Athletics at the 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.

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

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[1]	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: +0.2
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	Nneka 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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	13	14	6	33
2	South Africa (SAF)	7	9	9	25
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	5	6	4	15
4	Ghana (GHA)	4	2	3	9
5	Kenya (KEN)	3	3	6	12
6	Egypt (EGY)	3	1	2	6
7	Tunisia (TUN)	3	1	1	5
8	Senegal (SEN)	2	1	4	7
9	Botswana (BOT)	2	0	0	2
	Madagascar (MAD)	2	0	0	2
11	Tanzania (TAN)	1	0	1	2
12	Seychelles (SEY)	0	2	0	2
	Sudan (SUD)	0	2	0	2
14	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	3	4
15	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	2	3
16	Namibia (NAM)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
18	Burkina Faso (BUR)	0	0	1	1
	Togo (TOG)	0	0	1	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		45	45	44	134

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)

References

1. Fredericks announces retirement – African Games – Day FIVE. IAAF (2003-10-16). Retrieved on 2010-04-11.

Results

• GBR Athletics
• Unofficial results