The 2012
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 at the
Stade Charles de Gaulle in
Porto Novo
Porto-Novo (Portuguese: "New Port", , ; yo, Àjàṣẹ́, ), also known as Hogbonu and Ajashe, is the capital of Benin. The commune covers an area of and as of 2002 had a population of 223,552 people.
Situated on an inlet of the Gulf of G ...
,
Benin
Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...
from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event.
Medal summary
Men
Women
Medal table
Participating nations
A total of fifty countries and 816 athletes have stated their intention to take part in the competition – a record high.
21/06/2012 African Championships : record of participation
. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2012-06-23. 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.
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References
;Daily reports
* Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-28)
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-28.
* Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-29)
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-29.
* Watta, Evelyn (2012-06-30)
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-06-30.
* Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-01)
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-01.
* Watta, Evelyn (2012-07-02)
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-07-02.
External links
Official site
Results
Confederation of African Athletics website
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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 ...
African Championships in Athletics
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Athletics competitions in Benin
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 ...
Sport in Porto-Novo
International sports competitions hosted by Benin
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...