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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Track[edit]
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Field[edit]
| Chronology: 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 |
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Women's results[edit]
Track[edit]
| Chronology: 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 |
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Field[edit]
| Chronology: 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 |
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Medal table[edit]
* Host nation (Kenya)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Kenya (KEN)* | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 |  South Africa (SAF) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 |  Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 |  Algeria (ALG) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 |  Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Botswana (BOT) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Tunisia (TUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 |  Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 |  Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 |  Ivory Coast (CIV) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 |  Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 |  Lesotho (LES) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Libya (LBA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 |  Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Sudan (SUD) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  DR Congo (COD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Madagascar (MAD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mauritius (MRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Togo (TOG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 | |
Source: [1]
Participating nations[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
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