Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games

Athletics at the VIII All-Africa Games
Dates	11–16 October
Host city	Abuja, Nigeria
Venue	Abuja Stadium
Events	46
Participation	465 athletes from 47 nations
← 1999 Johannesburg 2007 Algiers → 2003 All-Africa Games

The athletics competition at the 2003 All-Africa Games was held at the Abuja Stadium between 11 and 16 October 2003. The host nation, Nigeria, topped the medal table.

Men's Results

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Deji Aliu Nigeria	9.95 GR	Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria	9.97	Leonard Myles-Mills Ghana	10.03
200 m	Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria	20.42	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	20.43	Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana	20.51
400 m	Ezra Sambu Kenya	44.98	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Sudan	45.22	Sofiène Labidi Tunisia	45.42
800 m	Samwel Mwera Tanzania	1:46.13	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa	1:46.44	Justus Koech Kenya	1:46.50
1500 m	Paul Korir Kenya	3:37.52	Robert Rono Kenya	3:38.13	Benjamin Kipkurui Kenya	3:38.94
5000 m	Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia	13:26.16 GR	Hailu Mekonnen Ethiopia	13:26.73	John Kibowen Kenya	13:29.14
10,000 m	Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia	27:42.13	Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia	27:43.12	Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia	27:47.19
Marathon	Johannes Kekana South Africa	2:25:01	Gashaw Melese Ethiopia	2:26:08	Gudisa Shentema Ethiopia	2:27:39
3000 m St.	Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya	8:12.27 GR	Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya	8:14.77	Tewodros Shiferaw Ethiopia	8:27.33
110 m H	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar	13.77	Todd Matthews Jouda Sudan	13.81	Frikkie van Zyl South Africa	13.94
400 m H	Osita Okeagu Nigeria	50.25	Victor Okorie Nigeria	50.36	Ibou Faye Senegal	50.89
20 km Walk	Hatem Ghoula Tunisia	1:30:32	Moussa Aouanouk Algeria	1:30:36	Arezki Yahiaoui Algeria	1:35:19
4 X 100 m	Ghana Christian Nsiah Eric Nkansah Aziz Zakari Leonard Myles-Mills	38.63	Nigeria Aaron Egbele Tamunosiki Atodirubo Deji Musa Deji Aliu	38.70	Senegal Oumar Loum Doudou Felou Sow Gora Diop Abdou Demba Lam	39.79
4 X 400 m	Botswana California Molefe Kagiso Kilego Oganeditse Moseki Johnson Kubisa	3:02.24 NR	Nigeria Abayomi Agunbiade James Godday Bolaji LawaAudul Musa Audu	3:04.49	Zimbabwe Crispen Mutakanyi Godwin Tauya Temba Ncube Young Talkmore Nyongani	3:05.62
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	Kabelo Mmono Botswana	2.15	Jude Sidonie Seychelles	2.10	Samson Idiata Nigeria	2.10
Pole Vault	Béchir Zaghouani Tunisia	5.20	Fanie Jacobs South Africa	5.20	Karim Sène Senegal	5.00
Long Jump	Ignisious Gaisah Ghana	8.30	Ndiss Kaba Badji Senegal	7.92	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	7.83
Triple Jump	Andrew Owusu Ghana	16.41	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	16.28	Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso	16.21
Shot Put	Burger Lambrechts South Africa	18.87	Chima Ugwu Nigeria	18.66	Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt	17.96
Discus	Omar Ahmed El Ghazali Egypt	63.61 GR	Hannes Hopley South Africa	62.86	Johannes van Wyk South Africa	62.43
Hammer	Chris Harmse South Africa	75.17	Saber Souid Tunisia	70.81	Samir Haouam Algeria	68.95
Javelin	Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa	76.95	Walid Abderrazak Mohamed Egypt	73.79	Brian Erasmus South Africa	72.94
Decathlon	Mustafa Taha Hussein Egypt	7400 points	Lee Okoroafor Nigeria	7240 points	Rédouane Youcef Algeria	7119 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 m	Mary Onyali Nigeria	11.26	Endurance Ojokolo Nigeria	11.26	Vida Anim Ghana	11.29
	Wind: +4.1
200 m	Mary Onyali Nigeria	23.09	Vida Anim Ghana	23.17	Estie Wittstock South Africa	23.46
	Wind: +2.2
400 m	Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal	51.38	Doris Jacob Nigeria	51.41	Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon	51.59
800 m	Grace Ebor Nigeria	2:02.04	Akosua Serwah Ghana	2:02.40	Lwiza John Tanzania	2:02.85
1500 m	Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia	4:21.63	Jackline Maranga Kenya	4:22.69	Naomi Mugo Kenya	4:24.33
5000 m	Meseret Defar Ethiopia	16:42.0	Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda	16:42.9	Isabella Ochichi Kenya	16:43.4
10 000 m	Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia	32:34.54	Werknesh Kidane Ethiopia	32:37.35	Leah Malot Kenya	32:56.43
Marathon	Clarisse Rasoarizay Madagascar	2:46:58	Tadelesh Birra Ethiopia	2:52:04	Leila Aman Ethiopia	2:55:07
100 m H	Angela Atede Nigeria	13.01	Damaris Agbugba Nigeria	13.06	Christy Akinremi Nigeria	13.55
	Wind: +2.5
400 m H	Omolade Akinremi Nigeria	56.98	Kate Obilor Nigeria	57.53	Carole Kaboud Mebam Cameroon	58.28
20 km Walk	Estlé Viljoen South Africa	1:44:29	Amsale Yakobe Ethiopia	1:47:42	Natalie Fourie South Africa	1:48:08
4 X 100 m	Nigeria Emem Edem Endurance Ojokolo Chinedu Odozor Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	43.04 GR	South Africa Dikeledi Moropane Heide Seyerling Geraldine Pillay Kerryn Hulsen	44.44	Senegal Aissatou Badji Fatou Bintou Fall Aminata Diouf Aida Diop	45.42
4 X 400 m	Nigeria Bisi Afolabi Glory Nwosu Doris Jacob Rosemary Onochie	3:27.76	Cameroon Hortense Bewouda Carole Kaboud Mebam Mireille Nguimgo Muriel Noah Ahanda	3:31.52	(only 2 teams started)
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	Nkeka Ukuh Nigeria	1.84	Marizca Gertenbach South Africa	1.84	Anika Smit South Africa	1.80
Pole Vault	Samantha Dodd South Africa	3.90 GR	Annelie van Wyk South Africa	3.80	Margaretha du Plessis South Africa	3.50
Long Jump	Esther Aghatise Nigeria	6.58	Grace Umelo Nigeria	6.56	Chinedu Odozor Nigeria	6.52
Triple Jump	Kéné Ndoye Senegal	14.23	Salamatu Alimi Nigeria	13.47	Nkechinyere Mbaoma Nigeria	13.18
Shot Put	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	18.12 GR	Veronica Abrahamse South Africa	15.77	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt	15.32
Discus	Elizna Naudé South Africa	57.44	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	54.83	Alifatou Djibril Togo	54.79
Hammer	Marwa Hussein Arafat Egypt	64.28	Susan Adeoye Olufunke Nigeria	58.86	Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria	56.54
Javelin	Aïda Sellam Tunisia	54.58	Lindy Leveaux Seychelles	53.23	Sunette Viljoen South Africa	51.68
Heptathlon	Margaret Simpson Ghana	6152 points GR	Justine Robbeson South Africa	5697 points	Patience Okoro Nigeria	5436 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

