2010 African Championships in Athletics
2010 African Championships | |
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Dates | 28 July – 1 August |
Host city | Nairobi, Kenya |
Venue | Nyayo Stadium |
Events | 44 |
Participation | 587 athletes from 46 nations |
Records set | 6 Championship records |
The 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held in Nairobi, Kenya from, 28 July to 1 August 2010.
Background
The African Championships in Athletics were held in Kenya for the first time. Previously two major athletics events have been held in Kenya, namely 1987 All-Africa Games and 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Preparations
The championships were awarded to Kenya at the April 2007 Confederation of African Athletics Congress in Dakar, Senegal.[1]
The event was originally scheduled to be held from April 28 to May 2, 2010, but due to delayed preparations the event was moved forward.[2] The Moi International Sports Centre was initially set to become the host venue,[3] but it was later changed to the smaller Nyayo Stadium.[4]
Men's results
Track
Chronology: 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 |
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Field
Chronology: 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 |
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Women's results
Track
Chronology: 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 |
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Field
Chronology: 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 |
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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High jump details | Selloane Tsoaeli Lesotho | 1.75 | Lissa Labiche Seychelles | 1.70 | Cherotich Koech Kenya | 1.55 |
Pole vault details | Nisrine Dinar Morocco | 3.70 | Laetitia Berthier Burundi | 3.50 | Sinali Alima Outtara Ivory Coast | 3.40 |
Long jump details | Blessing Okagbare Nigeria | 6.62 | Comfort Onyali Nigeria | 6.42 | Jamaa Chnaik Morocco | 6.30 |
Triple jump details | Sarah Nambawa Uganda | 13.95 NR | Nkurika Domeke Nigeria | 13.71 SB | Otonye Iworima Nigeria | 13.65 SB |
Shot put details | Mirian Ibekwe Nigeria | 13.67 | Priscilla Isiao Kenya | 13.62 SB | Doris Ratsimbazafy Madagascar | 13.56 |
Discus throw details | Elizna Naude South Africa | 56.74 | Kazai Suzanne Kragbe Ivory Coast | 55.53 | Sarah Hasseib Dardiri Egypt | 46.51 |
Hammer throw details | Amy Sène Senegal | 64.11 NR | Marwa Hussein Egypt | 62.36 SB | Florence Ezeh Togo | 57.94 NR |
Javelin throw details | Sunette Viljoen South Africa | 63.33 | Justine Robbeson South Africa | 60.24 | Hana'a Hassan Omar Egypt | 55.14 |
Heptathlon details | Margaret Simpson Ghana | 6031 CR | Janet Wienand South Africa | 5500 | Selloane Tsoaeli Lesotho | 5302 |
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season) |
Medal table
Participating nations
- Algeria (16)
- Angola (6)
- Benin (5)
- Botswana (14)
- Burkina Faso (12)
- Burundi (8)
- Cameroon (12)
- Comoros (1)
- Ivory Coast (10)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (11)
- Djibouti (2)
- Egypt (14)
- Equatorial Guinea (2)
- Eritrea (6)
- Ethiopia (63)
- Gabon (2)
- Gambia (3)
- Ghana (14)
- Guinea-Bissau (2)
- Kenya (106)
- Lesotho (2)
- Liberia (5)
- Libya (3)
- Madagascar (6)
- Malawi (1)
- Mali (5)
- Mauritius (15)
- Morocco (19)
- Mozambique (5)
- Namibia (6)
- Nigeria (37)
- Republic of the Congo (7)
- Rwanda (14)
- Senegal (13)
- Seychelles (14)
- Sierra Leone (1)
- Somalia (5)
- South Africa (41)
- Sudan (7)
- Swaziland (1)
- Tanzania (21)
- Togo (4)
- Tunisia (7)
- Uganda (27)
- Zambia (9)
- Zimbabwe (4)
References
- ^ Daily Nation, July 26, 2010: On your marks, set...Kenya ready on eve of Games
- ^ The Standard, September 26, 2009: African Championships dates changed
- ^ The Standard, July 14, 2009: African Athletics Championships event organisers in race against time
- ^ Daily Nation, December 22, 2009: Nyayo it is for continental athletics fete
- Daily reports
- Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-27). High powered rivalries expected in Nairobi – African Championships preview Archived 2010-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
- Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-28). Kiprop takes men’s 10,000m as African championships begin in Nairobi Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
- Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-29). Meite, Okagbare take 100m titles, Cheruiyot over Defar again in the 5000m - African champs Day 2 Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
- Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-30). Rudisha sizzles 1:42.84 in Nairobi as Kenya collects three golds in Nairobi - African champs, day 3 Archived 2010-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
- Negash, Elshadai (2010-07-31). Dibaba takes down Masai in 10,000m to notch first Ethiopian gold in Nairobi - African champs, day 4 Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
- Negash, Elshadai (2010-08-01). Kenya captures five gold medals as African champs conclude in Nairobi - African champs, day 5 Archived 2010-08-04 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-08-01.
External links
- Results
- Confederation of African Athletics website
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