Athletics at the XII African Games
Dates	26–30 August
Host city	Rabat, Morocco
Venue	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Events	42
Participation	677 athletes from 52 nations
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Athletics at the 2019 African Games was held from 26 to 30 August 2019 in Rabat, Morocco.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Raymond Ekevwo  Nigeria	9.96	Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast	9.97	Usheoritse Itsekiri  Nigeria	10.02
200 metres details	Sydney Siame  Zambia	20.35	Divine Oduduru  Nigeria	20.54	Anaso Jobodwana  South Africa	20.56
400 metres details	Leungo Scotch  Botswana	45.27	Thapelo Phora  South Africa	45.59	Chidi Okezie  Nigeria	45.61
800 metres details	Abdessalem Ayouni  Tunisia	1:45.17 NR	Cornelius Tuwei  Kenya	1:45.41	Oussama Nabil  Morocco	1:45.42
1500 metres details	George Manangoi  Kenya	3:38.27	Ayanleh Souleiman  Djibouti	3:38.44	Charles Simotwo  Kenya	3:38.51
5000 metres details	Robert Kiprop  Kenya	13:30.96	Edward Zakayo  Kenya	13:31.40	Richard Yator  Kenya	13:31.41
10,000 metres details	Berehanu Tsegu  Ethiopia	27:56.81	Aron Kifle  Eritrea	27:57.79	Jemal Yimer  Ethiopia	27:59.02
110 metres hurdles details	Amine Bouanani  Algeria	13.60	Oyeniyi Abejoye  Nigeria	13.90	Louis-François Mendy  Senegal	14.05
400 metres hurdles details	Abdelmalik Lahoulou  Algeria	49.08	Bienvenu Sawadogo  Burkina Faso	49.25 NR	Mohamed Amine Touati  Tunisia	49.29
3000 metres steeplechase details	Benjamin Kigen  Kenya	8:12.39	Getnet Wale  Ethiopia	8:14.06	Soufiane El Bakkali  Morocco	8:19.45
4 × 100 metres relay details	Ghana Sean Safo-Antwi Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku Martin Owusu-Antwi Joseph Amoah	38.30 GR	Nigeria Raymond Ekevwo Divine Oduduru Emmanuel Arowolo Usheoritse Itsekiri Ogho-Oghene Egwero Adeseye Ogunlewe	38.59	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Anaso Jobodwana Thando Dlodlo Chederick van Wyk Derrick Mokaleng	38.80
4 × 400 metres relay details	Botswana Zibani Ngozi Ditiro Nzamani Onkabetse Nkobolo Leungo Scotch	3:02.55	South Africa Gardeo Isaacs Ranti Dikgale Thapelo Phora Derrick Mokaleng	3:03.18	Nigeria Shedrack Akpeki Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli Chidi Okezie	3:03.42
20 kilometres walk details	Samuel Gathimba  Kenya	1:22:48	Yohanis Algaw  Ethiopia	1:22:50	Wayne Snyman  South Africa	1:23:38
Half marathon details	Titus Ekiru  Kenya	1:01:42 GR	Mohamed Reda El Aaraby  Morocco	1:02:44	Hamza Sahli  Morocco	1:02:45
High jump details	Mpho Links  South Africa	2.20 m	Mathew Sawe  Kenya	2.15 m	Breyton Poole  South Africa	2.15 m
Pole vault details	Hichem Khalil Cherabi  Algeria	5.00 m	Mejdi Chehata  Tunisia	4.70 m	Larbi Bourrada  Algeria	4.70 m
Long jump details	Yasser Triki  Algeria	8.01 m	Marouane Kacimi  Morocco	7.79 m	Romeo N'tia  Benin	7.72 m
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso	16.88 m	Yasser Triki  Algeria	16.71 m	Jonathan Drack  Mauritius	16.53 m
Shot put details	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria	21.48 m GR	Mohamed Magdi Hamza Khalif  Egypt	20.85 m	Mostafa Amr Hassan  Egypt	20.74 m
Discus throw details	Shehab Ahmed  Egypt	59.29 m	Ayomidotun Kelvin Ogundeji  Nigeria	57.82 m	Elbachir Mbarki  Morocco	56.92 m
Hammer throw details	Mostafa El Gamel  Egypt	72.50 m	Alaa El-Ashry [fr]  Egypt	72.04 m	Islam Mohamed  Egypt	71.36 m
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego  Kenya	87.73 m GR	Alexander Kiprotich  Kenya	77.50 m	Nnamdi Chinecherem  Nigeria	73.24 m
Decathlon details	Larbi Bourrada  Algeria	7319 pts	Moustafa Ramadan  Egypt	7099 pts	Marouane Kacimi  Morocco	6607 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	11.09	Gina Bass  The Gambia	11.13	Bassant Hemida  Egypt	11.31 NR
200 metres details	Gina Bass  The Gambia	22.58 NR	Bassant Hemida  Egypt	22.89	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	23.00
