Athletics at the 8th Jeux de la Francophonie
Host stadium in Abidjan.
Dates	23–27 July 2017
Host city	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Venue	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Events	42
Participation	347 athletes from 35 nations
Records set	1 GR
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The athletics competition at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie took place in Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan from 23 to 27 July 2017.^[1]

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Dylan Sicobo  Seychelles	10.33 NR	Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast	10.34	Bismark Boateng  Canada	10.41
200 m	Wilfried Koffi Hua  Ivory Coast	20.73	Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast	20.93	Bastien Mouthon  Switzerland	21.20
400 m	Benjamin Ayesu-Attah  Canada	46.43	Bienvenue Sawadogo  Burkina Faso	46.89	Ibrahima Mbengue  Senegal	47.10
800 m	Oussama Nabil  Morocco	1:46.14	Mostafa Smaili  Morocco	1:46.73	Riadh Chninni  Tunisia	1:47.39
1500 m	Fouad Elkaam  Morocco	3:46.42	Brahim Kaazouzi  Morocco	3:47.13	Hicham Ouladha  Morocco	3:48.14
5000 m	Younès Essalhi  Morocco	14:11.60	Soufiyan Bouqantar  Morocco	14:11.62	Youssouf Hiss Bachir  Djibouti	14:11.98
10,000 m	Soufiyan Bouqantar  Morocco	29:39.07	Jamal Hitrane  Morocco	29:40.25	Mohamed Reda El Aaraby  Morocco	29:42.12
110 m hurdles	Loïc Herkenrath  France	13.74	Sekou Kaba  Canada	13.81	Nicolas Borome  France	13.94
400 m hurdles	Jordin Andrade  Cape Verde	49.66	Amadou Ndiaye  Senegal	50.17	Thomas Delmestre  France	50.66
3000 m steeplechase	Mohamed Tindouft  Morocco	8:44.69	Hicham Sigueni  Morocco	8:45.27	Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui  Tunisia	8:53.76
4 × 100 m relay	Ivory Coast Francis Koné Gogbeu Arthur Cissé Émilien Tchan Bi Chan Wilfried Koffi Hua	39.39	Canada Lucanus Robinson Likembe Francis Molango Bismark Boateng Benjamin Williams	40.16	Seychelles Sharry Dodin Dylan Sicobo Ned Azemia Leeroy Henriette	40.31 NR
4 × 400 m relay	Switzerland Bastien Mouthon Joël Burgunder Silvan Lutz Daniele Angelella Vincent Notz*	3:10.70	Senegal David Leon Basse Ibrahima Mbengue Mamadou Cissé Ndiaye Amadou Ndiaye Oumar Babou*	3:10.98	France Loïc Herkenrath Mickaël François Pierrick Godefroy Thomas Delmestre Nicolas Borome*	3:12.23
Marathon	Makorobondo Salukombo  DR Congo	2:27:54	Fatihi Abdenasir  Morocco	2:28:06	Daouda Korongou  Benin	2:41:16
20 km race walk	Antonin Boyez  France	1:30:44	Andrei Gafita  Romania	1:35:12	Jerome Erick Caprice  Mauritius	1:39:06
High jump	Sean Cate  Canada	2.20 m	Fernand Djoumessi  Cameroon	2.18 m	Alhaji Mansaray  Canada	2.16 m
Pole vault	Baptiste Boirie  France	5.40 m	Stanley Joseph  France	5.40 m	Deryk Theodore  Canada	5.30 m
Long jump	Raihau Maiau  France	7.90 m	Mamadou Gueye  Senegal	7.86 m	Mouhcine Khoua  Morocco	7.65 m
Triple jump	Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso	16.92 m	Kevin Luron  France	16.76 m	Mamadou Chérif Dia  Mali	16.59 m =NR
Shot put	Franck Elemba  Congo	19.99 m	Bob Bertemes  Luxembourg	19.55 m	Bernard Baptiste  Mauritius	17.56 m
Discus throw	El Bachir Mbarki  Morocco	57.14 m	Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye-Dugas  Quebec	51.10 m	Essohounamondom Tchalim  Togo	50.47 m
Javelin throw	George Zaharia  Romania	74.67 m	Alexandru Novac  Romania	68.85 m	Tom Reuter  Luxembourg	64.40 m
Decathlon	Taylor Stewart  Canada	7852 pts	Ruben Gado  France	7839 pts	Rostam Turner  Canada	7235 pts

