2012 African Championships
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Dates	27 June – 1 July
Host city	Porto Novo, Benin
Venue	Stade Charles de Gaulle
Events	44
Participation	569 athletes from 47 nations
Records set	Championship records
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The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Simon Magakwe  South Africa	10.29	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  Egypt	10.34	Wilfried Koffi Hua  Ivory Coast	10.37
200 metres details	Ben Youssef Meité  Ivory Coast	20.62	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  Egypt	20.76	Noah Akwu  Nigeria	20.83
400 metres details	Isaac Makwala  Botswana	45.25	Oscar Pistorius  South Africa	45.52	Willem de Beer  South Africa	45.67
800 metres details	Taoufik Makhloufi  Algeria	1:43.88	Anthony Chemut  Kenya	1:44.53	André Oliver  South Africa	1:45.09
1500 metres details	Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku  Kenya	3:35.71 CR	Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti	3:36.34	James Magut  Kenya	3:36.35
5000 metres details	Mark Kiptoo  Kenya	13:22.38	Jonathan Maiyo  Kenya	13:22.89	Timothy Kosgei Kiptoo  Kenya	13:24.67
10,000 metres details	Kenneth Kipkemoi  Kenya	27:19.74 CR	Mark Kiptoo  Kenya	27:20.77	Lewis Mosoti  Kenya	27:22.54
110 m hurdles details	Lehann Fourie  South Africa	13.60	Selim Nurudeen  Nigeria	13.68	Lyès Mokdel  Algeria	13.73
400 m hurdles details	Amaechi Morton  Nigeria	49.32	Mamadou Kassé Hann  Senegal	49.39	Boniface Mucheru  Kenya	49.45
3000 m steeplechase details	Abel Mutai  Kenya	8:16.05	Wilson Kipkemboi Maraba  Kenya	8:16.96	Benjamin Kiplagat  Uganda	8:18.73
4 × 100 m relay details	South Africa Hannes Dreyer Simon Magakwe Roscoe Engel Thuso Mpuang	39.26	Nigeria Peter Emelieze Obinna Metu Adetoyi Durotoye Ogho-Oghene Egwero	39.34	Ghana Emmanuel Kubi Timothy Abeyie Ashhad Agyapong Allah Laryea-Akrong	39.40
4 × 400 m relay details	Nigeria Saul Weigopwa Amaechi Morton Abiola Onakoya Isah Salihu	3:02.39	South Africa PC Beneke Ofentse Mogawane Oscar Pistorius Willem de Beer	3:04.01	Kenya Vincent Kiplangat Koskei Vincent Mumo Kiilu Boniface Mucheru Mark Mutai	3:04.12
20 km walk details	Hédi Teraoui  Tunisia		David Kimutai Rotich  Kenya		Mohamed Ameur  Algeria
High jump details	Kabelo Kgosiemang  Botswana	2.25	Mohamed Younes  Sudan	2.15	Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe  Kenya	2.15
Pole vault details	Mouhcine Cheaouri  Morocco	5.10	Samir El Mafhoum  Morocco	5.00	Ruan Van Wyk  South Africa	4.90
Long jump details	Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal	8.04	Zarck Visser  South Africa	7.98	Ignisious Gaisah  Ghana	7.73
Triple jump details	Tosin Oke  Nigeria	16.98	Issam Nima  Algeria	16.69	Hugo Mamba-Schlick  Cameroon	16.34
Shot put details	Burger Lambrechts  South Africa	19.51	Orazio Cremona  South Africa	19.19	Yasser Ibrahim Farag  Egypt	18.78
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan  South Africa	61.80	Yasser Ibrahim Farag  Egypt	59.61	Russel Tucker  South Africa	57.99
Hammer throw details	Chris Harmse  South Africa	77.22	Mohsen Mohamed Anani  Egypt	74.31	Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt	73.81
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego  Kenya	76.68	John Ampomah  Ghana	70.65 NR	Kenechukwu Ezeofor  Nigeria	69.58
Decathlon details	Ali Kamé  Madagascar	7511	Mourad Souissi  Algeria	7276	Guillaume Thierry  Mauritius	7212

