The 16th African Championships in Athletics was held in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the Addis Ababa Stadium. It is the largest Athletics event held in Ethiopia to date. It was the first time in its then 29-year history the African Championships in Athletics were held in Eastern Africa, despite the region's well-documented success in long-distance running.

In the men's 100 m, Nigerians Olusoji Fasuba and Uchenna Emedolu repeated the places from the 2006 edition. On April 30, there was a 35-minute delay to the men's 10,000 metres due to weather, but the Ethiopians dominated the podium and the race, with the missed absence of world champion Kenenisa Bekele.

Men's results Track 100 m Olusoji Fasuba 10.10 SB Uchenna Emedolu 10.21 SB Hannes Dreyer 10.24 PB200 m Thuso Mpuang 20.53 PB Stéphan Buckland 20.62 SB Samuel Kenosi 20.72 NR400 m Ali Babiker Nagmeldin 45.64 SB Isaac Makwala 45.64 PB James Godday 45.77 SB800 m David Rudisha 1:44.20 SB CR Ismail Ahmed Ismail 1:45.41 SB Asbel Kiprop 1:46.021500 m Haron Keitany 3:43.47 Gideon Gathimba 3:43.56 Juan van Deventer 3:43.635000 m Kenenisa Bekele 13:49.67 Isaac Songok 13:49.91 Ali Abdosh 13:50.6410,000 m Gebregziabher Gebremariam 28:17.11 SB Ibrahim Jeilan 28:30.66 SB Eshetu Wendimu 28:56.36 SB110 m hurdles Hennie Kotze 13.95 Samuel Okon 14.08 Selim Nurudeen 14.27400 m hurdles LJ van Zyl 48.91 SB Abderahmane Hammadi 49.84 NR Ibrahima Maïga 49.84 SB3000 m s'chase Richard Mateelong 8:31.61 Michael Kipyego 8:32.94 Willy Komen 8:41.9820 km walk Mohamed Ameur 1:22.55 PB Hichem Medjeber 1:23.29 PB Hassanine Sebei 1:23.58 SB4 × 100 m relay Hannes DreyerCorne Du PlessisSergio MullinsThuso Mpuang 38.75 CR Togoh VictorAllah Laryea-AkrongSeth AmooEric Nkansah 40.30 Idrissa AdamFrançois BelingaAlain Olivier NyounaiJoseph Batangdon 40.604 × 400 m relay Pieter Smith Ockert Cilliers Sibusiso Sishi LJ van Zyl 3:03.58 Rabah YousifAli Babiker NagmeldinAhmad IsmailAbubaker Kaki 3:04.00 NR Mamadou Kasse HannSeth MbowMamadou GueyeNouha Badji 3:05.93

Field High jump Kabelo Kgosiemang 2.34 NR =CR Mohammed Benhadja 2.18 Boubacar Séré 2.18 SBPole vault Mouhcine Cheaouri 4.80 PB Larbi Bouraada 4.50 Willem Coertzen 4.00 PBLong jump Yahya Berrabah 8.04 SB Jonathan Chimier 7.99 SB Stephan Louw 7.98Triple jump Ndiss Kaba Badji 17.07 NR Hugo Mamba 16.92 NR Tarik Bouguetaïb 16.82Shot put Abdu Moaty Moustafa 18.06 Yasser Ibrahim Farag 17.39 Janus Robberts 16.44Discus throw Hannes Hopley 56.98 Yasser Ibrahim Farag 56.06 SB Nabil Kiram 52.99Hammer throw Chris Harmse 77.72 SB Mostafa Al-Gamel 69.70 Ahmed Abd El Raouf 68.15Javelin throw Mohamed Ali Kebabou 74.20 PB Kenechukwu Ezeofor 72.53 PB Sammy Keskeny 69.84 SBDecathlon Larbi Bouraada 7574 PB Willem Coertzen 7374 Boualem Lamri 6919 SB

Women's results Track 100 m Damola Osayomi 11.22 Vida Anim 11.43 Delphine Atangana 11.46200 m Isabel le Roux 22.69 PB Kadiatou Camara 22.70 NR Damola Osayomi 22.83 PB400 m Amantle Montsho 49.83 NR,CR Sade Abugan 50.89 Racheal Nachula 51.39 NR, NJR800 m Pamela Jelimo 1:58.70 NJR Maria de Lurdes Mutola 2:00.47 SB Agnes Samaria 2:00.62 SB1500 m Gelete Burka 4:08.25 Meskerem Assefa 4:10.40 Agnes Samaria 4:13.915000 m Meselech Melkamu 15:49.81 Meseret Defar 15:50.19 Grace Momanyi 15:50.1910,000 m Tirunesh Dibaba 32:49.08 Ejegayehu Dibaba 32:50.36 Wude Ayalew 32:55.17100 m hurdles Fatmata Fofanah 13.10 NR Toyin Augustus 13.12 Carole Kaboud Mebam 13.52400 m hurdles Joke Odumosu 55.92 SB Lamiae Lhabze 56.07 PB Aïssata Soulama 56.13 SB3000 m s'chase Zemzem Ahmed 9:44.58 PB Mekdes Bekele 9:59.52 SB Ruth Bosibori 10:00.18 SB20 km walk Grace Wanjiru 1:39.50 NR Ararissa Abissa Asnakch 1:40.12 NR Mary Njoki 1:41.15 PB4 × 100 m relay Endurance OjokoloGloria KemasuodeSusan AkeneDamola Osayomi 43.79 Gifty AddyElizabeth AmolofoEsther DankwahVida Anim 44.12 Tsholofelo ThipeIsabel le RouxChristine RasGeraldine Pillay 44.284 × 400 m relay Oluoma NwokeSade Abugan Endurance AbinuwaJoy Eze 3:30.07 Florence WasikeCharity WandiaJoy SakariPamela Jelimo 3:37.67 Fatou DiabayeMame Fatou FayeMaty SalameSouma Fatou 3:38.42

Field High jump Anika Smit 1.88 Marcoleen Pretorius 1.84 Marizca Gertenbach 1.84Pole vault Leila Ben Youssef 4.00 Nisrine Dinar 3.80 Laetitia Berthier 3.70Long jump Janice Josephs 6.64 Chinaza Amadi 6.31 Patricia Soman 6.13Triple jump Françoise Mbango 14.76 SB Yamilé Aldama 14.36 SB Chinonye Ohadugha 14.14 SBShot put Vivian Chukwuemeka 17.50 Kasey Onmuchekwa 16.29 Veronica Abrahamse 16.00Discus throw Elizna Naude 55.34 Suzanne Kragbé 49.52 Simoné du Toit 47.10Hammer throw Marwa Hussein 62.26 Florence Ezeh 61.26 Funke Adeoye 57.02Javelin throw Sunette Viljoen 55.17 Lindy Leveau-Agricole 52.92 SB Hana'a Hassan Omar 52.32Heptathlon Patience Okoro 4906 Florence Wasike 4867 Nadege Essama Foe 4470

Medals table

Participating nations

(11) (3) (14) (10) (7) (22) (1) (1) (10) (1) (10) (9) (6) (18) (86) (1) (5) (22) (9) (39) (3) (4) (1) (2) (10) (9) (29) (5) (7) (45) (7) (13) (12) (2) (8) (55) (15) (4) (5) (12) (7) (3)

See also 2008 in athletics (track and field)

References Results (archived)

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