Athletics at the 2018 African Youth Games

Athletics at the 2018 African Youth Games
Dates	24 – 27 July
Host city	Algiers, Algeria
Venue	July 5, 1962 Stadium
Level	Youth (under 18)
Events	36
← 2014 Gaborone → 2018 African Youth Games

The athletics competitions at the 2018 African Youth Games in Algiers, Algeria was held between 24 and 27 July at the July 5, 1962 Stadium. The competition served as the qualification for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics which took place in October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The competition was dominated by South Africa which took 26 medals in total including 12 golds, followed by Nigeria and Ethiopia.

Medal summary[]

Boys[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s)	Luke Davids (RSA)	10.34	(NGR)	10.37	(GAM)	10.57
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	(GAM)	20.97	Luke Davids (RSA)	21.04	(NGR)	21.16
400 metres	Kennedy Luchembe (ZAM)	46.21	(BOT)	47.00	(GHA)	47.48
800 metres	(KEN)	1:50.72	(MAR)	1:51.12	(ETH)	1:51.52
1500 metres	(KEN)	3:49.64	Anass Essayi (MAR)	3:49.68	Melese Nberet (ETH)	3:49.70
3000 metres	Berihu Aregawi (ETH)	7:50.98	Oscar Chelimo (UGA)	8:00.72	(KEN)	8:03.96
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm) (wind: +0.4 m/s)	(MAR)	13.77	Jeremie Lararaudeuse (MRI)	13.81	(ALG)	13.99
400 metres hurdles (84.0 cm)	(RSA)	52.18	(TUN)	53.51	(BOT)	54.22
2000 m steeplechase	Abrham Sime (ETH)	5:35.86	(ERI)	5:46.63	(KEN)	5:47.58
10,000 m track walk	(ALG)	49:05.11	(EGY)	49:21.86	Only two participants
High jump	(ALG)	2.06	(ZIM)	2.02	(BOT)	2.02
Pole vault	(RSA)	4.70	(ALG)	3.40	Ludwig Huber (NAM)	3.30
Long jump	(RSA)	7.53w	(NGR)	7.35w	(MRI)	7.14w
Triple jump	(NGR)	16.22	(RSA)	15.57	(BOT)	14.72
Shot put (5 kg)	(EGY)	18.39	Lohan Potgieter (RSA)	17.78	(ALG)	15.05
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	(RSA)	60.55	(EGY)	55.81	(TUN)	53.12
Hammer throw (5 kg)	(EGY)	69.49	(RSA)	65.77	(TUN)	63.44
Javelin throw (700 g)	(RSA)	72.82	(KEN)	67.18	(TUN)	62.75

Girls[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	11.53	(RSA)	11.60	(BOT)	11.98
200 metres (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	23.45	(RSA)	24.20	(BOT)	24.58
400 metres	Favour Ofili (NGR)	53.57	(RSA)	54.57	(ZAM)	55.62
800 metres	Hirut Meshesha (ETH)	2:04.66	(KEN)	2:06.21	(RSA)	2:10.62
1500 metres	Lemlem Hailu (ETH)	4:36.71	Edinah Jebitok (KEN)	4:37.98	(RSA)	4:40.68
3000 metres	(ETH)	9:29.02	Sarah Chelangat (UGA)	9:30.60	(KEN)	9:36.91
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) (wind: +2.3 m/s)	(RSA)	13.48	(ALG)	14.27	(KEN)	16.61
400 metres hurdles	(RSA)	1:00.39	Loubna Benhadja (ALG)	1:00.79	(NGR)	1:03.23
2000 m steeplechase	Fancy Cherono (KEN)	6:17.68	(ETH)	6:26.86	(UGA)	6:41.23
5000 m track walk	(RSA)	26:06.50	(ETH)	26:09.03	(ALG)	26:35.29
High jump	(RSA)	1.67	(CMR)	1.60	Not awarded
Pole vault	(TUN)	3.50	(EGY)	3.30	(RSA)	3.20
Long jump	(NGR)	5.62w	(RSA)	5.53	(TUN)	5.44
Triple jump	(RSA)	12.57	(TUN)	12.33	(NGR)	12.31
Shot put (3 kg)	(RSA)	15.97	(NGR)	15.45	(MAR)	14.57
Discus throw	(EGY)	44.99	(RSA)	43.42	(NGR)	42.13
Hammer throw (3 kg)	(EGY)	69.16	(RSA)	59.95	(MAR)	51.18
Javelin throw (500 g)	(KEN)	54.12	(RSA)	51.13	(NGR)	46.94

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (Algeria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	12	11	3	26
2	Nigeria (NGR)	5	3	5	13
3	Ethiopia (ETH)	5	2	2	9
4	Kenya (KEN)	4	3	4	11
5	Egypt (EGY)	4	3	0	7
6	Algeria (ALG)*	2	3	3	8
7	Tunisia (TUN)	1	2	4	7
8	Morocco (MAR)	1	2	2	5
9	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	1	2
10	Uganda (UGA)	0	2	1	3
11	Botswana (BOT)	0	1	5	6
12	Mauritius (MRI)	0	1	1	2
13	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
	Eritrea (ERI)	0	1	0	1
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	1	0	1
16	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		35	36	33	104

References[]

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