2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

The men's decathlon event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 1.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeLarbi BouraadaWillem CoertzenBoualem Lamri

Results

100 metres Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes 1 8 Larbi Bouraada 10.92 878 2 2 Willem Coertzen 11.08 843 3 7 Boualem Lamri 11.23 810 4 6 Ahmad Saad 11.30 795 5 4 Ali Kamé 11.48 757 6 3 Hakim Alaoui 11.72 707 FS1 7 1 Guillaume Thierry 13.68 359 5 Thierry Saint-Jean Makiemba 0

Long jump Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall 1 Larbi Bouraada 7.24 7.19 7.33 7.33 893 1771 2 Willem Coertzen 7.22 7.33 x 7.33 893 1736 3 Boualem Lamri x 6.70 7.29 7.29 883 1693 4 Ahmad Saad 6.52 6.96 6.61 6.96 804 1599 5 Hakim Alaoui 6.75 6.80 6.87 6.87 783 1490 6 Ali Kamé 6.58 6.58 6.66 6.66 734 1491 Guillaume Thierry 0

Shot put Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall 1 Ahmad Saad 13.41 x 13.38 13.41 692 2291 2 Willem Coertzen 12.37 12.17 12.32 12.37 629 2365 3 Ali Kamé 11.36 11.77 11.94 11.94 603 2094 4 Larbi Bouraada 10.47 x 11.78 11.78 593 2364 5 Hakim Alaoui 10.99 11.48 11.61 11.61 583 2073 6 Boualem Lamri 11.26 x x 11.26 562 2255

High jump Rank Athlete Nationality 1.70 1.76 1.79 1.82 1.85 1.88 1.91 1.94 1.97 2.00 2.03 Result Points Notes Overall 1 Hakim Alaoui – – xo o o o o xo o xo xxx 2.00 803 2876 2 Boualem Lamri – – o o o o o xo o xxo xxx 2.00 803 3058 3 Larbi Bouraada – – o – o o o xo xxx 1.94 749 3113 4 Willem Coertzen – – o o xo o xo xo xxx 1.94 749 3114 5 Ali Kamé o o o o o xxx 1.85 670 2764 6 Ahmad Saad – xxo xxx 1.76 593 2884

400 metres Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes Overall 1 2 Larbi Bouraada 48.39 890 4003 2 1 Boualem Lamri 49.90 819 3877 3 5 Willem Coertzen 49.99 815 3929 4 4 Ali Kamé 50.60 787 3551 5 3 Hakim Alaoui 52.35 709 3585 6 Ahmad Saad 0

110 metres hurdles Wind: -2.4 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes Overall 1 5 Willem Coertzen 14.61 897 4826 2 4 Boualem Lamri 14.94 857 4734 3 6 Ali Kamé 15.13 834 4385 4 7 Larbi Bouraada 15.32 811 4814 5 2 Hakim Alaoui 15.52 788 4373

Discus throw Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall 1 Willem Coertzen 38.95 40.04 x 40.04 665 5491 2 Boualem Lamri 34.60 36.33 x 36.33 590 5324 3 Hakim Alaoui 31.77 x 35.30 35.30 570 4943 4 Larbi Bouraada 32.96 x 35.04 35.04 564 5378 5 Ali Kamé 31.48 33.88 32.12 33.88 541 4926

Pole vault Rank Athlete Nationality 3.50 3.60 3.70 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.30 4.50 4.60 4.70 Result Points Notes Overall 1 Larbi Bouraada – – – – – – o – xxo xxx 4.60 790 6168 2 Ali Kamé xxo – o – o o – xxx 4.00 617 5543 3 Willem Coertzen o – o – o xxx 3.90 590 6081 4 Boualem Lamri – xxo o xxx 3.70 535 5859 5 Hakim Alaoui xo o xxx 3.60 509 5452

Javelin throw Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Overall 1 Willem Coertzen 63.70 64.09 63.81 64.09 800 6881 2 Larbi Bouraada 60.59 59.42 59.75 60.59 747 6915 3 Ali Kamé 55.50 x 56.28 56.28 682 6225 4 Hakim Alaoui x x 46.46 46.46 536 5988 5 Boualem Lamri 45.78 45.11 46.09 46.09 531 6390

1500 metres Rank Name Nationality Time Points Notes 1 Larbi Bouraada 4:43.33 659 2 Ali Kamé 5:01.94 549 3 Boualem Lamri 5:05.42 529 4 Willem Coertzen 5:12.00 493 Hakim Alaoui 0

Final standings

RankAthleteNationality100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mPointsNotes Larbi Bouraada 10.92 7.33 11.78 1.94 48.39 15.32 35.04 4.60 60.59 4:43.33 7574 Willem Coertzen 11.08 7.33 12.37 1.94 49.99 14.61 40.04 3.90 64.09 5:12.00 7374 Boualem Lamri 11.23 7.29 11.26 2.00 49.90 14.94 36.33 3.70 46.09 5:05.42 6919 4 Ali Kamé 11.48 6.66 11.94 1.85 50.60 15.13 33.88 4.00 56.28 5:01.94 6774 NR 5 Hakim Alaoui 11.72 6.87 11.61 2.00 52.35 15.52 35.30 3.60 46.46 5988 Ahmad Saad 11.30 6.96 13.41 1.76 Guillaume Thierry 13.68 Thierry Saint-Jean Makiemba

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