2022 African Championships
Dates	8–12 June
Host city	Saint Pierre, Mauritius
Venue	Cote d'Or National Sports Complex
Events	45
Records set	1 CR
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The 22nd African Championships in Athletics was held in Saint Pierre, Mauritius from 8 to 12 June 2022, at the Cote d'Or National Sports Complex.^[1] The event was originally scheduled to be held in 2020 in Oran, Algeria, but had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya	9.93	Akani Simbine  South Africa	9.93	Henricho Bruintjies  South Africa	10.01
200 metres details	Letsile Tebogo  Botswana	20.26	Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon	20.61	Clarence Munyai  South Africa	20.69
400 metres details	Muzala Samukonga  Zambia	45.31	Bayapo Ndori  Botswana	45.35	Mohamed Farès Jelassi [fr]  Tunisia	45.54
800 metres details	Slimane Moula  Algeria	1:45.59	Nicholas Kiplangat Kebenei [de]  Kenya	1:46.43	Tshepiso Masalela  Botswana	1:46.65
1500 metres details	Abel Kipsang  Kenya	3:36.57	Ryan Mphahlele  South Africa	3:36.74	Adihana Kasaye [de]  Ethiopia	3:38.27
5000 metres details	Hailemariyam Amare  Ethiopia	13:36.79	Daniel Ebenyo  Kenya	13:38.79	Hicham Akankam  Morocco	13:40.39
10,000 metres details	Mogos Tuemay  Ethiopia	29:19.01	Chimdessa Debele  Ethiopia	29:22.74	Abraham Longosiwa [de]  Kenya	29:23.02
110 metres hurdles details	Amine Bouanani  Algeria	13.26	Jeremie Lararaudeuse  Mauritius	13.55	Antonio Alkana  South Africa	13.59
400 metres hurdles details	Sokwakhana Zazini  South Africa	49.42	Abdelmalik Lahoulou  Algeria	50.10	Wiseman Mukhobe  Kenya	50.48
3000 metres steeplechase details	Hailemariyam Amare  Ethiopia	8:27.38	Tadese Takele  Ethiopia	8:28.31	Geoffrey Kirwa [de]  Kenya	8:29.74
4 × 100 metres relay details	Kenya Dan Asamba [de] Mike Nyang'au Samwel Imeta [de] Ferdinand Omanyala	39.28 NR	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Antonio Alkana Cheswill Johnson Benjamin Richardson Rivaldo Roberts Akani Simbine	39.79	Zimbabwe Ngoni Makusha Dickson Kamungeremu [de] Tapiwa Makarawu [de] Denzel Simusialela [de]	39.81
4 × 400 metres relay details	Botswana Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Leungo Scotch Anthony Pesela Bayapo Ndori Maitseo Keitumetse	3:04.27	Zambia Muzala Samukonga Kennedy Luchembe [de] Patrick Kakozi Nyambe [de] David Mulenga [de]	3:05.53	Nigeria Johnson Nnamani Chidi Okezie Sikiru Adeyemi Emmanuel Ojeli Ayo Adeola	3:07.05
20 kilometres walk details	Samuel Gathimba  Kenya	1:22:01	Wayne Snyman  South Africa	1:22:05	Yohanis Algaw  Ethiopia	1:22:21
High jump details	Hichem Bouhanoun [fr]  Algeria	2.15 m	Mike Edward  Nigeria	2.15 m	Mpho Links  South Africa	2.15 m
Pole vault details	Medhi-Amar Rouana [fr]  Algeria	5.30 m	Hichem Khalil Cherabi  Algeria	5.20 m	Valko van Wyk [es]  South Africa	4.90 m
Long jump details	Thalosang Tshireletso [fr]  Botswana	7.82 m	Cheswill Johnson  South Africa	7.78 m	Amath Faye [fr]  Senegal	7.70 m
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso	17.34 m	Thalosang Tshireletso [fr]  Botswana	16.77 m	Yasser Triki  Algeria	16.58 m
Shot put details	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria	21.20 m CR	Kyle Blignaut  South Africa	20.60 m	Mohamed Magdy  Egypt	20.33 m
Discus throw details	Werner Visser  South Africa	61.80 m	Victor Hogan  South Africa	58.95 m	Ryan Williams [de]  Namibia	56.70 m
Hammer throw details	Allan Cumming  South Africa	69.13 m	Tshepang Makhethe  South Africa	68.75 m	Alaaeldin Elashry  Egypt	68.24 m
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego  Kenya	79.62 m	Ihab Abdelrahman  Egypt	77.12 m	Phillippus Janse van Rensburg  South Africa	74.10 m
Decathlon details	Larbi Bourrada  Algeria	7776 pts	Fredriech Pretorius  South Africa	7504 pts	Jesse Perez [de]  South Africa	7396 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Gina Bass  Gambia	11.06	Aminatou Seyni  Niger	11.08	Carina Horn  South Africa	11.09
200 metres details	Aminatou Seyni  Niger	23.04	Maximilla Imali  Kenya	23.43	Rhoda Njobvu  Zambia	23.51
400 metres details	Miranda Coetzee [de]  South Africa	51.82	Niddy Mingilishi [de]  Zambia	52.36	Veronica Mutua  Kenya	52.76
