2013 African Junior Athletics Championships

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XI African Junior Athletics Championships
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Dates29 August – 1 September
Host cityBambous, Mauritius
VenueGermain Comarmond Stadium
LevelJunior
Events40
Participation223 athletes from
29 nations
Records set2 championship records

The 2013 African Junior Athletics Championships was the eleventh edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held at the Germain Comarmond Stadium in Bambous, Mauritius from 29 August – 1 September. A total of 223 athletes from 29 nations competed.[1] Neither pole vault event was held, due to a lack of entries, and the decathlon and heptathlon competitions were also not contested.[2]

Originally scheduled to be held in South Africa, a dispute between Athletics South Africa and the national sports ministry resulted in the cancellation of holding rights in June 2013. Bambous, the 2009 host, stepped in at short notice to hold the event.[3]

The medal table was a closely contested affair. Nigeria had the most gold medals with nine in its haul of 19 medals. South Africa had seven golds, but had the highest overall total with 24 medals. Ethiopia also had seven golds, and had the second highest medal haul with 22. Egypt (five golds, 11 in total) and Kenya (four golds, 17 in total) were the next best performing nations. Of the 29 participating nations, 15 reached the medal table. Nigeria performed well in the sprinting events, Ethiopia and Kenya shared most of the middle- and long-distance running medals, while South Africa and Egypt took many medals in the field events.[4]

Wind affected most of the sprints and jumps events, slowing the track times and carrying the jumpers to further distances. Two championship records were improved during the competition: cleared 15.92 m (52 ft 2+3⁄4 in) in the men's triple jump and set a new standard of 19.59 m (64 ft 3+1⁄4 in) in the men's shot put.[4]

Several athletes won multiple individual medals. Among them, Martin Moses Kurong was the men's 10,000 m winner and 5000 m bronze medallist, and were double silver medallists in the men's and women's shot put and discus throw events, and was runner-up in both the women's short sprints. South Africa's was the long jump winner and took bronze in the triple jump. Nigeria's Ese Brume was the women's long jump winner and triple jump runner-up, as well as a gold medallist in the 4×100 metres relay. South Africa's won the javelin throw and surprisingly she also took the high jump silver medal.[5]

Nigeria's 200 m champion, Divine Oduduru, progressed to the junior level after his sprint double at the 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships.[6] The Ethiopian duo Tigist Gashaw and Dawit Seyaum were first and second in the women's 1500 metres, switching their placings from the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics.[4]

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   (NGR) 10.54   (NGR) 10.58  Jonathan Permal (MRI) 10.65
200 metres
(Wind: −3.6 m/s) 		 Divine Oduduru (NGR) 21.19  Jonathan Permal (MRI) 21.26   (RSA) 21.62
400 metres   (UGA) 46.94   (NGR) 47.32  Mohamed Belbachir (ALG) 47.40
800 metres   (ETH) 1:46.94   (KEN) 1:48.03  Nader Belhanbel (MAR) 1:48.49
1500 metres   (KEN) 3:39.91   (KEN) 3:42.31   (ETH) 3:42.45
5000 metres   (KEN) 13:54.36  Abdallah Kibet Mande (UGA) 13:55.10  Martin Moses Kurong (UGA) 13:56.39
10,000 metres  Martin Moses Kurong (UGA) 28:31.80   (KEN) 28:36.28   (KEN) 28:37.09
110 metres hurdles
(Wind: −3.6 m/s) 		  (MAR) 14.14   (RSA) 14.30   (ETH) 14.57
400 metres hurdles   (RSA) 51.08   (KEN) 52.65   (MRI) 53.18
3000 metres steeplechase   (KEN) 8:38.99   (ETH) 8:51.73   (ETH) 8:55.38
4×100 metres relay  Nigeria (NGR)

Tega Odele
Divine Oduduru
 40.36  Mauritius (MRI)
Jean-Yann de Grace
Jonathan Permal

 40.86  South Africa (RSA)



 41.01
4×400 metres relay  Nigeria (NGR)



 3:14.50  Gambia (GAM)

Ebrahima Camara

 3:14.76  Ethiopia (ETH)



 3:15.08
10,000 m walk   (ALG) 45:58.52   (ETH) 46:07.94   (ALG) 47:21.24
High jump   (EGY) 2.11 m   (NGR) 2.05 m   (ZIM) 2.00 m
Long jump   (RSA) 7.58 m (w)   (NGR) 7.42 m (w)   (KEN) 7.28 m
Triple jump   (RSA) 15.92 m CR   (KEN) 15.43 m   (RSA) 15.13 m
Shot put  Mostafa Amr Hassan (EGY) 19.59 m CR   (EGY) 19.05 m   (RSA) 17.08 m
Discus throw   (RSA) 55.58 m   (EGY) 50.98 m   (EGY) 50.28 m
Hammer throw  Eslam Ibrahim (EGY) 74.49 m   (EGY) 61.74 m   (SEY) 52.29 m
Javelin throw  Alex Kiprotich (KEN) 71.43 m   (RSA) 69.73 m   (EGY) 69.40 m

