1996 African Championships in Athletics

1996 African Championships
Host stadium in Yaoundé
Dates	13–16 June
Host city	Yaoundé, Cameroon
Venue	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo
Events	40
Participation	307 athletes from 33 nations
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The 10th African Championships in Athletics were held in Yaoundé, Cameroon between 13 and 16 June 1996 at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Seun Ogunkoya Nigeria	10.45	Benjamin Sirimou Cameroon	10.54	Sunday Emmanuel Nigeria	10.66
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Oumar Loum Senegal	20.70	Joseph Loua Guinea	20.80	Justice Dipeba Botswana	20.90
400 metres	Ibrahima Wade Senegal	45.75	Simon Kemboi Kenya	46.00	Samson Kipchirchir Yego Kenya	46.14
800 metres	Fred Onyancha Kenya	1:46.69	Adem Hecini Algeria	1:47.17	Kipkemboi Lagat Kenya	1:47.35
1500 metres	Moses Kigen Kenya	3:39.78	Sammy Rono Kenya	3:40.47	Gilbert Mvuyekure Burundi	3:47.95
5000 metres	Paul Koech Kenya	13:35.13	Simon Chemoiywo Kenya	13:35.13	Faustin Ngézahayo Burundi	13:49.49
10,000 metres	Stephen Kiogora Kenya	29:16.40	William Kipchumba Kenya	29:22.30	Isidore Nzigiyimana Burundi	30:14.40
3000 metre steeplechase	Kipkemboi Cheruiyot Kenya	8:38.72	Faustin Ngézahayo Burundi	8:39.38	Thomas Toyi Burkina Faso	8:48.99
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.2 m/s)	William Erese Nigeria	13.7	Moses Oyiki Orode Nigeria	13.8	Judex Lefou Mauritius	13.9
400 metres hurdles	Ibou Faye Senegal	49.60	Ferrins Pieterse South Africa	49.95	El Hafni Abdel Maksoud Ibrahim Egypt	50.74
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria	39.7	Senegal	39.9	Cameroon Aimé-Issa Nthépé Benjamin Sirimou Alfred Moussambani Claude Toukéné-Guébogo	40.0
4 × 400 metres relay	Senegal Moustapha Diarra Abubakry Dia Hachim Ndiaye Ibou Faye	3:03.44	Kenya	3:03.53	Mauritius Gilbert Hashan Desiré Pierre-Louis Rudy Tirvengadum Eric Milazar	3:07.20
20 kilometre road walk	Hatem Ghoula Tunisia	1:29:48	David Kimutai Kenya	1:30:05	Mohieddine Béni Daoud Tunisia	1:31:10
High jump	Khemraj Naiko Mauritius	2.16	Anthony Idiata Nigeria	2.16	Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso	2.13
Pole vault	Anis Riahi Tunisia	4.60	Hassan Farouk Sayed Egypt	4.20
Long jump	Anis Gallali Tunisia	7.81	Cheikh Touré Senegal	7.79	Pa Modou Gai Gambia	7.64
Triple jump	Paul Nioze Seychelles	16.52	Oluyemi Sule Nigeria	16.17	Roger Martial Ngouloubi Congo	15.16
Shot put	Henk Booysen South Africa	17.34	Athanase Oloko Cameroon	14.98	Serge Doh Ivory Coast	14.84
Discus throw	Serge Doh Ivory Coast	51.92	Christian Messi Alaga Cameroon	48.58	Athanase Oloko Cameroon	46.72
Hammer throw	Hakim Toumi Algeria	69.32	Samir Haouam Algeria	65.32	Yacine Louail Algeria	52.34
Javelin throw	Pius Bazighe Nigeria	74.78	Louis Fouché South Africa	74.54	Maher Ridane Tunisia	72.60
Decathlon	Anis Riahi Tunisia	7257	Hassan Farouk Sayed Egypt	6788	Sid Ali Sabour Algeria	5071

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Georgette Nkoma Cameroon	11.67	Marliese Steyn South Africa	11.69	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	11.92
200 metres (wind: +1.1 m/s)	Georgette Nkoma Cameroon	23.1	Marliese Steyn South Africa	23.3	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	23.5
400 metres	Saidat Onanuga Nigeria	52.85	Grace Birungi Uganda	53.40	Alimata Koné Ivory Coast	54.31
800 metres	Naomi Mugo Kenya	2:02.80	Léontine Tsiba Congo	2:09.10	Adama Njie Gambia	2:10.10
1500 metres	Naomi Mugo Kenya	4:12.30	Stéphanie Nicole Zanga Cameroon	4:34.20	Léontine Tsiba Congo	4:35.60
5000 metres	Florence Djépé Cameroon	17:59.32	Marie Python Cameroon	18:14.40	Cathreen Ngwang Cameroon	19:27.39
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Glory Alozie Nigeria	13.62	Lana Uys South Africa	13.78	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	14.21
400 metres hurdles	Saidat Onanuga Nigeria	56.64	Lana Uys South Africa	57.05	Kleintjie Mogotsi South Africa	60.19
4 × 100 metres relay	Cameroon	44.7	Ivory Coast	45.5	Senegal	46.8
4 × 400 metres relay	Nigeria Saidat Onanuga Calister Uba Caroline Avbovbede Folashade Ogundemi	3:39.2	Cameroon Myriam Leonie Mani Mireille Nguimgo Madeleine Ndongo Mbazoa Claudine Komgang	3:40.5	Gabon Genevieve Obone Fine Azogoua Patricia Obone Diane Zancy	3:54.8
5000 metre track walk	Dounia Kara Algeria	23:15.80	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt	24:05.40	Monica Akoth Kenya	24:05.70
High jump	Irène Tiendrébéogo Burkina Faso	1.84	Lolita Nack Cameroon	1.80	Jeanine Blé Ivory Coast	1.75
Long jump	Grace Umelo Nigeria	6.13	Béryl Laramé Seychelles	5.98	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	5.85
Triple jump	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	12.99	Abiola Williams Nigeria	12.68	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	12.51
Shot put	Hanan Ahmed Khaled Egypt	14.47	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	14.24	Oumou Traoré Mali	12.84
Discus throw	Monia Kari Tunisia	53.00	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	48.80	Felicia Nkiru Ojiego Nigeria	45.58
Javelin throw	Fatma Zouhour Toumi Tunisia	51.88	Lindy Leveaux Seychelles	42.24	Monique Djikada Cameroon	40.78
Heptathlon	Caroline Kola Kenya	5270	Anne-Marie Mouri-Nkeng Cameroon	4372	Adélaïde Koudougnon Ivory Coast	3453

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	9	4	2	15
2	Kenya (KEN)	8	6	3	17
3	Tunisia (TUN)	6	0	2	8
4	Senegal (SEN)	5	2	3	10
5	Cameroon (CMR)	4	8	7	19
6	Algeria (ALG)	2	2	2	6
7	South Africa (SAF)	1	6	1	8
8	Egypt (EGY)	1	4	1	6
9	Seychelles (SEY)	1	2	0	3
10	Ivory Coast (CIV)	1	1	4	6
11	Mauritius (MRI)	1	1	2	4
12	Burkina Faso (BUR)	1	0	2	3
13	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	3	4
14	Congo (CGO)	0	1	2	3
15	Guinea (GUI)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
17	Gambia (GAM)	0	0	2	2
18	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Gabon (GAB)	0	0	1	1
	Mali (MLI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		40	40	39	119

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics