# 2002 African Championships in Athletics

The 13th African Championships in Athletics were held in Tunis and Radès, Tunisia in August, 2002.

## Men's results
### Track

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres details (wind: 3.8 m/s) | Frankie Fredericks Namibia | 9.93 w | Uchenna Emedolu Nigeria | 10.00 w | Idrissa Sanou Burkina Faso | 10.16 w |
| 200 metres details (wind: 2.4 m/s) | Frankie Fredericks Namibia | 20.10 w | Abdul Aziz Zakari Ghana | 20.33 w | Oumar Loum Senegal | 20.37 w |
| 400 metres details | Eric Milazar Mauritius | 45.67 | Sofiène Labidi Tunisia | 45.87 | Marcus la Grange South Africa | 45.95 |
| 800 metres details | Djabir Saïd-Guerni Algeria | 1:45.52 | William Yiampoy Kenya | 1:45.79 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi South Africa | 1:46.20 |
| 1500 metres details | Bernard Lagat Kenya | 3:38.11 | Laban Rotich Kenya | 3:38.60 | Abdelkader Hachlaf Morocco | 3:38.78 |
| 5000 metres details | Paul Bitok Kenya | 13:31.95 | Benjamin Limo Kenya | 13:32.10 | Mohamed Amine Morocco | 13:33.98 |
| 10,000 metres details | Paul Malakwen Kosgei Kenya | 28:44.81 | John Cheruiyot Korir Kenya | 28:45.23 | Benjamin Maiyo Kenya | 28:45.24 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase details | Brahim Boulami Morocco | 8:19.51 | Wilson Boit Kipketer Kenya | 8:20.92 | Stephen Cherono Kenya | 8:23.85 |
| 110 metres hurdles details (wind: 4.8 m/s) | Shaun Bownes South Africa | 13.36 w | Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Madagascar | 13.80 w | Sultan Tucker Liberia | 13.98 w |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Llewellyn Herbert South Africa | 49.76 | Willie Smith Namibia | 50.03 | Héni Kechi Tunisia | 50.44 |
| 20 kilometres walk details | Hatem Ghoula Tunisia | 1:26:42 | Moussa Aouanouk Algeria | 1:30:27 | Karim Boudhiba Tunisia | 1:35:05 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | Nigeria Taiwo Ajibade Chinedu Oriala Sunday Emmanuel Uchenna Emedolu | 39.76 | Senegal Malang Sané Abdou Demba Lam Jacques Sambou Oumar Loum | 40.08 | Mauritius David Victoire Fernando Augustin Arnaud Casquette Eric Milazar | 40.27 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Morocco Abdellatif El Ghazaoui Nabil Jabir Ismael Daif Abdelkrim Khoudri | 3:09.72 | Mauritius Jean-François Degrâce Fernando Augustin Kursley Montimerdo Eric Milazar | 3:10.14 | Senegal Ousmane Niang Seydina Doucouré Jacques Sambou Oumar Loum | 3:14.40 |
| 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 | Abderrahmane Hammad Algeria | 2.25 | Kabelo Mmono Botswana | 2.10 | Mohamed Bradai Algeria | 2.10 |
| Pole vault details | Karim Sène Senegal | 5.00 | Béchir Zaghouani Tunisia | 4.90 | Mohamed Benyahia Algeria | 4.80 |
| Long jump details | Younès Moudrik Morocco | 8.06 w | Hatem Mersal Egypt | 8.02 w | Nabil Adamou Algeria | 7.98 w |
| Triple jump details | Olivier Sanou Burkina Faso | 17.06 w | Andrew Owusu Ghana | 17.02 w | Abdou Demba Lam Senegal | 16.34 w |
| Shot put details | Janus Robberts South Africa | 19.73 | Hicham Aït Aha Morocco | 17.18 | Mohamed Meddeb Tunisia | 16.40 |
| Discus throw details | Janus Robberts South Africa | 54.32 | Walid Boudaoui Algeria | 49.49 | Omar Ahmed El Ghazali Egypt | 48.17 |
| Hammer throw details | Chris Harmse South Africa | 76.07 | Yamen Hussein Abdel Moneim Egypt | 69.19 | Saber Souid Tunisia | 68.40 |
| Javelin throw details | Gerhardus Pienaar South Africa | 78.63 | Walid Abderrazak Mohamed Egypt | 70.86 | Mohamed Ali Ben Zina Tunisia | 66.69 |
| Decathlon details | Hamdi Dhouibi Tunisia | 7965 points | Anis Riahi Tunisia | 7363 points | Rédouane Youcef Algeria | 7089 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 metres details (wind: 4.1 m/s) | Endurance Ojokolo Nigeria | 11.15 w | Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon | 11.29 w | Chinedu Odozor Nigeria | 11.32 w |
| 200 metres details (wind: 2.2 m/s) | Nadjina Kaltouma Chad | 22.80 w | Aïda Diop Senegal | 23.29 w | Myriam Léonie Mani Cameroon | 23.30 w |
| 400 metres details | Nadjina Kaltouma Chad | 51.09 | Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon | 51.61 | Awatef Ben Hassine Tunisia | 52.22 (NR) |
| 800 metres details | Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambique | 2:03.11 | Agnes Samaria Namibia | 2:03.63 | Mina Aït Hammou Morocco | 2:03.94 |
| 1500 metres details | Jackline Maranga Kenya | 4:18.91 | Abir Nakhli Tunisia | 4:19.02 | Hasna Benhassi Morocco | 4:20.15 |
| 5000 metres details | Berhane Adere Ethiopia | 15:51.08 | Dorcus Inzikuru Uganda | 15:54.22 | Ejegayehu Dibaba Ethiopia | 15:56.02 |
| 10,000 metres details | Susan Chepkemei Kenya | 31:45.14 | Leah Malot Kenya | 32:00.78 | Eyerusalem Kuma Ethiopia | 32:21.60 |
| 100 metres hurdles details (wind: 2.5 m/s) | Lalanirina Rosa Rakotozafy Madagascar | 13.13w | Angela Atede Nigeria | 13.16w | Kéné Ndoye Senegal | 13.72w |
| 400 metres hurdles details | Zahra Lachgar Morocco | 57.91 | Carole Kaboud Mebam Cameroon | 58.11 | Mame Tacko Diouf Senegal | 58.86 |
| 10 kilometres walk details | Nagwa Ibrahim Saleh Ali Egypt | 49:26 | Bahia Boussad Algeria | 49:57 | Grace Wanjiru Kenya | 51:35 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay details | South Africa Dikeledi Moropane Geraldine Pillay Dominique Koster Janice Josephs | 45.60 | Ivory Coast Christiane Yao Makaridja Sanganoko Matagari Diazasouba Amandine Allou Affoue | 47.15 | Ghana Georgina Sowah Vida Bruce Gifty Addy Aisha Primang | 47.41 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay details | Cameroon Hortense Béwouda Carole Kaboud Mebam Myriam Léonie Mani Mireille Nguimgo | 3:35.33 | Nigeria Hajarat Yusuf Oluyemi Fagbamila Pauline Ibeagha Kudirat Akhigbe | 3:38.25 | Algeria Houria Moussa Sarah Bouaoudia Nahida Touhami Sarah Arrous | 3:39.70 (NR) |
| 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 | Hestrie Cloete South Africa | 1.95 | Amina Lemgherbi Algeria | 1.70 | Hanen Dhouibi Tunisia | 1.70 |
| Pole vault details | Syrine Balti Tunisia | 4.06 | Aïda Mohsni Tunisia | 3.60 | Asma Akkari Tunisia | 3.40 |
| Long jump details | Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon | 6.68 w | Kéné Ndoye Senegal | 6.45 w | Chinedu Odozor Nigeria | 6.39 |
| Triple jump details | Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon | 14.95 | Kene Ndoye Senegal | 14.28 | Baya Rahouli Algeria | 13.78 |
| Shot put details | Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria | 17.60 | Amel Ben Khaled Tunisia | 15.94 | Wafa Ismail El Baghdadi Egypt | 15.43 |
| Discus throw details | Monia Kari Tunisia | 55.28 | Vivian Chukwuemeka Nigeria | 54.12 | Elizna Naudé South Africa | 51.89 |
| Hammer throw details | Marwa Hussein Arafat Egypt | 61.64 | Caroline Fournier Mauritius | 58.39 | Hayat El Ghazi Morocco | 58.27 |
| Javelin throw details | Aïda Sellam Tunisia | 55.46 | Sorochukwu Ihuefo Nigeria | 55.30 (NR) | Bernadette Ravina Mauritius | 51.49 |
| Heptathlon details | Margaret Simpson Ghana | 6105 points | Stéphanie Domaingue Mauritius | 5206 points | Imen Chatbri Tunisia | 5103 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 | South Africa (RSA) | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Kenya (KEN) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Morocco (MAR) | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Nigeria (NGR) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Cameroon (CMR) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Namibia (NAM) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Chad (CHA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Senegal (SEN) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | Mauritius (MRI) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Ghana (GHA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Madagascar (MAD) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Burkina Faso (BFA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Liberia (LBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 |

## Participating nations

* Algeria (50)
* Angola (3)
* Benin (7)
* Botswana (10)
* Burkina Faso (5)
* Burundi (4)
* Cameroon (8)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Chad (3)
* Comoros (1)
* Djibouti (3)
* Egypt (14)
* Equatorial Guinea (1)
* Eritrea (13)
* Ethiopia (17)
* Gabon (4)
* Ghana (10)
* Guinea (2)
* Ivory Coast (11)
* Kenya (22)
* Liberia (8)
* Libya (15)
* Madagascar (4)
* Mali (3)
* Mauritania (2)
* Mauritius (16)
* Morocco (37)
* Mozambique (1)
* Namibia (9)
* Nigeria (17)
* Republic of the Congo (1)
* Rwanda (4)
* São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
* Senegal (22)
* Seychelles (2)
* Somalia (5)
* South Africa (15)
* Sudan (2)
* Togo (3)
* Tunisia (53)
* Uganda (2)
* Zimbabwe (1)