The 16th
African Championships in Athletics
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organise ...
was held in
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...
, the capital city of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
, from April 30 to May 4, 2008. The competition venue was the
Addis Ababa Stadium
Addis Ababa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches although it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people.
History
Addis Ababa Stadium was construct ...
. 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
The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organise ...
were held in
Eastern Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the historica ...
, despite the region's well-documented success in long-distance running.
In the men's 100 m, Nigerians
Olusoji Fasuba
Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba (born 9 July 1984) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. 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
Kenenisa Bekele ( om, Qananiisaa baqqalaa; am, ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) unti ...
.
Men's results
Track
Field
Women's results
Track
Field
Medals table
Participating nations
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* (9)
* (6)
* (18)
* (86)
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* (5)
* (22)
* (9)
* (39)
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* (10)
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* (29)
* (5)
* (7)
* (45)
* (7)
* (13)
* (12)
* (2)
* (8)
* (55)
* (15)
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* (5)
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* (3)
See also
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2008 in athletics (track and field)
References
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