Athletics at the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie

The athletics competition at the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie took place in Stade des Martyrs in Kinshasa from 31 July to 4 August 2023.^[1][2]

Athletics at the 9th Jeux de la Francophonie
Dates	31 July – 4 August 2023
Host city	Kinshasa, DR Congo
Venue	Stade des Martyrs
Events	43 + 10 para-athletics
Participation	303 athletes from 26 nations
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Medal table

  *   Host nation (DR Congo)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Morocco (MAR)	17	14	11	42
2	Romania (ROU)	6	3	6	15
3	Cameroon (CMR)	5	8	3	16
4	Mauritius (MRI)	4	3	2	9
5	Ivory Coast (CIV)	4	2	1	7
6	Djibouti (DJI)	4	1	3	8
7	Burkina Faso (BUR)	4	1	2	7
8	Senegal (SEN)	3	5	0	8
9	Niger (NIG)	1	4	2	7
10	Chad (CHA)	1	2	1	4
11	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	2	4
12	Lebanon (LIB)	1	0	1	2
13	Guinea (GUI)	1	0	0	1
	Madagascar (MAD)	1	0	0	1
15	DR Congo (COD)*	0	3	8	11
16	Congo (CGO)	0	3	3	6
17	Kosovo (KOS)	0	2	0	2
18	Mali (MLI)	0	1	2	3
19	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Benin (BEN)	0	0	1	1
	Burundi (BDI)	0	0	1	1
	Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)	0	0	1	1
	Gabon (GAB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		53	53	52	158

