2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

2008 African Championships
in Athletics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
20 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Larbi Bouraada
 Algeria 		Willem Coertzen
 South Africa 		Boualem Lamri
 Algeria

Results

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100 metres

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Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 8 Larbi Bouraada  Algeria 10.92 878
2 2 Willem Coertzen  South Africa 11.08 843
3 7 Boualem Lamri  Algeria 11.23 810
4 6 Ahmad Saad  Egypt 11.30 795
5 4 Ali Kamé  Madagascar 11.48 757
6 3 Hakim Alaoui  Morocco 11.72 707 FS1
7 1 Guillaume Thierry  Mauritius 13.68 359
5 Thierry Saint-Jean Makiemba  Gabon DNS 0

Long jump

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

Shot put

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

High jump

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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  Morocco – – xo o o o o xo o xo xxx 2.00 803 2876
2 Boualem Lamri  Algeria – – o o o o o xo o xxo xxx 2.00 803 3058
3 Larbi Bouraada  Algeria – – o – o o o xo xxx 1.94 749 3113
4 Willem Coertzen  South Africa – – o o xo o xo xo xxx 1.94 749 3114
5 Ali Kamé  Madagascar o o o o o xxx 1.85 670 2764
6 Ahmad Saad  Egypt – xxo xxx 1.76 593 2884

400 metres

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

110 metres hurdles

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Wind: -2.4 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes Overall
1 5 Willem Coertzen  South Africa 14.61 897 4826
2 4 Boualem Lamri  Algeria 14.94 857 4734
3 6 Ali Kamé  Madagascar 15.13 834 4385
4 7 Larbi Bouraada  Algeria 15.32 811 4814
5 2 Hakim Alaoui  Morocco 15.52 788 4373

Discus throw

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

Pole vault

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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  Algeria – – – – – – o – xxo xxx 4.60 790 6168
2 Ali Kamé  Madagascar xxo – o – o o – xxx 4.00 617 5543
3 Willem Coertzen  South Africa o – o – o xxx 3.90 590 6081
4 Boualem Lamri  Algeria – xxo o xxx 3.70 535 5859
5 Hakim Alaoui  Morocco xo o xxx 3.60 509 5452

Javelin throw

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

1500 metres

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Rank Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 Larbi Bouraada  Algeria 4:43.33 659
2 Ali Kamé  Madagascar 5:01.94 549
3 Boualem Lamri  Algeria 5:05.42 529
4 Willem Coertzen  South Africa 5:12.00 493
Hakim Alaoui  Morocco DNF 0

Final standings

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  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Larbi Bouraada  Algeria 10.92 7.33 11.78 1.94 48.39 15.32 35.04 4.60 60.59 4:43.33 7574
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Willem Coertzen  South Africa 11.08 7.33 12.37 1.94 49.99 14.61 40.04 3.90 64.09 5:12.00 7374
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Boualem Lamri  Algeria 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  Madagascar 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  Morocco 11.72 6.87 11.61 2.00 52.35 15.52 35.30 3.60 46.46 DNF 5988
Ahmad Saad  Egypt 11.30 6.96 13.41 1.76 DNS – – – – – DNF
Guillaume Thierry  Mauritius 13.68 DNS – – – – – – – – DNF
Thierry Saint-Jean Makiemba  Gabon DNS – – – – – – – – – DNS

References

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