2010 African Championships
Dates	28 July – 1 August
Host city	Nairobi, Kenya
Venue	Nyayo Stadium
Events	44
Participation	587 athletes from 46 nations
Records set	6 Championship records
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The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi, Kenya from 28 July to 1 August 2010.

Background

The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time. Previously two major athletics events have been held in Kenya, namely 1987 All-Africa Games and 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

Preparations

The host stadium in Nairobi

The championships were awarded to Kenya at the April 2007 Confederation of African Athletics Congress in Dakar, Senegal.^[1]

The event was originally scheduled to be held from April 28 to May 2, 2010, but due to delayed preparations the event was moved forward.^[2] The Moi International Sports Centre was initially set to become the host venue,^[3] but it was later changed to the smaller Nyayo Stadium.^[4]

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m details	Ben-Youssef Méité  Ivory Coast	10.08 PB	Abdul Aziz Zakari  Ghana	10.12 SB	Simon Magakwe  South Africa	10.14 SB
200 m details	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  Egypt	20.36 NR	Ben-Youssef Méité  Ivory Coast	20.39 SB	Simon Magakwe  South Africa	20.56
400 m details	Mohamed Khouaja  Libya	44.98 NR	Rabah Yousif  Sudan	45.18	Gary Kikaya  Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.28
800 m details	David Rudisha  Kenya	1:42.84 CR	Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya	1:44.85 SB	Jackson Kivuva  Kenya	1:45.47 SB
1500 m details	Asbel Kiprop  Kenya	3:36.19 CR	Amine Laâlou  Morocco	3:36.38	Mekonnen Gebremedhin  Ethiopia	3:36.65
5000 m details	Edwin Soi  Kenya	13:30.46 SB	Vincent Yator  Kenya	13:30.53 SB	Mark Kiptoo  Kenya	13:32.45 SB
10,000 m details	Wilson Kiprop  Kenya	27:32.91	Moses Kipsiro  Uganda	27:33.37	Geoffrey Mutai  Kenya	27:33.83
110 m hurdles details	Othmane Hadj Lazib  Algeria	13.77	Selim Nurudeen  Nigeria	13.83	Ruan de Vries  South Africa	13.98
400 m hurdles details	L. J. van Zyl  South Africa	48.51 SB	Cornel Fredericks  South Africa	48.79 SB	Mamadou Kasse Hann  Senegal	49.10 SB
3000 m steeplechase details	Richard Mateelong  Kenya	8:23.54	Ezekiel Kemboi  Kenya	8:26.13	Roba Gary Chubeta  Ethiopia	8:27.15
20 km walk details	Hassanine Sebei  Tunisia	1:20:36 CR	David Kimutai Rotich  Kenya	1:21:07 SB	Hichem Medjeber  Algeria	1:22:53 PB
4 x 100 m relay details	Hannes Dreyer Simon Magakwe Lehann Fourie Thuso Mpuang  South Africa	39.12	Fred Agbaje Benjamin Adukwu Ogho-Oghene Egwero Obinna Metu  Nigeria	39.22	Emmanuel Kubi Nana Kofi Sanah Godwin Hukporti Aziz Zakari  Ghana	39.31
4 x 400 m relay details	Geoffrey Ngeno Vincent Koskei Julius Kirwa Mark Mutai  Kenya	3:02.96	Isaac Makwala Thapelo Ketlogetswe Pako Seribe Obakeng Ngwigwa  Botswana	3:05.16	Saul Weigopwa James Godday Tobi Ogunmola Isah Salihu  Nigeria	3:06.53
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 details	Kabelo Kgosiemang  Botswana	2.19	Bong Matogno  Cameroon	2.15 SB	Fernand Djoumessi  Cameroon Mohamed Idris  Sudan	2.15
Pole vault details	Hamdi Dhouibi  Tunisia	4.70	Larbi Bouraada  Algeria	4.60	Mourad Souissi  Algeria	4.40
Long jump details	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	8.23 SB	Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal	8.10	Stanley Gbagbeke  Nigeria	8.06
Triple jump details	Tosin Oke  Nigeria	17.22	Hugo Mamba-Schlick  Cameroon	16.78 SB	Tumelo Thagane  South Africa	16.64
Shot put details	Burger Lambrechts  South Africa	18.63	Roelof Potgieter  South Africa	18.62	Orazio Cremona  South Africa	18.27
Discus throw details	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly  Egypt	59.30	Yasser Ibrahim Farag  Egypt	58.71	Victor Hogan  South Africa	58.11
Hammer throw details	Mohsen Mohamed Anani  Egypt	74.72	Chris Harmse  South Africa	72.56	Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt	71.40
Javelin throw details	Ihab Al Sayed Abdelrahman  Egypt	78.02 SB	Gerhardus Pienaar  South Africa	75.96	Julius Yego  Kenya	74.51 SB
Decathlon details	Larbi Bouraada  Algeria	8148 CR	Mourad Souissi  Algeria	7818 PB	Guillaume Thierry  Mauritius	7100