400 metres details	Galefele Moroko  Botswana	51.30	Favour Ofili  Nigeria	51.68	Grace Obour  Ghana	51.86
800 metres details	Hirut Meshesha  Ethiopia	2:03.16	Rababe Arafi  Morocco	2:03.20	Halimah Nakaayi  Uganda	2:03.55
1500 metres details	Quailyne Jebiwott Kiprop  Kenya	4:19.33	Mary Kuria  Kenya	4:20.19	Lemlem Hailu  Ethiopia	4:20.60
5000 metres details	Lilian Kasait Rengeruk  Kenya	15:33.63	Hawi Feysa  Ethiopia	15:33.99	Alemitu Tariku  Ethiopia	15:37.15
10,000 metres details	Tsehay Gemechu  Ethiopia	31:56.92	Zeineba Yimer  Ethiopia	31:57.95	Dera Dida  Ethiopia	31:58.78
100 metres hurdles details	Tobi Amusan  Nigeria	12.68 GR	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	13.20	Taylon Bieldt  South Africa	13.40
400 metres hurdles details	Vanice Nyagisera  Kenya	56.95	Lamiae Lhabze  Morocco	56.97	Uwemedino Abasiono Akpan  Nigeria	57.66
3000 metres steeplechase details	Mekides Abebe  Ethiopia	9:35.18	Mercy Gitahi  Kenya	9:37.53	Weynshet Ansa  Ethiopia	9:38.56
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Joy Udo-Gabriel Mercy Ntia-Obong Jasper Bukola Adekunle Rosemary Chukwuma Blessing Okagbare	44.16	South Africa Tebogo Mamathu Tamzin Thomas Patience Ntshingila Taylon Bieldt Lynique Beneke	44.61	Kenya Maximila Imali Milcent Ndoro Maureen Nyatichi Thomas Joan Cherono [de]	45.44
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Kemi Francis Patience Okon George Blessing Oladoye Favour Ofili	3:30.32	Botswana Oarabile Babolayi Oratile Nowe Amantle Montsho Galefele Moroko	3:31.96	Uganda Stella Wonruku Nasiba Nabirye Emily Nanziri Leni Shida	3:32.25
20 kilometres walk details	Emily Ngii  Kenya	1:34:41 GR	Grace Wanjiru  Kenya	1:34:57	Yehualeye Beletew  Ethiopia	1:35:21
Half marathon details	Yalemzerf Yehualaw  Ethiopia	1:10:26 GR	Degitu Azimeraw  Ethiopia	1:10:31	Meseret Belete  Ethiopia	1:12:08
High jump details	Rose Yeboah  Ghana	1.84 m	Rhizlane Siba  Morocco	1.81 m	Ariyat Dibow Ubang  Ethiopia	1.81 m
Pole vault details	Dora Mahfoudhi  Tunisia	4.31 m GR, NR	Fatma Elbendary  Egypt	4.10 m	Dina Eltabaa  Egypt	4.00 m
Long jump details	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.69 m	Deborah Acquah  Ghana	6.37 m	Lynique Beneke  South Africa	6.30 m
Triple jump details	Grace Anigbata  Nigeria	13.75 m	Jamaa Chnaik  Morocco	13.69 m	Zinzi Chabangu  South Africa	13.59 m
Shot put details	Ischke Senekal  South Africa	16.18 m	Mieke Strydom  South Africa	14.64 m	Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin	13.77 m
Discus throw details	Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria	59.91 m GR	Yolandi Stander  South Africa	57.75 m	Ischke Senekal  South Africa	53.95 m
Hammer throw details	Lætitia Bambara  Burkina Faso	65.28 m	Temilola Ogunrinde  Nigeria	64.68 m	Zouina Bouzebra  Algeria	63.34 m
Javelin throw details	Kelechi Nwanaga  Nigeria	55.88 m	Jo-Ane van Dyk  South Africa	55.38 m	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	53.44 m
Heptathlon details	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	5866 pts	Kemi Francis  Nigeria	5683 pts	Nada Chroudi  Tunisia	5302 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	10	7	3	20
2	Nigeria (NGR)	9	7	5	21
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	5	5	8	18
4	Algeria (ALG)	5	1	2	8
5	Burkina Faso (BUR)	3	2	0	5
6	Botswana (BOT)	3	1	0	4
7	South Africa (RSA)	2	6	9	17
8	Egypt (EGY)	2	5	4	11
9	Tunisia (TUN)	2	1	2	5
10	Ghana (GHA)	2	1	1	4
11	Ivory Coast (CIV)	1	1	1	3
12	The Gambia (GAM)	1	1	0	2
13	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	0	1
14	Morocco (MAR)*	0	6	5	11
15	Djibouti (DJI)	0	1	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	1	0	1
17	Benin (BEN)	0	0	2	2
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	2	2
19	Mauritius (MRI)	0	0	1	1
	Senegal (SEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		46	46	46	138

Schedule

Participating nations