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{{Infobox Athletics Championships
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| Host city   = {{flagicon|TAN}} [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]]
| Dates       = 28–29 April
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| Previous    = [[2013 East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships|2013 Zanzibar]]
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The '''2nd [[East and Central Africa Junior Athletics Championships]]''' was held in [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Tanzania]] from 28 to 29 April 2016.
At the championships, Kenyan athletes won 13 gold medals to defend their team title.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kenyan junior athletes emerge best in Dar |url=https://sportsbrief.com/athletics/4331-kenyan-junior-athletes-emerge-dar/ |website=sportsbrief.com |access-date=20 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kenyan juniors top the field in Tanzania |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/Kenyan-juniors-top-the-field-in-Tanzania/1100-3183586-format-xhtml-ry136vz/index.html |website=Nation |access-date=20 November 2023 |language=en |date=4 July 2020}}</ref>
==Medal summary==
===Men===
{{Athletics championships navigation|Men|year1=n|year2=2013|year3=n|year4=n}}
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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|[[100 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Gulam Khamis]]|ZAN}} || 10.27
|{{flagmedalist|[[Moffat Ngari]]|KEN}} || 10.57
|{{flagmedalist|[[Maohaed Mohamed]]|SUD}} || 10.79
|-
|[[200 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Gulam Khamis]]|ZAN}} || 20.97
|{{flagmedalist|[[Geofrey Kiprotich Rono]]|KEN}} || 21.27
|{{flagmedalist|[[Moffat Ngari]]|KEN}} || 21.61
|-
|[[400 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Kelvin Tanui]]|KEN}} || 46.26
|{{flagmedalist|[[Ronald Afya]]|KEN}} || 47.51
|{{flagmedalist|[[Samuel Oweka]]|UGA}} || 49.08
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|[[800 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Wickliffe Kanyamal]]|KEN}} || 1:50.17
|{{flagmedalist|[[Mekonen Ayele]]|ETH}} || 1:50.43
|{{flagmedalist|[[Abdi Fatah Awlet]]|DJI}} || 1:51.73
|-
|[[1500 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|{{ill|Boaz Kiprugut|de}}|KEN}} || 3:39.46
|{{flagmedalist|[[Mmaru Berete Mekonen]]|ETH}} || 3:39.86
|{{flagmedalist|{{ill|Anthony Kiptoo|es||no}}|KEN}} || 3:40.33
|-
|[[5000 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Peter Langat]]|KEN}} || 13:43.86
|{{flagmedalist|{{ill|Wesley Ladema|es|Wesley Ledama}}|KEN}} || 13:48.95
|{{flagmedalist|[[Selemon Barega]]|ETH}} || 13:49.53
|-
|[[4 × 100 metres relay]]
|{{Flagteam|KEN}}<br>[[Ronald Afya]]<br>[[Kevin Tanui]]<br>[[Geofrey Kiprotich Rono]]<br>[[Moffat Ngari]] || 41.71
|{{Flagteam|TAN}}<br>[[Benjamin Michael]]<br>[[Adnan Haruna]]<br>[[Kenneth Maluba]]<br>[[Imani James]] || 42.58
|{{Flagteam|ZAN}}<br>[[Gulam Hamisi]]<br>[[Ali Hassan Khamis]]<br>[[Hassan Omar Khatib]]<br>[[Omar Rashid Said]] || 43.00
|-
|[[4 × 400 metres relay]]
|{{Flagteam|KEN}}<br>[[Kelvin Tanui]]<br>[[Geofrey Kiprotich Rono]]<br>[[Moffat Ngari]]<br>[[Markson Paima]] || 3:11.04
|{{Flagteam|SUD}}<br>[[Al Had Hamid Adam]]<br>[[Mohamed Mohamed (sprinter)|Mohamed Mohamed]]<br>[[Yasili Ahmed Abuh]]<br>[[Adam Abdul Wahab]] || 3:17.83
|{{Flagteam|TAN}}<br>[[Hafidhi Khalfan]]<br>[[Adinani Haruna]]<br>[[Francis Propser]]<br>[[John Silima]] || 3:30.05
|-
|[[Long jump]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Lagat Kibet]]|KEN}} || 7.47 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yasir Elsid]]|SUD}} || 6.72 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Benjamin Michael]]|TAN}} || 6.17 m
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|[[Javelin throw]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Moses Oceng]]|UGA}} || 59.18 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Sabas Daniel]]|TAN}} || 56.33 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[William Magok]]|SSD}} || 54.94 m
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|[[Discus throw]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Odong Baya]]|UGA}} || 43.02 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Sabas Daniel]]|TAN}} || 39.21 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Hafidh Ali Hamad]]|ZAN}} || 35.30 m
