The men's decathlon at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 27 and 28 June.

Medalists GoldAli Kamé Silver Mourad Souissi Bronze Guillaume Thierry

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in AthleticsWorld record9039Eugene, United States23 June 2012African record8332Ratingen, Germany15 June 2012Championship record8148Nairobi, Kenya29 July 2010

Schedule Date Time Round27 June 2012 12:15 100 metres27 June 2012 13:00 Long jump27 June 2012 14:00 Shot put27 June 2012 15:15 High jump27 June 2012 17:25 400 metres28 June 2012 11:00 110 metres hurdles28 June 2012 11:45 Discus throw28 June 2012 13:00 Pole vault28 June 2012 15:00 Javelin throw28 June 2012 16:50 1500 metres28 June 2012 Final standings

Results

100 metres Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 1 1 6 Nardus Greyling 11.03 854 2 2 2 Zavion Kotze 11.18 821 3 2 3 Ali Kamé 11.33 789 4 1 4 Mourad Souissi 11.59 734 5 1 5 Ahmad Saad 11.59 734 6 1 2 Guillaume Thierry 11.74 703 7 2 6 Atsu Nyamadi 11.91 669 1 3 Hugue Djeokeng 2 4 Jangy Addy 2 5 Ahmed Hamed

Long jump Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes Points 1 Ali Kamé 7.16 7.09 7.32 7.32 891 2 Guillaume Thierry 6.97 6.80 6.786.97 807 3 Mourad Souissi 6.97 6.75 6.97 807 4 Zavion Kotze 6.57 6.94 6.84 6.94 799 5 Nardus Greyling 6.75 6.93 6.93 797 6 Ahmad Saad 6.53 6.90 6.80 6.90 790 7 Atsu Nyamadi 6.55 6.73 6.73 750

Shot put Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes Points 1 Mourad Souissi 13.57 14.04 14.33 14.33 749 2 Guillaume Thierry 14.00 13.47 14.32 14.32 748 3 Ahmad Saad 13.06 12.11 13.06 671 4 Ali Kamé 13.04 12.94 12.77 13.04 670 5 Nardus Greyling 12.01 11.79 11.77 12.01 607 6 Atsu Nyamadi 11.02 11.41 11.33 11.41 571 7 Zavion Kotze 10.76 10.63 11.00 11.00 546

High jump Rank Name Nationality 1.70 1.73 1.76 1.79 1.82 1.85 1.88 1.91 1.94 1.97 2.00 2.03 2.06 2.09 2.12 2.15 Result Notes Points 1 Zavion Kotze – – – – – – – – – – xxo o o xo o xxx 2.12 915 2 Ali Kamé – – – – xo xo xo o xxx 1.91 723 3 Ahmad Saad – – – – – o o xo xxx 1.91 723 4 Atsu Nyamadi o o xo o xo o xxo xxx 1.88 696 5 Mourad Souissi o – o – o xo xxx 1.85 696 6 Guillaume Thierry – o o o xxx 1.79 619 7 Nardus Greyling xxo xxo o xxx 1.76 593

400 metres Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 1 5 Zavion Kotze 49.32 846 2 6 Nardus Greyling 50.16 807 3 1 Mourad Souissi 51.03 768 4 3 Ali Kamé 51.32 755 5 4 Guillaume Thierry 52.32 711 6 2 Atsu Nyamadi 55.20 591 7 7 Ahmad Saad 58.07 481

110 metres hurdles Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes Points 1 4 Ali Kamé 15.32 811 2 5 Zavion Kotze 15.42 799 3 3 Mourad Souissi 15.44 797 4 6 Nardus Greyling 15.62 776 5 7 Guillaume Thierry 15.63 775 6 2 Atsu Nyamadi 18.35 491 1 Ahmad Saad

Discus throw Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes Points 1 Guillaume Thierry 40.79 34.44 31.95 40.79 681 2 Mourad Souissi 37.15 35.20 38.35 38.35 631 3 Ali Kamé 33.42 35.61 34.51 35.61 576 4 Atsu Nyamadi 34.29 33.06 34.29 549 5 Zavion Kotze 34.02 31.15 34.02 544 6 Nardus Greyling 31.48 24.15 25.22 31.48 494 Ahmad Saad DNS

Pole vault Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Points 1 Ali Kamé 4.30 702 2 Guillaume Thierry 4.30 702 3 Mourad Souissi 4.00 617 4 Atsu Nyamadi 2.50 242 Zavion Kotze

Javelin throw Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes Points 1 Ali Kamé 60.07 56.76 60.07 739 2 Atsu Nyamadi 50.09 52.47 55.55 55.55 671 3 Guillaume Thierry 51.07 52.58 52.58 627 4 Mourad Souissi 46.67 45.86 46.67 539 5 Zavion Kotze 36.78 36.58 43.06 43.06 487

1500 metres Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Points 1 Zavion Kotze 4:36.51 702 2 Atsu Nyamadi 4:36.52 702 3 Mourad Souissi 4:38.76 688 4 Ali Kamé 4:53.84 596 5 Guillaume Thierry 4:56.22 582

Final standings

Rank Name Nationality Points Notes Ali Kamé 7252 Mourad Souissi 7000 Guillaume Thierry 6955 Zavion Kotze 6459 Atsu Nyamadi 5932 Ahmed Hamed DNS Jangy Addy DNS Hugue Djeokeng DNS Nardus Greyling DNF Ahmad Saad DNF

References

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