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie – Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon	10.04	Mamadou Fall Sarr  Senegal	10.17 =NR	Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast	10.24
200 m (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Cheickna Traore  Ivory Coast	20.37	Fodé Sissoko  Mali	20.62	Guy Maganga Gorra  Gabon	20.64
400 m	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf  Senegal	45.78	Hamza Dair  Morocco	46.07	Rachid Mhamdi  Morocco	46.26
800 m	Oussama El Bouchayby  Morocco	1:47.74	Mostafa Smaili  Morocco	1:47.76	Nabil Oussama  Morocco	1:48.18
1500 m	Hicham Akankam  Morocco	3:41.08	Hafid Rizky  Morocco	3:41.89	Abdo-Razak Hassan  Djibouti	3:42.08
5000 m	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim  Djibouti	13:22.44	Hicham Akankam  Morocco	13:29.86	Emilie Hafashimana  Burundi	13:31.11
10,000 m	Moumin Bouh Guelleh  Djibouti	28:47.15	Djamal Abdi Dirieh  Djibouti	28:50.31	Mouhcine Outalha  Morocco	28:55.48
110 m hurdles (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Louis François Mendy  Senegal	13.38 GR	Saguirou Badamassi  Niger	13.67	Richard Diawara  Mali	13.69
400 m hurdles	Saad Hinti  Morocco	49.32	Ousmane Sidibé  Senegal	49.58	Bienvenu Sawadogo  Burkina Faso	50.34
3000 m steeplechase	Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim  Djibouti	8:55.36	Mohammed Tindoufti  Morocco	8:55.37	Salaheddine Ben Yazide  Morocco	9:03.86
4 × 100 m relay	Ivory Coast Gnamien Nehemie N'goran Ibrahim Diomande Cheickna Traore Arthur Cissé	39.32	Senegal Lamine Diallo Mamadou Fall Sarr Omar Ndoye Louis François Mendy	39.66	Mauritius Orphee Topize Jonathan Bardotier Noah Bibi Joshan Vencatasamy	39.71
4 × 400 m relay	Morocco Rachid Mhamdi Aymane El Haddaoui Saad Hinti Hamza Dair	3:03.44	Senegal Frederick Mendy Ousmane Sidibé Lamine Diallo Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	3:03.66	Lebanon Noureddine Hadid Marc Anthony Ibrahim Ali Mourtada Mohamad Mortada	3:11.74 NR
Half marathon	Moumin Bouh Guelleh  Djibouti	1:02:48 GR	Mouhcine Outalha  Morocco	1:03:00	Djamal Abdi Dirieh  Djibouti	1:03:32
20 km race walk	Ionuț Vasilică Pleșu  Romania	1:39:11	Sand Endry Muteb  DR Congo	1:53:52	Kazadi Alain Mbayo  DR Congo	2:24:45
High jump	Joseph Dezardin Prosper  Mauritius	2.15 m	Fredy Kevin Oyono  Cameroon	2.05 m	Daniel Nsue  Equatorial Guinea	2.00 m
Long jump	Appolinaire Yimra  Cameroon	7.99 m	Fredy Kevin Oyono  Cameroon	7.84 m	Raymond Nkwemy Tchomfa  Cameroon	7.83 m
Triple jump	Hugues Fabrice Zango  Burkina Faso	17.11 m	Amath Faye  Senegal	16.61 m	Levon Aghasyan  Armenia	16.40 m
Shot put	Marius Constantin Musteață  Romania	19.56 m	Muhamet Ramadani  Kosovo	18.36 m	Bernard Baptiste  Mauritius	18.02 m
Discus throw	Alin Alexandru Firfirica  Romania	64.39 m	Christopher Sophie  Mauritius	59.78 m NR	Marius Constan Musteata  Romania	51.25 m
Hammer throw	Jean Ian Carre  Mauritius	52.50 m	Romeo Manzila Mahambou  Congo	30.76 m	Nyandwe Gedeon Kalonda  DR Congo	28.18 m
Javelin throw	Alexandru Novac  Romania	84.75 m GR	Denis Adrian Both  Romania	71.89 m	Prince Yannick Kibaya  Congo	65.86 m
Decathlon	Daniel Malach  Switzerland	7369 pts	Nino Portmann  Switzerland	7329 pts	Joel Tshikamba  DR Congo	5576 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Maboundou Koné  Ivory Coast	11.24	Jessika Gbai  Ivory Coast	11.38	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi  Congo	11.44
200 m (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Jessika Gbai  Ivory Coast	22.43 GR	Maboundou Koné  Ivory Coast	22.53	Sara El Hachimi  Morocco	23.22 NR
400 m	Sara El Hachimi  Morocco	52.62	Sita Sibiri  Burkina Faso	53.13 NR	Samira Awal  Niger	53.39
800 m	Assia Raziki  Morocco	2:09.45	Soukaina Hajji  Morocco	2:09.67	Cristina Daniela Balan  Romania	2:10.28
1500 m	Wafa Zaroual  Morocco	4:44.55	Soukaina Hajji  Morocco	4:44.98	Rababe Arafi  Morocco	4:45.42
5000 m	Rahma Tahiri  Morocco	15:56.71 GR	Kaoutar Farkoussi  Morocco	15:57.91	Soukaina Atanane  Morocco	16:05.34
10,000 m	Soukaina Atanane  Morocco	33:01.25	Kaoutar Farkoussi  Morocco	33:11.67	Samia Hassan Nour  Djibouti	33:21.50
100 m hurdles (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Sidonie Fiadanantsoa  Madagascar	13.01	Anamaria Nesteriuc  Romania	13.20	Larissa Bertényi  Switzerland	13.58
400 m hurdles	Noura Ennadi  Morocco	55.17	Linda Angounou  Cameroon	56.68	Sita Sibiri  Burkina Faso	58.04
3000 m steeplechase	Ikram Ouaaziz  Morocco	9:52.74	Gresa Bakraqi  Kosovo	10:48.25	Nzabava Clarisse Asifiwe  DR Congo	12:11.53 NR
4 × 100 m relay	Cameroon Stéphanie Njuh Nstella Linda Angounou Irène Bell Bonong Herverge Kole Etame	44.78	Republic of the Congo Marcelle Bouele Bondo Elodie Malessara Patrone Kouvoutoukila Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	45.49 NR	Romania Cristina Daniela Balan Maria Bisericescu Anamaria Nesteriuc Marina Andreea Baboi	45.56
4 × 400 m relay	Morocco Salma Lehlali Assia Raziki Sara El Hachimi Noura Ennadi	3:33.89 NR	Cameroon Irène Bell Bonong Adèle Mafogang Herverge Kole Etame Linda Angounou	3:40.84	Romania Marina Andreea Baboi Lenuta Simiuc Anamaria Nesteriuc Cristina Daniela Balan	3:45.57
Half marathon	Rahma Tahiri  Morocco	1:13:23 GR	Hanane Qallouj  Morocco	1:13:46	Selina Ummel  Switzerland	1:17:08
20 km race walk	Mihaela Popa  Romania	1:47:36	Beatrice Hamidou Tayki'oo  Cameroon	1:54:35 NR	Gracia Ladisa  DR Congo	2:04:54 NR
High jump	Fatoumata Balley  Guinea	1.76 m	Federica Gabriela Apostol  Romania	1.73 m	Ghizlane Siba  Morocco	1.73 m
Long jump	Marthe Koala  Burkina Faso	6.94 m GR, NR	Yousra Lajdoud  Morocco	6.55 m NR	Véronique Kossenda Rey  Cameroon	6.42 m
Triple jump	Saly Sarr  Senegal	14.00 m	Véronique Kossenda Rey  Cameroon	13.97 m	Diana Ana Maria Ion  Romania	13.94 m
Shot put	Frédéric Lemongo Nkoulou  Cameroon	14.99 m	Nora Monie  Cameroon	14.74 m	Nassira Koné  Mali	12.26 m
Discus throw	Nora Monie  Cameroon	57.81 m	Yelena Mokoka  DR Congo	53.85 m NR	Andreea Iuliana Lungu  Romania	51.01 m
Hammer throw	Bianca Ghelber  Romania	73.20 m	Juliane Clair  Mauritius	53.45 m	Exaucee Koussalouka  Congo	45.81 m
Javelin throw	Jessica Rosun  Mauritius	47.91 m	Vanessa Colin  Mauritius	45.38 m	Rosie Mulambavu  DR Congo	39.10 m