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Thebogo Mamathu (RSA) 11.98   (ETH) 12.12   (RSA) 12.16
200 metres
(Wind: −3.5 m/s) 		  (NGR) 24.21   (ETH) 24.27  Loungo Matihaku (BOT) 24.62
400 metres  Ada Benjamin (NGR) 52.87   (NGR) 53.84   (ETH) 54.80
800 metres   (ETH) 2:03.78   (KEN) 2:04.91  Tigst Assefa (ETH) 2:05.65
1500 metres  Dawit Seyaum (ETH) 4:09.00  Tigist Gashaw (ETH) 4:12.38   (KEN) 4:13.15
3000 metres   (ETH) 9:32.33   (KEN) 9:32.97   (ETH) 9:36.41
5000 metres  Ruti Aga (ETH) 16:00.98   (KEN) 16:04.34  Alemitu Heroye (ETH) 16:08.85
100 metres hurdles
(Wind: −2.8 m/s) 		 Marthe Koala (BUR) 14.09   (NGR) 14.53   (RSA) 15.04
400 metres hurdles   (ALG) 58.82   (ETH) 1:01.21   (NGR) 1:01.34
3000 metres steeplechase   (ETH) 9:59.46   (KEN) 10:02.46   (KEN) 10:03.74
4×100 metres relay  Nigeria (NGR)

Ese Brume

 46.28  South Africa (RSA)



Thebogo Mamathu		 47.56 Not awarded†
4×400 metres relay  Nigeria (NGR)


Abike Egbeniyi
 3:37.93  Ethiopia (ETH)

Tigst Assefa
Mahlet Mulugeta
 3:42.18  South Africa (RSA)



 3:57.78
5000 m walk  Askale Tiksa (ETH) 25:30.90   (RSA) 25:39.44   (NGR) 26:16.53
High jump  Rhizlane Siba (MAR) 1.75 m   (RSA) 1.60 m   (MRI) 1.60 m
Long jump  Ese Brume (NGR) 6.33 m (w)‡   (RSA) 6.00 m  Marthe Koala (BUR) 5.60 m (w)
Triple jump  Lerato Sechele (LES) 12.62 m (w)  Ese Brume (NGR) 12.52 m (w)   (MAR) 12.16 m (w)
Shot put   (RSA) 15.07 m   (RSA) 13.47 m   (NGR) 13.26 m
Discus throw   (EGY) 42.71 m   (RSA) 42.00 m   (SEY) 28.03 m
Hammer throw   (EGY) 53.88 m   (RSA) 49.66 m   (ALG) 48.95 m
Javelin throw   (RSA) 47.42 m   (EGY) 47.29 m   (RSA) 46.30 m
  • † A third team from Mauritius was present in the women's 4 × 100 m relay but failed to finish the race.[7]
  • ‡ Long jump winner Ese Brume also had a wind-legal jump of 6.22 metres.[8]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Nigeria97319
2 South Africa79824
3 Ethiopia77822
4 Egypt54211
5 Kenya49417
6 Uganda2114
7 Algeria2035
8 Morocco2024
9 Burkina Faso1012
10 Lesotho1001
11 Mauritius*0235
12 Gambia0101
13 Seychelles0022
14 Botswana0011
 Zimbabwe0011
Totals (15 nations)404039119

Participation[]

References[]

  1. ^ Meet Statistics Archived 2018-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. Timetronics (2013-09-01). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  2. ^ 28/08/2013 11th African Junior Championships to start tomorrow Archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  3. ^ Akpodonor, Gowon (2013-09-08). How Nigeria Junior Athletes Conquered Africa In City Of Paradise Archived 2013-09-11 at the Wayback Machine. Nigerian Guardian. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Menon Ramsamy and Reynolds Quirin (2013-09-01). Ethiopian and Nigerian athletes impress at African Junior Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  5. ^ XIemes JUN CHAMPIONNATS D'AFRIQUE Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine. Timetronics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  6. ^ Minshull, Phil (2013-03-31). Kenya's Chepwogen, Jepkemei and Biwott impress at African Youth Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  7. ^ 4 x 100m Women Final ; Official result since 16:44 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Timetronics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  8. ^ Long Jump Women Final ; Official result since 15:04 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Timetronics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
Results

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