# 2000 African Championships in Athletics

The 12th African Championships in Athletics were held in Algiers, Algeria between 12 and 15 July 2000 at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962.

## Men's results

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (wind: -0.9 m/s) | Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana | 10.13 | Stéphan Buckland Mauritius | 10.20 | Kenneth Andam Ghana | 10.33 |
| 200 m (wind: +0.2 m/s) | Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana | 20.23 | Joseph Batangdon Cameroon | 20.31 =NR | Oumar Loum Senegal | 20.76 |
| 400 m | Eric Milazar Mauritius | 45.62 | Malik Louahla Algeria | 45.78 | Sofiène Labidi Tunisia | 45.81 |
| 800 m | Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria | 1:45.88 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa | 1:46.28 | Mouhssin Chehibi Morocco | 1:46.47 |
| 1500 m | Youssef Baba Morocco | 3:42.07 | Adil Kaouch Morocco | 3:42.53 | Mohamed Khaldi Algeria | 3:42.77 |
| 5000 m | Ali Saïdi Sief Algeria | 13:26.86 | Saïd Bérioui Morocco | 13:31.75 | Mohamed Saïd El Wardi Morocco | 13:30.01 (???) |
| 10,000 m | Abraha Hadush Ethiopia | 28:40.51 | Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia | 28:41.11 | Kamel Kohil Algeria | 28:48.98 |
| 3000 m St. | Lotfi Turki Tunisia | 8:33.29 | Laïd Bessou Algeria | 8:35.89 | David Chepkisa Kenya | 8:39.00 |
| 110 m H (wind: -0.3 m/s) | Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar | 13.99 | Doudou Félou Sow Senegal | 14.38 | Toufik Dahmani Algeria | 15.10 |
| 400 m H | Sylvester Omodiale Nigeria | 49.81 | Jean-Dominique Dième Senegal | 50.29 | Yvon Rakotoarimiandry Madagascar | 50.39 |
| 4 X 100 m | Ghana Abu Duah Kenneth Andam Harry Adu Mfum Abdul Aziz Zakari | 39.90 | Mauritius Arnaud Casquette Eric Milazar Fernando Augustin Stephane Buckland | 40.07 | Gabon Lueyi Dovy Charles Tayot Yvan Duboze Antoine Boussombo | 40.53 |
| 4 X 400 m | Algeria Malik Louahla Samir Louahla Adem Hecini Djabir Saïd-Guerni | 3:05.45 | Botswana Lulu Basinyi Otukile Lekote Agripa Matsameko Johnson Kubisa | 3:06.07 | Senegal Youssoupha Sarr Hachim Ndiaye Jean-Dominique Dieme Ousmane Niang | 3:06.53 |
| 20 km Walk | Hatem Ghoula Tunisia | 1:25:38 CR | Moussa Aouanouk Algeria | 1:25:42 | Merzak Abbès Algeria | 1:32:37 |
| 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 | Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria | 2.34 CR | Malcolm Hendriks South Africa | 2.20 | Eugène Ernesta Seychelles | 2.20 NR |
| Long jump | Younès Moudrik Morocco | 8.34 | Hatem Mersal Egypt | 7.90 | Mehdi El Ghazouani Morocco | 7.88 |
| Pole vault | Rafik Mefti Algeria | 5.00 | Karim Sène Senegal | 4.80 | Mohamed Benyahia Algeria | 4.65 |
| Triple jump | Andrew Owusu Ghana | 16.69 | Samuel Okantey Ghana | 16.69 | Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso | 16.31 |
| Shot put | Chima Ugwu Nigeria | 19.02 | John Sullivan South Africa | 17.46 | Hicham Aïtaha Morocco | 16.91 |
| Discus | Frits Potgieter South Africa | 60.35 | Mickael Conjungo Central African Republic | 59.58 | Chima Ugwu Nigeria | 57.91 |
| Javelin | Maher Ridane Tunisia | 72.51 | Khaled Es Sayed Yassin Egypt | 72.01 | Walid Abderrazak Mohamed Egypt | 71.67 |
| Hammer | Samir Haouam Algeria | 69.38 | Mohamed Karim Horchani Tunisia | 63.68 | Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim Egypt | 63.71 |
| Decathlon | Rédouane Youcef Algeria | 7129 points | Mada Ndiaye Senegal | 6981 points | Adil Chakri Morocco | 6715 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's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 m (wind: -0.6 m/s) | Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon | 11.21 | Aïda Diop Senegal | 11.46 | Monica Twum Ghana | 11.47 |