Para-athletics

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's 200 m	T45–47	Ayoub Sadni  Morocco	21.71	Ibrahim Dayabou Abdou  Niger	23.15	Fayssal Atchiba  Benin	23.31
Men's 200 m	T42–44 & T61–64	Arz Zahreddine  Lebanon	25.02	Succès Rimoyal  Chad	28.85	Victor Allere  Chad	29.70
Men's long jump	T42–47 & F61–62	Souley Soumaila Oumarou  Niger	6.45 m	Bouba Ibrahim  Cameroon	6.44 m	Abdelkbir Jaddi  Morocco	6.30 m
Men's javelin throw	F42–46 & F61–64	Zakarie Ez Zouhri  Morocco	57.92 m	Gregoir Shukuru Mikekemo  DR Congo	26.69 m	Loic Wandji Ngono  Cameroon	28.70 m
Women's 100 m	T11–12	Julie Anndora Asaun  Mauritius	13.45	Guerlin Mpemissi Moukari  Congo	16.26	Rachel Mwamini Bahezire  DR Congo	18.34
Women's long jump		Fran Nékingam Djérambété  Chad	3.09 m	Sadjangar Moudjimadji  Chad	2.37 m	not awarded
Women's 100 m	T13	Rahinatou Moné  Burkina Faso	14.04	Saadatou Mahamadou Chanson  Niger	16.04	Zeimabar Alimoutari  Niger	16.38
Women's long jump		Rahinatou Moné  Burkina Faso	3.96 m	Saadatou Mahamadou Chanson  Niger	3.67 m	Bulenda Shimirayi  DR Congo	3.49 m
Women shot put	F40–41	Youssra Karim  Morocco	8.90 m	Hayat El Garaa  Morocco	8.07 m	Ibtissam El Garaa  Morocco	7.08 m
Women discus throw		Youssra Karim  Morocco	35.65 m	Hayat El Garaa  Morocco	29.78 m	Ibtissam El Garaa  Morocco	26.47 m

Participating nations

According to an unofficial count 303 athletes from 26 nations participated (not including athletes in disability events).

•  Armenia (7)
•  Benin (10)
•  Burkina Faso (8)
•  Burundi (8)
•  Cameroon (23)
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo (61)
•  Djibouti (9)
•  Equatorial Guinea (10)
•  Gabon (4)
•  Guinea (3)
•  Ivory Coast (8)
•  Kosovo (2)
•  Lebanon (5)
•  Madagascar (6)
•  Mali (6)
•  Mauritius (15)
•  Morocco (34)
•  Niger (6)
•  Republic of the Congo (19)
•  Romania (21)
•  Senegal (12)
•  Seychelles (5)
•  Switzerland (10)
•  Togo (6)
•  Tunisia (2)
•  United Arab Emirates (3)