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.
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. 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.
References
- 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.
External links
- Official site
- Results Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Confederation of African Athletics website
