2004 African Championships in Athletics

The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition was contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics. Thus some top athletes shunned the event. On the other hand, many athletes use the competition to prepare for the Olympics.

2004 African Championships
Dates	14–18 July
Host city	Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
Venue	Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat
Events	44
← 2002 Tunis / Radès 2006 Bambous →

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria	10.21	Idrissa Sanou  Burkina Faso	10.37	Jaysuma Saidy  Gambia	10.43
200 m	Joseph Batangdon  Cameroon	20.46	Ambrose Ezenwa  Nigeria	20.75	Morné Nagel  South Africa	20.83
400 m	Eric Milazar  Mauritius	45.03	Ezra Sambu  Kenya	45.33	Young Talkmore Nyongani  Zimbabwe	45.69
800 m	William Yiampoy  Kenya	1:45.36	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa	1:45.55	Ismail Ahmed Ismail  Sudan	1:45.87
1500 m	Paul Korir  Kenya	3:39.48	Peter Roko Ashak  Sudan	3:41.31	Yassine Bensghir  Morocco	3:41.49
5000 m	Zwedo Maregu  Ethiopia	13:47.77	Boniface Songok  Kenya	13:48.06	Hillary Chenonge  Kenya	13:48.44
10,000 m	Charles Kamathi  Kenya	28:07.83	Abebe Dinkesa  Ethiopia	28:10.49	Yebeltal Admasu  Ethiopia	28:28.59
3000 m s'chase	David Chemweno  Kenya	8:17.31	Richard Matelong  Kenya	8:26.34	Abdelatif Chemlal  Morocco	8:31.01
110 m hurdles	Todd Matthews Jouda  Sudan	13.70	Shaun Bownes  South Africa	13.80	Frikkie van Zyl  South Africa	13.81
400 m hurdles	Llewellyn Herbert  South Africa	48.90	Julius Bungei  Kenya	49.56	Ockert Cilliers  South Africa	49.58
20 km walk	Julius Sawe  Kenya	1:27:43	Hassanine Sebei  Tunisia	1:28:35	Moussa Aouanouk  Algeria	1:29:02
4 x 100 m relay	Nigeria Olusoji Fasuba Ambrose Ezenwa Aaron Egbele Chinedu Oriala	38.91	South Africa Morne Nagel Deon du Toit Clinton Venter Lee-Roy Newton	39.59	Cameroon Emmanuel Ngom Priso Idrissa Adam Alain Olivier Nyounai Joseph Batangdon	39.87
4 x 400 m relay	Zimbabwe Lloyd Zvasiya Lewis Banda Temba Ncube Talkmore Nyongani	3:02.38	Nigeria James Godday Saul Weigopwa Bola Lawal Enefiok Udo-Obong	3:02.66	South Africa Marcus La Grange Werner Botha Hendrick Mokganyetsi Arnaud Malherbe	3:03.81
High jump	Kabelo Mmono  Botswana	2.17	Boubacar Séré  Burkina Faso	2.10	Khemraj Naiko  Mauritius	2.10
Pole vault	Béchir Zaghouani  Tunisia	5.20	Karim Sène  Senegal	5.00	Mohamed Karbib  Morocco	4.60
Long jump	Jonathan Chimier  Mauritius	8.06	Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal	7.86	Nabil Adamou  Algeria	7.72
Triple jump	Olivier Sanou  Burkina Faso	16.31	Hamza Ménina  Algeria	16.02	Thierry Adanabou  Burkina Faso	15.93
Shot put	Janus Robberts  South Africa	21.02	Burger Lambrechts  South Africa	18.78	Yasser Ibrahim Farag  Egypt	18.51
Discus throw	Frantz Kruger  South Africa	63.85	Hannes Hopley  South Africa	63.50	Nabil Kiram  Morocco	52.12
Hammer throw	Chris Harmse  South Africa	75.90	Saber Souid  Tunisia	70.71	Ahmed Abd El Raouf  Egypt	67.87
Javelin throw	Gerhardus Pienaar  South Africa	78.31	Gerbrandt Grobler  South Africa	76.93	Willie Human  South Africa	71.48
Decathlon	Anis Riahi  Tunisia	7200 points	Selwyn Lieutier  Mauritius	6882 points	Celestin Moussambote Kengué  Congo	6478 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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Endurance Ojokolo  Nigeria	11.33	Mercy Nku  Nigeria	11.36	Geraldine Pillay  South Africa	11.40
200 m	Geraldine Pillay  South Africa	23.18	Kadiatou Camara  Mali	23.22	Nadjina Kaltouma  Chad	23.29
400 m	Fatou Bintou Fall  Senegal	50.62	Nadjina Kaltouma  Chad	50.80	Hortense Béwouda  Cameroon	51.15
