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2002 African Championships
Host stadium in Radès
Dates	6–10 August
Host city	Radès, Tunisia
Venue	Stade 7 November
Events	43
Participation	412 athletes from 42 nations
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The 13th African Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia in August, 2002.

Men's results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details (wind: 3.8 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	9.93 w	Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria	10.00 w	Idrissa Sanou  Burkina Faso	10.16 w
200 metres details (wind: 2.4 m/s)	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	20.10 w	Abdul Aziz Zakari  Ghana	20.33 w	Oumar Loum  Senegal	20.37 w
400 metres details	Eric Milazar  Mauritius	45.67	Sofiène Labidi  Tunisia	45.87	Marcus la Grange  South Africa	45.95
800 metres details	Djabir Saïd-Guerni  Algeria	1:45.52	William Yiampoy  Kenya	1:45.79	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi  South Africa	1:46.20
1500 metres details	Bernard Lagat  Kenya	3:38.11	Laban Rotich  Kenya	3:38.60	Abdelkader Hachlaf  Morocco	3:38.78
5000 metres details	Paul Bitok  Kenya	13:31.95	Benjamin Limo  Kenya	13:32.10	Mohamed Amine  Morocco	13:33.98
10,000 metres details	Paul Malakwen Kosgei  Kenya	28:44.81	John Cheruiyot Korir  Kenya	28:45.23	Benjamin Maiyo  Kenya	28:45.24
3000 metres steeplechase details	Brahim Boulami  Morocco	8:19.51	Wilson Boit Kipketer  Kenya	8:20.92	Stephen Cherono  Kenya	8:23.85
110 metres hurdles details (wind: 4.8 m/s)	Shaun Bownes  South Africa	13.36 w	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja  Madagascar	13.80 w	Sultan Tucker  Liberia	13.98 w
400 metres hurdles details	Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa	49.76	Willie Smith  Namibia	50.03	Héni Kechi  Tunisia	50.44
20 kilometres walk details	Hatem Ghoula  Tunisia	1:26:42	Moussa Aouanouk  Algeria	1:30:27	Karim Boudhiba  Tunisia	1:35:05
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Taiwo Ajibade Chinedu Oriala Sunday Emmanuel Uchenna Emedolu	39.76	Senegal Malang Sané Abdou Demba Lam Jacques Sambou Oumar Loum	40.08	Mauritius David Victoire Fernando Augustin Arnaud Casquette Eric Milazar	40.27
4 × 400 metres relay details	Morocco Abdellatif El Ghazaoui Nabil Jabir Ismael Daif Abdelkrim Khoudri	3:09.72	Mauritius Jean-François Degrâce Fernando Augustin Kursley Montimerdo Eric Milazar	3:10.14	Senegal Ousmane Niang Seydina Doucouré Jacques Sambou Oumar Loum	3:14.40
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 details	Abderrahmane Hammad  Algeria	2.25	Kabelo Mmono  Botswana	2.10	Mohamed Bradai  Algeria	2.10
Pole vault details	Karim Sène  Senegal	5.00	Béchir Zaghouani  Tunisia	4.90	Mohamed Benyahia  Algeria	4.80
Long jump details	Younès Moudrik  Morocco	8.06 w	Hatem Mersal  Egypt	8.02 w	Nabil Adamou  Algeria	7.98 w
Triple jump details	Olivier Sanou  Burkina Faso	17.06 w	Andrew Owusu  Ghana	17.02 w	Abdou Demba Lam  Senegal	16.34 w
Shot put details	Janus Robberts  South Africa	19.73	Hicham Aït Aha  Morocco	17.18	Mohamed Meddeb  Tunisia	16.40
Discus throw details	Janus Robberts  South Africa	54.32	Walid Boudaoui  Algeria	49.49	Omar Ahmed El Ghazali  Egypt	48.17
Hammer throw details	Chris Harmse  South Africa	76.07	Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim  Egypt	69.19	Saber Souid  Tunisia	68.40
Javelin throw details	Gerhardus Pienaar  South Africa	78.63	Walid Abderrazak Mohamed  Egypt	70.86	Mohamed Ali Ben Zina  Tunisia	66.69
Decathlon details	Hamdi Dhouibi  Tunisia	7965 points	Anis Riahi  Tunisia	7363 points	Rédouane Youcef  Algeria	7089 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 results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details (wind: 4.1 m/s)	Endurance Ojokolo  Nigeria	11.15 w	Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon	11.29 w	Chinedu Odozor  Nigeria	11.32 w
200 metres details (wind: 2.2 m/s)	Nadjina Kaltouma  Chad	22.80 w	Aïda Diop  Senegal	23.29 w	Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon	23.30 w
400 metres details	Nadjina Kaltouma  Chad	51.09	Mireille Nguimgo  Cameroon	51.61	Awatef Ben Hassine  Tunisia	52.22 (NR)
