2019 African U18 and U20 Championships in Athletics

African U18 and U20 Championships
African U18 and U20 Championships
Dates	16–20 April
Host city	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Venue	Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Level	U20 and U18
Events	42 U20 & 39 U18
	← 2017 Tlemcen (U20); 2015 Reduit (U18) 2023 Ndola →

The 2019 African U20 Championships in Athletics was the fourteenth edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger, for the first time held jointly with the African U18 Championships in Athletics. It was held at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, between 16 and 20 April.^[1]

Medal table

* Host nation (Ivory Coast)


Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	26	20	10	56
2	Kenya (KEN)	17	16	11	44
3	Nigeria (NGR)	13	6	13	32
4	Egypt (EGY)	7	7	6	20
5	Ethiopia (ETH)	6	10	14	30
6	Algeria (ALG)	5	4	4	13
7	Gambia (GAM)	1	4	3	8
8	Morocco (MAR)	1	4	0	5
9	Senegal (SEN)	1	2	1	4
10	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	2	4
11	Uganda (UGA)	1	1	1	3
12	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	4	5
13	Djibouti (DJI)	1	0	0	1
14	Seychelles (SEY)	0	2	0	2
15	Ivory Coast (CIV)*	0	1	2	3
16	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	1	2
16	Mauritius (MRI)	0	1	1	2
18	Zambia (ZAM)	0	1	0	1
19	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	0	3	3
20	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	2	2
21	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		81	81	79	241

Medal summary

Men (U20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +0.5 m/s)	Enoch Adegoke (NGR)	10.29 CR	Shaun Maswanganyi (RSA)	10.35	Luke Davids (RSA)	10.35
200 metres (Wind: -0.1 m/s)	Shaun Maswanganyi (RSA)	20.77	Luke Davids (RSA)	20.98	Edwin Kwabla Gadayi (GHA)	21.04
400 metres	Modou Lamine Bah (GAM)	46.91	Luyando Mudenda (ZAM)	47.37	Mustefa Edeo Kabeto (ETH)	47.49
800 metres	Kipngetich Ngeno (KEN)	1:45.25 CR	Joseph Rotiken (KEN)	1:46.51	Edrissa Marong (GAM)	1:47.20 NR
1500 metres	George Manangoi (KEN)	3:47.55	Nickson Lesiyia (KEN)	3:48.87	Melese Nberet (ETH)	3:49.64
5000 metres	Edward Zakayo (KEN)	13:13.06 CR	Jacob Krop (KEN)	13:14.44	Reuben Pogisho (KEN)	13:43.46
10,000 metres	Bravin Kipkogei Kiptoo (KEN)	28:17.06	Samuel Kibet (UGA)	28:22.26	Emmanuel Kiprotich Korir (KEN)	28:26.46
110 metres hurdles (99 cm) (Wind: +0.6 m/s)	Michael Schoeman (RSA)	14.00	Jeremie Lararaudeuse (MRI)	14.06	Mamadou Sakho (SEN)	14.54
400 metres hurdles	Sokwakhana Zazini (RSA)	50.35	Ismail Manyani (MAR)	51.16	Gadisa Bayu (ETH)	51.82
3000 metres steeplechase	Leonard Bett (KEN)	8:25.60	Brian Kipkoech Limo (KEN)	8:35.53	Lamecha Girma (ETH)	8:48.56
4×100 metres relay	Nigeria (NGR) Gershon Omubo Shedrack Akpeki Alaba Akintola Enoch Adegoke	40.21	Gambia (GAM)	41.20	Ivory Coast (CIV)	42.00
4×400 metres relay	Kenya (KEN)	3:10.06	Ethiopia (ETH)	3:10.99	Nigeria (NGR) Nnabukwo Gbaruko Shedrack Akpeki Nsikak Okon Jeremiah Nathaniel	3:14.15
10,000 m walk	Dominic Samson Ndigiti (KEN)	43:27.21	Abdulrahman Mahmoud (EGY)	45:20.46	Mehdi Abidi (ALG)	46:27.31
High jump	Breyton Poole (RSA)	2.18 m CR	Bilel Afer (ALG) Lim Koung Duop (ETH)	2.06 m	Not awarded
Pole vault	Valko van Wyk [es] (RSA)	4.65 m	Only one finisher
Long jump	Omod Okugn (ETH)	7.35 m	Remember Afaxoe (GHA)	7.28 m	Bekele Jilo (ETH)	7.28 m
Triple jump	Adir Gur (ETH)	15.77 m	Kangogo (KEN)	15.65 m	Prosper Dezardin (MRI)	15.33 m (w)
Shot put (6 kg)	Motaz Mohamed El Said (EGY)	19.21 m	Chris van Niekerk (RSA)	18.40 m	Ryan Williams (NAM)	16.02 m
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	Chris van Niekerk (RSA)	56.49 m	Francois Prinsloo (RSA)	55.79 m	Ryan Williams (NAM)	53.37 m
Hammer throw (6 kg)	Youssef Hesham Mohamed (EGY)	65.09 m	Ali Hesham Mohamed Ahmed (EGY)	64.85 m	Cedric Botshello Kobokane (RSA)	61.01 m
Decathlon (U20)	Mohamed Zadi (ALG)	6373 pts	El Sayed Ramy Ahmed (EGY)	?	Erewa Peremobowei Law (NGR)	?

