2018 African Championships in Athletics

The 21st African Championships in Athletics was held in Asaba, Nigeria from 1 to 5 August 2018 at the Stephen Keshi Stadium.^[1][2] It was the second time that Nigeria hosted this competition. 800 athletes from 52 African countries participated.^[3]

2018 African Championships
Dates	1–5 August
Host city	Asaba, Nigeria
Venue	Stephen Keshi Stadium
Events	44
Records set	7 CR
← 2016 Durban 2022 Saint Pierre →

Medal summary

Men

Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.1 m/s) details	Akani Simbine  South Africa	10.25	Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast	10.33	Simon Magakwe  South Africa	10.35
200 metres details	Ncincihli Titi  South Africa	20.46	Divine Oduduru  Nigeria	20.60	Luxolo Adams  South Africa	20.60
400 metres details	Baboloki Thebe  Botswana	44.81	Thapelo Phora  South Africa	45.14	Chidi Okezie  Nigeria	45.65
800 metres details	Nijel Amos  Botswana	1:45.20	Emmanuel Korir  Kenya	1:45.65	Mostafa Smaili  Morocco	1:45.90
1500 metres details	Elijah Manangoi  Kenya	3:35.20 CR	Timothy Cheruiyot  Kenya	3:35.93	Ronald Musagala  Uganda	3:36.41
5000 metres details	Edward Zakayo  Kenya	13:48.58	Getaneh Molla  Ethiopia	13:49.06	Yemane Haileselassie  Eritrea	13:49.58
10,000 metres details	Jemal Yimer  Ethiopia	29:08.01	Andamlak Belihu  Ethiopia	29:11.09	Timothy Toroitich  Uganda	29:11.87
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s) details	Antonio Alkana  South Africa	13.51	Oyeniyi Abejoye  Nigeria	13.87	Welington Zaza  Liberia	13.88
400 metres hurdles details	Abdelmalik Lahoulou  Algeria	48.47 NR	Cornel Fredericks  South Africa	49.40	Zied Azizi  Tunisia	49.48
3000 metres steeplechase details	Conseslus Kipruto  Kenya	8:26.38	Soufiane El Bakkali  Morocco	8:28.01	Getnet Wale  Ethiopia	8:30.87
4 × 100 metres relay details	South Africa Henricho Bruintjies Simon Magakwe Emile Erasmus Akani Simbine Ncincihli Titi*	38.25 CR	Nigeria Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ejowvokoghene Oduduru Emmanuel Arowolo Seye Ogunlewe Enoch Olaoluwa Adegoke*	38.74	Ivory Coast Gnamien Nehemie N'Goran [fr] Wilfried Koffi Hua Arthur Cissé Ben Youssef Meïté	38.92
4 × 400 metres relay details	Kenya Jared Momanyi [de] Alphas Kishoyian Aron Koech Emmanuel Korir	3:00.92 CR	South Africa Zakithi Nene Cornel Fredericks Pieter Conradie Thapelo Phora Le Roux Hamman*	3:03.50	Nigeria Orukpe Eraiyokan Rilwan Alowonle Isah Salihu Chidi Okezie	3:04.88
20 kilometres walk details	Samuel Gathimba  Kenya	1:25:14	Lebogang Shange  South Africa	1:25:25	Hassanine Sebei  Tunisia	1:25:25
High jump details	Mathew Sawe  Kenya	2.30 m =NR	Chris Moleya  South Africa	2.26 m	Mpho Links  South Africa	2.15 m
Pole vault details	Mohamed Romdhana  Tunisia	5.20 m	Valko van Wyk [es]  South Africa	5.10 m	Mejdi Chehata [fr]  Tunisia	5.10 m
Long jump details	Rushwal Samaai  South Africa	8.45 m CR	Luvo Manyonga  South Africa	8.43 m	Yahya Berrabah  Morocco	8.14 m w
Triple jump details	Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso	17.11 m NR	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	16.83 m	Yasser Triki  Algeria	16.78 m
Shot put details	Chukwuebuka Enekwechi  Nigeria	21.08 m CR	Mohamed Khalif  Egypt	19.33 m	Kyle Blignaut  South Africa	19.05 m
Discus throw details	Victor Hogan  South Africa	60.06 m	Werner Visser  South Africa	58.22 m	Elbachir Mbarki [fr]  Morocco	54.97 m
Hammer throw details	Mostafa Al-Gamel  Egypt	73.50 m	Islam Mohamed  Egypt	70.32 m	Hassan Abdel Gawad  Egypt	69.90 m
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego  Kenya	77.34 m	Phil-Mar van Rensburg  South Africa	76.57 m	Kure Adams  Nigeria	75.69 m
Decathlon details	Larbi Bouraada  Algeria	8101 pts	Fredriech Pretorius  South Africa	7733 pts	Samuel Osadolor [de]  Nigeria	7095 pts

