2016 African Championships
Dates	22 June – 26 June
Host city	Durban, South Africa
Venue	Kings Park Stadium
Events	44
Records set	Championship records
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The 20th African Championships in Athletics was held in Durban, South Africa from 22 to 26 June 2016.^[1] It was the second time that Durban and South Africa hosted this competition. 720 athletes from 43 African national federations participated.^[2]

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Ben Youssef Meïté  Ivory Coast	9.95	Mosito Lehata  Lesotho	10.04	Akani Simbine  South Africa	10.05
200 metres (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa	20.02	Adama Jammeh  Gambia	20.45 NR	Emmanuel Matadi  Liberia	20.55
400 metres	Baboloki Thebe  Botswana	44.70	Karabo Sibanda  Botswana	45.40	Chidi Okezie  Nigeria	45.80
800 metres	Nijel Amos  Botswana	1:45.11	Jacob Rozani  South Africa	1:45.38	Reinhardt van Rensburg  South Africa	1:46.15
1500 metres	Fouad Elkaam  Morocco	3:39.49	Timothy Cheroiyet  Kenya	3:39.71	Vincent Letting  Kenya	3:40.78
5000 metres	Douglas Kipserem  Kenya	13:13.35	Elroy Gelant  South Africa	13:15.13	Mangata Ndiwa  Kenya	13:16.85
10,000 metres	Stephen Mokoka  South Africa	28:02.97	Wilfred Kimitei  Kenya	28:03.18	Namakwe Nkhasi  Lesotho	28:06.33
110 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Antonio Alkana  South Africa	13.43 'CR'	Tyron Akins  Nigeria	13.74	Mohamed Koussi  Morocco	13.94
400 metres hurdles	Boniface Tumuti  Kenya	49.20	Amadou Ndiaye  Senegal	49.40	Haron Koech  Kenya	49.40
3000 metres steeplechase	Chala Beyo  Ethiopia	8:21.02	Tolosa Nurgi  Ethiopia	8:22.79	Abraham Kibiwot  Kenya	8:24.19
4 × 100 metres relay	South Africa Emile Erasmus Wayde van Niekerk Tlotliso Leotlela Akani Simbine	38.84	Ivory Coast Arthur Cissé Wilfried Koffi Hua Émilien Tchan Bi Chan Ben Youssef Meïté	38.98	Zambia Hazemba Chidamba Brian Kasinda Titus Kafunda Mukhala Sydney Siame	39.77
4 × 400 metres relay	Botswana Karabo Sibanda Baboloki Thebe Onkabetse Nkobolo Leaname Maotoanong	3:02.20	Kenya Boniface Tumuti Alphas Kishoyian Boniface Mweresa Haron Koech	3:04.25	South Africa Jon Seeliger Shaun de Jager Ofentse Mogawane LJ van Zyl	3:04.73
20 kilometres walk	Samuel Gathimba  Kenya	1:19:24 'CR', NR	Hassanine Sebei  Tunisia	1:20:57	Lebogang Shange  South Africa	1:21:41
High jump [3]	Mathieu Sawe  Kenya	2.21	Keagan Fourie  South Africa	2.18	Fernand Djoumessi  Cameroon	2.15
Pole vault	Hichem Khalil Cherabi  Algeria	5.30 m	Mohamed Romdhana  Tunisia	5.20 m	Jordan Yamoah  Ghana	5.00 m
Long jump	Ruswahl Samaai  South Africa	8.40w	Luvo Manyonga  South Africa	8.23w	Ruri Rammkolodi  Botswana	7.90w
Triple jump	Tosin Oke  Nigeria	17.13 (+1.0 m/s)	Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso	16.81 (+1.2 m/s)	Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	16.77 (+1.7 m/s)
Shot put	Jaco Engelbrecht  South Africa	20.00	Franck Elemba  Congo	19.89	Stephen Mozia  Nigeria	19.84
Discus throw	Russell Tucker  South Africa	61.44	Stephen Mozia  Nigeria	59.16	Dewaald van Heerden  South Africa	58.44
Hammer throw	Eslam Ahmed Taha Ibrahim  Egypt	68.92	Chris Harmse  South Africa	67.67	Tshepang Makhethe  South Africa	65.54
Javelin throw	Phil-Mar van Rensburg  South Africa	76.04	John Ampomah  Ghana	75.22	Alex Kiprotich  Kenya	74.08
Decathlon	Fredriech Pretorius  South Africa	7780	Atsu Nyamadi  Ghana	7501	Ali Kamé  Madagascar	6892