800 m	Saïda El Mehdi  Morocco	2:03.52	Charity Wandia  Kenya	2:04.08	Caroline Chepkwony  Kenya	2:04.58
1500 m	Nancy Lagat  Kenya	4:24.56	Saïda El Mehdi  Morocco	4:24.87	Jeruto Kiptum  Kenya	4:25.85
5000 m	Etalemahu Kidane  Ethiopia	16:25.83	Priscah Jepleting  Kenya	16:26.15	Angele Haronsimana  Burundi	16:55.99
10,000 m	Eyerusalem Kuma  Ethiopia	31:56.77	Irene Kwambai  Kenya	31:57.54	Catherine Kirui  Kenya	32:35.71
100 m hurdles	Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy  Madagascar	13.73	Carole Kaboud Mebam  Cameroon	14.07	Alima Soura  Burkina Faso	14.38
400 m hurdles	Surita Febbraio  South Africa	55.12	Mame Tacko Diouf  Senegal	55.62	Zahra Lachgar  Morocco	57.12
3000 m St.	Bouchra Chaabi  Morocco	9:53.46 CR	Nawal Baïbi  Morocco	10:11.42	Tebogo Masehla  South Africa	10:34.40
20 km walk	Grace Wanjiru  Kenya	1:42:45	Nicolene Cronje  South Africa	1:43:57	Bahia Boussad  Algeria	1:46:12
4 x 100 m relay	Nigeria Gloria Kemasuode Mercy Nku Oludamola Osayomi Endurance Ojokolo	44.32	South Africa Dikeledi Moropane Heide Seyerling Adri Shoeman Geraldine Pillay	44.42	Senegal Fatoumata Coly Aida Diop Aissatou Badjo Aminata Diouf	45.21
4 x 400 m relay	Senegal Fatou Bintou Fall Tacko Diouf Aida Diop Amy Mbacke Thiam	3:29.41	South Africa Surita Febbraio Adri Shoeman Heide Seyerling Estie Wittstock	3:30.12	Cameroon Hortense Bewouda Carole Kaboud Muriel Noah Delphine Atangana	3:30.77
High jump	Hestrie Cloete  South Africa	1.95	Samantha Dodd  South Africa	1.60	Janice Josephs  South Africa	1.50
Pole vault	Syrine Balti  Tunisia	4.00	Samantha Dodd  South Africa	3.80	Nancy Cheekoussen  Mauritius	3.70
Long jump	Kene Ndoye  Senegal	6.64	Kadiatou Camara  Mali	6.29	Yah Koïta  Mali	6.27
Triple jump	Yamilé Aldama  Sudan	14.90	Kene Ndoye  Senegal	14.44	Mariette Mien  Burkina Faso	12.61
Shot put	Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi  Egypt	15.53	Amel Ben Khaled  Tunisia	15.45	Alifatou Djibril  Togo	15.16
Discus throw	Elizna Naude  South Africa	57.50	Alifatou Djibril  Togo	52.62	Hiba Meshili Abu Zaghari  Egypt	50.58
Hammer throw	Marwa Hussein Arafat  Egypt	66.14 CR	Mouna Dani  Morocco	57.98	Hayat El Ghazi  Morocco	57.67
Javelin throw	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	60.13	Aïda Sellam  Tunisia	54.68	Cecilia Kiplagat  Kenya	48.78
Heptathlon	Margaret Simpson  Ghana	6154 points	Janice Josephs  South Africa	5785 points	Céline Laporte  Seychelles	5172 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)	10	12	7	29
2	Kenya (KEN)	7	7	5	19
3	Senegal (SEN)	3	4	1	8
4	Nigeria (NGR)	3	3	0	6
	Tunisia (TUN)	3	3	0	6
6	Ethiopia (ETH)	3	1	0	4
7	Morocco (MAR)	2	3	6	11
8	Mauritius (MRI)	2	1	2	5
9	Egypt (EGY)	2	0	2	4
10	Burkina Faso (BFA)	1	2	2	5
11	Sudan (SUD)	1	1	1	3
12	Cameroon (CMR)	1	0	3	4
13	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	0	1	2
14	Botswana (BOT)	1	0	0	1
	Ghana (GHA)	1	0	0	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	1	0	0	1
17	Mali (MLI)	0	2	1	3
18	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	3	4
19	Chad (CHA)	0	1	1	2
	Togo (TOG)	0	1	1	2
21	Burundi (BDI)	0	0	1	1
	Gambia (GAM)	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles (SEY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 nations)		42	42	39	123

See also

• 2004 in athletics (track and field)

References

• African Championships – Day One. IAAF (2004-07-15). Retrieved on 2010-11-29.
• African Championships – Day Two. IAAF (2004-07-16). Retrieved on 2010-11-29.
• African Championships – Day Three. IAAF (2004-07-17). Retrieved on 2010-11-29.
• African Championships - Final Day - Batangdon and Herbert shine. IAAF (2004-07-19). Retrieved on 2010-11-29.

External links

• Medalists - GBR Athletics
• Partial results