2012_African_Championships_in_Athletics
2012 African Championships in Athletics
International athletics championship event
The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event.
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| 2012 African Championships | |
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| Dates | 27 June – 1 July |
| Host city | Porto Novo, Benin  |
| Venue | Stade Charles de Gaulle |
| Events | 44 |
| Participation | 569 athletes from 47 nations |
| Records set | Championship records |
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Men
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Women
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More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Nigeria | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 |  Kenya | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 |  South Africa | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 |  Senegal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Botswana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Algeria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 |  Morocco | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 |  Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Ghana | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 |  Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Gabon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Egypt | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 |  Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 |  Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Djibouti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 |  Liberia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 | |
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A total of fifty countries and 816 athletes have stated their intention to take part in the competition – a record high.[1] There were, however, numerous non-starters with some countries like Tanzania or Eritrea not sending any athletes after all and the actual number of participants was about 569 from 47 countries, numbers comparable to last few editions.
Algeria (13)
Angola (1)
Benin (33)
Botswana (16)
Burkina Faso (9)
Burundi (4)
Cameroon (19)
Cape Verde (2)
Central African Republic (1)
Chad (6)
Comoros (1)
Ivory Coast (13)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (3)
Djibouti (6)
Egypt (12)
Equatorial Guinea (4)
Ethiopia (56)
Gabon (3)
Gambia (10)
Ghana (28)
Guinea-Bissau (1)
Kenya (43)
Lesotho (2)
Liberia (8)
Libya (15)
Madagascar (4)
Mali (10)
Mauritius (8)
Morocco (16)
Mozambique (2)
Namibia (6)
Niger (11)
Nigeria (43)
Republic of the Congo (8)
Rwanda (5)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1)
Senegal (16)
Seychelles (10)
Sierra Leone (2)
South Africa (69)
Sudan (4)
Swaziland (2)
Togo (12)
Tunisia (11)
Uganda (11)
Zambia (3)
Zimbabwe (6)
- 21/06/2012 African Championships : record of participation Archived 2013-04-16 at archive.today. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-06-23.
- Daily reports
- Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-28). Lambrechts grabs first gold in rain swept Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 1. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-28.
- Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-29). Milama wins first-ever sprint title for Gabon – African champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-29.
- Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-30). Montsho and Makwala take 400m titles in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 3. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-30.
- Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-01). Cherono takes 10,000m for second title in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 4. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
- Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-02). Burundian teen Niyonsaba takes dramatic 800m title as Nigeria top medal table in Porto-Novo – African champs, Day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-02.
- Official site
- Results Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Confederation of African Athletics website