, Esther Dankwah	44.43	Template:Flagcountry Toyin Augustus Francisca Idoko Gloria Kemasuode Endurance Ojokolo	44.52	Template:Flagcountry Esther Solange Ndoumbe Carole Kaboud Me-Bam Josephine Mbarga Bikie Leonie Myriam Mani	46.43
	August 11:
4 × 400 m relay Template:DetailsLink	Template:Flagcountry Amanda Kotze, Estie Wittstock, Janet Wienand, Heide Seyerling	3:36.88	Template:Flagcountry Alice Nwosu Mary Onyemuwa Kate Obilor Christiana Ekpukhon	3:37.00	Template:Flagcountry Josephine Nyarunda Elizabeth Muthuka Annet Mwanzi Lukhuyi Florence Wasike	3:39.79
	August 13:
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 Template:DetailsLink	Rene van der Merwe Template:Flagcountry	1.84	Nneka Ukuh Template:Flagcountry	1.80	Sara Bouaoudia Template:Flagcountry	1.75
	August 11:
Pole vault Template:DetailsLink	Syrine Balti Template:Flagcountry	4.21	Nisrine Dinar Template:Flagcountry	3.60	Lindi Roux Template:Flagcountry	3.60
	August 10:
Long jump Template:DetailsLink	Joséphine Mbarga-Bikié Template:Flagcountry	6.33 (+2.9)	Kéné Ndoye Template:Flagcountry	6.30 (+1.8)	Chinazom Amadi Template:Flagcountry	6.23 (+3.0)
	August 10:
Triple jump Template:DetailsLink	Yamilé Aldama Template:Flagcountry	14.71 (+2.6)	Kéné Ndoye Template:Flagcountry	14.08 (+3.6)	Otonye Iworima Template:Flagcountry	13.88 (+2.1)
	August 13:
Shot put Template:DetailsLink	Vivian Chukwuemeka Template:Flagcountry	17.45	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Template:Flagcountry	15.48	Monique Ngo Ngoué-Poree Template:Flagcountry	14.99
	August 13:
Discus throw Template:DetailsLink	Elizna Naude Template:Flagcountry	55.42	Vivian Chukwuemeka Template:Flagcountry	49.63	Suzanne Kragbe Template:Flagcountry	49.05
	August 11:
Hammer throw Template:DetailsLink	Marwa Hussein Arafat Template:Flagcountry	62.16	Blessing Egwu Template:Flagcountry	51.77	Menakshee Totah Template:Flagcountry	36.68
	August 9: Egypt's Marwa Ahmed Arafat retained her African title, while Hayat El Ghazi of Morocco, who originally won the silver, was later disqualified for doping.
Javelin throw Template:DetailsLink	Justine Robbeson Template:Flagcountry	60.60 PB/AR	Sunette Viljoen Template:Flagcountry	55.64	Lindy Leveau Template:Flagcountry	54.41
	August 12:
Heptathlon Template:DetailsLink	Janice Josephs Template:Flagcountry	5876 points	Celine Laporte Template:Flagcountry	4932 points	Nadege Foe Essama Template:Flagcountry	3808 points
	August 11–12:
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)

Participating nations

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• (4)
• (11)
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• (3)
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• (7)
• (3)
• (14)
• (4)
• Ethiopia (23)
• (2)
• (20)
• (36)
• Lesotho (2)
• (10)
• (6)
• (1)
• (8)
• (33)
• (25)
• (6)
• (6)
• (32)
• (4)
• (5)
• (20)
• (14)
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• Template:Country data Swaziland (2)
• Template:Flagu (53)
• (2)
• (4)
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• (12)
• (4)
• (4)
• (4)

See also

• 2006 in athletics (track and field)

References

Day reports

• Ouma, Mark (2006-08-07). Mauritius expects star studded African Championships - Preview. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
• Ouma, Mark (2006-08-10). Bekele and Gaisah victorious - two titles for Egypt - African Champs Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
• Ouma, Mark (2006-08-11). Defar defeats Dibaba; Van Zyl surges to victory – African Champs Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
• Ouma, Mark (2006-08-12). Kenyan wins by Kipsiele Koech, Kiptum, Kipchirchir - African Champs Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
• Ouma, Mark (2006-08-13). South Africans steal the show - African Championships report - Day Four. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.
• Ouma, Mark (2006-08-14). Anim and Kipchirchir complete doubles in Mauritius - African Champs Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-09-17.

External links

• Full results Template:Webarchive
• Confederation of African Athletics
• Association Mauricienne d'Athlétisme amateur Template:Webarchive
• Official results report