800 metres details	Maria de Lurdes Mutola  Mozambique	2:03.11	Agnes Samaria  Namibia	2:03.63	Mina Aït Hammou  Morocco	2:03.94
1500 metres details	Jackline Maranga  Kenya	4:18.91	Abir Nakhli  Tunisia	4:19.02	Hasna Benhassi  Morocco	4:20.15
5000 metres details	Berhane Adere  Ethiopia	15:51.08	Dorcus Inzikuru  Uganda	15:54.22	Ejegayehu Dibaba  Ethiopia	15:56.02
10,000 metres details	Susan Chepkemei  Kenya	31:45.14	Leah Malot  Kenya	32:00.78	Eyerusalem Kuma  Ethiopia	32:21.60
100 metres hurdles details (wind: 2.5 m/s)	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy  Madagascar	13.13w	Angela Atede  Nigeria	13.16w	Kéné Ndoye  Senegal	13.72w
400 metres hurdles details	Zahra Lachgar  Morocco	57.91	Carole Kaboud Mebam  Cameroon	58.11	Mame Tacko Diouf  Senegal	58.86
10 kilometres walk details	Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali  Egypt	49:26	Bahia Boussad  Algeria	49:57	Grace Wanjiru  Kenya	51:35
4 × 100 metres relay details	South Africa Dikeledi Moropane Geraldine Pillay Dominique Koster Janice Josephs	45.60	Ivory Coast Christiane Yao Makaridja Sanganoko Matagari Diazasouba Amandine Allou Affoue	47.15	Ghana Georgina Sowah Vida Bruce Gifty Addy Aisha Primang	47.41
4 × 400 metres relay details	Cameroon Hortense Béwouda Carole Kaboud Mebam Myriam Léonie Mani Mireille Nguimgo	3:35.33	Nigeria Hajarat Yusuf Oluyemi Fagbamila Pauline Ibeagha Kudirat Akhigbe	3:38.25	Algeria Houria Moussa Sarah Bouaoudia Nahida Touhami Sarah Arrous	3:39.70 (NR)
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 details	Hestrie Cloete  South Africa	1.95	Amina Lemgherbi  Algeria	1.70	Hanen Dhouibi  Tunisia	1.70
Pole vault details	Syrine Balti  Tunisia	4.06	Aïda Mohsni  Tunisia	3.60	Asma Akkari  Tunisia	3.40
Long jump details	Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon	6.68 w	Kéné Ndoye  Senegal	6.45 w	Chinedu Odozor  Nigeria	6.39
Triple jump details	Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon	14.95	Kene Ndoye  Senegal	14.28	Baya Rahouli  Algeria	13.78
Shot put details	Vivian Chukwuemeka  Nigeria	17.60	Amel Ben Khaled  Tunisia	15.94	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi  Egypt	15.43
Discus throw details	Monia Kari  Tunisia	55.28	Vivian Chukwuemeka  Nigeria	54.12	Elizna Naudé  South Africa	51.89
Hammer throw details	Marwa Hussein Arafat  Egypt	61.64	Caroline Fournier  Mauritius	58.39	Hayat El Ghazi  Morocco	58.27
Javelin throw details	Aïda Sellam  Tunisia	55.46	Sorochukwu Ihuefo  Nigeria	55.30 (NR)	Bernadette Ravina  Mauritius	51.49
Heptathlon details	Margaret Simpson  Ghana	6105 points	Stéphanie Domaingue  Mauritius	5206 points	Imen Chatbri  Tunisia	5103 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	South Africa (RSA)	8	0	3	11
2	Tunisia (TUN)	5	6	9	20
3	Kenya (KEN)	5	6	3	14
4	Morocco (MAR)	4	1	5	10
5	Nigeria (NGR)	3	5	2	10
6	Cameroon (CMR)	3	3	1	7
7	Algeria (ALG)	2	4	6	12
8	Egypt (EGY)	2	3	2	7
9	Namibia (NAM)	2	2	0	4
10	Chad (CHA)	2	0	0	2
11	Senegal (SEN)	1	4	5	10
12	Mauritius (MRI)	1	3	2	6
13	Ghana (GHA)	1	2	1	4
14	Madagascar (MAD)	1	1	0	2
15	Ethiopia (ETH)	1	0	2	3
16	Burkina Faso (BFA)	1	0	1	2
17	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	0	0	1
18	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	0	1
	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
21	Liberia (LBR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		43	43	43	129

Participating nations

•  Algeria (50)
•  Angola (3)
•  Benin (7)
•  Botswana (10)
•  Burkina Faso (5)
•  Burundi (4)
•  Cameroon (8)
•  Cape Verde (1)
•  Chad (3)
•  Comoros (1)
•  Djibouti (3)
•  Egypt (14)
•  Equatorial Guinea (1)
•  Eritrea (13)
•  Ethiopia (17)
•  Gabon (4)
•  Ghana (10)
•  Guinea (2)
•  Ivory Coast (11)
•  Kenya (22)
•  Liberia (8)
•  Libya (15)
•  Madagascar (4)
•  Mali (3)
•  Mauritania (2)
•  Mauritius (16)
•  Morocco (37)
•  Mozambique (1)
•  Namibia (9)
•  Nigeria (17)
•  Republic of the Congo (1)
•  Rwanda (4)
•  São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
•  Senegal (22)
•  Seychelles (2)
•  Somalia (5)
•  South Africa (15)
•  Sudan (2)
•  Togo (3)
•  Tunisia (53)
•  Uganda (2)
•  Zimbabwe (1)

See also

• 2002 in athletics (track and field)

External links

• Medalists - GBR Athletics
• Full results

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