# 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. It was the second time that Nigeria hosted this competition. 800 athletes from 52 African countries participated.

## Medal summary
### Men

* Chronology: 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022
| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Glory Onome Nathaniel Nigeria | 55.53 | Lamiae Lhabze Morocco | 56.66 | Wenda Nel South Africa | 57.04 |
| 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 [de] 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 | Not awarded |
† There was an error in the official results showing Ghizlane Siba as the winner. This article and this photo show that the gold was actually won by Erika Nonhlanhla Seyama of Swaziland, followed by Hoda Hagras of Egypt and Ariyat Dibow of Ethiopia. The medal table was adjusted to show this correction. A different view with this article from CAA as well as this photo.

## 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 |
| 12 | Eswatini (SWZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Congo (CGO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Eritrea (ERI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Lesotho (LES) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Liberia (LBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 44 | 44 | 43 | 131 |