1	Nigeria	13	14	6	33
2	South Africa	7	9	9	25
3	Ethiopia	5	6	4	15
4	Ghana	4	2	3	9
5	Kenya	3	3	6	12
6	Egypt	3	1	2	6
7	Tunisia	3	1	1	5
8	Senegal	2	1	4	7
9	Botswana	2	0	0	2
	Madagascar	2	0	0	2
11	Tanzania	1	0	1	2
12	Seychelles	0	2	0	2
	Sudan	0	2	0	2
14	Algeria	0	1	3	4
15	Cameroon	0	1	2	3
16	Namibia	0	1	0	1
	Uganda	0	1	0	1
18	Burkina Faso	0	0	1	1
	Togo	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

• Algeria (18)
• Angola (2)
• Benin (11)
• Botswana (11)
• Burkina Faso (10)
• Burundi (4)
• Cameroon (10)
• Cape Verde (4)
• Central African Republic (2)
• Chad (3)
• Comoros (1)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)
• Egypt (11)
• Eritrea (8)
• Ethiopia (36)
• Gambia (7)

• Ghana (14)
• Guinea (2)
• Guinea-Bissau (1)
• Ivory Coast (9)
• Kenya (29)
• Liberia (8)
• Libya (4)
• Lesotho (1)
• Madagascar (5)
• Malawi (7)
• Mali (9)
• Mauritania (2)
• Mauritius (7)
• Mozambique (3)
• Namibia (5)
• Niger (2)

• Nigeria (67)
• Republic of the Congo (11)
• Rwanda (6)
• São Tomé and Príncipe (4)
• Senegal (22)
• Seychelles (5)
• Sierra Leone (14)
• South Africa (40)
• Sudan (9)
• Tanzania (5)
• Togo (4)
• Tunisia (8)
• Uganda (7)
• Zambia (1)
• Zimbabwe (12)

External links

• GBR Athletics
• Unofficial results