# 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.

## Men's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Deji Aliu Nigeria | 9.95 GR | Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria | 9.97 | Leonard Myles-Mills Ghana | 10.03 |
| 200 m details | Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria | 20.42 | Frankie Fredericks Namibia | 20.43 | Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana | 20.51 |
| 400 m details | Ezra Sambu Kenya | 44.98 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Sudan | 45.22 | Sofiène Labidi Tunisia | 45.42 |
| 800 m details | Samwel Mwera Tanzania | 1:46.13 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa | 1:46.44 | Justus Koech Kenya | 1:46.50 |
| 1500 m details | Paul Korir Kenya | 3:37.52 | Robert Rono Kenya | 3:38.13 | Benjamin Kipkurui Kenya | 3:38.94 |
| 5000 m details | Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia | 13:26.16 GR | Hailu Mekonnen Ethiopia | 13:26.73 | John Kibowen Kenya | 13:29.14 |
| 10,000 m details | Sileshi Sihine Ethiopia | 27:42.13 | Gebregziabher Gebremariam Ethiopia | 27:43.12 | Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia | 27:47.19 |
| Marathon details | Johannes Kekana South Africa | 2:25:01 | Gashaw Melese Ethiopia | 2:26:08 | Gudisa Shentema Ethiopia | 2:27:39 |
| 3000 m St. details | Ezekiel Kemboi Kenya | 8:12.27 GR | Paul Kipsiele Koech Kenya | 8:14.77 | Tewodros Shiferaw Ethiopia | 8:27.33 |
| 110 m H details | Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar | 13.77 | Todd Matthews Jouda Sudan | 13.81 | Frikkie van Zyl South Africa | 13.94 |
| 400 m H details | Osita Okeagu Nigeria | 50.25 | Victor Okorie Nigeria | 50.36 | Ibou Faye Senegal | 50.89 |
| 20 km walk details | Hatem Ghoula Tunisia | 1:30:32 | Moussa Aouanouk Algeria | 1:30:36 | Arezki Yahiaoui Algeria | 1:35:19 |
| 4 X 100 m details | 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 details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High Jump details | Kabelo Mmono Botswana | 2.15 | Jude Sidonie Seychelles | 2.10 | Samson Idiata Nigeria | 2.10 |
| Pole Vault details | Béchir Zaghouani Tunisia | 5.20 | Fanie Jacobs South Africa | 5.20 | Karim Sène Senegal | 5.00 |
| Long Jump details | Ignisious Gaisah Ghana | 8.30 | Ndiss Kaba Badji Senegal | 7.92 | Khotso Mokoena South Africa | 7.83 |
| Triple Jump details | Andrew Owusu Ghana | 16.41 | Khotso Mokoena South Africa | 16.28 | Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso | 16.21 |
| Shot Put details | Burger Lambrechts South Africa | 18.87 | Chima Ugwu Nigeria | 18.66 | Yasser Ibrahim Farag Egypt | 17.96 |
| Discus details | Omar Ahmed El Ghazali Egypt | 63.61 GR | Hannes Hopley South Africa | 62.86 | Johannes van Wyk South Africa | 62.43 |
| Hammer details | Chris Harmse South Africa | 75.17 | Saber Souid Tunisia | 70.81 | Samir Haouam Algeria | 68.95 |
| Javelin details | Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa | 76.95 | Walid Abderrazak Mohamed Egypt | 73.79 | Brian Erasmus South Africa | 72.94 |
| Decathlon details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m details | Mary Onyali Nigeria | 11.26 | Endurance Ojokolo Nigeria | 11.26 | Vida Anim Ghana | 11.29 |
| Wind: +0.2 ||||||
| 200 m details | Mary Onyali Nigeria | 23.09 | Vida Anim Ghana | 23.17 | Estie Wittstock South Africa | 23.46 |
| Wind: +2.2 ||||||
| 400 m details | Fatou Bintou Fall Senegal | 51.38 | Doris Jacob Nigeria | 51.41 | Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon | 51.59 |
| 800 m details | Grace Ebor Nigeria | 2:02.04 | Akosua Serwah Ghana | 2:02.40 | Lwiza John Tanzania | 2:02.85 |
| 1500 m details | Kutre Dulecha Ethiopia | 4:21.63 | Jackline Maranga Kenya | 4:22.69 | Naomi Mugo Kenya | 4:24.33 |
| 5000 m details | Meseret Defar Ethiopia | 16:42.0 | Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda | 16:42.9 | Isabella Ochichi Kenya | 16:43.4 |
| 10 000 m details | Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia | 32:34.54 | Werknesh Kidane Ethiopia | 32:37.35 | Leah Malot Kenya | 32:56.43 |
| Marathon details | Clarisse Rasoarizay Madagascar | 2:46:58 | Tadelesh Birra Ethiopia | 2:52:04 | Leila Aman Ethiopia | 2:55:07 |
| 100 m H details | Angela Atede Nigeria | 13.01 | Damaris Agbugba Nigeria | 13.06 | Christy Akinremi Nigeria | 13.55 |
| Wind: +2.5 ||||||
| 400 m H details | Omolade Akinremi Nigeria | 56.98 | Kate Obilor Nigeria | 57.53 | Carole Kaboud Mebam Cameroon | 58.28 |
| 20 km walk details | Estlé Viljoen South Africa | 1:44:29 | Amsale Yakobe Ethiopia | 1:47:42 | Natalie Fourie South Africa | 1:48:08 |
| 4 X 100 m details | 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 details | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| High Jump details | Nneka Ukuh Nigeria | 1.84 | Marizca Gertenbach South Africa | 1.84 | Anika Smit South Africa | 1.80 |
| Pole Vault details | Samantha Dodd South Africa | 3.90 GR | Annelie van Wyk South Africa | 3.80 | Margaretha du Plessis South Africa | 3.50 |
| Long Jump details | Esther Aghatise Nigeria | 6.58 | Grace Umelo Nigeria | 6.56 | Chinedu Odozor Nigeria | 6.52 |
| Triple Jump details | Kéné Ndoye Senegal | 14.23 | Salamatu Alimi Nigeria | 13.47 | Nkechinyere Mbaoma Nigeria | 13.18 |
| Shot Put details | Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria | 18.12 GR | Veronica Abrahamse South Africa | 15.77 | Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt | 15.32 |
| Discus details | Elizna Naudé South Africa | 57.44 | Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria | 54.83 | Alifatou Djibril Togo | 54.79 |
| Hammer details | Marwa Hussein Arafat Egypt | 64.28 | Susan Adeoye Olufunke Nigeria | 58.86 | Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria | 56.54 |
| Javelin details | Aïda Sellam Tunisia | 54.58 | Lindy Leveaux Seychelles | 53.23 | Sunette Viljoen South Africa | 51.68 |
| Heptathlon details | 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 |
| 9 | Madagascar (MAD) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Tanzania (TAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 16 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Togo (TOG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 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)