1996 African Championships
Host stadium in Yaoundé
Dates	13–16 June
Host city	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Venue	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
Events	40
Participation	307 athletes from 33 nations
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The 10th African Championships in Athletics were held in Yaoundé, Cameroon between 13 and 16 June 1996 at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Seun Ogunkoya  Nigeria	10.45	Benjamin Sirimou  Cameroon	10.54	Sunday Emmanuel  Nigeria	10.66
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Oumar Loum  Senegal	20.70	Joseph Loua  Guinea	20.80	Justice Dipeba  Botswana	20.90
400 metres	Ibrahima Wade  Senegal	45.75	Simon Kemboi  Kenya	46.00	Samson Kipchirchir Yego  Kenya	46.14
800 metres	Fred Onyancha  Kenya	1:46.69	Adem Hecini  Algeria	1:47.17	Kipkemboi Lagat  Kenya	1:47.35
1500 metres	Moses Kigen  Kenya	3:39.78	Sammy Rono  Kenya	3:40.47	Gilbert Mvuyekure  Burundi	3:47.95
5000 metres	Paul Koech  Kenya	13:35.13	Simon Chemoiywo  Kenya	13:35.13	Faustin Ngézahayo  Burundi	13:49.49
10,000 metres	Stephen Kiogora  Kenya	29:16.40	William Kipchumba  Kenya	29:22.30	Isidore Nzigiyimana  Burundi	30:14.40
3000 metre steeplechase	Kipkemboi Cheruiyot  Kenya	8:38.72	Faustin Ngézahayo  Burundi	8:39.38	Thomas Toyi  Burkina Faso	8:48.99
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.2 m/s)	William Erese  Nigeria	13.7	Moses Oyiki Orode  Nigeria	13.8	Judex Lefou  Mauritius	13.9
400 metres hurdles	Ibou Faye  Senegal	49.60	Ferrins Pieterse  South Africa	49.95	El Hafni Abdel Maksoud Ibrahim  Egypt	50.74
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria	39.7	Senegal	39.9	Cameroon Aimé-Issa Nthépé Benjamin Sirimou Alfred Moussambani Claude Toukéné-Guébogo	40.0
4 × 400 metres relay	Senegal Moustapha Diarra Abubakry Dia Hachim Ndiaye Ibou Faye	3:03.44	Kenya	3:03.53	Mauritius Gilbert Hashan Desiré Pierre-Louis Rudy Tirvengadum Eric Milazar	3:07.20
20 kilometre road walk	Hatem Ghoula  Tunisia	1:29:48	David Kimutai  Kenya	1:30:05	Mohieddine Béni Daoud  Tunisia	1:31:10
High jump	Khemraj Naiko  Mauritius	2.16	Anthony Idiata  Nigeria	2.16	Olivier Sanou  Burkina Faso	2.13
Pole vault	Anis Riahi  Tunisia	4.60	Hassan Farouk Sayed  Egypt	4.20
Long jump	Anis Gallali  Tunisia	7.81	Cheikh Touré  Senegal	7.79	Pa Modou Gai  Gambia	7.64
Triple jump	Paul Nioze  Seychelles	16.52	Oluyemi Sule  Nigeria	16.17	Roger Martial Ngouloubi  Congo	15.16
Shot put	Henk Booysen  South Africa	17.34	Athanase Oloko  Cameroon	14.98	Serge Doh  Ivory Coast	14.84
Discus throw	Serge Doh  Ivory Coast	51.92	Christian Messi Alaga  Cameroon	48.58	Athanase Oloko  Cameroon	46.72
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi  Algeria	69.32	Samir Haouam  Algeria	65.32	Yacine Louail  Algeria	52.34
Javelin throw	Pius Bazighe  Nigeria	74.78	Louis Fouché  South Africa	74.54	Maher Ridane  Tunisia	72.60
Decathlon	Anis Riahi  Tunisia	7257	Hassan Farouk Sayed  Egypt	6788	Sid Ali Sabour  Algeria	5071

