2005 African Junior Athletics Championships

7th African Junior Championships
7th African Junior Championships
Dates	1 – 4 September
Host city	Tunis and Radès, Tunisia
Level	Under-20
Events	44
	← 2003 Garoua 2007 Ouagadougou → ;

The 2005 African Junior Athletics Championships was the seventh edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held in the Tunisian cities of Tunis and Radès from 1–4 September. A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The two cities also played dual hosts to the 2005 Arab Athletics Championships later that same month.^[6]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(ZIM)	10.50	(ETH)	10.73	Ben-Youssef Meïté (CIV)	10.74
200 metres	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD)	20.95	Ben-Youssef Meïté (CIV)	21.32	Katim Touré (SEN)	21.59
400 metres	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr (SUD)	46.09	(SUD)	47.76	(ETH)	48.01
800 metres	(KEN)	1:47.10	(ALG)	1:47.86	Jimmy Adar (UGA)	1:48.79
1500 metres	(KEN)	3:42.76	(ETH)	3:43.72	(KEN)	3:44.21
5000 metres	Moses Ndiema Masai (KEN)	13:45.15	(KEN)	13:45.37	(ETH)	13:57.67
10,000 metres	Moses Ndiema Masai (KEN)	28:30.27	Hosea Macharinyang (KEN)	28:41.44	Ali Abdosh (ETH)	29:24.14
110 metres hurdles	Ruan de Vries (RSA)	14.12	(SEN)	14.22	Lehann Fourie (RSA)	14.23
400 metres hurdles	(SEN)	51.32	(MRI)	51.53	(RSA)	51.86
3000 metres steeplechase	Willy Komen (KEN)	8:35.82	Nahom Mesfin Tariku (ETH)	8:40.01	(ETH)	8:41.21
4 × 100 m relay	South Africa (RSA) Ruan de Vries Lehann Fourie	40.60	Senegal (SEN) Abdourahmane Ndour Katim Touré	41.13	Tunisia (TUN) Aymen Ben Ahmed	41.51
4 × 400 m relay	Sudan (SUD) Nagmeldin Ali Abubaker	3:09.00	Tunisia (TUN) Mohamed Sghaier	3:12.43	Senegal (SEN) Mamadou Hanne Nouha Badji	3:14.43
10,000 metres walk	(ALG)	45:31.13	(TUN)	45:56.99	(ALG)	46:35.25
High jump	Kabelo Kgosiemang (BOT)	2.16 m	Karim Lotfy (EGY)	2.16 m	(RSA)	2.10 m
Pole vault	(ALG)	4.60 m	(RSA)	4.60 m	(TUN)	4.20 m
Long jump	(TUN)	7.49 m (w)	(SEN)	7.04 m	(TUN)	6.95 m
Triple jump	(ALG)	15.60 m	(TUN)	15.34 m	(TUN)	15.32 m
Shot put	(EGY)	18.26 m	(RSA)	17.75 m	(EGY)	17.02 m
Discus throw	(LBA)	54.52 m	(EGY)	52.99 m	Uwe Sauer (RSA)	52.56 m
Hammer throw	(RSA)	55.02 m	(RSA)	53.36 m	(TUN)	51.42 m
Javelin throw	John Robert Oosthuizen (RSA)	75.94 m	(TUN)	63.66 m	(TUN)	63.01 m
Decathlon	Guillaume Thierry (MRI)	6838 pts	(RSA)	6355 pts	(TUN)	5481 pts

Women[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	(RSA)	12.08	(TUN)	12.46	(BUR)	12.50
200 metres	Nawal El Jack (SUD)	24.07	(RSA)	24.15	(RSA)	24.72
400 metres	Nawal El Jack (SUD)	53.94	Ndèye Fatou Soumah (SEN)	56.33	Muna Jabir Adam (SUD)	58.20
800 metres	(KEN)	2:02.84	Muna Jabir Adam (SUD)	2:04.24	Chaltu Girma (ETH)	2:04.87
1500 metres	(ALG)	4:17.06	Bizunesh Urgesa (ETH)	4:20.70	Emebt Etea (ETH)	4:21.23
3000 metres	Mercy Wanjiku (KEN)	9:14.89	(ETH)	9:15.61	(KEN)	9:16.36
5000 metres	(KEN)	16:04.10	(KEN)	16:06.13	Workitu Ayanu (ETH)	16:27.58
100 metres hurdles	(BUR)	14.31	(RSA)	14.38	Mame Fatou Faye (SEN)	14.59
400 metres hurdles	Nawal El Jack (SUD)	59.72	Mame Fatou Faye (SEN)	61.31	(TUN)	62.26
3000 metres steeplechase	Mercy Wanjiku (KEN)	9:50.63	(KEN)	10:09.78	Muna Durka (SUD)	10:24.39
4 × 100 m relay	Tunisia (TUN)	48.20	Sudan (SUD)	48.25	Burkina Faso (BUR) Kadidiatou Traoré Worokia Sanou	49.01
4 × 400 m relay	Sudan (SUD) Muna Jabir Adam Nawal El Jack	3:40.24	South Africa (RSA)	3:47.39	Senegal (SEN) Mame Fatou Faye Fatoumata Diop Ndèye Fatou Soumah	3:48.85
10,000 metres walk	(RSA)	52:15.22	(ETH)	52:53.94	Olfa Lafi (TUN)	53:53.19
High jump	Anika Smit (RSA)	1.89 m	(ALG)	1.70 m	(TUN)	1.70 m
Pole vault	(TUN)	3.30 m	(ALG)	3.20 m	(MRI)	3.00 m
Long jump	(RSA)	5.80 m	(TUN)	5.65 m	(TUN)	5.51 m
Triple jump	(ALG)	12.89 m	(TUN)	12.53 m	Kadidiatou Traoré (BUR)	12.47 m
Shot put	(RSA)	16.93 m	(TUN)	12.97 m	(EGY)	10.95 m
Discus throw	(RSA)	46.44 m	(EGY)	46.11 m	(TUN)	37.48 m
Hammer throw	(EGY)	54.59 m	(EGY)	50.76 m	(TUN)	47.96 m
Javelin throw	(RSA)	47.29 m	(RSA)	44.05 m	(TUN)	36.24 m
Heptathlon	Muna Jabir Adam (SUD)	4587 pts	(RSA)	4541 pts	(EGY)	3972 pts

References[]

^ African Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
^ Ouma, Mark (2005-09-01). African Junior Championships, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
^ Ouma, Mark (2005-09-02). African Junior Championships, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
^ Ouma, Mark (2005-09-03). African Junior Championships, Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
^ Ouma, Mark (2005-09-04). African Junior Championships, Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.
^ Results September 2005. Africa Athle. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.

Results

African Junior Championships 2005. World Junior Athletics History. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.

[1] African Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.

[2] Ouma, Mark (2005-09-01). African Junior Championships, Day One. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.

[3] Ouma, Mark (2005-09-02). African Junior Championships, Day Two. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.

[4] Ouma, Mark (2005-09-03). African Junior Championships, Day Three. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.

[5] Ouma, Mark (2005-09-04). African Junior Championships, Final Day. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.

[6] Results September 2005. Africa Athle. Retrieved on 2013-10-13.

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