2003 African Junior Athletics Championships

The 2003 African Junior Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held in Garoua, Cameroon, from 31 July to 3 August. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.^[1][2]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (Wind: +3.7 m/s)	Emmanuel Ngom (CMR)	10.50 w	Peter Emelieze (NGR)	10.56 w	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (GAM)	10.59 w
200 metres (Wind: +3.6 m/s)	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (GAM)	21.23 w	Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud (EGY)	21.40 w	(KEN)	21.69 w
400 metres	(KEN)	46.79	(UGA)	47.45	Gakologelwang Masheto (BOT)	47.83
800 metres	Cosmas Rono Kipkorir (KEN)	1:48.45	Onalenna Oabona (BOT)	1:49.39	(ALG)	1:49.57
1500 metres	(ETH)	3:42.6	Mohamed Moustaoui (MAR)	3:42.9	(KEN)	3:43.3
5000 metres	Boniface Toroitich Kiprop (UGA)	13:48.49	Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (KEN)	13:49.20	Mulugeta Wendimu (ETH)	13:56.23
10,000 metres	Boniface Toroitich Kiprop (UGA)	29:08.16	Mulugeta Wendimu (ETH)	29:17.43	Bernard Kipyego (KEN)	29:29.09
110 metres hurdles	(SEN)	14.50	(NGR)	14.52	(MAR)	14.95
400 metres hurdles	(MAR)	51.57	El Hadj Sethe Mbow (SEN)	51.76	Abderahmane Hamadi (ALG)	52.15
3000 metres steeplechase	(ETH)	8:39.90	Brimin Kipruto (KEN)	8:46.74	(KEN)	8:54.45
4 × 100 m relay	Cameroon (CMR)	41.24	Algeria (ALG)	42.58	Senegal (SEN)	42.74
4 × 400 m relay	Kenya (KEN) Cosmas Rono Kipkorir	3:11.71	Botswana (BOT) Onalenna Oabona Gakologelwang Masheto	3:14.23	Senegal (SEN) Mamadou Gueye Ndiss Kaba Badji	3:15.44
10,000 metres walk	Mohamed Ameur (ALG)	48:35.02	(ALG)	50:58.09	(EGY)	51:57.83
High jump	(ALG)	2.06 m	(SUD)	2.00 m	Kabelo Kgosiemang (BOT)   (NAM)	1.95
Pole vault	(MAR)	4.60 m	(MAR)	4.20 m	Only two athletes cleared a height
Long jump	Robert Martey (GHA)	7.29 m	(EGY)	7.22 m	(MRI)	7.11 m (w)
Triple jump	(EGY)	15.44 m	(NGR)	15.01 m	(CMR)	13.29 m (w)
Shot put	Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)	18.13 m	(MRI)	14.75 m	(CMR)	13.70 m
Discus throw	Omar El-Ghazaly (EGY)	61.87 m	Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)	51.87 m	(MRI)	49.15 m
Hammer throw	Mohsen Anany (EGY)	68.41 m	(CMR)	29.42 m	Yasser Ibrahim Farag (EGY)	28.53 m
Javelin throw	(EGY)	61.30 m	(SUD)	59.00 m	(MRI)	48.47 m
Decathlon	(EGY)	6290 pts	Mourad Souissi (ALG)	5743 pts	(CMR)	5525 pts

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Delphine Atangana (CMR)	11.42	(NGR)	11.93	Fatoumata Coly (SEN)	12.01
200 metres	Delphine Atangana (CMR)	23.40	(NGR)	24.57	(NGR)	24.57
400 metres	(NGR)	54.06	(NGR)	56.06	Ndèye Fatou Soumah (SEN)	57.14
800 metres	(SEN)	2:15.78	Marlyse Nsourou (GAB)	2:16.74	(CMR)	2:23.81
1500 metres	Peninah Jepchumba (KEN)	4:15.35	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR)	4:18.37	Siham Hilali (MAR)	4:19.47
3000 metres	Mariem Alaoui Selsouli (MAR)	9:08.53	Peninah Jepchumba (KEN)	9:10.27	(BDI)	9:13.47
5000 metres	(BDI)	16:16.57	(KEN)	16:18.28	(ETH)	16:31.86
100 metres hurdles	Gnima Faye (SEN)	13.59	Josephine Onyia (NGR)	13.76	(ALG)	14.27
400 metres hurdles	Ajoke Odumusu (NGR)	61.19	Gnima Faye (SEN)	62.32	Lamia El-Habz (MAR)	62.55
2000 metres steeplechase	(KEN)	6:45.71	(KEN)	7:02.22	Muna Durka (SUD)	7:14.72
4 × 100 m relay	Nigeria (NGR)	46.52	Cameroon (CMR)	46.72	Senegal (SEN) Gnima Faye Fatoumata Coly	46.84
4 × 400 m relay	Nigeria (NGR) Ajoke Odumusu	3:43.47	Cameroon (CMR) Delphine Atangana	3:44.82	Senegal (SEN)	3:48.84
10,000 metres walk	(ALG)	53:09.0	(EGY)	59:29.4	(CMR)	1:01:35
High jump	(GAM)	1.60 m	(MAR)	1.45 m	Only two athletes cleared a height
Pole vault	Nisrine Dinar (MAR)	3.20 m	Only one competitor
Long jump	(MAR)	5.76 m	(BUR)	5.76 m	(MAR)	5.74 m
Triple jump	(MAR)	13.01 m	(CMR)	12.94 m	(NGR)	12.92 m
Shot put	(CMR)	14.25 m	(EGY)	13.95 m	(CMR)	11.77 m
Discus throw	Amina Moudden (MAR)	47.49 m	(BUR)	44.52 m	(MRI)	42.89 m
Hammer throw	(EGY)	48.62 m	(EGY)	45.26 m	(MAR)	44.60 m
Javelin throw	(EGY)	44.25 m	(CMR)	38.32 m	(BUR)	30.71 m
Heptathlon	Céline Laporte (SEY)	5235 pts	(MAR)	3611 pts	Only two competitors

References[]

Results

• African Junior Championships 2003. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.