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 details	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	11.03 CR	Ruddy Zang Milama  Gabon	11.15 NR	Oludamola Osayomi  Nigeria	11.22 SB
200 m details	Oludamola Osayomi  Nigeria	23.36 SB	Estie Wittstock  South Africa	23.50 SB	Ruddy Zang Milama  Gabon	23.59 PB
400 m details	Amantle Montsho  Botswana	50.03 SB	Amy Mbacke Thiam  Senegal	51.32 SB	Shade Abugan  Nigeria	51.63
800 m details	Zahra Bouras  Algeria	2:00.22	Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	2:00.50	Malika Akkaoui  Morocco	2:01.01 PB
1500 m details	Nancy Jebet Lagat  Kenya	4:10.43	Gelete Burka Bati  Ethiopia	4:11.12	Btissam Lakhouad  Morocco	4:11.81
5000 m details	Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya	16:18.72	Meseret Defar  Ethiopia	16:20.54	Sentayehu Ejigu  Ethiopia	16:22.32
10,000 m details	Tirunesh Dibaba  Ethiopia	31:51.39	Meselech Melkamu  Ethiopia	31:55.50	Linet Masai  Kenya	31:59.36 SB
100 m hurdles details	Seun Adigun  Nigeria	13.14 SB	Gnima Faye  Senegal	13.67	Amina Ferguen  Algeria	13.87
400 m hurdles details	Hayat Lambarki  Morocco	55.96 PB	Ajoke Odumosu  Nigeria	55.97	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo  Kenya	56.74 SB
3000 m steeplechase details	Milcah Chemos Cheywa  Kenya	9:32.18 CR	Sofia Assefa  Ethiopia	9:32.58	Lydiah Rotich  Kenya	9:37.32 SB
20 km walk details	Grace Wanjiru Njue  Kenya	1:34:19 AR	Chaima Trabelsi  Tunisia	1:35:33	Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe  Ethiopia	1:41:46 SB
4 x 100 m relay details	Lawretta Ozoh Agnes Osazuwa Damola Osayomi Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	43.45 CR	Fanny Appes Ekanga Charlotte Mebenga Amombo Carole Made Kaboud Mebam Delphine Atangana  Cameroon	44.90	Rosina Amenebede Elizabeth Amolofo Beatrice Gyaman Flings Owusu-Agyapong  Ghana	45.40
4 x 400 m relay details	Shade Abugan Margaret Etim Bukola Abogunloko Ajoke Odumosu  Nigeria	3:29.26	Grace Miroyo Kidake Catherine Nandi Maureen Jelagat Maiyo Janeth Jepkosgei  Kenya	3:35.12	Ndeye Fatou Soumah Fatou Diabaye Marietou Badji Amy Mbacke Thiam  Senegal	3:35.55
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 details	Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho	1.75	Lissa Labiche  Seychelles	1.70	Cherotich Koech  Kenya	1.55
Pole vault details	Nisrine Dinar  Morocco	3.70	Laetitia Berthier  Burundi	3.50	Sinali Alima Outtara  Ivory Coast	3.40
Long jump details	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	6.62	Comfort Onyali  Nigeria	6.42	Jamaa Chnaik  Morocco	6.30
Triple jump details	Sarah Nambawa  Uganda	13.95 NR	Nkurika Domeke  Nigeria	13.71 SB	Otonye Iworima  Nigeria	13.65 SB
Shot put details	Mirian Ibekwe  Nigeria	13.67	Priscilla Isiao  Kenya	13.62 SB	Doris Ratsimbazafy  Madagascar	13.56
Discus throw details	Elizna Naude  South Africa	56.74	Kazai Suzanne Kragbe  Ivory Coast	55.53	Sarah Hasseib Dardiri  Egypt	46.51
Hammer throw details	Amy Sène  Senegal	64.11 NR	Marwa Hussein  Egypt	62.36 SB	Florence Ezeh  Togo	57.94 NR
Javelin throw details	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	63.33	Justine Robbeson  South Africa	60.24	Hana'a Hassan Omar  Egypt	55.14
Heptathlon details	Margaret Simpson  Ghana	6031 CR	Janet Wienand  South Africa	5500	Selloane Tsoaeli  Lesotho	5302
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)

Medal table

Reigning Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop broke the 1500 m record to win gold for Kenya.

  *   Host nation (Kenya)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)*	10	7	8	25
2	Nigeria (NGR)	8	5	5	18
3	South Africa (SAF)	6	7	6	19
4	Egypt (EGY)	4	2	3	9
5	Algeria (ALG)	3	2	3	8
6	Morocco (MAR)	2	1	3	6
7	Botswana (BOT)	2	1	0	3
	Tunisia (TUN)	2	1	0	3
9	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	4	4	9
10	Senegal (SEN)	1	3	2	6
11	Ivory Coast (CIV)	1	2	1	4
12	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	2	4
13	Uganda (UGA)	1	1	0	2
14	Lesotho (LES)	1	0	1	2
15	Libya (LBA)	1	0	0	1
16	Cameroon (CMR)	0	3	1	4
17	Gabon (GAB)	0	1	1	2
	Sudan (SUD)	0	1	1	2
19	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	0	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	1	0	1
21	DR Congo (COD)	0	0	1	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius (MRI)	0	0	1	1
	Togo (TOG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 nations)		44	44	45	133

Participating nations