2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon

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

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

Results

100 metres

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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
	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
	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
	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

• Results (Archived)