Women

Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.3 m/s) details	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	11.15	Janet Amponsah  Ghana	11.54	Joy Udo-Gabriel  Nigeria	11.58
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) details	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast	22.50	Germaine Abessolo Bivina  Cameroon	23.36	Janet Amponsah  Ghana	23.38
400 metres details	Caster Semenya  South Africa	49.96 NR	Christine Botlogetswe  Botswana	51.19	Yinka Ajayi  Nigeria	51.34
800 metres details	Caster Semenya  South Africa	1:56.06 CR	Francine Niyonsaba  Burundi	1:57.97	Habitam Alemu  Ethiopia	1:58.86
1500 metres details	Winny Chebet  Kenya	4:14.02	Rababe Arafi  Morocco	4:14.12	Malika Akkaoui  Morocco	4:14.17
5000 metres details	Hellen Obiri  Kenya	15:47.18	Senbere Teferi  Ethiopia	15:54.48	Meskerem Mamo  Ethiopia	15:57.38
10,000 metres details	Stacey Ndiwa  Kenya	31:31.17	Alice Aprot Nawowuna  Kenya	31:36.12	Gete Alemayehu [de]  Ethiopia	32:10.68
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.4 m/s) details	Oluwatobiloba Amusan  Nigeria	12.86	Rikenette Steenkamp  South Africa	13.18	Rosvitha Okou  Ivory Coast	13.39
400 metres hurdles details	Lamiae Lhabze  Morocco	56.66	Wenda Nel  South Africa	57.04	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo  Kenya	57.27
3000 metres steeplechase details	Beatrice Chepkoech  Kenya	8:59.88 CR	Celliphine Chespol  Kenya	9:09.61	Fancy Cherono  Kenya	9:23.92
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria Joy Udo-Gabriel Blessing Okagbare Oluwatobiloba Amusan Rosemary Chukwuma	43.77	Ivory Coast Adeline Gouenon Karel Elodie Ziketh Rosvitha Okou Marie-Josée Ta Lou	44.40	Kenya Eunice Kadogo Millicent Ndoro Joan Cherono [de] Fresha Mwangi [de]	45.58
4 × 400 metres relay details	Nigeria Patience Okon George Abike Egbeniyi Folashade Abugan Yinka Ajayi	3:31.17	Kenya Maureen Jelagat Hellen Syombua Navian Michira Veronica Mutua	3:35.45	Zambia Quincy Malekani [de] Abygirl Sepiso [de] Rhodah Njobvu Majory Chisanga [de]	3:38.18
20 kilometres walk details	Yehualeye Beletew  Ethiopia	1:31:47 NR	Grace Wanjiru  Kenya	1:35:54	Chahinez Nasri  Tunisia	1:37:28
High jump details	Erika Seyama  Eswatini	1.83 m †	Hoda Hagras [de]  Egypt	1.80 m	Ariyat Dibow Ubang [fr]  Ethiopia	1.80 m
Pole vault details	Dorra Mahfoudhi  Tunisia	4.10 m	Dina Eltabaa [es]  Egypt	4.05 m	Nesrine Brinis [fr]  Tunisia	3.90 m
Long jump details	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.83 m	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	6.54 m w	Lynique Beneke  South Africa	6.38 m
Triple jump details	Grace Anigbata  Nigeria	14.02 m	Zinzi Chabangu  South Africa	13.59 m	Lerato Sechele  Lesotho	13.31 m
Shot put details	Ischke Senekal  South Africa	17.24 m	Jessica Inchude  Guinea-Bissau	16.76 m	Meike Strydom [de]  South Africa	15.99 m
Discus throw details	Chioma Onyekwere  Nigeria	58.09 m	Chinwe Okoro  Nigeria	57.37 m	Ischke Senekal  South Africa	53.82 m
Hammer throw details	Soukaina Zakour  Morocco	68.28 m NR	Temi Ogunrinde [de]  Nigeria	67.39 m NR	Jennifer Batu  Republic of the Congo	66.43 m NR
Javelin throw details	Kelechi Nwanaga  Nigeria	56.96 m	Jo-Ane van Dyk  South Africa	53.72 m	Josephine Joyce Lalam  Uganda	51.33 m
Heptathlon details	Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin	5999 pts	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	5967 pts	Not awarded

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	11	6	2	19
2	South Africa (RSA)	9	14	8	31
3	Nigeria (NGR)*	9	5	6	20
4	Ethiopia (ETH)	2	3	5	10
5	Ivory Coast (CIV)	2	2	2	6
6	Botswana (BOT)	2	1	0	3
7	Tunisia (TUN)	2	0	5	7
8	Algeria (ALG)	2	0	1	3
9	Egypt (EGY)	1	4	2	7
10	Morocco (MAR)	1	3	4	8
11	Burkina Faso (BFA)	1	2	0	3
12	Benin (BEN)	1	0	0	1
	Eswatini (SWZ)	1	0	0	1
14	Burundi (BDI)	0	1	0	1
	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	0	1	0	1
18	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	3	3
19	Congo (CGO)	0	0	1	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	0	1	1
	Lesotho (LES)	0	0	1	1
	Liberia (LBR)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		44	44	43	131