Women (U20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +0.2 m/s)	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	11.62	Rose Xeyi (RSA)	11.75	Grace Nwokocha (NGR)	11.88
200 metres (Wind: +0.5 m/s)	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	23.81	Antoinette van der Merwe (RSA)	23.97	Esther Peter Okon (NGR)	24.20
400 metres	Mary Moraa (KEN)	53.57	Sara Ehachimi (MAR)	55.02	Glory Patrick Okon (NGR)	55.18
800 metres	Jackline Wambui (KEN)	2:04.29	Hirut Meshesha (ETH)	2:04.70	Lydia Jerito (KEN)	2:04.78
1500 metres	Diribe Welteji (ETH)	4:11.59	Edinah Jebitok (KEN)	4:13.02	Mercyline Cherono (KEN)	4:15.95
3000 metres	Alemitu Tariku (ETH)	9:33.53	Emmaculate Anyango (KEN)	9:36.05	Tsihan Haile (ETH)	9:37.06
5000 metres	Beatrice Chebet (KEN)	16:02.66	Dolphine Omare (KEN)	16:07.42	Sarah Chelangat (UGA)	16:09.96
100 metres hurdles (Wind: +0.7 m/s)	Rogail Joseph (RSA)	13.97	Antoinette van der Merwe (RSA)	14.09	Victoria Adunbi (NGR)	14.42
400 metres hurdles	Rogail Joseph (RSA)	57.37 CR	Gontse Morake (RSA)	58.85	Loubna Benhadja (ALG)	59.18
3000 metres steeplechase	Fancy Cherono (KEN)	9:48.56 CR	Karen Chebet (KEN)	9:51.41	Lomi Teferea (ETH)	10:12.18
4×100 metres relay	Nigeria (NGR) Grace Nwokocha Stella Ayanleke Esther Okon Rosemary Chukwuma	45.56	South Africa (RSA)	46.36	Ivory Coast (CIV)	47.84
4×400 metres relay	Ethiopia (ETH)	3:39.82	South Africa (RSA)	4:40.54	Nigeria (NGR) Blessing Oladoye Blessing Ovwighonadjebere Glory Patrick Juliana Abayomi	4:41.86
10,000 m walk	Rihem Bouzid (TUN)	51:47.8	Betwe Gerahunmar (ETH)	52:19.1	Masire Teshagesinta (ETH)	53:47.9
High jump	Rose Yeboah (GHA)	1.83 m	Natacha Chetty (SEY)	1.77 m	Kristi Snyman (RSA)	1.75 m
Pole vault	Isra Moradhi (EGY)	3.30 m	Yasmeen Hazeem (EGY)	3.30 m	Imen Rhouma (TUN)	3.30 m
Long jump	Faith Jepkemboi Kipsang (KEN)	5.83 m	Rose Xeyi (RSA)	5.81 m	Victory George (ETH)	5.70 m
Triple jump	Onaara Obamuwagun (NGR)	12.78 m	Gontse Morake (RSA)	12.47 m	Dorothy Kavumba (ZIM)	12.41 m
Discus throw	Princess Kara (NGR)	50.04 m	Rima Ahmed (EGY)	46.95 m	Tsehaye Teklu (ETH)	45.93 m
Hammer throw	Rawan Ayman Ibrahim Barakat (EGY)	60.83 m CR	Zeroual Zineb (MAR)	47.34 m	Abdelafou Zainab (TUN)	42.10 m
Javelin throw	Josephine Lalam (UGA)	49.78 m	Savannah Combrink (RSA)	46.84 m	Dorothy Roro (KEN)	45.69 m
Heptathlon	Ouidad Yesli (ALG)	4431 pts	Blessing Ovwighonadjebere (NGR)	4320 pts	Hania Abdalah (ALG)	4148 pts