| 200 m (wind: +0.4 m/s) | Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon | 22.54 | Aïda Diop Senegal | 23.01 | Fatima Yusuf Nigeria | 23.27 |
| 400 m | Claudine Komgang Cameroon | 51.35 | Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon | 51.81 | Nadjina Kaltouma Chad | 52.27 |
| 800 m | Hasna Benhassi Morocco | 1:59.01 | Nouria Mérah-Benida Algeria | 1:59.73 | Gladys Wamuyu Kenya | 2:00.32 |
| 1500 m | Nouria Mérah-Benida Algeria | 4:16.14 | Gladys Wamuyu Kenya | 4:16.56 | Berhane Herpassa Ethiopia | 4:16.87 |
| 5000 m | Asmae Leghzaoui Morocco | 15:43.46 | Meseret Defar Ethiopia | 15:49.86 | Merima Denboba Ethiopia | 15:53.68 |
| 10,000 m | Souad Aït Salem Algeria | 34:02.28 | Genet Teka Ethiopia | 34:05.18 | Bouchra Chaabi Morocco | 34:08.79 |
| 100 m H (wind: +0.1 m/s) | Glory Alozie Nigeria | 13.09 | Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar | 13.21 | Maria-Joëlle Conjungo Central African Republic | 13.77 |
| 400 m H | Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal | 57.48 | Gnima Touré Senegal | 58.96 | Nabila Jami Morocco | 62.45 |
| 4 X 100 m | Ghana Helen Amoako Monica Twum Veronica Bawuah Vida Anim | 43.99 | Senegal Bintou Ndiaye Aminata Diouf Mame Tacko Diouf Aida Diop | 44.62 | Cameroon Françoise Mbango Etone Claudine Komgang Hortense Bewouda Mireille Nguimgo | 46.97 |
| 4 X 400 m | Cameroon Mireille Nguimgo Hortense Bewouda Claudine Komgang Myriam Leonie Mani | 3:32.89 | Morocco Bouchra Zboured Samira Raif Hasna Benhassi Soumaya Laabani | 3:42.91 | Algeria Amel Baraket Hadjira Sifouani Nahida Touhami Khadija Touati | 3:51.01 |
| 10 km Walk | Bahia Boussad Algeria | 49:33 | Nagwa Ibrahim Ali Egypt | 50:15 | Dounia Kara Algeria | 50:55 |
| 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 | Hind Bounouar Morocco | 1.75 | Amina Lemgherbi Algeria | 1.70 | Hamida Benhocine Algeria | 1.70 |
| Pole vault | Syrine Balti Tunisia | 3.85 | Annelie van Wyk South Africa | 3.80 | Rasha Abdel Khalek Egypt | 3.10 |
| Long jump | Kéné Ndoye Senegal | 6.39 | Elisa Cossa Mozambique | 6.20 | Béryl Laramé Seychelles | 6.18 |
| Triple jump | Baya Rahouli Algeria | 14.23 | Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon | 13.87 | Kéné Ndoye Senegal | 13.81 |
| Shot put | Hanaa Salah El Melegi Egypt | 16.01 | Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia | 15.39 | Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt | 14.97 |
| Discus | Monia Kari Tunisia | 58.46 | Ndoumbé Gaye Senegal | 50.81 | Felicia Nkiru Ojiego Nigeria | 49.65 |
| Hammer | Caroline Fournier Mauritius | 59.60 | Marwa Hussein Egypt | 57.15 | Djida Yalloulène Algeria | 49.72 |
| Javelin | Aïda Sellam Tunisia | 53.35 | Lindy Leveaux Seychelles | 50.88 | Hanaa Salah El Melegi Egypt | 42.31 |
| Heptathlon | Yasmina Kettab Algeria | 5837 points | Maralize Fouché South Africa | 5726 points | Patience Itanyi Nigeria | 5611 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 | Algeria (ALG) | 12 | 5 | 9 | 26 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Morocco (MAR) | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | Ghana (GHA) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Cameroon (CMR) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | Nigeria (NGR) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | Senegal (SEN) | 2 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Mauritius (MRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Central African Republic (CAF) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Burkina Faso (BFA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Chad (CHA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Gabon (GAB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 |