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Ruddy Zang Milama  Gabon	11.16	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	11.18	Gloria Asumnu  Nigeria	11.28
200 metres details	Gloria Asumnu  Nigeria	22.93	Lawretta Ozoh  Nigeria	22.93	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	23.44
400 metres details	Amantle Montsho  Botswana	49.54 NR, CR	Regina George  Nigeria	51.11	Amy Mbacké Thiam  Senegal	51.68
800 metres details	Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi	1:59.11 NR	Eunice Sum  Kenya	1:59.13	Malika Akkaoui  Morocco	1:59.90
1500 metres details	Rabab Arafi  Morocco	4:05.80 CR	Mary Kuria  Kenya	4:06.22	Margaret Wangari  Kenya	4:06.50
5000 metres details	Gladys Cherono  Kenya	15:40.04 CR	Veronica Nyaruai  Kenya	15:40.65	Gotytom Gebreslase  Ethiopia	15:53.34
10,000 metres details	Gladys Cherono  Kenya	32:41.40	Priscah Jepleting  Kenya	32:45.73	Betsy Saina  Kenya	32:48.36
100 m hurdles details	Gnima Faye  Senegal	13.36	Amina Ferguen  Algeria	13.56	Uhunoma Osazuwa  Nigeria	13.61
400 m hurdles details	Muizat Ajoke Odumosu  Nigeria	54.99	Hayat Lambarki  Morocco	55.41	Raasin McIntosh  Liberia	55.99
3000 m steeplechase details	Mercy Wanjiku  Kenya	9:43.26	Birtukan Adamu  Ethiopia	9:45.41	Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi  Kenya	9:45.95
4 × 100 m relay details	Nigeria Christy Udoh Gloria Asumnu Oludamola Osayomi Lawretta Ozoh	43.21 CR	Ghana Rosina Amenebede Flings Owusu-Agyapong Beatrice Gyaman Janet Amponsah	44.35	Ivory Coast Marie-Josée Ta Lou Amandine Allou Affoue Mireille Parfaite Gaha Adeline Gouenon	45.29
4 × 400 m relay details	Nigeria Endurance Abinuwa Omolara Omotosho Margaret Etim Bukola Abogunloko	3:28.77 CR	Botswana Goitseone Seleka Lydia Mashila Oarabile Babolayi Amantle Montsho	3:31.27 NR	Senegal Mame Fatou Faye Amy Mbacké Thiam Fatou Diabaye Ndeye Fatou Soumah	3:31.64
20 km walk details	Grace Wanjiru Njue  Kenya	1:40:53	Olfa Lafi  Tunisia	1:46:17	Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe  Ethiopia	1:49:45
High jump details	Lissa Labiche  Seychelles	1.86 NR	Anika Smit  South Africa	1.86	Rhizlane Siba  Morocco	1.75
Pole vault details	Syrine Balti  Tunisia	3.70	Juanita Stander  South Africa	3.50	Dorra Mahfoudhi  Tunisia Jeannie Van Dyk  South Africa	3.40
Long jump details	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	6.96 CR	Janice Josephs  South Africa	6.29	Lynique Prinsloo  South Africa	6.22
Triple jump details	Sarah Nambawa  Uganda	13.90	Charlene Potgieter  South Africa	13.90	Jamaa Chnaik  Morocco	13.75 NR
Shot put details	Chinwe Okoro  Nigeria	16.21	Omotayo Talabi  Nigeria	15.63	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang  Cameroon	15.41 NR
Discus throw details	Chinwe Okoro  Nigeria	56.60	Elizna Naude  South Africa	55.88	Kazai Suzanne Kragbe  Ivory Coast	54.56
Hammer throw details	Amy Sène  Senegal	65.55	Lætitia Bambara  Burkina Faso	65.08	Sarah Bensaad  Tunisia	60.75
Javelin throw details	Margaret Simpson  Ghana	54.62	Justine Robbeson  South Africa	52.81	Gerlize de Klerk  South Africa	49.85
Heptathlon details	Yasmina Omrani  Algeria	5924	Gabriella Kouassi  Ivory Coast	5481	Bianca Erwee  South Africa	5338

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria	10	6	4	20
2	Kenya	9	9	9	27
3	South Africa	6	10	8	24
4	Senegal	3	1	2	6
5	Botswana	3	1	0	4
6	Algeria	2	3	2	7
7	Morocco	2	2	3	7
8	Tunisia	2	1	2	5
9	Ghana	1	2	2	5
10	Ivory Coast	1	1	4	6
11	Uganda	1	0	1	2
12	Burundi	1	0	0	1
	Gabon	1	0	0	1
	Madagascar	1	0	0	1
	Seychelles	1	0	0	1
16	Egypt	0	4	2	6
17	Ethiopia	0	1	2	3
18	Burkina Faso	0	1	0	1
	Djibouti	0	1	0	1
	Sudan	0	1	0	1
21	Cameroon	0	0	2	2
22	Liberia	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		44	44	45	133

Participating nations

A total of fifty countries and 816 athletes have stated their intention to take part in the competition – a record high.^[1] There were, however, numerous non-starters with some countries like Tanzania or Eritrea not sending any athletes after all and the actual number of participants was about 569 from 47 countries, numbers comparable to last few editions.