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|[[Shot put]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Odong Baya]]|UGA}} || 14.77 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Hamad Ali]]|ZAN}} || 13.62 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Sabas Daniel]]|TAN}} || 13.20 m
|-
|[[Triple jump]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Lagat Kibet]]|KEN}} || 15.16 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Yasir Ahmed Abo]]|SUD}} || 13.83 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Hussein Yusuph]]|ZAN}} || 12.25 m
|}
===Women===
{{Athletics championships navigation|Women|year1=n|year2=2013|year3=n|year4=n}}
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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|[[100 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Safa Abdekarim]]|SUD}} || 12.10
|{{flagmedalist|[[Venice Mukonyo]]|KEN}} || 12.69
|{{flagmedalist|[[Clare Byato]]|UGA}} || 12.72
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|[[200 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Maureen Thomas|Maureen Ngatichi]]|KEN}} || 24.25
|{{flagmedalist|[[Eunice Makonyo]]|KEN}} || 25.35
|{{flagmedalist|[[Safa Abdelkarim]]|SUD}} || 25.65
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|[[400 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Maureen Thomas|Maureen Nyatich]]|KEN}} || 54.14
|{{flagmedalist|[[Jane Njoki]]|KEN}} || 56.03
|{{flagmedalist|[[Abebe Firke]]|SUD}} || 56.85
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|[[800 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tebo Kotema]]|ETH}} || 2:04.89
|{{flagmedalist|[[Honorine Iribagiza|Honorine Irbigiza]]|RWA}} || 2:07.65
|{{flagmedalist|[[Josephine Cheregat]]|KEN}} || 2:08.56
|-
|[[1500 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Feyisa Anbesa]]|ETH}} || 4:16.12
|{{flagmedalist|[[Gloria Kite]]|KEN}} || 4:17.50
|{{flagmedalist|[[Beata Nishmwe]]|RWA}} || 4:18.02
|-
|[[5000 metres]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Sandra Chebet|Sandrafelis Tuei]]|KEN}} || 16:15.80
|{{flagmedalist|[[Imaculata Chepkurui]]|KEN}} || 16:26.97
|{{flagmedalist|[[Macyelene Chelangat]]|UGA}} || 16:29.56
|-
|[[4 × 100 metres relay]]
|{{Flagteam|KEN}}<br>[[Maureen Thomas|Maureen Ngatich]]<br>[[Eunice Mukonyo]]<br>[[Damaris Akoth]]<br>[[Jane Njoki]] || 48.93
|{{Flagteam|UGA}}<br>[[Clare Bayto]]<br>[[Agnes Apio]]<br>[[Rosemary Acen]]<br>[[Mary Auma]] || 49.61
|{{Flagteam|ZAN}}<br>[[Himidia Omary Ally]]<br>[[Saraya Ulimjwengu]]<br>[[Kazija Hassan Simai]]<br>[[Asha Ali Othman]] || 50.44
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|[[4 × 400 metres relay]]
|{{Flagteam|KEN}}<br>[[Maureen Thomas|Maureen Ngatich]]<br>[[Jane Njoki]]<br>[[Eunice Mukonyo]]<br>[[Damaris Okoth]] || 3:53.28
|{{Flagteam|UGA}}<br>[[Clare Byato]]<br>[[Rosemary Acen]]<br>[[Mary Auma]]<br>[[Janeth Chemusto]] || 4:02.40
|{{Flagteam|TAN}}<br>[[Jane Maige]]<br>[[Bitrina Michael]]<br>[[Rose Seif]]<br>[[Regina Deogratius]] || 4:04.90
|-
|[[Long jump]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Rose Seif]]|TAN}} || 5.31 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Awid Victoria]]|UGA}} || 4.62 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Clare Bayton]]|UGA}} || 4.43 m
|-
|[[Javelin throw]]
|{{flagmedalist|[[Josephine Lalam]]|UGA}} || 44.95 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Victoria Awidi]]|UGA}} || 43.19 m
|{{flagmedalist|[[Mwanaamina Hassani]]|TAN}} || 38.93 m
|}
==Medal table==
{{Medals table
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| gold_DJI = 0 | silver_DJI = 0 | bronze_DJI = 1
| gold_ETH = 2 | silver_ETH = 2 | bronze_ETH = 2
| gold_KEN = 13 | silver_KEN = 8 | bronze_KEN = 4
| gold_RWA = 0 | silver_RWA = 1 | bronze_RWA = 1
| gold_SOM = 0 | silver_SOM = 0 | bronze_SOM = 0
| gold_SUD = 1 | silver_SUD  = 3 | bronze_SUD = 3
| gold_TAN = 1 | silver_TAN = 3 | bronze_TAN = 5
| gold_UGA = 4 | silver_UGA = 5 | bronze_UGA = 3
| gold_ZAN = 2 | silver_ZAN = 1 | bronze_ZAN = 4
| gold_SSD = 0 | silver_SSD = 0 | bronze_SSD = 1
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.africathle.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/20160429_TAN_East_Africa_Junior_Dar-Es-Salaam.pdf Results]
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