2000 African Championships in Athletics

The 12th African Championships in Athletics were held in Algiers, Algeria between 12 and 15 July 2000 at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962.

Men's Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana	10.13	Stéphan Buckland Mauritius	10.20	Kenneth Andam Ghana	10.33
200 m	Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana	20.23	Joseph Batangdon Cameroon	20.31 =NR	Oumar Loum Senegal	20.76
400 m	Eric Milazar Mauritius	45.62	Malik Louahla Algeria	45.78	Sofiène Labidi Tunisia	45.81
800 m	Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria	1:45.88	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa	1:46.28	Mouhssin Chehibi Morocco	1:46.47
1500 m	Youssef Baba Morocco	3:42.07	Adil Kaouch Morocco	3:42.53	Mohamed Khaldi Algeria	3:42.77
5000 m	Ali Saïdi Sief Algeria	13:26.86	Saïd Bérioui Morocco	13:31.75	Mohamed Saïd El Wardi Morocco	13:30.01 (???)
10,000 m	Abraha Hadush Ethiopia	28:40.51	Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia	28:41.11	Kamel Kohil Algeria	28:48.98
3000 m St.	Lotfi Turki Tunisia	8:33.29	Laïd Bessou Algeria	8:35.89	David Chepkisa Kenya	8:39.00
110 m H	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar	13.99	Doudou Félou Sow Senegal	14.38	Toufik Dahmani Algeria	15.10
400 m H	Sylvester Omodiale Nigeria	49.81	Jean-Dominique Dième Senegal	50.29	Yvon Rakotoarimiandry Madagascar	50.39
20 km Walk	Hatem Ghoula Tunisia	1:25:38	Moussa Aouanouk Algeria	1:25:42	Merzak Abbès Algeria	1:32:37
4 X 100 m	Ghana	39.90	Mauritius	40.07	Gabon	40.53
4 X 400 m	Algeria	3:05.45	Botswana	3:06.07	Senegal	3:06.53
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)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria	2.34 CR	Malcolm Hendriks South Africa	2.20	Eugène Ernesta Seychelles	2.20 NR
Long jump	Younès Moudrik Morocco	8.34	Hatem Mersal Egypt	7.90	Mehdi El Ghazouani Morocco	7.88
Pole vault	Rafik Mefti Algeria	5.00	Karim Sène Senegal	4.80	Mohamed Benyahia Algeria	4.65
Triple jump	Andrew Owusu Ghana	16.69	Samuel Okantey Ghana	16.69	Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso	16.31
Shot put	Chima Ugwu Nigeria	19.02	John Sullivan South Africa	17.46	Hicham Aïtaha Morocco	16.91
Discus	Frits Potgieter South Africa	60.35	Mickael Conjungo Central African Republic	59.58	Chima Ugwu Nigeria	57.91
Javelin	Maher Ridane Tunisia	72.51	Khaled Es Sayed Yassin Egypt	72.01	Walid Abderrazak Mohamed Egypt	71.67
Hammer	Samir Haouam Algeria	69.38	Mohamed Karim Horchani Tunisia	63.68	Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim Egypt	63.71
Decathlon	Rédouane Youcef Algeria	7129 points	Mada Ndiaye Senegal	6981 points	Adil Chakri Morocco	6715 points
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)

Women's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	11.21	Aïda Diop Senegal	11.46	Monica Twum Ghana	11.47
200 m	Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon	22.54	Aïda Diop Senegal	23.01	Fatima Yusuf Nigeria	23.27
400 m	Claudine Komgang Cameroon	51.35	Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon	51.81	Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	52.27
800 m	Hasna Benhassi Morocco	1:59.01	Nouria Mérah-Benida Algeria	1:59.73	Gladys Wamuyu Kenya	2:00.32
1500 m	Nouria Mérah-Benida Algeria	4:16.14	Gladys Wamuyu Kenya	4:16.56	Berhane Herpassa Ethiopia	4:16.87
5000 m	Asmae Leghzaoui Morocco	15:43.46	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	15:49.86	Merima Denboba Ethiopia	15:53.68
10,000 m	Souad Aït Salem Algeria	34:02.28	Genet Teka Ethiopia	34:05.18	Bouchra Chaabi Morocco	34:08.79
100 m H	Glory Alozie Nigeria	13.09	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar	13.21	Maria-Joëlle Conjungo Central African Republic	13.77
400 m H	Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal	57.48	Gnima Touré Senegal	58.96	Nabila Jami Morocco	62.45
10 km Walk	Bahia Boussad Algeria	49:33	Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt	50:15	Dounia Kara Algeria	50:55
4 X 100 m	Ghana	43.99	Senegal	44.62	Cameroon	46.97
4 X 400 m	Cameroon	3:32.89	Morocco	3:42.91	Algeria	3:51.01
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)

Field

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Hind Bounouar Morocco	1.75	Amina Lemgherbi Algeria	1.70	Hamida Benhocine Algeria	1.70
Pole vault	Syrine Balti Tunisia	3.85	Annelie van Wyk South Africa	3.80	Rasha Abdel Khalek Egypt	3.10
Long jump	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	6.39	Elisa Cossa Mozambique	6.20	Béryl Laramé Seychelles	6.18
Triple jump	Baya Rahouli Algeria	14.23	Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon	13.87	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	13.81
Shot put	Hanaa Salah El Melegi Egypt	16.01	Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia	15.39	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	14.97
Discus	Monia Kari Tunisia	58.46	Ndoumbé Gaye Senegal	50.81	Felicia Nkiru Ojiego Nigeria	49.65
Hammer	Caroline Fournier Mauritius	59.60	Marwa Hussein Egypt	57.15	Djida Yalloulène Algeria	49.72
Javelin	Aïda Sellam Tunisia	53.35	Lindy Leveaux Seychelles	50.88	Hanaa Salah El Melegi Egypt	42.31
Heptathlon	Yasmina Kettab Algeria	5837 points	Maralize Fouché South Africa	5726 points	Patience Itanyi Nigeria	5611 points
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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Algeria	12	4	9	25
2	Tunisia	6	2	1	9
3	Morocco	5	3	7	15
4	Ghana	5	1	2	8
5	Cameroon	4	3	1	8
6	Nigeria	3	0	4	7
7	Senegal	2	9	3	14
8	Mauritius	2	2	0	4
9	South Africa	1	5	0	6
10	Egypt	1	4	5	10
11	Ethiopia	1	3	2	6
12	Madagascar	1	1	1	3
13=	Kenya	0	1	2	3
13=	Seychelles	0	1	2	3
15	Central African Republic	0	1	1	2
16	Botswana	0	1	0	1
17=	Burkina Faso	0	0	1	1
17=	Chad	0	0	1	1
17=	Gabon	0	0	1	1

See also

• 2000 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Results – GBR Athletics