800 metres details	Jarinter Mwasya  Kenya	2:02.80	Netsanet Desta  Ethiopia	2:02.99	Prudence Sekgodiso  South Africa	2:03.46
1500 metres details	Winny Chebet  Kenya	4:16.10	Purity Chepkirui  Kenya	4:16.28	Ayal Dagnachew  Ethiopia	4:16.45
5000 metres details	Beatrice Chebet  Kenya	15:00.82	Fantaye Belayneh  Ethiopia	15:01.89	Caroline Nyaga  Kenya	15:05.34
10,000 metres details	Caroline Nyaga  Kenya	32:12.61	Rachael Zena Chebet  Uganda	32:17.66	Meseret Gebre [de]  Ethiopia	32:25.97
100 metres hurdles details	Tobi Amusan  Nigeria	12.57	Ebony Morrison  Liberia	12.77	Marione Fourie  South Africa	12.93
400 metres hurdles details	Zenéy van der Walt  South Africa	56.00	Taylon Bieldt  South Africa	56.67	Noura Ennadi  Morocco	58.06
3000 metres steeplechase details	Werkuha Getachew  Ethiopia	9:36.81	Zerfe Wondemagegn  Ethiopia	9:41.37	Caren Chebet [de]  Kenya	9:43.64
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Praise Idamadudu Tima Godbless [de] Praise Ofoku [de] Tobi Amusan Joy Abu Balikis Yakubu	44.45	South Africa Marzaan Loots [de] Banele Shabangu [de] Charlize Eilerd [de] Phindile Kubheka [de] Tamzin Thomas	44.87	Gambia Fatou Sowe [de] Maimouna Jallow [de] Nyimasata Jawneh [de] Gina Bass	44.97
4 × 400 metres relay details	South Africa Miranda Coetzee [de] Taylon Bieldt Precious Molepo [de] Zenéy van der Walt	3:29.34	Kenya Jacinta Shikanda Hellen Syombua Joan Cherono [de] Veronica Mutua	3:35.55	Nigeria Deborah Oke [de] Queen Usunobun [de] Ella Onojuvwevwo [de; es] Patience Okon George	3:36.24
20 kilometres walk details	Emily Ngii  Kenya	1:34:30	Yehualeye Beletew  Ethiopia	1:35:48	Silvia Kemboi  Kenya	1:39:40
High jump details	Rose Yeboah  Ghana	1.79 m	Temitope Adeshina [de]  Nigeria	1.79 m	Yvonne Robson [de]  South Africa	1.79 m
Pole vault details	Mirè Reinstorf  South Africa	3.80 m	Dorra Mahfoudhi  Tunisia	3.70 m	Nicole Janse van Rensburg [de]  South Africa	3.70 m
Long jump details	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	6.42 m	Yousra Lajdoud [de]  Morocco	6.37 m	Esraa Owis [de]  Egypt	6.29 m
Triple jump details	Sangoné Kandji [de]  Senegal	13.76 m	Saly Sarr [de]  Senegal	13.42 m	Véronique Kossenda Rey [de]  Cameroon	13.35 m
Shot put details	Ischke Senekal  South Africa	16.40 m	Carine Mékam [de]  Gabon	15.87 m	Zonica Lindeque [de]  South Africa	15.79 m
Discus throw details	Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria	58.19 m	Nora Monie Atim [de]  Cameroon	54.44 m	Obiageri Amaechi  Nigeria	54.15 m
Hammer throw details	Oyesade Olatoye  Nigeria	63.67 m	Zouina Bouzebra  Algeria	63.48 m	Rawan Barakat [de]  Egypt	62.67 m
Javelin throw details	Jo-Ane van Dyk  South Africa	60.65 m	Mckyla van der Westhuizen [de]  South Africa	55.55 m	Jana van Schalkwyk [de]  South Africa	54.49 m
Heptathlon details	Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin	5756 pts	Shannon Verster [de]  South Africa	5329 pts	Nada Chroudi [de]  Tunisia	5117 pts

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay details	Botswana Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Motlatsi Ranthe [de] Keitumetse Maitseo [de] Christine Botlogetswe	3:21.85	Nigeria Emmanuel Ojeli Ella Onojuvwevwo [de; es] Ayo Adeola [de] Patience Okon George	3:22.38	Kenya Collins Omae Gichana [de] William Rayian Veronica Mutua Jarinter Mwasya	3:22.75

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	10	5	8	23
2	South Africa (RSA)	9	13	14	36
3	Nigeria (NGR)	5	3	3	11
4	Algeria (ALG)	5	3	1	9
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	4	6	4	14
6	Botswana (BOT)	4	2	1	7
7	Burkina Faso (BFA)	2	0	0	2
8	Zambia (ZAM)	1	2	1	4
9	Senegal (SEN)	1	1	1	3
10	Niger (NIG)	1	1	0	2
11	Gambia (GAM)	1	0	1	2
12	Benin (BEN)	1	0	0	1
	Ghana (GHA)	1	0	0	1
14	Cameroon (CMR)	0	2	1	3
15	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	4	5
16	Morocco (MAR)	0	1	2	3
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	1	2	3
18	Gabon (GAB)	0	1	0	1
	Liberia (LBR)	0	1	0	1
	Mauritius (MRI)*	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
22	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		45	45	45	135