Boys (U18)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +0.7 m/s)	Thabang Hlohlolo (RSA)	10.61	Eckhardt Potgieter (RSA)	10.64	Vuyo Ndlovu (RSA)	10.65
200 metres (Wind: 0.0 m/s)	Sinesipho Dambile (RSA)	20.52 CR	Eckhardt Potgieter (RSA)	21.29	Israel Dome Anam (GHA)	21.42
400 metres	Lythe Pillay (RSA)	46.26 CR	Brian Onyari Tinega (KEN)	46.73	Antonie Nortje (RSA)	46.99
800 metres	Abdo Razack Hassan (DJI)	1:46.54 CR	Mohamed Ali Gouaned (ALG)	1:47.88	Kenneth Kirui (KEN)	1:47.89
1500 metres	Vincent Kibet Keter (KEN)	3:40.28	Gezahign Yihun (ETH)	3:43.64	Peter Kibui Wangari (KEN)	3:45.50
3000 metres	Emmanuel Korir Kiplagat (KEN)	8:14.3	Gezahign Yihun (ETH)	8:14.51	Gideon Kipkertich Ronoh (KEN)	8:17.83
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm) (Wind: +0.1 m/s)	Reinhardt Strauss (RSA)	13.92 CR	Jorin Leonard Bangue (CMR)	13.93	Youssef Badawy (EGY)	14.17
400 metres hurdles	Lutodio Custodio (RSA)	52.53	Ndikponke Okure (NGR)	53.39	Youssef Badawy (EGY)	53.49
2000 metres steeplechase	Bikila Tadese (ETH)	5:35.47 CR	Kibet Chepkwony (KEN)	5:37.36	Ronald Kipngetich (KEN)	5:39.21
Medley relay	South Africa (RSA) Antonie Nortje Thabang Hlohlo Lythe Pillay Sinesipho Dambile	1:49.50	Nigeria (NGR)	1:53.56	Gambia (GAM)	1:55.18
10,000 m walk	Abdenour Ameur (ALG)	51:15.21	Osama Hussin Ahmed (EGY)	52:47.83	Oussama Aouina (TUN)	53:19.19
High jump	Best Erhire Omamuyovwi (NGR)	2.08 m	Joshua Onezime (SEY)	2.06 m	Ziad Mohamed Kamal (EGY)	2.04 m
Pole vault	Kyer Rademeyer (RSA)	5.10 m	Nikolam Van Huysteen (RSA)	4.80 m	Ayndlem Belayabebe (ETH)	3.60 m
Long jump	Jason Tito (RSA)	7.40 m	Jaugu Sarjo (GAM)	6.76 m	Olatunde Olaolu (NGR)	6.60 m
Triple jump	Collins Kipkorir (KEN)	14.82 m	Best Erhire Omamuyovwi (NGR)	14.77 m	Jason Tito (RSA)	14.57 m
Shot put (5 kg)	Mohamed Osama Mohamed (EGY)	19.52 m	Douw Kruger (RSA)	19.03 m	Wynand Swanepoel (RSA)	17.82 m
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	Mohamed Osama Mohamed (EGY)	58.91 m	Wynand Swanepoel (RSA)	57.64 m	Douw Kruger (RSA)	51.10 m
Hammer throw (5 kg)	Mohamed Saeed (EGY)	68.66 m	Abdelmalak Benziada (ALG)	56.36 m	Mentesnot Mersha (ETH)	54.19 m
Javelin throw (700 g)	Nnamdi Chinecherem (NGR)	74.71 m CR	Serge Armand Diasso (CIV)	46.36 m	Losani Konate (BUR)	43.17 m
Octathlon	Ayoub Bansabra (ALG)	5382 pts	Jordane Quirin (MRI)	5238 pts	Yusuf Rasheed (NGR)	5139 pts