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Georgette Nkoma  Cameroon	11.67	Marliese Steyn  South Africa	11.69	Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon	11.92
200 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Georgette Nkoma  Cameroon	23.1	Marliese Steyn  South Africa	23.3	Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon	23.5
400 metres	Saidat Onanuga  Nigeria	52.85	Grace Birungi  Uganda	53.40	Alimata Koné  Ivory Coast	54.31
800 metres	Naomi Mugo  Kenya	2:02.80	Léontine Tsiba  Congo	2:09.10	Adama Njie  Gambia	2:10.10
1500 metres	Naomi Mugo  Kenya	4:12.30	Stéphanie Nicole Zanga  Cameroon	4:34.20	Léontine Tsiba  Congo	4:35.60
5000 metres	Florence Djépé  Cameroon	17:59.32	Marie Python  Cameroon	18:14.40	Cathreen Ngwang  Cameroon	19:27.39
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Glory Alozie  Nigeria	13.62	Lana Uys  South Africa	13.78	Mame Tacko Diouf  Senegal	14.21
400 metres hurdles	Saidat Onanuga  Nigeria	56.64	Lana Uys  South Africa	57.05	Kleintjie Mogotsi  South Africa	60.19
4 × 100 metres relay	Cameroon	44.7	Ivory Coast	45.5	Senegal	46.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Saidat Onanuga Calister Uba Caroline Avbovbede Folashade Ogundemi	3:39.2	Cameroon Myriam Leonie Mani Mireille Nguimgo Madeleine Ndongo Mbazoa Claudine Komgang	3:40.5	Gabon Genevieve Obone Fine Azogoua Patricia Obone Diane Zancy	3:54.8
5000 metre track walk	Dounia Kara  Algeria	23:15.80	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali  Egypt	24:05.40	Monica Akoth  Kenya	24:05.70
High jump	Irène Tiendrébéogo  Burkina Faso	1.84	Lolita Nack  Cameroon	1.80	Jeanine Blé  Ivory Coast	1.75
Long jump	Grace Umelo  Nigeria	6.13	Béryl Laramé  Seychelles	5.98	Kéné Ndoye  Senegal	5.85
Triple jump	Kéné Ndoye  Senegal	12.99	Abiola Williams  Nigeria	12.68	Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon	12.51
Shot put	Hanan Ahmed Khaled  Egypt	14.47	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi  Egypt	14.24	Oumou Traoré  Mali	12.84
Discus throw	Monia Kari  Tunisia	53.00	Caroline Fournier  Mauritius	48.80	Felicia Nkiru Ojiego  Nigeria	45.58
Javelin throw	Fatma Zouhour Toumi  Tunisia	51.88	Lindy Leveaux  Seychelles	42.24	Monique Djikada  Cameroon	40.78
Heptathlon	Caroline Kola  Kenya	5270	Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng  Cameroon	4372	Adélaïde Koudougnon  Ivory Coast	3453

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	9	4	2	15
2	Kenya (KEN)	8	6	3	17
3	Tunisia (TUN)	6	0	2	8
4	Senegal (SEN)	5	2	3	10
5	Cameroon (CMR)	4	8	7	19
6	Algeria (ALG)	2	2	2	6
7	South Africa (SAF)	1	6	1	8
8	Egypt (EGY)	1	4	1	6
9	Seychelles (SEY)	1	2	0	3
10	Ivory Coast (CIV)	1	1	4	6
11	Mauritius (MRI)	1	1	2	4
12	Burkina Faso (BUR)	1	0	2	3
13	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	3	4
14	Congo (CGO)	0	1	2	3
15	Guinea (GUI)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
17	Gambia (GAM)	0	0	2	2
18	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Gabon (GAB)	0	0	1	1
	Mali (MLI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		40	40	39	119