* Medalists who participated in heats only.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi  Congo	11.56	Marie Gisele Eleme Asse  Cameroon	11.59	Samantha Dagry  Switzerland	11.68
200 m	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi  Congo	23.69	Sarah Atcho  Switzerland	24.14	Naomi Van den Broeck  Wallonia	24.24
400 m	Djénébou Danté  Mali	52.23	Natassha McDonald  Canada	52.34	Assia Raziki  Morocco	52.98
800 m	Malika Akkaoui  Morocco	2:00.71 GR	Noélie Yarigo  Benin	2:01.27	Siham Hilali  Morocco	2:02.40
1500 m	Rababe Arafi  Morocco	4:17.23	Malika Akkaoui  Morocco	4:17.36	Siham Hilali  Morocco	4:18.87
5000 m	Soukaina Atanane  Morocco	16:00.36	Kaoutar Farkoussi  Morocco	16:01.53	Roxana Bârcă  Romania	16:07.61
10,000 m	Roxana Bârcă  Romania	35:31.13	Hanane Qallouj  Morocco	35:34.69	Monica Madalina Florea  Romania	35:38.37
100 m hurdles	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	13.32	Pauline Lett  France	13.32	Ashlea Elaine Maddex  Canada	13.44
400 m hurdles	Maëva Contion  France	57.38	Anaïs Lufutucu  France	58.24	Farah Clerc  France	58.60
3000 m steeplechase	Fadwa Sidi Madane  Morocco	9:44.11	Oumaima Saoud  Morocco	10:10.53	Marwa Bouzayani  Tunisia	10:10.78
4 × 100 m relay	Ivory Coast Karel Elodie Ziketh Mireille-Parfaite Gaha Adeline Gouenon Marie-Josée Ta Lou	44.22	Cameroon Germaine Abessolo Bivina Marie-Gisèle Eleme Asse Charifa Abdoullahi Labarang Fanny Appes Ekanga	45.23	Canada Natasha Brown Émy Béliveau Leah Walkeden Khadijah Valentine	45.84
Marathon	Shelley Doucet  New Brunswick	2:51:14	Fatiha Benchatki  Morocco	3:13:44	none awarded
20 km race walk	Marine Quennehen  France	1:45:35	Amandine Marcou  France	1:50:30	Mihaela Puscasu  Romania	1:53:45
High jump	Lissa Labiche  Seychelles	1.91 m	Claire Orcel  Wallonia	1.88 m	Cathy Zimmer  Luxembourg	1.70 m
Pole vault	Pascale Stöcklin  Switzerland	4.10 m	Marion Lotout  France	4.00 m	Paige Ridout  Canada	3.95 m
Long jump	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	6.52 m NR	Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin  Cameroon	6.34 m	Fatim Affessi  Switzerland	6.17 m
Triple jump	Caroline Ehrhardt  Canada	13.83 m	Joëlle Mbumi Nkouindjin  Cameroon	13.58 m	Cristina Bujin  Romania	13.20 m
Shot put	Auriol Dongmo Mekemnang  Cameroon	17.68 m	Carine Mekam Ndong  Gabon	15.34 m	Alex Porlier-Langlois  Quebec	15.24 m
Hammer throw	Bianca Perie  Romania	67.79 m	Lauren Stuart  Canada	65.48 m	Bianca Lazar Fazecas  Romania	63.56 m
Javelin throw	Pascale Dumont  Quebec	52.16 m	Kénéfing Traoré  Mali	49.85 m	Nadja-Marie Pasternack  Switzerland	49.20 m

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Morocco (MAR)	10	11	6	27
2	France (FRA)	6	7	4	17
3	Canada (CAN)	4	4	7	15
4	Romania (ROU)	3	2	5	10
5	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3	2	0	5
6	Burkina Faso (BUR)	3	1	0	4
7	Congo (CGO)	3	0	0	3
8	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	4	7
9	Seychelles (SEY)	2	0	1	3
10	Cameroon (CMR)	1	5	0	6
11	Mali (MLI)	1	1	1	3
	Quebec (QBC)	1	1	1	3
13	Cape Verde (CPV)	1	0	0	1
	DR Congo (COD)	1	0	0	1
	New Brunswick	1	0	0	1
16	Senegal (SEN)	0	3	1	4
17	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	2	3
18	Benin (BEN)	0	1	1	2
	Wallonia	0	1	1	2
20	Gabon (GAB)	0	1	0	1
21	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	3	3
22	Mauritius (MRI)	0	0	2	2
23	Djibouti (DJI)	0	0	1	1
	Togo (TOG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		42	42	41	125

Participating nations