Girls (U18)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +0.3 m/s)	Miandi van Staden (RSA)	12.00	Jalika Bajinka (GAM)	12.02	Praise Ofoku (NGR)	12.02
200 metres (Wind: +0.3 m/s)	Favour Ofili (NGR)	23.38 CR	Anita Taviore (NGR)	24.07	Binta Jallow (GAM)	24.13
400 metres	Favour Ofili (NGR)	52.28 CR	Linda Kageha (KEN)	52.52	Amy Naude (RSA)	54.29
800 metres	Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA)	2:07.03	Sheila Belio (KEN)	2:07.45	Nelly Chepchirchir (KEN)	2:07.90
1500 metres	Meryem Azrour (MAR)	4:20.14	Janet Nyiva (KEN)	4:20.43	Almaz Girma (ETH)	4:21.97
3000 metres	Zena Jemutai Yego (KEN)	9:13.23	Deborah Chemutai (KEN)	9:13.42	Berheteha Amare (ETH)	9:14.72
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) (Wind: +1.4 m/s)	Kayla van der Bergh (RSA)	13.50	Rahil Hamel (ALG)	14.02	Madina Toure (BUR)	14.53
400 metres hurdles	Sarah Ochigbo (NGR)	1:03.13	Saphietou Boye (SEN)	1:05.97	Djamilatou Sanou (BUR)	1:06.24
2000 metres steeplechase	Juby Jerotich (KEN)	6:48.56	Kassazerfe Wondimagegn (ETH)	6:51.41	Dorothy Kimutai (KEN)	7:12.18
Medley relay	Nigeria (NGR) ? ? ? Favour Ofili	2:11.93	Gambia (GAM)	2:12.21	South Africa (RSA)	2:12.33
5000 m walk	Melissa Touloum (ALG)	25:45.29	Mariame Worku (ETH)	26:02.54	Soumaya Mannai (TUN)	27:55.83
High jump	Jeanne Visser (RSA)	1.73 m	Saly Sarr (SEN)	1.69 m	Laurentine Fouda (CMR)	1.60 m
Long jump	Nolwazi Mashaba (RSA)	5.82 m	Joane Gerber (RSA)	5.80 m	Ruona Adogbeji (NGR)	5.56 m
Triple jump	Nolwazi Mashaba (RSA)	12.65 m	Boru Sambate Robe (ETH)	12.06 m	Grace Oshiokpu (NGR)	11.81 m
Shot put (3 kg)	Dane Roets (RSA)	17.33 m	Mine de Klerk (RSA)	16.90 m	Dina Amel Farouk (EGY)	13.92 m
Discus throw	Dane Roets (RSA)	46.35 m	Chaimae Bouchaal (MAR)	41.91 m	Esther Osisike (NGR)	41.28 m
Hammer throw	Phethissang Makhethe (RSA)	63.51 m CR	Nagla Amel Farouk (EGY)	56.23 m	Fatima Zohra Tadjine Ikram (ALG)	53.62 m
Javelin throw	Heike de Nyssechen (RSA)	51.57 m CR	Matha Nthanzi Musai (KEN)	48.96 m	Shakenaz Zinwefky (EGY)	42.98 m
Heptathlon	Saly Sarr (SEN)	4005 pts	Ese Awusa (NGR)	3792 pts	Tamer El Gebaly (EGY)	3365 pts

References

^ Olus, Yemi (22 April 2019). "Kenya and South Africa shine at African U18/u20 Championships in Abidjan". IAAF. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

Results

U20 results at AfricAthle
U18 results at AfricAthle
Results at Tilastopaja

[1] Olus, Yemi (22 April 2019). "Kenya and South Africa shine at African U18/u20 Championships in Abidjan". IAAF. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

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