Women

Chronology: 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast	10.99 CR	Carina Horn  South Africa	11.07	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	11.15
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	22.81	Alyssa Conley  South Africa	22.84	Gina Bass  Gambia	22.92 NR
400 metres	Kabange Mupopo  Zambia	51.56	Margaret Wambui  Kenya	52,24	Patience Okon George  Nigeria	52.33
800 metres	Caster Semenya  South Africa	1:58.20	Malika Akkaoui  Morocco	2:00.24	Emily Cherotich  Kenya	2:00.70
1500 metres	Caster Semenya  South Africa	4:01.99 CR	Rabab Arafi  Morocco	4:03.95	Adanech Anbesa  Ethiopia	4:05.22
5000 metres	Sheila Chepkirui  Kenya	15:05.45 CR	Margaret Chelimo  Kenya	15:07.56	Dera Dida  Ethiopia	15:15.26
10,000 metres	Alice Aprot  Kenya	30:26.94 CR	Jackline Chepngeno  Kenya	31:27.7	Joyline Jepkosgei  Kenya	31:28.3
100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Claudia Heunis  South Africa	13.35	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	13.36	Maryke Brits  South Africa	13.47
400 metres hurdles	Wenda Nel  South Africa	54.86	Maureen Jelegat  Kenya	56.12	Tameka Jameson  Nigeria	57.17
3000 metres steeplechase	Norah Jeruto  Kenya	9:25.07 CR	Agnes Chesang  Kenya	9:27.22	Weyneshet Ansa  Ethiopia	9:39.89
4 × 100 metres relay	South Africa Tebogo Mamathu Alyssa Conley Tamzin Thomas Carina Horn	43.66	Ghana Flings Owusu-Agyapong Gemima Acheampong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah	44.05	Ivory Coast Adeline Gouenon Marie-Josée Ta Lou Nene Kanaté Murielle Ahouré	44.29
4 × 400 metres relay	South Africa Jeanelle Griesel Wenda Nel Justine Palframan Caster Semenya	3:28.49 CR NR	Nigeria Omolara Omotosho Regina George Yinka Ajayi Patience Okon George	3:29.94	Kenya Jacinta Shikanda Maureen Jelagat Maureen Thomas Margaret Wambui	3:30.21
20 kilometres walk	Grace Wanjiru  Kenya	1:30:43 CR, AR	Yehualeye Beleew  Ethiopia	1:31:58 NR	Chahinez Nasri  Tunisia	1:34:45
High jump	Lissa Labiche  Seychelles	1.85 m	Doreen Amata  Nigeria	1.82 m	Basant Hassan  Egypt	1.79 m
Pole vault	Syrine Balti  Tunisia	4.00 m	Dora Mahfoudi  Tunisia	3.80 m	Nisrine Dinar  Morocco	3.60 m
Long jump	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.57 m (w) (+ 2.8 m/s)	Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin  Cameroon	6.39 m (w) (+ 2.6 m/s)	Sarah Ngongoa  Cameroon	6.34 m (w) (+ 2.7 m/s)
Triple jump	Nadia Eke  Ghana	13.42 m w	Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin  Cameroon	13.37 m (+0.8 m/s)	Patience Ntshingila  South Africa	13.24 m (+0.8 m/s)
Shot put	Auriol Dongmo  Cameroon	17.64 m	Nwanneka Okwelogu  Nigeria	17.07 m	Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria	15.71 m
Discus throw	Nwanneka Okwelogu  Nigeria	56.75 m	Chinwe Okoro  Nigeria	55.67 m	Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria	53.91 m
Hammer throw	Amy Sène  Senegal	68.35 m CR	Lætitia Bambara  Burkina Faso	68.12 m	Sarah Bensaad  Tunisia	62.53 m
Javelin throw	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	64.08 m	Jo-ane Van Dyk  South Africa	56.22 m	Pascaline Adanhoegbe  Benin	54.88 m NR
Heptathlon	Uhunoma Osazuwa  Nigeria	6153 pts CR	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	5952 pts	Elizabeth Dadzie  Ghana	5730 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)*	16	9	8	33
2	Kenya (KEN)	8	8	8	24
3	Nigeria (NGR)	4	5	7	16
4	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3	1	2	6
5	Botswana (BOT)	3	1	1	5
6	Ghana (GHA)	1	3	2	6
	Tunisia (TUN)	1	3	2	6
8	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	2	3	6
9	Cameroon (CMR)	1	2	2	5
	Morocco (MAR)	1	2	2	5
11	Senegal (SEN)	1	1	0	2
12	Egypt (EGY)	1	0	1	2
	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	1	2
14	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	0	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	1	0	0	1
16	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	4	0	4
17	Gambia (GAM)	0	1	1	2
	Lesotho (LES)	0	1	1	2
19	Congo (CGO)	0	1	0	1
20	Benin (BEN)	0	0	1	1
	Liberia (LBR)	0	0	1	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		44	44	44	132

See also

• 2016 European Athletics Championships

References

• Entry standards
• Day 1 results
• Day 2 results
• Day 3 results
• Day 4 results
• Day 5 results

External links

• Official site
• Confederation of African Athletics championships page
• Results Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine