# 2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held on July 28–29.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Larbi Bouraada Algeria | Mourad Souissi Algeria | Guillaume Thierry Mauritius |

## Results
### 100 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Points | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | 10.78 | 910 | |
| 2 | 1 | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | 11.09 | 841 | |
| 3 | 2 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 11.12 | 834 | PB |
| 4 | 2 | George Joubert | South Africa | 11.23 | 810 | |
| 5 | 2 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 11.39 | 776 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | 11.42 | 769 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 11.43 | 767 | |
| 8 | 1 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 11.50 | 753 | =PB |
| 9 | 2 | Alexander Tum | Kenya | 11.83 | 685 | |
| 10 | 1 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | 12.44 | 567 | |
| | 1 | Richard Chitambi | Zambia | DNS | 0 | |
| | 2 | Clave Folokwe | Zambia | DNS | 0 | |

### Long jump

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | 7.43 | 7.42 | – | 7.43 | 918 | | 1828 |
| 2 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 7.22 | 7.10 | 7.09 | 7.22 | 866 | PB | 1700 |
| 3 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 7.04 | 7.09 | 7.16 | 7.16 | 852 | SB | 1628 |
| 4 | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | 6.93 | X | 7.02 | 7.02 | 818 | SB | 1659 |
| 5 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 6.75 | 6.79 | 6.97 | 6.97 | 807 | | 1560 |
| 6 | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | 6.85 | 6.71 | 6.91 | 6.91 | 792 | SB | 1561 |
| 7 | George Joubert | South Africa | 6.58 | 6.86 | 6.74 | 6.86 | 781 | | 1591 |
| 8 | Alexander Tum | Kenya | 6.57 | X | X | 6.57 | 713 | | 1398 |
| 9 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 5.85 | 5.90 | 5.96 | 5.96 | 578 | | 1345 |
| 10 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | 5.45 | 5.73 | 5.43 | 5.73 | 529 | | 1096 |

### Shot put

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 13.79 | 13.88 | 14.53 | 14.53 | 761 | PB | 2461 |
| 2 | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | 14.00 | 14.22 | 13.81 | 14.22 | 742 | SB | 2401 |
| 3 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 12.71 | 12.91 | 13.68 | 13.68 | 709 | | 2269 |
| 4 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | 13.59 | 13.15 | 12.38 | 13.59 | 703 | PB | 2531 |
| 5 | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | 13.34 | 12.50 | 13.18 | 13.34 | 688 | SB | 2249 |
| 6 | George Joubert | South Africa | 11.68 | 11.96 | 12.31 | 12.31 | 625 | | 2216 |
| 7 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 12.27 | 11.63 | 12.20 | 12.27 | 623 | | 2251 |
| 8 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | 10.40 | 10.69 | 10.75 | 10.75 | 531 | | 1627 |
| 9 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 10.03 | 9.75 | 9.29 | 10.03 | 487 | | 1832 |
| 10 | Alexander Tum | Kenya | 9.64 | 8.76 | 8.66 | 9.64 | 464 | | 1862 |

### High jump

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.71 | 1.74 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.86 | 1.89 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.98 | 2.01 | 2.04 | 2.07 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | o | xo | xxo | x | 2.04 | 840 | SB | 3371 |
| 2 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | – | – | – | o | – | xo | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | o | xx | | 2.01 | 813 | PB | 3064 |
| 3 | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.98 | 785 | SB | 3034 |
| 4 | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.95 | 758 | SB | 3159 |
| 5 | George Joubert | South Africa | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.92 | 731 | | 2947 |
| 6 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | – | – | – | – | o | o | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.92 | 731 | SB | 3192 |
| 7 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | – | – | – | xo | o | o | xo | | | | | | | | | 1.83 | 653 | | 2922 |
| 8 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | – | o | o | o | o | o | | | | | | | | | | 1.80 | 627 | | 2459 |
| 9 | Alexander Tum | Kenya | o | o | o | xo | o | | | | | | | | | | | 1.77 | 602 | | 2464 |
| 10 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | o | xo | xxo | xo | o | | | | | | | | | | | 1.77 | 602 | | 2229 |

### 400 metres

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | 2 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | 47.35 | 941 | | 4312 |
| 2 | 1 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 47.64 | 927 | PB | 4119 |
| 3 | 2 | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | 48.98 | 862 | | 4021 |
| 4 | 1 | George Joubert | South Africa | 49.83 | 822 | | 3769 |
| 5 | 2 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 50.00 | 815 | | 3274 |
| 6 | 1 | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | 51.46 | 749 | SB | 3783 |
| 7 | 2 | Alexander Tum | Kenya | 52.14 | 719 | | 3183 |
| 8 | 2 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 52.34 | 710 | | 3632 |
| 9 | 1 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | 52.70 | 694 | | 2923 |
| 10 | 1 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 55.86 | 565 | | 3629 |

### 110 metres hurdles

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 14.55 | 905 | SB | 5024 |
| 2 | 1 | George Joubert | South Africa | 14.66 | 891 | | 4660 |
| 3 | 2 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | 14.82 | 871 | SB | 5183 |
| 4 | 1 | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | 15.00 | 850 | | 4871 |
| 5 | 1 | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | 15.06 | 842 | SB | 4625 |
| 6 | 2 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 15.09 | 839 | SB | 4468 |
| 7 | 2 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 15.35 | 808 | PB | 4440 |
| 8 | 2 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 16.29 | 700 | | 3974 |
| 9 | 1 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | 17.66 | 557 | | 3480 |
| 10 | 2 | Alexander Tum | Kenya | 18.11 | 514 | | 3697 |

### Discus throw

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | 43.88 | X | 41.04 | 43.88 | 744 | | 5615 |
| 2 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | 42.12 | X | X | 42.12 | 708 | | 4188 |
| 3 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 35.25 | 41.19 | 41.73 | 41.73 | 700 | SB | 5724 |
| 4 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 41.03 | X | 39.48 | 41.03 | 686 | | 5126 |
| 5 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 31.87 | 35.90 | 36.38 | 36.38 | 591 | | 5059 |
| 6 | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | 33.44 | 36.36 | X | 36.36 | 591 | SB | 5216 |
| 7 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | X | 36.30 | X | 36.30 | 590 | | 5773 |
| 8 | George Joubert | South Africa | X | 34.56 | 32.99 | 34.56 | 555 | | 5215 |
| 9 | Alexander Tum | Kenya | 29.76 | 31.43 | 29.94 | 31.43 | 493 | | 4190 |
| 10 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 28.42 | 26.36 | 27.40 | 28.42 | 433 | | 4407 |

### Pole vault

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.50 | 2.60 | 2.70 | 2.80 | 2.90 | 3.00 | 3.20 | 3.30 | 3.60 | 3.80 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xo | o | 4.80 | 849 | PB | 6622 |
| 2 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | – | xxo | – | xo | xo | xxx | | 4.60 | 790 | PB | 6514 |
| 3 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xxo | o | o | x– | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.30 | 702 | SB | 5761 |
| 4 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | | | | | 4.20 | 673 | | 5799 |
| 5 | Alexander Tum | Kenya | – | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xx | | | | | | | | | | | | 3.20 | 406 | | 4596 |
| 6 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.80 | 309 | | 4716 |
| | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | NM | 0 | | 5615 |
| | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | xxx | | | | | | | | | NM | 0 | | 5216 |
| | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | xxx | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | NM | 0 | | 4188 |
| | George Joubert | South Africa | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS | 0 | | DNF |

### Javelin throw

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Points | Notes | Overall |
| 1 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | 62.01 | 65.53 | – | 65.53 | 821 | PB | 7443 |
| 2 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 60.99 | 56.66 | 57.52 | 60.99 | 753 | SB | 6552 |
| 3 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 57.07 | 57.35 | 54.19 | 57.35 | 698 | | 6459 |
| 4 | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | 56.41 | 50.49 | 48.26 | 56.41 | 684 | PB | 5900 |
| 5 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 49.78 | – | 54.31 | 54.31 | 653 | SB | 7167 |
| 6 | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | X | X | 47.90 | 47.90 | 558 | | 6173 |
| 7 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | X | 41.89 | 45.45 | 45.45 | 522 | | 4710 |
| 8 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 44.19 | X | 40.26 | 44.19 | 503 | | 5219 |
| | Alexander Tum | Kenya | | | | DNS | 0 | | DNF |

### 1500 metres

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Points | Notes |
| 1 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | 4:19.72 | 813 | |
| 2 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 4:33.60 | 721 | |
| 3 | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | 4:36.04 | 705 | SB |
| 4 | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 4:44.74 | 651 | SB |
| 5 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 4:50.86 | 613 | |
| 6 | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 5:01.98 | 548 | |
| | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | DNS | 0 | |
| | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | DNS | 0 | |

### Final results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Points | Notes |
| | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | 10.78 | 7.43 | 13.59 | 2.04 | 47.35 | 15.82 | 36.30 | 4.80 | 65.53 | 4:36.04 | 8148 | CR |
| | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | 11.12 | 7.22 | 14.53 | 1.92 | 47.64 | 14.55 | 41.73 | 4.60 | 54.31 | 4:44.74 | 7818 | PB |
| | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | 11.50 | 6.97 | 13.68 | 1.83 | 52.34 | 15.35 | 41.03 | 4.20 | 60.99 | 5:01.98 | 7100 | |
| 4 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | 11.39 | 7.16 | 12.27 | 2.01 | 55.86 | 15.09 | 36.38 | 4.30 | 57.35 | 4:50.86 | 7072 | |
| 5 | Washington Nyakundi | Kenya | 11.43 | 5.96 | 10.03 | 1.80 | 50.00 | 16.29 | 28.42 | 2.80 | 44.19 | 4:33.60 | 5940 | |
| 6 | Cornelius Rotich | Kenya | 12.44 | 5.73 | 10.75 | 1.77 | 52.70 | 17.66 | 42.12 | NM | 45.45 | 4:19.72 | 5523 | |
| | Hamdi Dhouibi | Tunisia | 11.09 | 7.02 | 14.22 | 1.95 | 48.98 | 15.00 | 43.88 | NM | 47.90 | DNS | DNF | |
| | Abdallah Mohamed Saad Hamed | Egypt | 11.42 | 6.91 | 13.34 | 1.98 | 51.46 | 15.06 | 36.36 | NM | 56.41 | DNS | DNF | |
| | Alexander Tum | Kenya | 11.83 | 6.57 | 9.64 | 1.77 | 52.14 | 18.11 | 31.43 | 3.20 | DNS | – | DNF | |
| | George Joubert | South Africa | 11.23 | 6.86 | 12.31 | 1.92 | 49.83 | 14.66 | 34.56 | DNS | – | – | DNF | |
| | Richard Chitambi | Zambia | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNS | |
| | Clave Folokwe | Zambia | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | DNS | |